OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.4 Release

Usage and Config
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(imported topic written by francesco.latino)

The IBM Endpoint Manager OS Deployment team is pleased to announce the release of OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.4.

This release has the following features:

  • Support of Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 for capturing, imaging, and bare metal deployment

  • Automation of the deployment preparation step: provided the Bundle and Media Manager dashboard to simplify the MDT Bundle creation process

  • Bare Metal deployment support in PXE-less networks: implemented the bootable media (CD, USB) capabilities through the Bundle and Media Manager dashboard

  • Usability and functional improvements when using Join Domain option during image deployment

Actions to take:

This release is an update of the existing site. No immediate actions are required and the current product will continue to function normally. Some changes were made to existing features and to the User Interface.

To take advantage of the new features, create a new 3.4 MDT Bundle and update your Bare Metal Servers to Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 7.1.1 Fixpack 15.

Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment can be downloaded from FixCentral. In airgapped or proxy environments, you may need to cache files on the IBM Endpoint Manager Server and/or the Console.

Additional Resources:

Link to Users Guide:

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v26r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.tem.doc_9.1%2FLifecycle_Man%2FOSD_Users_Guide%2Fc_osdug_intro.html

Link to wiki:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/OS%20Deployment

Instructions for airgapped can be found at the following location:

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v26r1/topic/com.ibm.tem.doc_9.1/Lifecycle_Man/OSD_Users_Guide/c_osd_setup_airgap.html

Published site version:

OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging, version 38

Application Engineering Team

IBM Endpoint Manager