How to PXE boot a new VM

Hi Folks,
I have an existing PXE server on my network running WDS. I would like to use SCVMM to create VMs from a template (this is done currently using Hyper-V manager) that use the PXE server.
When I create a new VM it errors out with a 13206 error - because the VHD is blank.
Is there a way to create virtual machines from a template that use an existing PXE server or does SCVMM (2012 R2) not support this. I do not need (or want) to start the new VM straight away.
Also, is there a way to create VMs that have a blank disk without having to require media to be attached or to store specially created VHDs. I often don't know the required media until much later - this is doable in Hyper-V manager but seems hard to
replicate in SCVMM.
Regards
Andy

By the term "construct a VM template that is all ready for PXE" do you mean that when the VM is later created and started it will look for an existing PXE server on the network (as per what happens in Hyper-V manager).
ALso what is the PXE Servers option for under fabric?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610651.aspx
Regards
Andy

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<![LOG[LOGGING: Finalize process ID set to 832]LOG]!><time="16:13:54.440+000" date="12-23-2013" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="836" file="tslogging.cpp:1489">
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<![LOG[Getting boot action for unknown machine: item key: 2046820353]LOG]!><time="11:35:45.572+300" date="02-20-2014" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="4532" file="pxehandler.cpp:226">
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<![LOG[PXE::CBootImageManager::FindBootImage: COL00045]LOG]!><time="11:35:45.743+300" date="02-20-2014" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="4532" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1652">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage COL00045]LOG]!><time="11:35:45.743+300" date="02-20-2014" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="4532" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1686">
<![LOG[PXE::CBootImageCache::FindImage]LOG]!><time="11:35:45.743+300" date="02-20-2014" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="4532" file="bootimagecache.cpp:657">
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New Dell Lat e6440 Laptop - no IP address when PXE boot w/ WinPE

PXE booting is working fine with all other Dell models. PE environment loads, OSD password prompt is displayed. Task sequences are displayed.
With just this model, Dell Latitude e6440, it gets to the point where we should be prompted for a password, hangs and then reboots. When I hit F8 and enter ipconfig it shows no ip address If I do ipconfig /renew i get "The operation failed as no adaptor
is in the state permissible for this operation." If I boot the computer into Windows (OOBE as shipped by Dell) it gets an IP successfully. I've updated our WinPE boot image with every network driver I can find from Dell for this model. Any other suggestions?
We are booting with a x86 WinPE wim file.
I have injected the latest kernel mode driver framework into our WinPE wim used for PXE boot.

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Any useful information in smspxe.log?
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Installing Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 using ISOs, Answer Files and Driver files over PXE boot

I have a validation lab that uses Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on several completely different systems. I am looking for an easy way for the techs to PXE boot from a 2012 Server, select the OS to install and have the OS installed with drivers so when they come back
to the system it has the OS installed with no Bangs in Device Manager.
I have done this in the past (7-8 years ago) and it was fairly easy. Now from what I read it appears I have to create "Image" files for each system type? I hope I am misreading this because that method is counter-productive to create 10 different
images for 10 different systems.
I thought I used WDS and AIK on a 2K3 Server but I don't remember.
Is there a method/tool to install the operating systems as I described above using original OS ISOs, unattended answer files and driver files? WDS or SCCM? AM I misreading how it works?

Consider using newer Windows ADK
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39982

SCCM 2012 R2 PXE Boot to Lenovo T540p 20BE

Can someone help me PXE Boot a Lenovo T540/T440 laptop? Is there some type of settings that need to be changed in the BIOS or something?
It keeps failing and Lenovo Phone Support could not tell me how to do it.
I performed the following per Lenovo Tech Support:
I first go into BIOS>Security>Secure Boot>Disabled
Startup>UEFI/Legacy Boot>Legacy Only
Restart>Load Setup Defaults>OS Optimized Defaults>Disabled
I press FN + F12 to network book, this appears in 1 second:
Your PC needs to be repaired
The Boot Configuration data for your PC is missing or contain errors.
File:\boot\bscd
Error Code: 0xc000000f
This occured on a brand new T540p out of the box. I am getting these on all 4 of my laptops that just arrived today. Can anyone help me out here or guide me to the right direction?
Note: I downloaded the SCCM Package drivers from Lenovo Support site and updated my Boot Images x86 and x64, still nothing.

