Issues with WDS, and wanting to learn more (usage with SCCM 2012R2)

[gangaskan]

hi everyone! new user here and stumbled apon this place while looking for SCCM 2012 deployment guides and i'm for some reason having a hell of a time getting everything working correctly.

 

 

i have SCCM 2012 up, running, clients are registered Awesome!! well, i'm starting to look at WDS and using ConfigMgr to start deploying installs, updates, and even doing snapshots for pc's

 

 

WDS it not running correctly however, is it supposed too? does systemcenter take over when the role is installed?

 

in the event log i see an informational entry loading WdsImgSrv and initialized then i get a 1000 error about the WDSServer's Svchost process

 

Faulting application name: svchost.exe_WDSServer, version: 6.2.9200.16420, time stamp: 0x505a9a4e

Faulting module name: MSVCR100.dll, version: 10.0.40219.325, time stamp: 0x4df2bcac

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x000000000005f61a

Faulting process id: 0x135c

Faulting application start time: 0x01d013e083c6c45c

Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\MSVCR100.dll

Report Id: c4ae5eff-7fd3-11e4-9408-005056abae86

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

the WDS server service is in a frequent restart state ever 10 minutes or so

when i try to start WDS i get error 1067 i've tried to re initialize the server and even changed the remote files to a different drive.

where should i go from here? if i need to post any configuration screens or otherwise please let me know!

[Peter van der Woude]

Did you just install it and simply left the configuration to ConfigMgr? The idea is that the distribution point will configure WDS when the PXE option is selected in the distribution point.

[gangaskan]

i uninstalled the WDS role, then reinstalled it. the role was working at one point, then i set it to a PXE point on ConfMgr then the service stopped running correctly.

 

 

i also have a seperate DHCP server, what should i be using on 66 and 67? (66 being the confgmgr server i know that)

[gangaskan]

another update, i removed the PXE role and the WDS service started.

[gangaskan]

you can close this if you want

 

 

 

missing patches was all! just figured this out.

[WinOutreach2]

You may also want to review this KB article: WDS does not start on a PXE enabled remote Distribution Point in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.

 

Brandon
Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
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