WDS Remoteinstall directory

Question

_{Tuesday, October 14, 2014 2:49 PM}

Hi All

I have a question about the WDS Remoteinstall directory

I know you should not configure WDS in any way. SCCM will do that for you by enabling PXE Support for clients on the Distribution Point(s).

Our Distribution points have a C:\ and a D:\ drive

The C:\ drive is for the OS and the D:\drive is for the other stuff

We placed the NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS on the C:\ drive at installation status already, will the remoteinstall directory be installed on the C:\ drive or on the D:\drive.

If the remoteinstall directory is placed on the C:\ drive do we need to perform the following steps after WDS installation to migrate the remoteinstall directory to the D:\ drive

• WDSUTIL /uninitialize-server  -> remove sharing on th C:\drive
• Copy C:\remoteinstall to D:\remoteinstall
• Delete C:\remoteinstall
• WDSUTIL /Initialize-server /RemInst:D:\RemoteInstall

I hope someone can help

Regards

Johan Erven

All replies (5)

_{Tuesday, October 14, 2014 3:02 PM ✅Answered}

It will end up on D:\ if I am not mistaken.

Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

_{Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:47 AM ✅Answered}

Hi All

Thx for the answers

The remoteinstall directory will be placed on the D:\drive , because of the file NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS on the C:\drive.

And in case if it is installed on the C:\drive we can use the steps below to change the location

• WDSUTIL /uninitialize-server  -> remove sharing on th C:\drive
• Copy C:\remoteinstall to D:\remoteinstall
• Delete C:\remoteinstall
• WDSUTIL /Initialize-server /RemInst:D:\RemoteInstall

I will update this post if we have installed WDS/PXE

Regards

Johan

_{Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:50 AM}

Hi,

If you want to relocate RemoteInstall folder, that should work without problem.

And if you want to relocate shared folder created by DP, you may want to see this:

Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 – Move a Distribution Point Content Library Between Drives

_{Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:06 AM}

Regarding relocating the RemoteInstall folder, my experience is that you need to uninitialize WDS and reinitilize it, like you said. I am pretty sure that the RemoteInstall folder will be put on the driver with the most free space, if there is no NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS present.

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_{Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:20 AM}

Hi All

I can confirm that the remoteinstall directory will be installed on the drive with the most free space and not on the drive if NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS exist

Regards

Johan