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FSMO Roles, WDS

Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a technology for remotely deploying Windows operating systems over a network. It uses disk imaging and supports deploying Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and other operating systems. WDS includes several server components like a PXE server, image server, multicast server, and TFTP server to enable network booting and deployment of images to client computers. The PXE server provides boot programs, the image server stores and manages installation images, the multicast server deploys images to multiple clients simultaneously, and the TFTP server downloads boot files needed for PXE booting.

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FSMO Roles, WDS

Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a technology for remotely deploying Windows operating systems over a network. It uses disk imaging and supports deploying Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and other operating systems. WDS includes several server components like a PXE server, image server, multicast server, and TFTP server to enable network booting and deployment of images to client computers. The PXE server provides boot programs, the image server stores and manages installation images, the multicast server deploys images to multiple clients simultaneously, and the TFTP server downloads boot files needed for PXE booting.

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What is FSMO Roles?

Microsoft designed Active Directory in such a fashion that you can perform most configuration activities from any
domain controller. However, certain functions within the directory are restricted to specific domain controllers, which
are known as Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) Role / Server or Simply Operations Master.
There are five roles in FSMO out which two roles are forest based and rest three are domain based roles.
Forest Based Roles
 Schema master
 Domain naming master
Domain Based Roles
 PDC emulator
 Infrastructure master
 RID master
In details below:-
 Schema master—holds the only writable copy of the Active Directory Schema. This is a configuration
database that describes all available object and function types in the Active Directory forest. Only one domain
controller in the forest holds this role.
 Domain naming master—ensures that any newly created domains are uniquely identified by names that
adhere to the proper naming conventions for new trees or child domains in existing trees. Only one domain
controller in the forest holds this role.
 PDC emulator—Serves as a primary domain controller (PDC) for Windows NT 4.0 client computers
authenticating to the domain and processes any changes to user properties on these clients, such as password
changes. This server also acts as a time synchronization master to synchronize the time on the remaining domain
controllers in the domain. One domain controller in each domain holds this role.
 Infrastructure master—Updates references in its domain from objects such as domain group memberships
to objects in other domains. This server processes any changes in objects in the forest received from global
catalog servers and replicates these changes to other domain controllers in its domain. One domain controller in
each domain holds this role.
 RID master—Assigns security identifiers (SIDs) to objects created in its domain. A SID consists of a domain
identifier common to all objects in its domain and a relative identifier (RID) that is unique to each object. This
server ensures that no two objects have the same RID and hands out pools of RIDs to every domain controller in
its domain. One domain controller in each domain holds this role.

IN/OUT – Windows Deployment Services (WDS) – part 1


MARCH 31, 2011 BY VASIM MEMON LEAVE A COMMENT

IN/OUT – Windows Deployment Services (WDS) – part 1 OR WDS Troubleshooting


Introduction to WDS (Windows Deployment Services)
Windows Deployment Services is a technology from Microsoft for network-based installation of Windows operating
systems. It is the successor to Remote Installation Services. WDS is intended to be used for remotely deploying
Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, but also supports other operating systems because unlike its
predecessor RIS, which was a method of automating the installation process, WDS uses disk imaging, in particular
the Windows Imaging Format (WIM). WDS is included as a Server Role in all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows
Server 2008, and is included as an optionally installable component with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
For more details on introduction to WDS click here

Understanding the WDS Architecture


WDS Server Service
The WDSServer service is the main server-side service for Windows Deployment Services. It provides basic service
functions such as memory management, thread pooling, and network interface binding in an effort to support its
hosted subcomponents, known as providers. The providers provide the true functionality associated with WDSServer.
There are five providers included with the default (Deployment Server) installation:
 PXE provider
 PXE server
 Image server
 Multicast server
 TFTP server
WDS PXE Server
The Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) server is used by Windows Deployment Services to provide network
boot programs to client computers. PXE technology is a standard created by Intel that establishes a common and
consistent set of pre-boot services within the boot firmware. The end goal is to enable a client to perform a network
boot and receive a network boot program (NBP) from a network boot server.
WDS PXE Provider
The Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) provider for Windows Deployment Services provides client boot services
over the network. It registers itself with the WDSServer service (the main server-side service of the Windows
Deployment Services solution) and requests a remote procedure call (RPC) endpoint.
PXE technology is a standard created by Intel that establishes a common and consistent set of pre-boot services
within the boot firmware. The end goal is to enable a client to perform a network boot and receive a network boot
program (NBP) from a network boot server.
WDS Image Server
The Windows Deployment Services image server stores and maintains the installation and boot images. The image
server is the module used by the Windows Deployment Services client when it is communicating with the server. The
server registers a remote procedure call (RPC) endpoint for communication between the client and the server.
WDS Multicast Server
The multicast server deploys an image to a large number of client computers concurrently without overburdening the
network. When you create a multicast transmission for an image, the data is sent over the network only once, which
can drastically reduce the network bandwidth that is used.
WDS Multicast Content Provider
The multicast server uses a content provider to transmit the data from the server to the client. The Windows
Deployment Services content provider can transfer any file over a multicast transmission. This content provider
connects the multicast transmission or namespace to the data that has been requested by clients.
WDS TFTP Server
You use the Windows Deployment Services Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server to download the files that are
needed to do a network boot using the Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE). PXE technology is a standard
created by Intel that establishes a common and consistent set of pre-boot services within the boot firmware. The end
goal is to enable a client to do a network boot and receive a network boot program (NBP) from a network boot server.
The TFTP server downloads boot files such as Pxeboot.com, Wdsnbp.com, Bootmgr.exe, and Default.bcd, as well as
the boot image that contains Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE).

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