Network Booting CBMR and TBMR from a

RIS/WDS Server for a WinPE Based Disaster

Recovery
 Network Booting CBMR & TBMR from a RIS/WDS Server for a WinPE Based Disaster Recovery

Section Title Page

1.0 Introduction 3
1.1 Using WinPE1 or WinPE2 3
2.0 RIS Server 4
2.1 Prerequisites 4
Prepare the CBMR or TBMR WinPE1 files for use on the
2.2 4
RIS Server
Adding the CBMR or TBMR WinPE1 boot image to a RIS
2.3 5
server
Boot the CBMR or TBMR DR WinPE1 client from the RIS
2.4 9
server
3.0 WDS server 12
3.1 Prerequisites 12
3.2 Adding the CBMR or TBMR boot image to a WDS server 12
Boot the CBMR or TBMR DR WinPE2 client from the WDS
3.3 17
server

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1.0 Introduction

RIS (Remote Installation Services) was introduced with Windows 2000 as an optional component. Initially,
it supported only the distribution of Windows 2000 Professional, but with Service Pack 3 allowed for
the remote installation of Windows 2000 Server. RIS was subsequently updated twice; once to support
Windows XP, and again to support Windows Server 2003.

With the release of Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003, RIS was replaced with Windows Deployment
Services (WDS) which supports the deployment of Windows 2008 R2 Server, Windows Vista and Windows
7.

This document gives an overview of how to setup the Windows PE based DR environment for CBMR so
that it can be network booted from a RIS or WDS server; it is not intended to be a fully instructional guide
for the process of installing RIS or WDS, or any advanced options thereof. For information relating to this,
you should consult the Microsoft installation guides which can be found at http://www.microsoft.com

This guide is also applicable to TBMR although the screen shots shown are all from a CBMR example. The
Method is exactly the same for both CBMR and TBMR.

In addition, this document assumes that you have a working RIS or WDS server already running. If you
do not, you should consult the Microsoft documentation in order to install and configure your RIS or WDS
server.

1.1 Using WinPE1 or WinPE2

At this point you should establish whether you are using WinPE1 or WinPE2. If you have downloaded
CBMR from the Cristie website, you can check the name of the ISO (either cbmr622win86_x64-pe1 or
cbmr622win86_x64-pe2), or check the label on the CD if your copy of CBMR has been supplied to you
in this way.

You can also check by looking in the root of the CD or .ISO; since WinPE1 will have the file: CBMR_DR.ISO
in the root of the .ISO, whereas WinPE2 will not.

WinPE2 will not work on a RIS server; RIS is a service only used on versions of Windows Server up to and
including 2003 SP1 and Windows XP (WinPE1 technology).

WinPE2 is based on Windows Server 2008, Vista, and Windows 7 technology and should be used for
recovery of those operating systems.

If you are using WinPE2, therefore, you should refer to section 3.0 which covers how to boot from a server
running WDS. You can install WDS on a Windows Server 2003 by installing Service Pack 2, if you wish.

Note:
• The scenario for the RIS Server, using WinPE1, used in this document was created using
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1.

• The scenario for the WDS Server, using WinPE2, used in this document was created using
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2. Note that using WDS is exactly
the same in this version of Windows as it is in later versions of Windows Server (i.e. 2008R2).

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2.0 RIS Server

The following section relates to network booting CBMR or TBMR WinPE1 from a RIS server.

2.1 Prerequisites

Prior to installing RIS on a suitable server, please be aware of the following prerequisites:

• RIS only works on a Windows Domain and the Domain (Active Directory) server must be available when
installing/configuring RIS.

• DHCP must be configured and available on a server somewhere.

• The RIS server must have a single NIC.

• RIS image database must be installed on a separate disk or partition from the Windows Boot/System
partition(s).

• The RIS server can be a member server if necessary.

• Remember to authorise the RIS server in Active Directory during RIS installation.

2.2 Prepare the CBMR or TBMR WinPE1 files for use on the RIS Server

Before setting up the RIS environment for WinPE1, find the appropriate files on the CBMR or TBMR
product CD or ISO image.

