SCCM: How to capture image at Andrius Blog

Here are the steps for image capture with SCCM:

First you have to make a Capture Media as described in here.
Remove PC from the domain
Create a folder called sysprep in boot partition
Extract and copy the files from deploy.cab from OS media to sysprep folder
Put the capture media into CD/DVD drive. Wait until Image Capture Wizard starts and click Next
Enter the destination and file name where you want your image to be created. You can create directly on a network share but then you have to provide login details for it.
Enter Image information
Click Finish on the Summary screen
Image capturing should start now.
At first Capture wizard will prepare the OS for imaging. After that PC will reboot and it will copy the image to the provided location. When copying is finished it will display a dialog screen saying that image capture was successful. Press OK and wait until PC reboots. Because the PC was syspreped you will have to provide all the information(name, serial key,regional settings etc.) as the PC was just installed. After setup is finished you should login and locate your image file.

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1 james Apr 7th, 2008 at 04:04

Andrius,
Is it same OS image and Boot Image? How to create Boot image windows xp sp2? ’cause I see in SCCM console only boot image for windows vista.
2 Andrius Apr 7th, 2008 at 13:36

OS image(XP,vista,2003,2008) is the one that you are want to capture or deploy on the PC,server or laptop.
Boot image is used to deploy or capture OS image.
SCCM uses Vista kernel in their boot image. You don’t need to create a another boot image for XP SP2. The existing ones will work with xp_sp2, just select the right platform(32bit or 64bit).
Hope that helps.
3 Muthu May 8th, 2008 at 11:06

Hi,

I have issue here….i have XP running on VM…and try to capture image there….

All ok until…sysprep screen popup…then its goes away and my VM is not get restart….
Can someone tell me why……

TQ
Muthu
4 Andrius May 9th, 2008 at 10:24

Hi Muthu,
I’ve used VMware for capturing images and it worked fine for me. You should check task sequence log file for errors or warnings. You can find it C:\SMSTSLog\smsts.log on your VM.
5 Tim Aug 27th, 2008 at 16:26

Is there anything special to capturing a VM image? or is it the same steps, just in a VM environment?
6 Andrius Sep 2nd, 2008 at 12:58

Hi Tim,
The steps are the same for capturing Virtual Machines.
7 Ahmed Oct 28th, 2008 at 11:18

i word with all these steps & it stops with me @ step 8 , do not show setp 9. can you discuss
8 Andrius Oct 28th, 2008 at 13:06

Hi Ahmed,
Do you receive any errors? Is there anything in the log file?
9 Tim Jan 23rd, 2009 at 22:56

I hate to bother you.. but I can’t find any reference to the error msg and you are one of the few that seems to have successfully created a VM image..

I created the image in VM2004, but when i try to capture it, after the reboot i get the splash screen for SCCM, then “Initializing hardware devices” then and error box “Unable to read task sequence configuration disk. For more information contact your system administrator”

I have the VM setup to use 1500 mbs of Ram, and am using an ISO of the image capture.

Any help would be appreciated.

-tim
10 Andrius Jan 26th, 2009 at 18:07

Hi Tim,
I think the problem is with VM2004(what kind of virtual environment is it?) most likely WinPE is missing some key drivers and this why it cannot capture image. So you need to find in the logs what is missing and add them to WinPE, but I would strongly recommend using newer virtual enviroments like VMware server or MS Virtual Server. Both of them are free. As these most likely will give you less troubles and you’ll find more support on them.
11 Chris Jan 27th, 2009 at 14:28

Hi

for some reason i cant manage to find the deploy.cab file can you please explain to me where i can find this

thanks
chris
12 Andrius Jan 28th, 2009 at 20:29

Hi Chris,
for XP you can download the latest Deployment Tools from Microsot:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=673a1019-8e3e-4be0-ac31-70dd21b5afa7&displaylang=en

In Windows 2000/XP/2003 deploy.cab should be located in \support\tools
For Vista and Server 2008 you don’t need to use sysprep as the OS already has it.
13 Pross Mar 27th, 2009 at 20:25

Hello,

I followed the “SCCM: How to capture image” steps, using a VMWare ESX Machine, and taked my “XPSP2.wim”, Then I configured the TS with the new “XP2SP2.wim”. The TS apply the new .wim but when the sccm have the first restart, the process not continue. I review the smsts.log and I the log say the restart process failed. Do you think idea about what’s wrong?
14 PC3PO Aug 17th, 2009 at 07:56

Your instructions threw me at first: “3.Create a folder called sysprep in boot partition”

I think your instructions should read, “3.Create a folder called sysprep in the system volume”

According to Microsoft the Boot Volume is the WINDOWS\System32 folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470
15 Mike Jan 11th, 2010 at 16:30

Can this process by used to capture current images already in the environment? Meaning if I am trying to capture a current image and store it on a network share can this be done in a task sequence?