PXE Boot Stuck Contacting Server
OSD using PXE has been working for weeks. Suddenly today it stopped. The client receives the initial response from DHCP and then gets stuck on Pending Request, looking for policy, contacting server. The SMSPXE.log looks normal until the client is stuck contacting
the server. Then "Looking for bootImage PO1xxxxx" just repeats over and over. Here's what I've checked.
Deploy this boot image from the PXE-enabled distribution point is checked.
Boot image (x64) and x(86) are both updated and distributed to the DPs.
Use Boot image (x64) is checked in the Task Sequence.
Task sequence is deployed to both Unknown Computers and Deploy collection.
Deployment settings make available to media and PXE.
Switch the task sequence to x86 boot image.
I have not tried to disable and re-enable PXE on the distribution point or remove WDS yet. Any suggestions from someone that's resolved the issue?
The distmgr.log file looks great. But, the SMSPXE.log file might show the root cause. There's an entry now that says BootImage P0100097 needs to be updated (new packageID=P0100097) VersionUpdate=true. Then there are messages about boot.bcd being deleted.
But the Looking for bootImage P0100097 keeps getting logged.
<![LOG[Error opening file: E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim. Win32=32]LOG]!><time="09:02:24.995+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40"
file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1085">
<![LOG[Retrying E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim]LOG]!><time="09:02:24.995+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1086">
<![LOG[Boot image P0100097 has changed since added]LOG]!><time="09:02:28.011+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1112">
<![LOG[ADK installation root registry value not found.]LOG]!><time="09:02:28.011+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:197">
<![LOG[Loaded C:\Windows\system32\wimgapi.dll]LOG]!><time="09:02:28.011+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:334">
<![LOG[Opening image file E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim]LOG]!><time="09:02:28.011+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:412">
<![LOG[Found Image file: E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim
PackageID: P0100097
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Architecture: 0
Description: Microsoft Windows PE (x86)
Version:
Creator:
SystemDir: WINDOWS
]LOG]!><time="09:02:28.011+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:925">
<![LOG[Closing image file E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim]LOG]!><time="09:02:28.011+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:448">
<![LOG[Boot image P0100097 has changed since added]LOG]!><time="09:02:30.980+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1112">
<![LOG[ADK installation root registry value not found.]LOG]!><time="09:02:30.980+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:197">
<![LOG[Loaded C:\Windows\system32\wimgapi.dll]LOG]!><time="09:02:30.980+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:334">
<![LOG[Opening image file E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim]LOG]!><time="09:02:30.980+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:412">
<![LOG[Found Image file: E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim
PackageID: P0100097
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Architecture: 0
Description: Microsoft Windows PE (x86)
Version:
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SystemDir: WINDOWS
]LOG]!><time="09:02:30.980+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:925">
<![LOG[Closing image file E:\RemoteInstall\SMSImages\P0100097\boot.P0100097.wim]LOG]!><time="09:02:30.980+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="wimfile.cpp:448">
<![LOG[Client lookup reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="16781103" ServerName=""><Machine><ClientID/><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification></ClientIDReply>
]LOG]!><time="09:02:37.402+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:6346">
<![LOG[F0:1F:AF:01:3B:DA, 4C4C4544-0034-3410-8034-B4C04F5A5731: device is in the database.]LOG]!><time="09:02:37.402+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156"
file="database.cpp:483">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:02:37.402+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[BootImage P0100097 needs to be updated (new packageID=P0100097) VersionUpdate=true]LOG]!><time="09:02:37.402+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156"
file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1786">
<![LOG[PXE::CBootImageInfo::CBootImageInfo: key=P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:02:37.402+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagecache.cpp:60">
<![LOG[Saving Media Variables to "E:\RemoteInstall\SMSTemp\2015.01.21.09.02.39.0003.{D7FB3128-3134-466C-AF92-DD5580B12200}.boot.var"]LOG]!><time="09:02:39.105+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context=""
type="1" thread="3156" file="tsremovablemedia.cpp:186">
<![LOG[Cannot read the registry value of MACIgnoreListFile (00000000)]LOG]!><time="09:02:44.292+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="provsettings.cpp:353">
<![LOG[MAC Ignore List Filename in registry is empty]LOG]!><time="09:02:44.292+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="40" file="provsettings.cpp:468">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:02:57.027+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[BootImage P0100097 needs to be updated (new packageID=P0100097) VersionUpdate=true]LOG]!><time="09:02:57.027+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156"
file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1786">
<![LOG[PXE::CBootImageInfo::CBootImageInfo: key=P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:02:57.027+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagecache.cpp:60">
<![LOG[Saving Media Variables to "E:\RemoteInstall\SMSTemp\2015.01.21.09.02.58.0004.{F6BC7C78-658E-4961-AF34-E898C637310C}.boot.var"]LOG]!><time="09:02:58.746+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context=""
