Bare Metal OS Deployment Does Not Work

[Mikey C]

SCCM 2007 SP2 R3

 

Just when I thought that I had overcome all the major hurdles that were causing problems (PXE/WDS IP Helpers etc.), it appears that the boot image is not "doing" anything.

 

Here is what I have done:

 

* Setup and tested PXE/WDS, PCs are booting from network and getting the NBP without problems

* Created a basic task sequence (from the 'Install an existing image package' template) to install format partition 100%, bootable, NTFS, install Windows 7, etc.

* Advertsied the above TS to unknown devices

* Created a new VM instance with a 200 gb disk and a NIC that is compatible with WinPE3 (i.e drivers are in WinPE3)

 

After firing up the client, it successfully talks to DHCP/SCCM, gets an IP and the NBP, pulls down the boot image wim, and runs WinPE (gets the default warning about mandatory OSD could loose all data on disk etc. with the 180 seconds countdown).

 

After the 180 second countdown disappears, WinPE reboots, it is then issued the abortpxe.com NBP (which makes sense, as it should boot from the HDD this time), HOWEVER, there is clearly NOTHING done to or on the HDD because the VM does not boot.

 

 

I am tearing my hair out now, this is sooooo frustraing.

 

I have tried a number of other OSD tasks that we have successfully used via standard Software Deployment tasks, and those have working fine, but the same working ones, DONT WORK when using PXE??

 

Can anyone help?

 

Cheers.

[Mikey C]

Here is the log file

smsts.log

[anyweb]

the log reveals why

see here

 

<![LOG[Content location request for S020015D:1 failed. (Code 0x80040102)]LOG]!><time="16:04:43.349+-60" date="08-02-2011" component="TSPxe" context="" type="3" thread="1088" file="tspolicy.cpp:1635">

 

<![LOG[pTSPolicyManager->GetContentLocations( m_sPackageID, m_lSourceVersion, m_dwContentSourceFlags, slistContentLocations, slistHttpContentLocations, slistMulticastContentLocations, m_dwContentPackageFlags ), HRESULT=80040102 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\tscore\tspolicy.cpp,2330)]LOG]!><time="16:04:43.349+-60" date="08-02-2011" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1088" file="tspolicy.cpp:2330">

 

<![LOG[(*iTSReference)->Resolve( pTSPolicyManager, dwResolveFlags ), HRESULT=80040102 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\tscore\tspolicy.cpp,2862)]LOG]!><time="16:04:43.349+-60" date="08-02-2011" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1088" file="tspolicy.cpp:2862">

 

<![LOG[m_pSelectedTaskSequence->Resolve( m_pPolicyManager, TS::Policy::TaskSequence::ResolvePolicy | TS::Policy::TaskSequence::ResolveSource, fpCallbackProc, pv, hCancelEvent), HRESULT=80040102 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp,1208)]LOG]!><time="16:04:43.359+-60" date="08-02-2011" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1088" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:1208">

 

<![LOG[Failed to resolve selected task sequence dependencies. Code(0x80040102)]

 

so a couple of questions

 

1. did you configure the Network access account ?

2. what is this package S020015D:1 and is it distributed to your distribution points (package status should say Installed)