Preparing the Host and Operating System Boot Image
1In the host system, go to the BIOS menu and confirm that the boot order lists the local hard drive before the iSCSI LUN.
NOTICE: The following step is mandatory. Failure to follow the step may cause the operating system to display a blue screen and fail to boot.
2Log in to the operating system. Open the Disk Management Console and verify that the iSCSI LUN is recognized.
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you do not login to the iSCSI target manually. The iSCSI Software Initiator automatically retrieves the iSCSI boot configuration from the Intel PRO/1000 adapter iSCSI Boot firmware. If you manually add connections inside the initiator with the same paths as configured in the iSCSI boot firmware, the system may hang, display a blue screen or reboot during failover.
3Boot to a bootable device such as a diskette drive, media, or USB key and run a disk imaging software such as Symantec Ghost.
4Clone the local disk to the iSCSI LUN (disk to disk).
5Reboot the host.
6Go to the BIOS menu, change the boot order to disable the local hard drive and reboot. The host now boots from the iSCSI LUN.
Cloning
If you intend to create an operating system image to deploy to multiple hosts, run Sysprep prior to cloning the LUN.
1In the system drive root, create a directory and name it as Sysprep.
2In your operating system media, locate the archive file support\tools\deploy.cab and copy all the contents to the Sysprep directory.
3Use the setupmgr.exe utility to create the sysprep.inf file and follow the on the screen instructions to provide specific information.
4In the Sysprep.inf file, edit the [Unattended] section as shown below:
[Unattended]
LegacyNic=1
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