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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Bare Metal Restore™ Administrator's Guide
  3. Shared resource trees
  4. Creating a shared resource tree
  5. Creating an SRT for Windows
  6. Shared Resource Tree Administration Wizard
  7. Create an SRT
  8. Installing Microsoft Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK)
  9. Installing ADK using automatic download and install option
Veritas NetBackup™ Bare Metal Restore™ Administrator's Guide

Installing ADK using automatic download and install option

This option downloads and installs Microsoft ADK automatically fromMicrosoft website.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Choose the option Automatically Download and Install and click Next.

    This will initiate the download and installation of ADK automatically. You can observe the process progress the wizard.

  2. Specify the path for installation and click Next.
  3. Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) is optional. Respond and click Next.
  4. Accept the License Agreement in order to continue.
  5. Do not dis-select the pre-selected features for deployment tools and Windows Preinstallation Environment to create the base recovery environment for BMR. These features are essential. Click Install.

    The progress bar confirms that Windows ADK installation is complete.

  6. Click Close.
  7. Shared Resource Tree Administration Wizard progress bar will continue with customizing the Recovery Disk Image.

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