The files required are:

• CBMR_DR.ISO (or TBMR_DR.ISO)

• startrom.com
• ntdetect.com
• setupldr.exe

CBMR_DR.ISO will be found in the root directory of the CBMR product CD or ISO (as will its TBMR
equivalent). The other three files are supplied in a directory called risbootfiles on the root of the CD (or
ISO).

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2.3 Adding the CBMR or TBMR WinPE1 boot image to a RIS server

Boot images are Windows PE images that you boot a client computer into to perform a system restore
using CBMR or TBMR.

You can use the command line for this or Windows Explorer (as is shown in the examples). Ensure that
you have your CBMR or TBMR CD inserted in the CD/DVD drive in the server, or accessible through a valid
network connection, so that you can retrieve the files needed here.

1. Navigate to the \RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images folder on the RIS server, and then

create a sub-folder for Windows PE called ‘winpe’:

Figure 1

2. Then create a sub-folder in the \winpe folder named: ‘i386’ (figure 2).

Figure 2

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3. Copy the customised

Windows PE ISO
image file (CBMR_
DR.ISO or TBMR_
DR.ISO) from the
CBMR or TBMR
CD or ISO into the
winpe\i386 folder.

Figure 3

4. Create a sub-folder
in the \winpe\
i386 folder named
\templates.

Figure 4

5. Copy Ntdetect.
com, Setupdlr.
exe and Startrom.
com to the winpe\
i386\templates
folder. These files
can be found in the
RISBOOTFILES
folder in the root of
the CD or ISO.

Figure 5
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6. Rename Setupldr.
exe to Ntldr (figure
6).

Figure 6
7. Create a text file named Winnt.sif in the \winpe\i386\templates folder with the following text:

[SetupData]
BootDevice = “ramdisk(0)”
BootPath = “\i386\System32\”
OsLoadOptions = “/noguiboot /fastdetect /minint /rdexportascd /rdpath=%INSTAL
LPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\cbmr_dr.iso”
Architecture = “i386”

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = No

[OSChooser]
Description = “Cristie CBMR”
Help = “RIS Network Boot Setup - CBMR”
LaunchFile = “%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com”
ImageType = Flat
Version = “6.1 (0)”

The cbmr_dr.iso file shown at the end of line 3 under SetupData (shown in bold above) should, of
course, be tbmr_dr.iso if you are using TBMR.

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Figure 7

You will finish with the files in the templates directory as shown here (figure 7). This is the final step and
you can now attempt to remote boot the client. See section 2.4.1: “Boot the CBMR or TBMR DR WinPE1
client from the RIS server”.

If client computers fail to start using RIS restart the RIS service on the server by typing the following
commands:
net stop binlsvc
net start binlsvc

If you wish, you may check that the CBMR image is correctly installed by selecting Active Directory Users
and Computers from Administrative Tools.

Select Domain Controllers from the tree on the left of the window, right-click on the correct Domain
controller that is running RIS, select Properties and then the Remote Install tab, click the Advanced
Settings button and then select the Images tab.

The CBMR image should appear here along with any other images installed.

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2.4 Boot the CBMR or TBMR DR WinPE1 client from the RIS server

This section describes how to boot the CBMR or TBMR DR WinPE1 console on a computer that contains
a network adapter that supports PXE DHCP-based boot ROM. As stated earlier, the example used here is
CBMR, if you are using TBMR the menu options will reflect this.

1. Make sure that the network adapter is set as the primary boot device in the computer BIOS.

2. Restart the client computer from the network adapter.

3. When you are prompted to do so, press F12 to start the download of the Client Installation Wizard.

4. At the “Welcome” screen, press ENTER (figure 8).

Figure 8
5. Enter a valid user name, password and domain name. The user name entered must have permissions
to add computer accounts to the domain. Next, press ENTER (figure 9).

Figure 9

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6. You will then be prompted with a list of images that are available on the server. In this case Install
Microsoft Windows 32-Bit Edition is selected as shown below (figure 10).

Figure 10
7. Following this, all the 32-bit images are displayed. Select Cristie CBMR from the next menu (figure 11).

