Ccboot Image Guide

Over time, your CCBoot image becomes fragmented inside the VHD file.

CCBoot’s image management can achieve near-local-disk performance if block size and caching are tuned. Future work includes benchmarking with NVMe-over-TCP and Windows 11 updates.

Before you begin, ensure you have:

Note: This guide assumes a standard setup. Always refer to the official CCBoot documentation for version-specific nuances regarding VHD formats (Fixed vs. Dynamic).

A CCBoot image is a virtual disk file (typically in .VHD format) that contains the entire operating system, drivers, and applications for a diskless network environment. In a CCBoot setup, multiple client PCs boot from this single master image stored on a central server, ensuring they are wiped clean and restored to a "fresh install" state after every reboot. Core Image Management ccboot image

Format Support: CCBoot primarily uses VHD for images. While VHDX is supported in some versions, it is often recommended to stick with VHD to ensure compatibility with built-in server features like compacting.

Super Image: A specialized, pre-optimized image designed to work across various hardware specifications out of the box. These are often used as a starting point to save hours on driver merging. Over time, your CCBoot image becomes fragmented inside

Hardware Profiles: Allows a single image to support multiple different PC builds (e.g., different GPUs) by storing hardware-specific data in separate profiles within the server manager. Creation and Deployment Process