[BESAdmin-Announcements] OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.4 Release

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The IBM Endpoint Manager OS Deployment team is pleased to announce the 
release of OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.4.


This release has the following features:

* Support of Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 for capturing, imaging, and bare 
metal deployment
* Automation of the deployment preparation step: provided the Bundle and 
Media Manager dashboard to simplify the MDT Bundle creation process 
* Bare Metal deployment support in PXE-less networks: implemented the 
bootable media (CD, USB) capabilities through the Bundle and Media Manager 
dashboard
* Usability and functional improvements when using Join Domain option 
during image deployment


Actions to take: 

This release is an update of the existing site. No immediate actions are 
required and the current product will continue to function normally. Some 
changes were made to existing features and to the User Interface. 
To take advantage of the new features, create a new 3.4 MDT Bundle and 
update your Bare Metal Servers to Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS 
Deployment 7.1.1 Fixpack 15. 
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment can be downloaded from 
FixCentral. In airgapped  or proxy environments,  you may need to cache 
files on the IBM Endpoint Manager Server and/or the Console.


Additional Resources: 

Link to  Users Guide:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v26r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.tem.doc_9.1%2FLifecycle_Man%2FOSD_Users_Guide%2Fc_osdug_intro.html

Link to wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/OS%20Deployment

Instructions for airgapped can be found at the following location: 
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v26r1/topic/com.ibm.tem.doc_9.1/Lifecycle_Man/OSD_Users_Guide/c_osd_setup_airgap.html



Published site version: 
OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging, version 38


Application Engineering Team 
IBM Endpoint Manager 



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