Creating and managing MDT bundles manually

Use the Fixlets and tasks in the MDT Bundle Creator Setup node to manually prepare your environment for creating MDT bundles.

You can download and run the MDT Bundle Creator tool on an BigFix client, or on any other computer of your choice, providing it connects to the external network, and meets specific system requirements and prerequisites. If you run the tool on a client, there are Fixlets and tasks that install the required prerequisites and components for you.

If your designated computer is not an Endpoint Management client, then you must download the MDT Bundle creator tool manually and install the needed prerequisites , by following the process described in MDT Bundle creation process.

If you are setting up the MDT Bundle on an BigFix client, from the Setup node, expand MDT Bundle Creator Setup to display the required fixlets and tasks.

To prepare your client system to run the MDT Bundle Creator Tool, run the required Fixlets and tasks in the order shown, then launch the MDT Bundle creator tool to create your MDT bundle, and finally upload the bundle to the BigFix server.

Note that some fixlets might not be relevant if the selected client already has the corresponding prerequisites at the required level. The computer on which you run the WADK installation fixlets must be connected to the external network.

  1. Deploy 7-Zip

    Downloads the 7-zip compression and decompression tool to the selected computer.

  2. Deploy Microsoft .NET Framework

    Installs Microsoft .NET framework on the selected computer. It is a prerequisite to the installation of PowerShell.

  3. Deploy PowerShell

    Installs PowerShell on the selected computer. It is needed to automate the sequence of creation steps.

  4. Deploy Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)

    downloads and installs the Windows Automated Installation Kit (for use with MDT 2012 Update 1) on the selected computer.

    or

    Deploy Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (WADK)

    To download and install one of the following on the selected computer:
    • WADK8 (for use with MDT 2012 Update 1)
    • WADK 8.1 (for use with MDT 2013)
    • WADK 10 (for use with MDT 2013 Update 1)
      Important: On Windows 7, Windows 2008, or Windows 2008 R2 systems, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 must already be installed before you run this Fixlet.
    Note: The choice of which kit to download depends on the operating systems you are planning to deploy. See MDT Bundle Creators and valid component combinations. WAIK and WADK cannot coexist on the same computer.
  5. Deploy MDT 2012 Update 1

    Run this Fixlet on the selected computer if you installed WAIK or WADK 8 in the previous step.

    or

    Deploy MDT 2013 or MDT 2013 Update 1

    Run this Fixlet on the selected computer if you installed WADK 8.1 or WADK 10 in the previous step.

  6. Deploy MDT Bundle Creator.

    When you run the MDT Bundle Creator task from the OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging site, a folder containing all the MDT bundle creator tool programs is created. The folder is located in the path %Drive of IEM Client%\OSDSETUP . You can also download the MDT Bundle tool manually to your computer. In this case, a compressed file is downloaded to the specified path and you must extract its contents.

  7. Follow the steps described in MDT Bundle creation process to launch the MDT bundle creator tool on the selected computer.

    If you are using XP mass storage drivers, see Prepare and add XP mass storage drivers before you run the tool.

  8. Upload the MDT Bundle to the IBM Endpoint Management Server from the MDT Resources tab of the Bundle and Media Manager Dashboard.
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