type="1" thread="3156" file="tsremovablemedia.cpp:186">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:03:16.792+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:03:36.574+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:03:56.339+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:04:16.121+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:04:35.887+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Client lookup reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="16781103" ServerName=""><Machine><ClientID/><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification></ClientIDReply>
]LOG]!><time="09:04:55.809+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:6346">
<![LOG[F0:1F:AF:01:3B:DA, 4C4C4544-0034-3410-8034-B4C04F5A5731: device is in the database.]LOG]!><time="09:04:55.809+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156"
file="database.cpp:483">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:04:55.809+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:05:15.434+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[File E:\RemoteInstall\SMSTemp\2015.01.21.09.02.28.05.{AD7F5491-DFC7-42A3-B3B0-0C6D34EAB931}.boot.bcd deleted.]LOG]!><time="09:05:17.184+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1"
thread="40" file="bootimagecache.cpp:267">
<![LOG[File E:\RemoteInstall\SMSTemp\2015.01.21.09.02.28.05.{AD7F5491-DFC7-42A3-B3B0-0C6D34EAB931}.boot.bcd.log deleted.]LOG]!><time="09:05:17.184+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1"
thread="40" file="bootimagecache.cpp:282">
<![LOG[File E:\RemoteInstall\SMSTemp\2015.01.21.09.02.30.06.{A3CFA92C-5B28-4D0B-B9A0-079CF96AB214}.boot.bcd deleted.]LOG]!><time="09:05:17.184+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1"
thread="40" file="bootimagecache.cpp:267">
<![LOG[File E:\RemoteInstall\SMSTemp\2015.01.21.09.02.30.06.{A3CFA92C-5B28-4D0B-B9A0-079CF96AB214}.boot.bcd.log deleted.]LOG]!><time="09:05:17.184+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1"
thread="40" file="bootimagecache.cpp:282">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:05:35.215+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:05:54.981+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:06:14.762+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:06:34.528+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
<![LOG[Looking for bootImage P0100097]LOG]!><time="09:06:54.294+360" date="01-21-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="3156" file="bootimagemgr.cpp:1774">
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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.
Last edited by nomorewindows (2012-06-23 16:35:33) -
Server 2008 configured for PXE boot with UIU and GhostCast
Right now, I am in the process of switching over from UIU 4, to UIU 5, and the implementation is completely different. We used GhostCast to push images out before, but the new UIU uses WIM files to pull the drivers off the server. I had a few
questions about reconfiguring the new server.
Currently, we have a server 2003 machine running ghost cast. It pulls its images off of a server 2008 machine. The server 2008 machine can be accessed remotely. So my first question is, can this be configured to allow remote connections
with the new setup?
The things I have been reading have said that you need to enable DNS, AD, and DHCP, however if we connect this to a WAN, will it conflict with that? Or can we configure only one of the ethernet ports to see this? Sorry kind of new to this.
I guess my main concern is, can we set up a separate domain for GhostCasting, while still being connected to an external domain?Hi,
I’m not sure what you really want to do. For PXE boot, I think DHCP is always required just like Microsoft deployment solution WDS and MDT.
The two products are third products, so I don’t know the detail information about how they work. Based on my experience, they should be based on broadcast or multicast.
If so it could be a bad idea if you install it on a server facing the internet.
I think you can also ask in the third party forums that provide the products.
Thanks for understanding. -
Required OSD TS work flawless except one thing:
If PC got error on first PXE-PE loading step (missing network driver or required package) i can`t force that PC to re-run PXE deployment, except redeploying TS on OSD Collection. It always shows me abortpxe message.
Is there any way to automate or better way to handle this situation? Where can i delete information about PXE Boot of "00:21:5A:15:21:EC, 88476A71-3D11-11DD-BBDA-5A1521EC0021" PC
At smspxe.log i see, that no advertisements found for item key: 2046820353 which is "x64 Unknown Computer" account.
<![LOG[Getting boot action for unknown machine: item key: 2046820353]LOG]!><time="14:06:23.259-180" date="02-27-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="5168" file="pxehandler.cpp:231">
<![LOG[Client boot action reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="2046820353" ServerName=""><Machine><ClientID/><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification><PXEBootAction
LastPXEAdvertisementID="" LastPXEAdvertisementTime="" OfferID="" OfferIDTime="" PkgID="" PackageVersion="" PackagePath="" BootImageID="" Mandatory=""/></ClientIDReply>
]LOG]!><time="14:06:23.368-180" date="02-27-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="5168" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:6544">
<![LOG[00:21:5A:15:21:EC, 88476A71-3D11-11DD-BBDA-5A1521EC0021: no advertisements found]LOG]!><time="14:06:23.369-180" date="02-27-2015" component="SMSPXE" context="" type="1" thread="5168"
file="database.cpp:483">There is a report, MAC - Computers for a specific MAC address. Use that report to find the computer in question and then search for it in the console to remove it.
Jeff
Аfter error on PXEBoot , I found the object "Unknown" and delete it from SCCM using console. At the moment search by MAC does not find anything that corresponds with troublesome PC. It refuses
to re-apply PXE-Boot advertisement even after weekend.
