Using standard WDS + WAIK, I have some questions. I am starting with the absolute basics to ensure everything works the way it should. We are trying to push out images to our client computers as we sell many computers and spend much time configuring
computers individually. We are probably going to use MDT but, setting up the infrastructure correctly is key right now.
This is how we have our network basically setup..
VLAN A: Contains workstations.
VLAN B: Contains the WDS server and client networks. Each client network has its own DNS, DHCP, and ADDS and its server is a domain controller. Each network is separated by a DELL Sonicwall. The WDS server has 2 NIC interfaces. NIC1 is static to our
main DHCP. NIC2 is setup for a client network's DHCP. They are not bridged, teamed or other similar bonding state.
Right now, after connecting the client NIC to the respective client switch, we have to dis-join the WDS server from its current domain and join it to the client domain for it to serve the client workstations a PXE boot and BCD / boot image properly. This method is tedious and inefficient and is not a proper solution.
My questions are:
1) Is there any way to properly serve computers that are under the client domain while staying on our main domain?
2) Can I pre-stage computers by the "Approve and Name" function into the client ADDS with the WDS being on our main domain?
(=Chris=)