When to Prepare and Plan for Deployment

Preparing and planning for a deployment of Windows EBS can take several days to complete, depending on the complexity of your environment. You should start this process at least three weeks before your planned installation date.

The deployment tools for Windows EBS make sure that you are using current information about your network in each step of the deployment process:

  1. You must run the Planning Wizard within 14 days of completing the Preparation Wizard.

  2. You must begin the Windows EBS Management Server Installation Wizard within 30 days of completing the Planning Wizard.

If the Planning Wizard or the Installation Wizard detects that information about your environment is not up to date, you are notified to run ...

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