Application Deployment

[Blues]

We have 30 PCs to setup with the same software what is a good free tool to deploy all the PCs with the same applications. I have tried a free imaging app off UBCD but I am getting some annoying errors after applying the image to another PC.

 

[ATTech]

If you can do an unattended install of it and are in a domain, you can use psexec (free from Sysinternals) to run the command simultaneously on each computer.

 

[Blues]

It is a domain environment and just incase the PCs are windows 7

 

[DarDar]

Could try sccm if in a large domain environment. Or maybe use autoIT to package them up together. Have a look here too for some info:

http://www.appdeploy.com/

 

[Blues]

have tried deployment apps/services in the past with poor or failed resaults

 

[Morrison5891]

Install the OS and apps on one HDD... use Acronis to clone the drive.

You can use Acronis FREE for 30 days.

 

[ATTech]

It is a domain environment and just incase the PCs are windows 7

Is it an msi package or does it have any silent installation switches?

 

[Peter@ifix]

Install the OS and apps on one HDD... use Acronis to clone the drive.

You can use Acronis FREE for 30 days.

That would only work if the 30 PCs were identical.

 

[dbdawn]

It is a domain environment and just incase the PCs are windows 7

I just did imaging with MDT 2010 and a bunch of Windows 7 machines. It is really flexible. You can use a cd, usb stick or pxe server to start the install and then it grabs the files off your file share. Myself I did the whole pxe server deployment, quite handy.

 

[Blues]

Our methods we were using actually worked the errors we later found we not related to our methods so all we need to do is figure the error and fix it on these machines.

 

[ATTech]

Our methods we were using actually worked the errors we later found we not related to our methods so all we need to do is figure the error and fix it on these machines.

That was painful to try and read.

 

[dbdawn]

Our methods we were using actually worked the errors we later found we not related to our methods so all we need to do is figure the error and fix it on these machines.

What are the errors? Are they related to the imaging of the OS or your applications?

 

[Blues]

ATTech sorry about that I just re-read that myself. We imaged the PCs and that worked none of the problems we had were due to the image. The fun fact the issues were not even due to our software. The problem seems to be with Dell's preloaded software and Domains. The errors do not occur under local or domain admin accounts so it is a permissions error with Windows 7, Dell Software, and Domain Rights. The problem is nothing major so it is on the back burner.