Deploy OS and System Packages to a Single Computer

After you have added a computer and defined its formatting and partitioning settings, you must either:

Install the operating system and the CCM network software for a Consistent Mode computer, (A blue icon identifies Consistent Mode computers), or
Inform CCM of the software installed on a Cooperative Mode computer (A yellow icon identifies Cooperative Mode computers) and install the CCM Windows Agent.

Before you begin deploying packages, you should adjust the Package Deployment settings in the CCM Activities Properties dialog box. These settings, where possible, control the automatic execution of package deployment.

Tip: You can monitor the deployment process in a new window. Right-click the Scope pane's CCM Activities item and choose New Window from Here. Tile the new window and the main window, and monitor the activity.

To install the operating system and CCM network packages:

In the Scope pane, expand the Server Name item, then expand the Packages item.

TIP: You can open a secondary window so you can drag packages from it to a computer group in the main window. In the Scope pane, right-click the Packages item and choose New Window from Here.

Click the System item to display CCM operating system packages in the Result pane.

In the Scope pane, expand the Computers item.
Expand the <All Computers> item to display all CCM computers on the server and scroll to display the computer to which you want to deploy the package.

A blue icon identifies Consistent Mode computers.
A yellow icon identifies Cooperative Mode computers

TIP: You can expand the computer item in the Scope pane to see the list of packages already installed on it.

In the Result pane of either the main window or the secondary Packages window, select the operating system package you want to deploy.

NOTE: Make sure the operating system you are selecting is compatible with the defined partition formatting.

Drag the operating system package to a computer item or computer group item in the Scope pane.
In the Assign Packages dialog box, click OK or OK (Cooperative).

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To...

Start a Managing Package Jobs CCM Activity and deploy and install the package on the specified computer or computer group.

OK Coop

Enters this information into the computer configuration file without actually installing the packages.

OK Coop is enabled only if you have selected a Cooperative Mode computer.

In the Add Required Packages dialog box listing the operating system setup or cabinet files that are required, click Install.
In the Add Required Packages dialog box listing the CCM Windows Agent packages, select the most recent Windows Agent and click Install.
In the Add Required Packages dialog box listing the CCM Pre-OS Agent packages, select Pre-OS Agent that is compatible with the assigned operating system and click Install.
A new instance of the Add Required Packages dialog box opens for each missing package dependency.

When all dependent packages have been selected for installation, the Manage Packages: Choose Drive and Date dialog box opens. The operating system, CCM Windows Agent, and the CCM Pre-OS Agent packages must be installed on Drive C.

Click OK.
In the Set Parameters dialog box, select the tab for the CCM Windows Agent package and double-click the Value field for each parameter to set the desired values for the Windows Agent.

On Cooperative Mode computers, you must set the Windows Agent parameters here, AND later on when you manually install the Windows Agent. The parameter values in both instances must be identical.

TIP: If you want to augment the settings that control the CCM Windows Agent on the computer, you can later select and install the CCM Windows Agent Settings package.

Select the tab for the operating system package and double-click the Value field for each parameter to set the desired values.

NOTE: If you fail to set a required parameter, CCM will prompt you with an error message and automatically scroll to the next required parameter value.

Click OK.

CCM sets the Managing Package Jobs Activity to Done. The jobs will be executed the next time the computer polls the CCM server, either during its specified Action period or when the job is explicitly pushed.

NOTE: If you are setting up a Cooperative Mode computer, you must manually install the CCM Windows Agent on the computer making sure that the CCM Windows Agent parameter value settings are identical to those that you just set here.

For instructions about installing the CCM Windows Agent on Cooperative Mode computers, using ONwards, see the documentation provided with ONwards.