Failed to download pxe variable file
Been having some trouble with my lab. I have the issue described here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/smsandmom/archive/2008/08/26/configmgr-2007-osd-deployment-errors-out-within-a-few-seconds-after-winpe-loads-and-then-automatically-reboots.aspx However, i do have a valid IP address. All the logs look good (winpeinit.log and smsts.log) smsts.log just shows the following: Failed to download pxe variable file. Code(0x00000001) TSPxe PxeGetPxeData failed with 0x80004005 TSPxe I've searched and haven't been able to find any additional information. Any suggestions?MCTS: ConfigMgr, MDT / http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cnackers/default.aspx
December 10th, 2010 12:17pm

hi Chris, is the client virtual or real hardware My step by step SCCM Guides I'm on Twitter > ncbrady
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December 10th, 2010 4:03pm

Hey Niall, It's a virtual machine, Hyper-V. I was getting the issue where it would reboot automatically after WinPE had loaded. I had the same issue with boot media, however my boot media is working now. However, i'm still getting this issue when PXE booting. It's just in my lab, but i'd like to know why it's happening :) If possible.MCTS: ConfigMgr, MDT / http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cnackers/default.aspx
December 10th, 2010 4:10pm

if you restart the WDS service does it help ? My step by step SCCM Guides I'm on Twitter > ncbrady
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December 10th, 2010 4:22pm

doesn't help anything... i got a few things to try this weekend... if you have any other thoughts, let me know... MCTS: ConfigMgr, MDT / http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cnackers/default.aspx
December 10th, 2010 4:50pm

ok, are you only getting it on one vm ? ie: if you create a new vm does it also have the issue ?, if not, delete the lease in DHCP for the computer with the problem, restart the dhcp service and try again My step by step SCCM Guides I'm on Twitter > ncbrady
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December 10th, 2010 4:56pm

yeah, happens on any VM i have... MCTS: ConfigMgr, MDT / http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cnackers/default.aspx
December 10th, 2010 8:21pm

very odd, and you've verified that DNS is working perfectly ? have you tried removing the psp, uninstalling wds, reboot, reinstall wds, configure wds, reinstall psp drastic, but quicker than blowing away your lab My step by step SCCM Guides I'm on Twitter > ncbrady
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December 11th, 2010 5:32am

Uninstalled WDS, deleted the RemoteInstall directory, reinstalled WDS, configured WDS (initial config), installed PXE Service Point... appears to be working now... MCTS: ConfigMgr, MDT / http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cnackers/default.aspx
December 15th, 2010 2:28pm

great that it's working again :) My step by step SCCM Guides I'm on Twitter > ncbrady
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December 15th, 2010 2:57pm

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