RIS vs SysPrep - little help here :)
bcairns
Member Posts: 280
Hello -
Going through my books one thing they do not point out is the advantage of using RIS vs Sysprep.
I mean the only thing that seems to be different is that RIS needs a lot of overhead (dns, dhcp, ad, pxe nics, etc etc) and Sysprep you can burn to CD or network share.
I am just wondering if you had the ability to do both, which should you use and why?
Going through my books one thing they do not point out is the advantage of using RIS vs Sysprep.
I mean the only thing that seems to be different is that RIS needs a lot of overhead (dns, dhcp, ad, pxe nics, etc etc) and Sysprep you can burn to CD or network share.
I am just wondering if you had the ability to do both, which should you use and why?
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Silver Bullet
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Sysprep prepares a computer to be cloned and RIS is a process that installs XP on PCs. So you can't really compare the 2 since they perform different functions. -
Danman32
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Yup, with sysprep, you still need cloning software that is not provided by MS.
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bcairns
Member Posts: 280
Danman32 wrote:Yup, with sysprep, you still need cloning software that is not provided by MS.
Ok now I get it....slaps self in foreheadMy youTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/voidrealms -
shibaji
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bcairns wrote:Hello -
Going through my books one thing they do not point out is the advantage of using RIS vs Sysprep.
I mean the only thing that seems to be different is that RIS needs a lot of overhead (dns, dhcp, ad, pxe nics, etc etc) and Sysprep you can burn to CD or network share.
I am just wondering if you had the ability to do both, which should you use and why? -
Danman32
Member Posts: 1,243
RIS uses the server to do the deployment, using PXE or floppy boot to connect to the server and download the install.
Sysprep simply prepares a source machine for cloning with a third party cloning software.