Got the following constellation: Site Server: SRV01 (W2K8 / SCCM 2007 R2) SQL Server: SRV02 (W2K8 / SQL 2008 ) Deploy Server: SRV03 (W2K8) Basic Installation worked. Now I try to install DP and PXE Role on SRV03. All servers are member of each other's local admin group (all servers are running in one domain). I installed WDS on SRV03. Everything's fine. After that I configured PXE role on SRV01 for SRV03 (configured nothing special in this area) WDS stopped on SRV03. After defining a PXE service point's computer account (a domain admin account that is also member of the local admin group of each server) in SCCM admin console on SRV01 for thePXE Role on SRV03 the WDS service on SRV03 able to start. Looking at SQL Server during my tests I can see that the server account of SRV03 was properly added to the SMS DB with expected PSP_Role. What is the reason that I'm not able to get the WDS service started on SRV03 without a special PXE service point account? Thanks in advance for any idea. Alex

The eventlog should contain details why the WDS service was not able to start.

Here's the trace file ... all information I've found in internet didn't solve the problem: 2568] 12:07:57: WDS Diagnostics Initialized[2568] 12:07:57: [Profiles] Initialized.[2568] 12:07:57: [MCSCOPE] Address Range=239.0.0.1-239.0.0.254, Count=254[2568] 12:07:57: [UDPPorts] Dynamic Port Range: 64001-65000.[2568] 12:07:57: [RPC] Using Tcp Port 5040 for Rpc Calls.[2568] 12:07:57: [RPC] Client Impersonation Logging=Disabled[2568] 12:07:57: [RPC] Host Name: SRV03.domain.test[2568] 12:07:57: [RPC] NTLM/Kerberos Spn: ldap/srv03.domain.test[2568] 12:07:57: [RPC] Initialized[2568] 12:07:57: WDS VSS Writer Pre-Initialized[2568] 12:07:57: [BINLSVC][RPC][Ep={5F4FB9F0-C0E3-41C1-AA00-9A7C690AC3A3}] Registered[2568] 12:07:57: [BINLSVC] Provider Initialized.[2568] 12:07:57: [328][WdsImgSrv] -> Initialize[2568] 12:07:57: [343][WdsImgSrv] -> pInitializeManagement[3880] 12:07:57: [RPC] Server Started.[2568] 12:07:57: [421][WdsImgSrv] <- pInitializeManagement=0[2568] 12:07:57: [421][WdsImgSrv] -> pWdsImgSrvRefreshSettings[2568] 12:07:57: [468][WdsImgSrv] <- pWdsImgSrvRefreshSettings=0[2568] 12:07:57: [WdsImgSrv][RPC][Ep={D8DEEB5A-EFFD-43B2-99FC-1A8A5921C227}] Registered[2568] 12:07:57: [468][WdsImgSrv] <- Initialize=0[2568] 12:07:57: [WdsImgSrv] Provider Initialized.[2568] 12:07:58: [WDSMC][RPC][Ep={865BCE30-ACF1-410C-B5ED-142096663914}] Registered[2568] 12:07:58: [WDSMC][RPC][Ep={6F13A317-3687-4B54-81A5-504DAA9062FA}] Registered[2568] 12:07:58: [WDSMC] Provider Initialized.[2568] 12:07:58: [1422][WDSPXE] -> CBannedGuids::Initialize[2568] 12:07:58: [1422][WDSPXE] -> CBannedGuids::Shutdown[2568] 12:07:58: [1422][WDSPXE] <- CBannedGuids::Shutdown=0[2568] 12:07:58: [1422][WDSPXE] <- CBannedGuids::Initialize=0[2568] 12:07:59: [3109][WDSPXE] [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\wdspxe\src\pxeprov.cpp:172] Expression: , Win32 Error=3661[2568] 12:07:59: [3109][WDSPXE] [SMSPXE] Initialization failed (rc=3661)[2568] 12:08:00: [3187][WDSPXE] [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\wdspxe\src\pxeprovhdl.cpp:481] Expression: , Win32 Error=3661[2568] 12:08:00: [3187][WDSPXE] -> CBannedGuids::Shutdown[2568] 12:08:00: [3187][WDSPXE] <- CBannedGuids::Shutdown=0[2568] 12:08:00: [3187][WDSPXE] [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\wdspxe\src\pxeprovhdl.cpp:598] Expression: , Win32 Error=3661[2568] 12:08:00: [3187][WDSPXE] [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\wdspxe\src\pxemain.cpp:201] Expression: , Win32 Error=3661[2568] 12:08:00: [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\server\src\wdsprovider.cpp:147] Expression: , Win32 Error=3661[2568] 12:08:00: [WDSPXE] Initialization Failed (rc=3661)[2568] 12:08:00: [3187][WDSPXE] -> CBannedGuids::Shutdown[2568] 12:08:00: [3187][WDSPXE] <- CBannedGuids::Shutdown=0[2568] 12:08:00: [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\server\src\wdsprovhdl.cpp:169] Expression: , Win32 Error=3661[2568] 12:08:00: [WDSPXE] Deleted.[2568] 12:08:00: [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\server\src\wdsservice.cpp:177] Expression: , Win32 Error=3661[2568] 12:08:00: [Udp] Listen Shutdown.[2740] 12:08:00: [NetMon] Network Interface(s) Change Notification[3880] 12:08:00: [RPC] Server terminated (rc=0)[2568] 12:08:00: [RPC] Listen Stopped.[2568] 12:08:00: [BINLSVC] Shutting down[2568] 12:08:00: [BINLSVC][RPC][Ep={5F4FB9F0-C0E3-41C1-AA00-9A7C690AC3A3}] Closed[2568] 12:08:00: -> CBannedGuids::Shutdown[2568] 12:08:00: <- CBannedGuids::Shutdown=0[2568] 12:08:00: -> CBannedGuids::Shutdown[2568] 12:08:00: <- CBannedGuids::Shutdown=0[2568] 12:08:00: [BINLSVC] Deleted.[2568] 12:08:00: [WdsImgSrv] Shutting down[2568] 12:08:00: [3234][WdsImgSrv] -> Shutdown[2568] 12:08:00: [WdsImgSrv][RPC][Ep={D8DEEB5A-EFFD-43B2-99FC-1A8A5921C227}] Closed[2568] 12:08:00: [3234][WdsImgSrv] <- Shutdown=0[2568] 12:08:00: [WdsImgSrv] Deleted.[2568] 12:08:00: [WDSMC] Shutting down[2568] 12:08:00: [WDSMC][RPC][Ep={865BCE30-ACF1-410C-B5ED-142096663914}] Closed[2568] 12:08:00: [WDSMC][RPC][Ep={6F13A317-3687-4B54-81A5-504DAA9062FA}] Closed[2568] 12:08:00: [WDSMC] Deleted.[2568] 12:08:00: [d:\longhorn\base\ntsetup\opktools\wds\wdssrv\server\src\ifmonitor.cpp:174] Expression: , Return Value=1 (WSLE=10038)[2568] 12:08:00: Timer Queue deleted successfully.[2568] 12:08:00: WDS Vss Writer Shutdown[2568] 12:08:00: WDS Diagnostics Shutdown Alex

And there's nothing in eventlog?

smspxe.log should also show more detailed error details if there's an issue with SMS DB connectivity.