1. Zebra 4Sight XV7 Product Reference Guide
  2. Operation System Recovery and RAID Configuration
  3. Capturing the Zebra 4Sight XV7 Operating System Partition for Deployment
  • Zebra 4Sight XV7 Product Reference Guide
Capturing the Zebra 4Sight XV7 Operating System Partition for Deployment

Capturing the Zebra 4Sight XV7 Operating System Partition for Deployment

You can capture an image of your Zebra 4Sight XV7’s operating system partition (the operating system, application, and some settings) and then deploy it on multiple Zebra 4Sight XV7 units. The capture-for-deployment process will save the image to a capture-for-deployment backup .wim file, while also creating a rescue USB key so that you can deploy the capture to other Zebra 4Sight XV7 units. The capture-for-deployment backup .wim file does not contain the user settings and unique ID of the original unit. When you deploy the capture to the target units and reboot them, Microsoft Windows OOBE will assign them their own unique ID and allow you to configure their user settings.
To capture an image of your Zebra 4Sight XV7 unit’s operating system partition, you must access your Zebra 4Sight XV7 directly; you cannot perform this task remotely. To access the unit directly, connect a display device, keyboard, and mouse to your Zebra 4Sight XV7. For information, see the Connecting peripheral devices section.
To make a capture-for-deployment backup of your Zebra 4Sight XV7, perform the following steps directly on your Zebra 4Sight XV7:
  1. Log into the default local admin account (ZUser) and from the Windows Start menu, launch the OSConfig utility. Disable the Unified Write Filter (UWF) (if it is on), so that you can write to the drive. This option is found on the Write Filter tab of the OSConfig dialog.
  2. Configure your Zebra 4Sight XV7 unit to your required specifications and ensure that you do not need to make any more changes.
  3. Open the OSConfig utility from the Windows Start menu and select the
    Capture OS
    tab. In this tab, the
    Click on the Reboot and launch Capture tool to create USB for deploy
     option is grayed out, and to enable this option you must first click on the
    Read this first
     link.
  4. Click on the
    Reboot and launch Capture tool to create USB for deploy
     option. Your Zebra 4Sight XV7 will reboot in audit mode (administrative mode).
  5. When the reboot process completes, the System preparation tool (Sysprep) dialog opens to reseal the image. Once this is complete, the system will reboot to the System Recovery Options page.
  6. When the reboot process completes, a list of possible options are displayed. Click on the Troubleshoot option and then on the Zebra Rescue Utility option.
  7. When the Zebra Rescue Utility dialog opens, you must read the license agreement. When done, click on the I agree button to accept the license agreement.
  8. The next page is presented, with an option already selected:
    Capture the OS for deployment
    ; leave this option as is. Below this, you can specify the location of your USB key. Ensure your USB key has a minimum of 16 Gbytes. If you do not already have your USB key connected, you can do so now. Once you have selected the location of the USB key, you can press OK and the process will begin.
    This will reformat your USB key and all data will be erased.
    The Zebra 4Sight XV7 Rescue utility configures the USB key to be a rescue USB key with all the necessary settings to restore your capture-for-deployment backup .wim file onto other Zebra 4Sight XV7 units.
  9. When the process completes, a message dialog opens, explaining what was done. Click on the OK button to perform a shut down and reboot of Windows 11 IoT Enterprise.
To use the configured USB key to restore the operating system partition of your Zebra 4Sight XV7, or to configure another Zebra 4Sight XV7, see the Restore Windows 11 IoT Enterprise section.