[Info-vax] Do you (or someone you work with) sysman on Windows?

[Paul Sture]

On 2015-05-15, Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS at hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/13/2015 1:46 AM, Steven Schweda wrote:
>>> [...] Why do they always rebuild the system disk from
>>> scratch???
>>
>>     I know nothing, but I have a dim memory of trying to
>> transplant a Windows XP disk from one system to a different
>> system -- that is, same OS, different hardware.  The disk
>> initially appeared bootable in the new system, but Windows
>> seemed to have the old hardware path to the disk burned into
>> its brain (somewhere in the Registry? -- I don't know), so it
>> never got beyond the initial step or two, failing with some
>> uninformative error message.
>>
>
> I'm guessing that the complexity of the issues reduces with VMs as 
> opposed to boxes.
>
> I did mention to our server people that SYSPREP might be the Mut's nuts 
> when adding a node in the Web Farm or cloning the Web Farm from VPN to 
> DMZ but we're still arguing.

The latest tool is apparently DISM. No, nothing to do with dismounting
disks and tapes but "Deployment Image Servicing and Management"

<https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824821.aspx>

> I miss VMS!
>
> Here's something that doesn't change though :-(
> Go cap in hand to SYS Admin/DBA
> Oh enlightened ones, please look down on us mere mortals and permit us 
> to massage your egos
> I fully understand that you can't let us deal directly with VSI/HP/DEC 
> support (Oh and especially Oracle support) as then we'd all see the 
> Emperor has no clothes

You forgot the bit about plying them with food and drink.  That often
works.

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