MEMCM TS HP Image Assistant offline repository installation

This solution is provided to the Community by Daniel Gråhns and Nicklas Eriksson, Twitter(Sigge_gooner), thank you for sharing it! Great work!

As the title says it is a solution for deploying drivers and software during a Task Sequence using HP Image Assistant. The benefit of using this is that you can automate the whole process of downloading and updating drivers and solve the additional software needed for HP devices. Including the software needed as that is not included in the driver packs.
The purpose of this solution is to:

• Install HP drivers and related Software during OS Deployment.
• Automate download of drivers/software
• Create and distribute packages in Configuration Manager
• Easily update the drivers/software to the latest version automatically

How does it work

In the folder with the scripts, we have the following files.

All configuration is done in the Config.xml file by editing the variables there. Site Code, Package path and more, It is well documented in the script.
In the Import-models.csv file we simply put the Basebord ID, Modelname and OS version as shown below.

Then we run the script, it will download the Softpaqs, create a Package and distribute it to the dp group we select in the config. We will cover that later in this post.
The script will automatically install HPCSML and update it if needed.

In the task sequence we run the following commands that will use the Configmgr Webservice to populate the variables for which package should be used.
Then it is downloaded and installed by using the image assistant and the files downloaded to the local disc as source.

If a second pass of HPIA is needed, which could be the case simply just add that model to the Conditions for the “Second HPIA Pass if needed”

Prereqs

The solution uses the following components:

• Configmgr Webservice – by Nickolaj Andersen https://msendpointmgr.com/configmgr-webservice/
• HP Software Framework – Available on HP FTP /pub/caps-softpag/cmit/softpaq file “CASLSetup.exe” (use an FTP software like Winscp for example)
• The files for this solution – GITHUB
• Exported Task Sequence with the steps need – GITHUB
• Driver Package with the latest WinPE Driver Pack – http://ftp.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/HP_WinPE_DriverPack.html

We will not cover how to install the ConfigMgr webservice, that is included in the manual provided with the download above.

HP Software Framework

We need a Package in Configuration Manager with the HP Software Framework. Here is how to download and extract the .msi file.

• Download the file “CASLSetup.exe” from the HP FTP site.

• Save it to a temp folder like E:\Temp
• Run the following command:
   CASLSetup.exe /s /x /b”E:\Temp” /v” /qn”
  That will extract the .msi to E:\Temp.

• Then copy the file to your MEMCM Package source share
• Create a Package and Program in Configuration Manager for the HP Software Framework using the “Create package from definition” and use the .MSI works just fine.
• Distribute the content to the correct DP group.

HP WinPE driver Package

As we install all drivers using HP Image Assistant we still need storage drivers and network drivers to be installed during OSD to be able to get Windows 10 up and running.

• Download the HP WinPE package that matches the OS version you are deploying.
• Import the drivers to a driver package we can then use in the Task Sequence as shown below.

Use the following conditions so it only installs for HP devices.

PowerShell script

Before we run the script for the first time, we need to configure it for our environment.

• Download the HPIA.zip file from Github here:
• Extract the content to a folder, in my example “E:\HP Repository”
• Open the importHPIA.ps1 and edit the following line to match your environment.

• Then edit the config.xml file with all the information in there. Should be self-explained.

Then we are ready to run the script for the first time, there is a log file as well you can use to check for errors if the script is run as a Scheduled Task for example.
The result in my case will look like this.

And the packages have gotten the information needed for the Configmgr Webservice to pull them down.

Task Sequence import

The steps needed in the Task Sequence can be downloaded from Github and then imported to make it as easy as possible.

• Download the Exported task sequence and import it in Configuration Manager
• Select “Ignore Dependency” when importing it.

• Edit the imported task sequence
• Fix the error so the package for HP Software Management Framework is correct

• Edit the “PowerShell download script” so the URL and Secretkey matches your installation of the Configmgr Webservice.

• Copy the whole group included in the Task Sequence so it runs after the full OS is installed.

Putting it all together

Edit the “import-models.csv” file with your information as mentioned above.

Then it is time to run the script and watch it download the drivers for our models and then test out the deployment. You can schedule it as well of hours and let it update the driver packages if needed.
Again thanks to Daniel Gråhns and Nicklas Eriksson for sharing the solution. Great work!