LMS Software Image Management - Telnet failure

Hi all,
I had a problem with Software Image Management for the upgrade of a switch.
It seems that at the end of the upgrade, CiscoWorks was unable to save the configuration with telnet.
Yet, telnet seems to be ok because CiscoWorks manages to connect to the switch at the beginning of the upgrade.
Updating config file during software upgrade processDevice running-config is modified but failed to save the running-config to startup-config.Cause: Could not detect SSH protocols running on the device
TELNET: Failed to establish TELNET connection to 10.1.3.4 -Cause: Authentication failed on device 3 times.
I sent attached the logs of the upgrade.
Thank you in advance.

Hello,
The job fails last night after timeout.
I have reschedule job this morning for 2 switchs :
2960 with telnet and ssh enabled
2960 with telnet enabled only
The device credentials verification job seems to be coherent :
Device Name
Read
Community
Read Write
Community
Telnet
Enable
by Telnet
SSH
Enable
by SSH
1.
switch04-d
Ok
Ok
Ok(Primary Successful)
Ok(Primary Successful)
Failed to connect.
Did Not Try
1.
switch03-d
Ok
Ok
Ok(Primary Successful)
Ok(Primary Successful)
Ok(Primary Successful)
Ok(Primary Successful)
But the job fails again cause telnet authentication failed on device 3 times.
I do not understand why LMS does not use ssh if possible at the finish of the job? Why telnet authentication fails ?
Thanks in advance.

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Shutdown
CONFIGURATION of WINPE
Set IP - netsh int ip set address "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Set DNS - netsh int ip set dns name = "Local Area Connection" source = static addr = 192.168.1.4 validate = no
Map Network Name - net use z:
\\WindowsADK\reflex\images password /USER:domain.local\username
DISKPART
diskpart
list disk
select disk zero
list partition
select partition 2 (OS partition #)
Assign letter=S (assigns drive letter to partition)
Exit
DISM
dism /capture-image /imagefile:z:\image.wim /capturedir:s:\ /name:"Windows 8.1 Custom"
Verify image is saved in the image share (z:)
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Trying to Create a Catalog file using WSIM (Windows System Image Manager)

I have been looking online for a solution to htis problem for days and come up with nothing so any help would be amazingly helpful.
I have created a Windows 8.1 image which I would like to role out to all users within my company but when trying to create a catalog file I am getting an erorr message saying "Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog." It says "Mounting
Windows Image file......This might take a few minutes" and then fails after 6-7mins.
When opening the log file I get this:
10:00 : Cannot obtain read/write access for F:\sources\install.wim.
In order to generate a catalog file, you must have read/write access to the Windows image file and its containing folder.
10:13 :
10:13 : Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog. For troubleshooting assistance, see the topic: 'Windows System Image Manager Technical Reference' in the Windows OPK or Windows AIK User's Guide.
10:13 :
10:13 : System.InvalidOperationException: The operation failed to complete. ---> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: String reference not set to
an instance of a String.
Parameter name: source
   at System.Globalization.CompareInfo.IsPrefix(String source, String prefix, CompareOptions options)
   at ?A0xfe36268f.ConvertToNtPath(String path)
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.CbsSessionAdaptor..ctor(String bootDrive, String imageWinDir, String servicingPath)
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl.InitializePackages()
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl..ctor(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.Cpi.PlatformImplementation.CreateOfflineImageInstance(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
The one image that did work (LiteTouchPE_x64.wim) was from the OS I imported to Microsoft Workbench but the components are different to any that I have seen online when looking on how to do this.
I have made sure that the architecture is x64 and tried from ISO files I have on the system already but get the same error.
This is the first project I have been involved in and only ever done IT support before this.
Thanks for your help in advance.

Yes I am trying to capture a reference image that I have created on another machine and then reploy this through MDT. I am trying to open the Unattend.xml file because the "Capture and Sysprep" fails on the reference machine when trying to run
Sysprep. When I try to open the Unattend.xml file in MDT I get the error below:
Performing operation "generate" on Target "Catalog".
Starting: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog35.exe" "D:\Windows8.1 TEST3\Operating Systems\Windows8.1 x64\Sources\install.wim" 1 > "C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\3\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.log"
2>&1
No existing catalog file found.
PROGRESS: 0: Starting.
PROGRESS: 0: Creating mount folder: C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\3\IMGMGR_install_Windows 8.1 Enterprise_njegg3ph.con.
PROGRESS: 5: Creating temp folder: C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\3\IMGMGR_install_temp_qj0x3ga5.obv.
PROGRESS: 10: Mounting Windows image: D:\Windows8.1 TEST3\Operating Systems\Windows8.1 x64\Sources\install.wim. This might take a few minutes.
ERROR: Unable to generate catalog on D:\Windows8.1 TEST3\Operating Systems\Windows8.1 x64\Sources\install.wim: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.WimImageInfo.PreCreateCatalog()
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageInfo.CreateCatalog()
   at Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.Program.DoCatalog()
Non-zero return code from catalog utility, rc = 2002

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