Imaging Surface Pro 3 with Fog

Introduction 06-11-2015 : **New version, easier to deploy** 06-12-2015 :Removing the keyboard while imaging on the tablet(step 8) help...

Introduction

06-11-2015 : **New version, easier to deploy**
06-12-2015 :Removing the keyboard while imaging on the tablet(step 8) help solve some bugs

We had a Fog server to image our current PC.

But I wasn't able to make it work with my new surface pro 3... at first!

So here is the way I'm proceeding to:
Inventory in Fog
Create the image
Deploy to the surface

Needed:
-Fog Server
-Surface Ethernet adapter(I have the 1Gb in usb3)

Steps (10 total)

1

Update your Fog server to 1.2.0

Make sure your Fog server is on the latest version of Fog, or at least Fog stable 1.2.0.

2

Update the SVN

yum install subversion
svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/ /opt/trunk
cd /opt/trunk/bin
./installfog.sh

3

Edit your DHCP server

Edit your DHCP server to use ipxe.efi bootfile.

4

Disable secure boot on surface pro 3

1) Shutdown your surface pro 3.
2) Press the volume up and hold it
3) Press the power button
4) realease the power button but hold the volume up.
5)Release it when you are on the UEFI bios.
6) disable secure boot.
7)Save and exit.

Note: You can also go to this with advance reboot from windows and chose UEFI and then do step 6 and 7.

5

Create you image on the Fog server

Create you image on your fog server, selecting windows 8.1 as OS and select all partition on a single disk. Resizeable.

6

Add you Surface to the inventory

1) Plug the Ethernet adapter and the Ethernet cable to your Surface.
2)Start you surface with the USB. Through windows avance reboot or like the following steps.
3)Shut down your Surface pro 3
4)Press the volume down and hold it
5) Press the power button
6) press the power button but hold the volume down
7) release the volume button when the PXE is tarted.
8)Do a quick inventory as your usually do.

Note: If it fail to mount the NFS , try restarting the NFS server service on your installation.

7

Create a task in Fog and start the upload

1)Associate the newly created host to your image created previously.
2)Create an upload task for your host.
3)Start your surface in PXE like in step 6.

Note: If it fail to mount the NFS , try restarting the NFS server service on your installation.

8

Push image to your new surface

1) Do the step 4 and 6 again on your new surface.
2) Associate your new surface to the image created in step 5
3) Create a task of download for your new surface recently inventoried.
4)Start your new surface in PXE.

9

Sysprep

1)Do a sysprep of your new Surface.
2)Join to the domain(If applicable)

10

Enable secure boot

Enable the secure boot of your surface but doing the step 4 again. And enabling instead of disabling.

Adding a BIOS password if you want too.

Conclusion

You are done, your new surface is imaged.
I'm not sure, but disabling the Bitlocker would be a great idea.(I did it, didn't tried with it enable).
Having your Surface not joined to a domain is recommended.
Keep you surface wall plugged, it transfers faster than on battery.

It was a little bit of research and try and fail, but in the end everything is working fine :)
If you have anything to add or you think something is missing, let me know.

EDIT(No more usefull with the new procedure):

Important thing, I found after, you must rebuild BCD from command prompt on windows recovery.
The system will work, but you won't be able to use bitlocker...

References

• UEFI Surface pro 3
• technet start PXE
• Fog Community