This post elaborates on the MDTDB PowerShell module from Michael Niehaus
link URL and configures the drives using PowerShell. it does
this
without altering the Task Sequence.
The key to this is using a few MDT database variables:
- OSDPartitions0BOOTABLE=
- OSDPartitions0FILESYSTEM=
- OSDPartitions0QUICKFORMAT=
- OSDPartitions0SIZE=
- OSDPartitions0SIZEUNITS=
- OSDPartitions0TYPE=
- OSDPartitions0VOLUMELETTERVARIABLE=
- OSDPartitions0VOLUMENAME=
This variables will overrule de standard drive configuration defined in the
Task Sequence. MDT can configure a maximum of 2 partitions (per disk) using the
database variables
OSDPartitions0 and
OSDPartitions1Field
OSDPartitions0SIZE
will define the partition size in units specified in
OSDPartitions0SIZEUNITS, these can be
MB,
GB or
%. When using % this will define the
percentage of remaining diskspace so if partition 0 was defined as 40Gb the
specification of 100 % will result in the allocation of 100% of the rest of the
remaining disk space to that second partition.
this script will use DHCP exports as created by another script you can find
on my
blog , if no, by DHCP exported MAC address, can be found the
script will ask for a MAC address. it will check the MAC address for validity
and the script will ask you to create a new MDTcomputer object if the machine
cannot be found.
##################################
#
# this deployscript automates
MDT using the database
# It configures the disk configuration of a new or
existing computer object
# Functionality based on MDT plugin developed by
Michael Niehaus
# Build by Bas Huygen
# March 2013
# Version
0.1
#################################
# Clear relevant variables
Clear-Host
Clear-Variable -Name
computer
Clear-Variable -Name LASTEXITCODE
# import the relevant powershell modules and snapins
Import-Module
D:\PSdeployripts\MDTDB\MDTDB.psm1 -Verbose
Add-PSSnapIn
Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn
# Declare variables
$ErrorActionPreference=
"SilentlyContinue"
$DeployServer = "deploy.deploy.lan"
$SQLServer =
"deploySQL.deploy.lan"
$SQLInstance = "SQLExpress"
$MDTDatabaseName =
"MDTdb"
$DHCPexport = "\\DHCP01\D$\PSdeployripts\Exports\exportDHCP.txt"
# Make a connection to the MDT database
Connect-MDTDatabase -SQLServer
$SQLServer\$SQLInstance -Database $MDTDatabaseName
# Function Get-MAC $computer used to fetch MAC address
Function Get-MAC
($computer){
$macstr = 0
$maccnv = 0
if(!(Test-Path
$DHCPexport)){Write-Host "path $DHCPexport is not valid"
$macstr
=Get-Content Env:\TEMP\maccache.txt |where{$_ -like
"*$computer*"}}
if($macstr.length -eq 0){
$maccnv= Read-Host ("$computer not found in cache `nEnter the MAC adress
`nFormat is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx");
write
"$computer $maccnv" |Out-File Env:\TEMP\maccache.txt -Append
# check the retreived MAC adress for validity
if($maccnv.Replace(":","").Length -ne 12) {
do{
Write-Host "Found $computer in DHCP however it is not
valid: $maccnv"
$maccnv = Read-Host "Please enter a
valid MAC address format is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx";
}while
($maccnv.Replace(":","").Length -ne 12)
}
write "$computer $maccnv" |Out-File Env:\TEMP\maccache.txt -Append
}
else{ Write-Host "Found $computer with $maccnv"}
return $maccnv
}
# Function set drive config entered by user
Function Drive-Config
($computer,$mac){
$config = Read-Host ("Please enter drive configuration:
`n
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Standard
disk configuration (1 partition all space allocated) (s) `
One custom
partition rest not configured (1) `n
Two custom partitions
(2)`n
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Please
enter a choice (1,2,s)")
Switch ($config) {
1 {Set-MDTComputer -id $mac -settings
@{OSDPartitions="1";
OSDPartitions0BOOTABLE="TRUE";
OSDPartitions0FILESYSTEM="NTFS";
OSDPartitions0QUICKFORMAT="TRUE";
OSDPartitions0SIZE=(Read-Host
"The amount of GB's of the first drive");
OSDPartitions0SIZEUNITS="GB";
OSDPartitions0TYPE="Primary";
OSDPartitions0VOLUMELETTERVARIABLE="Newdrive1";
OSDPartitions0VOLUMENAME="OSDisk"
OSDPartitions1BOOTABLE="";
OSDPartitions1FILESYSTEM="";
OSDPartitions1QUICKFORMAT="";
OSDPartitions1SIZE="";
OSDPartitions1SIZEUNITS="";
OSDPartitions1TYPE="";
OSDPartitions1VOLUMELETTERVARIABLE="";
OSDPartitions1VOLUMENAME=""} > $null
}
2
{Set-MDTComputer -id $mac -settings @{OSDPartitions="2";
OSDPartitions0BOOTABLE="TRUE";
OSDPartitions0FILESYSTEM="NTFS";
OSDPartitions0QUICKFORMAT="TRUE";
OSDPartitions0SIZE=(Read-Host
"The amount of GB's of the first drive");
OSDPartitions0SIZEUNITS="GB";
OSDPartitions0TYPE="Primary";
OSDPartitions0VOLUMELETTERVARIABLE="Newdrive1";
OSDPartitions0VOLUMENAME="OSDisk"
OSDPartitions1BOOTABLE="FALSE";
OSDPartitions1FILESYSTEM="NTFS";
OSDPartitions1QUICKFORMAT="TRUE";
OSDPartitions1SIZE=(Read-Host
"The amount of GB's of the second drive");
OSDPartitions1SIZEUNITS="GB";
OSDPartitions1TYPE="Primary";
OSDPartitions1VOLUMELETTERVARIABLE="Newdrive2";
OSDPartitions1VOLUMENAME="Data" } > $null
}
s
{Set-MDTComputer -id $mac -settings @{OSDPartitions="";
OSDPartitions0BOOTABLE="";
OSDPartitions0FILESYSTEM="";
OSDPartitions0QUICKFORMAT="";
OSDPartitions0SIZE="";
OSDPartitions0SIZEUNITS="";
OSDPartitions0TYPE="";
OSDPartitions0VOLUMELETTERVARIABLE="";
OSDPartitions0VOLUMENAME=""
OSDPartitions1BOOTABLE="";
OSDPartitions1FILESYSTEM="";
OSDPartitions1QUICKFORMAT="";
OSDPartitions1SIZE="";
OSDPartitions1SIZEUNITS="";
OSDPartitions1TYPE="";
OSDPartitions1VOLUMELETTERVARIABLE="";
OSDPartitions1VOLUMENAME=""} > $null
}
}
}
Clear-Host
$computer = Read-Host "Please enter Computer name"
write
"Starting deployscript for $computer"
$mac = Get-MAC
$computer
If(!((Get-MDTComputer -macAddress $mac).OSDComputerName -eq
$computer)){
if($macstr -eq 0){Get-MAC $computer}
$newMDTComp =
Read-Host "Make a new MDT Computer object? (y/n)"
if($newMDTComp -eq
"y"){
New-MDTComputer -macAddress $mac -dedeployription $computer
-settings @{OSInstall="YES";OSDComputerName="$computer"} > $null
Drive-Config $computer ((Get-MDTComputer -macAddress
$mac).ID)}exit
}
else{Drive-Config $computer ((Get-MDTComputer -macAddress
$mac).ID)}
happy OSD-ing