That problem is very worries me, because a large number of scheduled baremetal deployments will be done next month and i can`t manage collection every time PC fails PXE-Boot -
Default PXE Boot.wim "stuck" and cannot be changed
We would like our default PXE boot.wim to be the x64 boot.wim. Somehow, it has been changed to x86 and it cannot be changed back. I am aware of the method by which config manager chooses which disk to use (last deployed TS to a collection), but despite creating
multiple deployments utilizing the x64 disk, it is still defaulting to the x86 one. We have 2 main collections that TS's are deployed to, and both of them have a most recent deployment using the x64 disk.
Anyone have any ideas what is going on, or where I can look to get this changed?Hi,
Do you mean the clients are still trying to boot from the x86 iamge?
You referred that you have deployed task sequence via the iamge. Is the task sequence still bind with the image? -
PXE Boot a client to connect to a Remote Desktop Session Host/Terminal Server Farm via SCCM 2007
Hi all,
we've got a bunch of old desktops which are destined for disposal but i was wondering if we couldn't use them as disk-free clients to connect to our Remote Desktop farm. I did some digging and have managed to put together an iso which will boot
the machine into WinPE and then connect to our farm. However, since it's an iso i have to use either a cd or usb for this to work. (This is pretty much what i did: http://www.iammacgyver.com/2011/02/easy-rdp-60-from-winpe-30-simple-boot.html)
What i want to do is to advertise the boot.wim to the client via SCCM so that it boots via PXE and then picks up the WinPE image and connect to the RD farm. I've imported the boot.wim file into SCCM under Boot Images and created an empty Task Sequence
with the boot.wim as its Boot Image. I then advertised this Task Sequence to a collection which contains the old desktop clients. The machine PXE boots ok and loads up WinPE but rather than launch a remote desktop connection, it trundles through the normal
WinPE stages and once it's finished 'Preparing Network Connections' it simply ends and the client reboots.
Is what i'm trying actually possible?
Can anyone tell me why the ISO works yet pushing the boot.wim out as a Boot Image doesn't? I know the boot.wim file (which is the same one present in the ISO) is ok since the client boots into WinPE fine when PXE booted so why doesn't the remote
desktop session conenction launch? How is booting from the ISO different from booting from the PXE boot.wim file?
Slightly long winded problem so many thanks in advance to anyone who can pass some info my way!It doesn't work because importing it into ConfigMgr injects binaries and the task sequence engine along with the process to launch the engine thus suppressing whatever you've got configured.
Perhaps you could use a pre start command (pre-execution hook in 2007 parlance) to launch your RDP process though.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys -
WDS PXE Boot "Downloading NBP File..."
Have been able to boot and install from WDS VM. Had this happen once before as well but no idea how it resolved, just started working again.
I haven't touched the server since I last used it successfully.
Today when I attempted to boot a new VM from PXE I have been stuck at "Downloading NBP file..." during the PXE boot process. After about 5 minutes it comes to a "Contacting Server (192.168.4.108)" screen where again has sat so far for
around 5 minutes.
Normal behaviour is it just boots, downloads this file in seconds and is at the Windows Setup within a few more seconds.
I've restarted the WDS services on it's server and rebooted the client multiple times, no change. Checked Logs on the WDS (Application, System) and nothing, no clue where to check specific to WDS...
What am I missing here? This is completely vanilla WDS, installed, added files from 2012 R2 disk and that's it. As said worked fine in the past, now magically not working and not the first time it's done this.Enabled all logging available.
Again, fuck MS not making copy and paste work within Hyper V console.
Have this listed followed by errors:
[WDSServer/WDSTFTP] TftpSession[0x00000026BA967730:192.168.4.101:1301] - Error: Received error from client. Code=8.
I can't find what Code=8 is meant to mean. Where is the Technet article or whatever listing the WDS TFTP error codes and their meaning? Why provide error codes if no such reference exists?
This is followed by:
[WDSServer/WDSTFTP] [base\eco\wds\transport\server\tftp\tfptsession.cpp:1636] Expression: , Win32 Error=0x4d3
[WDSServer/WDSTFTP] [base\eco\wds\transport\server\tftp\tfptsession.cpp:1636] Expression: , Win32 Error=0x4d3
[WDSServer/WDSTFTP] [base\eco\wds\transport\server\tftp\tfptserver.cpp:1211] Expression: , Win32 Error=0x4d3
and eventually after some more informational entries another informational "Max retries done, killing session".
I've enabled Verbose logging but really doubt that will help and really can't be assed typing out what is entered in text on another screen on the same PC but MS can't give a way to copy and paste from.
The whole idea with WDS was just a simple way to spin up new VMs when required, without using a ISO which can cause issues if not removed with Clustered Hyper V we've found. Can't believe something that should be so simple is leaving me scratching my head
for hours. Time to look at other products that don't do this to people I think.
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