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OS ImageX Support

The GETIMAGE-WIN8 and GETIMAGEX64 operating system types are extended to support the unsigned drivers for ImageX OS deployments. These types use Windows ADK 8.0 for creating OS images. To include unsigned drivers in the corresponding ImageX OS images, the ADK version associated with those operating systems must be ADK 8.0 or earlier.

For example, the ImageX images that are created from WIM files using GETIMAGEX64, can only include unsigned drivers for ImageX deployment of the following operating systems:

You can use the same getimagex64 OS to deploy ImageX of Windows 8.1 and 2012 R2, by copying all the DISM binaries from the Windows ADK 8.1 install location and replace the existing ones in the "imagex" folder of the created getimagex64 OS. That is, copy the binaries from %programfiles%\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\DISM to

<DSMInstallDir>\DSM\Server\SDBS\var\managedpc\images\<OSImageName>\<OSImageName>\imagex folder.

Alternately, you can also copy the DISM binaries to the OS image folder of the Windows 8.1 and 2012 R2 IMAGEX images.

The default path for IMAGEX images is:

<DSMInstallDir>\Server\SDBS\var\managedpc\images\<OSImageName>\<OSImageName>.

If you are using GETIMAGE-WIN8, then copy the DISM binaries from the X86 folder. Typically following is the default path:

%programfiles%\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\x86\DISM

Notes:

  1. In case of upgrade, the existing images of GETIMAGE-WIN8 , GETIMAGX64 and their corresponding ImageX types cannot be updated using IPS tools to support the unsigned drivers installation.
  2. If unsigned driver support for IMAGEX deployments is needed only till Windows 8 and Windows 2012, then copy the following DISM binaries from ADK8 installation folder to %programfiles%\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\<OSArch>\DISM.
  3. If we intend to support windows 8.1 and 2012 R2 as well, then DISM binaries from ADK 8.1 need to be copied as mentioned earlier.