Remote Installation Services
Remote Installation Services (short RIS ; German: Remote Installation Services ) are an optional component of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 , with the memory maps of operating systems or complete computer configurations, including settings and application programs thus created this network - clients can be distributed to these to be installed partially or completely via remote service .
functionality
Several images of the desired operating systems can be created on the RIS server. The images are created directly on the server by reading the installation CD of the respective operating system. It is not necessary (but still possible) to first install a PC in order to create an image of it. As with an unattended installation , answer files are used that are assigned to an image. Information such as the license key or the computer name is stored in these files . Answer files are freely editable and can contain all necessary information or just basic information as required. This means that the installation on the client can be carried out completely without user input, or the user has to provide individual details such as B. Enter the computer name during the installation procedure.
The installation is carried out using PXE technology, the computer to be installed is booted via the network card and loads the image to be installed from the RIS server via the network . In the case of computers that are not PXE-capable, you can start with a specially created start disk .
RIS can be used to perform the initial installation of the operating system or to overwrite an existing installation. With this technology, no additional operating system components such as optional services can be added to an existing system. RIS is often used to ensure a standardized basic installation on several computers. The basic requirements for use are a configured Active Directory and the installation of the operating system on drive C :. No other drive can be selected for installation using RIS.
The three main components of the RIS are Boot Information Negotiation Layer (BINL), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), and Single Instance Store (SIS).
Further development
Successor to the Remote Installation Services were with the introduction of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 , the Windows Deployment Services (WDS).