I can create an USB OSD bootable media and that works just fine but I do not want to USB Boot image 30 machines over the course of this fiscal year...sigh

Cannot PXE boot 32-bit and 64-bit hardware at the same time

I have ConfMgr 2012 R2, but this same problem occured also with SP1.
The main issue is, that 32-bit hardware clients are pulling 64-bit boot images. If I remove 64bit boot image from DP, everything works fine, but then, 64-bit hardware will stay pending for 64-bit boot image forever.
So this means without jerking around with boot image availibility, I cannot deploy both architectures at the same time.
I only use All-in-1 Task Sequence, which means that image selection is inside TS (UDI pages). So I have to keep both unknown Computers in the same collection and advertise the TS there.
Primary site server restart and WDS restart does not help.

for the PXE boot image, you may need to re-advertise (deploy) the TS again (after you have adjusted the boot image for the TS), this will ensure that this TS is "authoritative" for the PXE boot image.
(generally, the last TS advertised in "in control" of the boot image offered by PXE)
I don't think so... PXE will use the last updated boot image for that architecture, that is on the PXE DP. Then once you select a TS, then it will use the boot image assigned to that TS if it's different.
John Marcum | http://mIyitforum.com/myitforumwp/author/johnmarcum/
I admit I may have expressed it poorly, but my experience/observation on both CM07 and CM12 matches the principle, and apparently, also Jason's:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/1c9b448d-67cf-4b31-8a81-f053502d8cba/how-to-specify-which-boot-image-to-use-in-pxe-when-multiple-x86-boot-images-exist?forum=configmgrosd
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-SazACXZNz0C&pg=PA1049&lpg=PA1049&dq=how+to+specify+boot+image+jason+sandys+pxe+highest&source=bl&ots=yXdb1dqq_f&sig=KYuWJzb0et-yqts9akXX-W_G_Yk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CM-2UqbJBaS8iAfmsYGQCg&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=how%20to%20specify%20boot%20image%20jason%20sandys%20pxe%20highest&f=false
Yea, that's why I said I "think".... I ran into an issue recently where a new boot image was created and not added to the PXE DP. This caused PXE task sequences to fail. I assumed it was because that was the last one created. Maybe it was actually because it
was the last one advertised. I stand corrected.
John Marcum | http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/author/johnmarcum/

PXE Boot/Ip helper address for staging OS-es

Hi,
In our production environment there is already a PXE-server SCCM 2007. Now, we're setting up an SCCM 2012-server which we would like to test staging/OS-deployment also.
Is it safe to say we need to add the ip of the SCCM 2012 "066 Boot Server Host Name" to stage. Note: on switches (Cisco) this is ip helper address, correct?
Please clarify.
NOTE: is there an option to make it work WITHOUT needing a new VLAN?
J.
Jan Hoedt

DHCP options and IP helper addresses have the same end goal but are completely different things.
IP Helpers automatically forward broadcast requests to a destination system thus "bridging" subnets for services like DHCP and PXE.
DHCP scope options directly instruct the NIC to boot from a specific PXE server.
So, yes, it is possible to manipulate where a client PXE boots from, but it takes an integral understanding of how PXE works, of how IP Helpers work, and of how NICs initiate a PXE boot when either IP Helpers or DHCP scope options are in place (and
thus DHCP also). Because *none* of this really has anything to do with ConfigMgr or even Microsoft itself, there really is no Microsoft guidance except that IP Helpers are preferred and are the Microsoft supported solution. A great starting reference
is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com
Is there any official Microsoft documentation that outlines why IP Helpers are preferred over scope options?

Home server undertaking, NFS, PXE boot, 6 servers

Hey all, I have few old servers I like to play around with, and a main home server. My main one, which is a supermicro tower with 7 36 gb scsi320 drives, dual dual-core xeons. I have 5 poweredge 2600's that aren't in use due to my limitation of networking equipment, but I want to set up an NFS with pxe boot daisy chaining the poweredges to my supermicro. is this possible, and any advice?
i'm reading https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Di … t_NFS_root and trying one tonight.

I think you need to have a subnetting system worked out, having a network of more networks and less hosts. So that you can "route" between each machine on either side of the network, effectively making a token ethernet. But then it's going to get confusing if you actually try to complete the circle. You could use iptables on each machine, one NIC would have a fixed address, serving dhcp to the PXE client machine. So when you boot up a new PXE client, have it boot from the original server, maybe a copy of the same kernel in the /var/tftpboot directory on the main server and in the PXE client's same directory, but the root filesystem still accessed from the main server across the iptables and subnet. Using pxelinux.cfg rules, you could have it set, to boot (possibly in fixed order) downline with the different configurations to get them to work. I think you will be troubleshooting network bottlenecks, because no matter how you do it, it will eventually all go back to the main server. Any errors in implementation will of course propogate across the network and cause problems.
Ditto, just get a hand-me-down switch from somewhere.
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