https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-deployment-and/menu/m-p/3209972#M550 I am looking for some advice on best practice to implement a menu based system to deploy OS's to different hardware platforms. <BR /><BR />I have created a number of unattended install jobs (based on different hardware) and several modular based configuration, application install and security jobs to modify the default Windows install. <BR /><BR />My question: <BR /><BR />How can I distribute the unattended install as well as the appropriate jobs to a new server based on the hardware platform. <BR /><BR />e.g. New HP BL20p running Windows 2000 - User chooses "BL20p (win2000)" config from a menu system and the appropriate jobs start executing in sequence. <BR /><BR />I have seen that Altiris doesn't recommend the "Initial Deployment" method for systems above 10 computers. <BR /><BR />I have also had a bit of a play with Virtual PCs but my first attempt seemed to put the client into a infinite reboot cycle after running the first job (unattended install). <BR /><BR />Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations? <BR /><BR />Regards, <BR /><BR />Geoff. Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:14:05 GMT Geoff Durham 2004-03-04T16:14:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-deployment-and/menu/m-p/3209972#M550 I am looking for some advice on best practice to implement a menu based system to deploy OS's to different hardware platforms. <BR /><BR />I have created a number of unattended install jobs (based on different hardware) and several modular based configuration, application install and security jobs to modify the default Windows install. <BR /><BR />My question: <BR /><BR />How can I distribute the unattended install as well as the appropriate jobs to a new server based on the hardware platform. <BR /><BR />e.g. New HP BL20p running Windows 2000 - User chooses "BL20p (win2000)" config from a menu system and the appropriate jobs start executing in sequence. <BR /><BR />I have seen that Altiris doesn't recommend the "Initial Deployment" method for systems above 10 computers. <BR /><BR />I have also had a bit of a play with Virtual PCs but my first attempt seemed to put the client into a infinite reboot cycle after running the first job (unattended install). <BR /><BR />Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations? <BR /><BR />Regards, <BR /><BR />Geoff. Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:14:05 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-deployment-and/menu/m-p/3209972#M550 Geoff Durham 2004-03-04T16:14:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-deployment-and/menu/m-p/3209973#M551 Look at the SYSTYPE utility. It's documented in ssstkug.pdf in the deploy\tools\ssst directory on your RDP server. Fri, 05 Mar 2004 07:09:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-deployment-and/menu/m-p/3209973#M551 Ken Henault 2004-03-05T07:09:07Z