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OS Deployment
BigFix OS Deployment, which is part of the BigFix Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy new workstations and servers throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution saves time and money, enforces a standardized and approved image, and reduces risks associated with non-compliant or insecure configurations.
Reimaging
Reimaging is the process of saving the user state on a computer, installing a new image on it, and then restoring the user state.
Reimaging Windows Systems
You can specify different options which will affect the reimaging process on the target.
Deploying an image to a target computer
To reimage your target computer, use this wizard to customize deployment parameters and user settings.
Share Location for remote logging and USM Overflow

OS Deployment
BigFix OS Deployment, which is part of the BigFix Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy new workstations and servers throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution saves time and money, enforces a standardized and approved image, and reduces risks associated with non-compliant or insecure configurations.
- Product overview
- Configuring the OS Deployment Environment
  To start working with OS Deployment, run the configuration Fixlets and tasks listed in the Setup Node.
- Managing MDT Bundles and Deployment Media for Windows targets
  To perform OS Deployment of Windows operating systems, you prepare your deployment environment and resources using the Bundle and Media Manager Dashboard.
- Managing Drivers for Windows Deployments
  The Manage Images and Drivers node includes tasks to prepare and import drivers for deployment to Windows targets.
- Managing Linux OS Resources and Deployment Media
  You can import Linux OS Resources needed to create network boot media and to capture and deploy Linux images
- Managing Images
  The Manage Images and Drivers node includes tasks to capture, import and manage images for deployment to targets.
- Upload Mode
  By default, the OS images are permanently stored in the BigFix root server.
- Reimaging
  Reimaging is the process of saving the user state on a computer, installing a new image on it, and then restoring the user state.
  - Reimaging Windows Systems
    You can specify different options which will affect the reimaging process on the target.
    - Deploying an image to a target computer
      To reimage your target computer, use this wizard to customize deployment parameters and user settings.
      - Windows License Product Key
      - Migrate User Settings
        You can capture the user profiles and settings of a system before the reimaging process begins.
      - Miscellaneous Options
        In the Deploy Image to Computer dashboard, you can specify a set of options to customize the deployment for your specific environment.
      - Share Location for remote logging and USM Overflow
      - Share Location Credentials
      - Domain Credentials
    - Reimaging Windows Systems in multicast
      You can reimage your targets by using multicast communication, if your network infrastructure supports it.
  - Reimaging Linux Systems
    You can reimage Linux systems by deploying images that you previously imported from installation media.
  - Managing templates
    When you save a template, all input fields and options selected are stored for future use.
- Installing Windows 10/11 or Windows Server using in-place upgrade
  To upgrade your existing Windows systems to Windows 10/11 or Windows Server you can use the in-place upgrade fixlets.
- Bare Metal deployments
  You can install and manage BigFix for OS Deployment servers and create profiles for bare metal deployments.
- Monitoring Deployment Activities
  You can track and monitor all deployment activities in your Endpoint Management network.
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
  You can monitor deployment activities, correct exceptions and adjust configuration settings specific to your environment through dashboards and tasks available for these purposes.
- Setting up OS Deployment in an air-gapped network
  You can choose to configure your OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging site in an air-gapped network.
- Deprecated and Superseded functionalities
  This topic lists the functionalities that are still present in OSD, but are deprecated.
- Create Ubuntu OS Resources manually

Share Location for remote logging and USM Overflow

Remote Logging specifies a network location to which your log files are copied after capture or re-image. To use this feature, click the Enable box and browse to assign a logging location.

If you enabled remote logging you can also select Dynamic Logging to enable real time logging for debugging purposes. Logs are created dynamically and stored in the specified network location.

Enable USM Overflow specifies a network location where user files are to be migrated if there is insufficient space on the endpoint. To use this feature, click the Enable box and browse to assign an overflow location.