Initialization Tool

Available in Classic and VPC

Initialization Tool is used for initializing the SID of a server before creating a Windows server image. Use the Initialization Tool to initialize to prevent SQL authentication errors in the server performing Sysprep as well as for the normal operation of servers when configuring Active Directory.

Run Initialization Tool

The following describes how to run Initialization Tool.

1. Connect through remote desktop to access the server.

2. Execute PowerShell with the administrator permissions.

   • If you don’t execute it with the administrator permissions, an access rejection error occurs when the script is run.

3. Enter the following script and download Initialization Tool.

    $sourceFile = 'c:\initialize.zip' 
    $targetFile = 'c:\initialize\'
   
    Invoke-webRequest "http://init.ncloud.com/tools/initialize.zip" -outfile $sourceFile 
   
    [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.IO.Compression.FileSystem') 
   
    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($sourceFile, $targetfile) 
   

   • If an access rejection error occurs, end PowerShell and run it again with the administrator permissions.

4. Move to the C:\initialize path, and run the Initialization Tool file with the administrator permissions.

   • If you have no administrator permissions, acquire them by entering the administrator password in the user account control pop-up.

5. Check the notification on the Run window and enter y.

6. Enter y if MSSQL is installed, and if not, enter n.

7. Enter y to the question for re-confirming the initialization.

   • The initialization and Sysprep tasks start. After the tasks are completed, the server is stopped and the remote desktop connection is ended.