You install the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) role on a server that runs Windows Server 2008
R2. When you attempt to upload spanned image files to the WDS server, you receive an error
message. You need to ensure that the image files can be uploaded. What should you do?
B.
Run the wdsutil /Convert command at the command prompt on the WDS server.
C.
Run the imagex /Export command at the command prompt to export *.swm files to one
destination *.wim on the WDS server.
D.
Run the wdsutil /add-image /imagefile:\\server\share\sources\install.wim /image type:install
command for each component file individually at the command prompt on the WDS server.
Explanation:
Known issues with creating images You cannot add split .wim (.swm) files to your Windows
Deployment Services server. Instead, you must combine the split images into a single .wim file.
Source:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b%2F5/bb50037f-e4ae-40d1-a898-7cdfcf0ee9d8/
WS08_STEP_BY_STEP_GUIDE/StepbytepGuideForWindowsDeploymentServicesInWindowsServer2008_En.doc
One can combine multiple .swm files to an .wim file with imagex.exe: imagex /export src_file
src_numbersrc_name dest_file dest_name {/boot | /check | /compress [type] | /ref [splitwim.swm]
/temp| /logfile filename.log} Exports a copy of the specified .wim file to another .wim file. The
source and destination files must use the same compression type. You can also optimize an image by
exporting to a new image file. When you modify an image, ImageX stores additional resource files
that increase the overall size of the image. Exporting the image will remove unnecessary resource
files. src_file Specifies the file path of the .wim file that contains the image to be copied. src_number
Specifies the number of the specific volume within the .wim file. src_name Specifies the name that
identifies the image in the source .wim file. dest_file Specifies the file path of the .wim file that will
receive the image copy. dest_name Specifies the unique name for the image in the destination .wim
file. /ref splitwim.swm Enables the reference of split .wim files (SWMs). splitwim.swm is the name
and location of additional split files. Wildcards are accepted.
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799302%28WS.10%29.aspx
Image Merge Merge the previously splitted image file back into a single image file.
imagex /ref c:\data\splitmerge\output2\splitmerge*.swm /check /export c:\data
\splitmerge\output2\splitmerge.swm 1 c:\data\splitmerge\output3\splitmerge.wim
“splitmerge” /COMPRESS maximum
Source:
http://www.verboon.info/index.php/2009/10/splitting-and-merging-image-files-with- imagex/
* I’ve changes the answer from wdsutil /Export to imagex /Export because I couldn’t
