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Create Nano Server VHDX file from WIM
#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
#Requires -Version 3.0
#References:
#Getting Started with Nano Server <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126167.aspx>
#Quick Guide - Deploying Nano Server using PowerShell <http://deploymentresearch.com/Research/Post/479/Quick-Guide-Deploying-Nano-Server-using-PowerShell>
param (
#[ValidateScript({ Test-Path $_ })]
$ConvertWindowsImageScriptPath = 'D:\work\NanoServerSetup\Convert-WindowsImage.ps1'
)
function Main
{
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
Import-Module Hyper-V
Import-Module DISM
$VerbosePreference = "Continue"
#Get DriveLetter that Windows Server 2016 mouted
$moutedDrives = (Get-PSDrive | where Description -eq 'J_SSS_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9')
if ($moutedDrives -eq $null){
# Mout-DiskImage for ISO file is not work in Windows 10/Windows Server 2016 preview. need to mount beforehand.
throw ('Windows Server 2016 Preview ISO media is not mouted!')
}
$isoMountedDrive = $moutedDrives[0].Root
$params = @{
SourcePath = Join-Path $isoMountedDrive 'NanoServer\NanoServer.wim' -Resolve
VHD = Join-Path (Get-VMHost).VirtualHardDiskPath "NanoServer.vhdx"
VHDFormat = 'VHDX'
VHDPartitionStyle = 'GPT' #MBR for Gen1 VM, 'GPT' for Gen2 VM
#Unattend = 'D:\shared\Images\WindowsServer2016Preview\UnattendXml\Unattend.xml'
Edition = 1 # 1:CORESYSTEMSERVER_INSTALL, 2:CORESYSTEMSERVER_BOOT
}
#TODO: specify ps1 file path from parameter
#Note: Need to remove version check in Convert-WindowsImage.ps when executin Windows 10 environment.
& $ConvertWindowsImageScriptPath @params -EnableDebugger None -Verbose
#Setup additional packages
Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath $params.VHD
try
{
#Get DriveLetters information
$osRootDir = (Get-MoutedVHDInfo -VhdPath $params.VHD).OSRootDir
$packageBasePath = Join-Path $isoMountedDrive 'NanoServer\Packages' -Resolve
#Apply additional NanoServer packages
$packageNames = @(
#'Microsoft-NanoServer-Compute-Package.cab';
#'Microsoft-NanoServer-FailoverCluster-Package.cab'; #Failover Clustering
'Microsoft-NanoServer-Guest-Package.cab'; #Drivers for hosting Nano Server as a virtual machine
#'Microsoft-NanoServer-OEM-Drivers-Package.cab'; #Basic drivers for a variety of network adapters and storage controllers
#'Microsoft-NanoServer-Storage-Package.cab'; #File Server role and other storage components
#'Microsoft-OneCore-ReverseForwarders-Package.cab'; #ReverseForwarder packages
)
foreach ($packageName in $packageNames)
{
Write-Verbose ('Add package: {0} to {1}...' -f $packageName, $osRootDir)
Add-WindowsPackage –Path $osRootDir –PackagePath (Join-Path $packageBasePath $packageName -Resolve) -Verbose:$false > $null
Write-Verbose ('Add package: en-us\{0} to {1}...' -f $packageName, $osRootDir)
Add-WindowsPackage –Path $osRootDir –PackagePath (Join-Path $packageBasePath "en-us\$packageName" -Resolve) -Verbose:$false > $null
}
#Set SetupComplete.cmd file to show DHCP IP address
Write-Verbose 'Setting SetupComplete.cmd...'
$startupCmdPath = Join-Path $osRootDir 'Windows\Setup\Scripts\SetupComplete.cmd'
(New-Object IO.FileInfo($startupCmdPath)).Directory.Create() #Ensure parent directory exists
#Need some delay for some DHCP environment
Set-Content -Path $startupCmdPath -Value 'powershell.exe -command "sleep 5" > nul' -Encoding Ascii
#Show assigned IP addesses
Add-Content -Path $startupCmdPath -Value 'ipconfig' -Encoding Ascii
}
finally
{
#Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Path $osRootDir | Out-GridView
Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath $params.VHD
}
}
#Return VHD Partition drive letter info
function Get-MoutedVHDInfo
{
[OutputType([pscustomobject])]
[Cmdletbinding()]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory)]
[string] $VhdPath
)
$disk = Get-VHD -Path $VhdPath | Get-Disk
switch ($disk.PartitionStyle)
{
"MBR"{
#Get partition drive letters
$driveLetters = [array]($disk | Get-Partition | Get-Volume | sort Size).DriveLetter
if ($driveLetters.Count -eq 2)
{
#CreateReservedPartition specified
$bootRootDir = "{0}:\" -f $driveLetters[0]
$osRootDir = "{0}:\" -f $driveLetters[1]
}
else
{
#Assume single partition
$bootRootDir = "{0}:\" -f $driveLetters[0]
$osRootDir = "{0}:\" -f $driveLetters[0]
}
}
"GPT"
{
#Assign Temporary DriveLetter for EFI partition
$disk | Get-Partition | where Type -eq "System" | Add-PartitionAccessPath –AssignDriveLetter:$true -ErrorAction Continue
$driveLetters = [array]($disk | Get-Partition | where DriveLetter -ne "`0" | sort Size).DriveLetter
if ($driveLetters.Count -ne 2)
{
throw "Can't find drive letter assigned to partitions"
}
$bootRootDir = "{0}:\" -f $driveLetters[0]
$osRootDir = "{0}:\" -f $driveLetters[1]
}
}
return [pscustomobject] @{
BootRootDir = $bootRootDir
OSRootDir = $osRootDir
}
}
Main
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