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Mike
Asked: 2010-10-21 08:25:12 +0800 CST

Live WIM image capture?

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Is there a tool that can capture a live Server WIM image? Without having to boot the server into WinPE and use imageX. A free or commercial tool would be OK.

Thanks!

imagex windows-pe wim

2 Answers

  1. Sure, free solution: you can use volume shadow copy and ImageX to do this on your own.

    vssadmin create shadow /for=C:
vssadmin list shadows

    Then grab the shadow copy's volume ID. (Usually looks like \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopyXX.)

    imagex /capture \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy10\\ image.wim "Server Image"

    Then get rid of the shadow copy.

    vssadmin delete shadows /for=C:

    Might want to use an exact shadow ID to delete (see the /shadow=XXX switch.)

    For a solid enterprise-style solution, see SmartDeploy.

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  2. Ghost has this functionality but for GHO not WIM images - http://altirisbe.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-ghost-imaging-to-create.html

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