Figure 11
8. A computer account and a global unique ID for this workstation are displayed (figure 12 - note: these
values are not used by CBMR). Press ENTER to start the download of the CBMR DR WinPE ramdisk
image (figure 13). This may take a few minutes.

Figure 12
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While this occurs, the display will show the address of the RIS server providing the download image.

Figure 13

9. When the download completes the CBMR or TBMR DR Console will start (figure 14). Once you have
agreed to the licensing term you can start the recovery as normal. Refer to whichever document is
applicable to your software; either the ‘CBMR 6.2.x Windows Based Recovery Guide for WinPE1’ or the
‘TBMR User Guide’ both are supplied with the software.

Figure 14
If you cannot see the CBMR image when booting from the RIS client, please check that all the syntax in
the Winnt.sif file is exactly as specified here. Even slight errors or omissions can result in the image not
being detected, or simply not working at all.

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3.0 WDS Server

As stated earlier, the scenario for the WDS Server used in this document was created using Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2.

3.1 Prerequisites

AD DS. A Windows Deployment Services server must be either a member of an AD DS domain or a

domain controller for an AD DS domain. The AD DS domain and forest versions are irrelevant; all domain
and forest configurations support Windows Deployment Services.

DHCP. You must have a working DHCP server with an active scope on the network because Windows
Deployment Services uses PXE, which relies on DHCP for IP addressing.

DNS. You must have a working DNS server on the network before you can run Windows Deployment
Services.

NTFS volume. The server running Windows Deployment Services requires an NTFS file system volume for
the image store.

Credentials. To install the role, you must be a member of the Local Administrators group on the server. To
initialize the server, you must be a member of the Domain Users group.

Boot & Install Images. Before you can deploy a custom image (i.e. a CBMR or TBMR image) you must
have at least on Boot Image and One Install Image installed. To achieve this, install the default images
provided on the installation CD for Windows Server 2008 R2.

Ensure the client machine has at least 512Mb of RAM which is the minimum amount of RAM for
using Windows PE2.

3.2 Adding the CBMR or TBMR boot image to a WDS server

1. Open the WDS console in your Windows Server and right-click on Boot Images (figure 15). Select
Add boot image from the menu.

Figure 15
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2. At this point, ensure that your CBMR

or TBMR CD is inserted into the CD/
DVD drive, or is accessible via a
network connection. Click on the
Browse button and navigate to the
SOURCES folder on the root of the
CD (figure 17).

Figure 16

3. Select the BOOT.WIM file and click

Open. Note that this file is called
BOOT.WIM in TBMR also.

Figure 17

4. Click Next when the correct path

appears (figure 18).

Figure 18
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5. Click Next to confirm the name and

description of the image (figure 19)

Figure 19

6. Review the information and click

Next to continue (figure 20).

Figure 20

7. The image will now copy on

to the WDS server (figure 21).
When this has completed click
Finish.

Figure 21

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The CBMR image will now appear in the WDS console (figure 22).

Figure 22
3.3 Boot the CBMR or TBMR DR WinPE2 client from the WDS server

This section describes how to boot the CBMR DR WinPE2 console on a computer that contains a network
adapter that supports PXE DHCP-based boot ROM. As stated earlier, the example used here is CBMR, if
you are using TBMR the menu options will reflect this.

1. Make sure that the network adapter is set as the primary boot device in the computer BIOS.

2. Restart the client computer from the network adapter.

3. When you are prompted to do so, press F12 to start the download of the Client Installation Wizard.

Figure 23

4. You will then be presented with the image menu (figure 23). Select ‘CBMR 6.2.2 DR Console’.

5. The boot image will now load (figure 24). You will see the IP address of the WDS server from which the
image is loading in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.
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Figure 24
6. When the download completes the CBMR or TBMR DR Console will start (figure 25). Once you have
agreed to the licensing term you can start the recovery as normal. Refer to whichever document is
applicable to your software; either the ‘CBMR 6.2.x Windows Based Recovery Guide for WinPE2’ or the
‘TBMR User Guide’ both are supplied with the software.

Figure 25

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