Redirecting Paths

One of the best uses of OSDBuilder Settings is to redirect paths.  In this example I have two OSDBuilder Home directories for keeping Development and Production separate.  The issue with this is the duplicated work.  For example I need to import identical Operating Systems, and download identical Updates.  Keeping some things in sync can be quite a challenge
Global OSDBuilder.json
In this case, I can choose which directories to redirect and add them to a JSON file and save it in %ProgramData%\OSDeploy\OSDBuilder.json
%ProgramData%\OSDeploy\OSDBuilder.json
{
    "PathContent":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\Content",
    "PathContentPacks":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\ContentPacks",
    "PathFeatureUpdates":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\FeatureUpdates",
    "PathMount":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\Mount",
    "PathOSImport":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\OSImport",
    "PathOSMedia":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\OSMedia",
    "PathUpdates":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\Updates"
}
Close all open PowerShell sessions to clear everything, or just reinitialize OSDBuilder
OSDBuilder -Initialize -Verbose
If everything worked right, Verbose will display any added settings
I can then move and merge the shared Directories
Since things were set in a Global file, any new OSDBuilder Home will also inherit these settings
Settings
Disable Global Settings
Last modified 3yr ago