Hardware Independent Imaging (HII) Preview

Applies to LANDesk Management Suite 9.5 SP1 and newer

Description

Hardware Independent Imaging allows drivers to be injected during the imaging process specific to the destination hardware. During hardware migration planning

driver decisions must be made. In order to assist with that migration planning a preview option has been added to HII, enabling IT to review driver assignments prior to upgrading to a new OS.

Requirements

• The client where the preview is being run must have an agent installed
• The client must be able to download the drivers.db3 file from the core server

Running HIIClient

1. Copy HIIClient.exe to the client from the core. The file can be found in the %LDMS_HOME%\landesk\files directory.
2. Run HIIClient with the appropriate preview options (See below).
3. Review the logs for driver assignment and detection found in the directory where HIIClient was run.
   1. HIIClient.log
   2. HIIPreview.log

HIIClient options

hiiclient [/?] [/uncpath] [/taskid <taskid>] [/preview | /previewall] [/os <os> /arch <architecture>]

/? - Shows standard help and syntax information

/uncpath - Specifies if HII should use unc based paths to drivers

/taskid - Specifies the <taskid> to use to ask for SWD snippet when processing packaged drivers

/preview - Specifies if HII should run in preview only mode.

/previewall - Specifies if HII should run in preview only mode with debug information.

/os - Only valid with both /preview and /arch.

          Specifies which OS the preview should be run for.

          Valid options are: winxp, win7, win8, server2003, server2008r2, server2012

          If not specified the currently detected OS will be used.

/arch - Only valid with both /preview and /os.  Specifies which architecture the preview should be run for.

          Valid options are: x86, x64.

          If not specified the currently detected Architecture will be used for the preview.