Import WIM images

You can import an existing WIM image to your collection of system images on the appliance. This allows you to manage system images created by a third-party vendor.

To import a WIM image, place a copy of the image file to the appliance's Samba clientdrop share.

NOTE: You can only import an image contained in a single WIM file, consisting of a single partition.

During a WIM image import, you must specify its OS architecture. The appliance detects if the imported image is sysprepped or not.

NOTE: When the appliance starts importing a system image, if it detects an unattend file, it flags the image as sysprepped. If the image does not include that file, the appliance flags it as not being sysprepped.

This feature is available on the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance and the Remote Site Appliance (RSA).

1.	On the left navigation pane, click Deployments, then click System Images to display the Systems Images page.

2.	Select Choose Action > Import to display the System Image Import page.

3.	Specify the following options:

Option	Description
Image Name	Type the name that you want to assign to this system image.
Operating System	Select the OS architecture used by the WIM image.
Wim File	Select the name of the WIM image file on the Samba clientdrop share.

4.	Click Import.

The System Image Import page closes and the System Images list page refreshes, showing the newly imported WIM image in the list. In the row containing the imported image, the Status column indicates the state of the import operation.

5.	Optional. When the import is complete, observe the imported image details, and make any changes, as required.

a.	On theSystem Images page, in the row containing the imported image, click the Name column to display the System Image Details page.

b.	Review the contents of the page.

c.	To download the WIM image, in the Wim Management section, in the row containing the partition that you want to download, Actions column, click the Download icon. In the dialog box that appears, specify the name to give to the WIM file. Then click Save.

d.	Replace the imported WIM image with another one. This is useful, for example if you import a wrong WIM image, or if you make any changes to the WIM image, and want to import the updated image.

NOTE: Like the original WIM image, the replacement image must also be stored in the Samba clientdrop share of the associated KACE Systems Deployment Appliance or RSA, in order to be accessible.

To do that, also in the row containing the partition that you want to replace, in the Actions column, click the Replace icon. In the dialog box that appears, select the desired image file, and click Replace.

The System Image Details page closes and the System Images list page refreshes, indicating that the WIM image is being replaced in the row containing the imported image, in the Status column.

e.	To review the contents of the log file created during image import, click Show the log for this System Image.

The contents of the log appear on the page. Use this information to find out whether the image was captured on the appliance or imported from the clientdrop share, who and when imported the image, or whether the image was replaced and by which user. If the image consists of multiple partitions, the log shows any operations performed on the specific partitions.