Dirty Environment found

December 7, 2011, 7:03 am

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Hello, everybody! I have one question about MDT 2012 beta 2

I install nvidia drivers version 285.62, i maked apllication and use quite install command setup.exe /s /noeula /nofinish include reboot,and what we are have:

after reboot install process show this attention ->

Dirty Environment found

An existing ins deployment was found but is not in an expected state.would you like to ignore this in progress deployment and start a new one?

What is is? This is mean what during installation application`s wa are can`t make reboot?right?

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Problem with install offline updates option in SCCM/MDT Task Sequence

July 13, 2012, 11:34 am

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I am using SCCM 2007 SP2/R3 with MDT 2010 Update 1 integration. I have
the install updates offline step setup in the post install section
after the gather step. Once the task sequence is complete the patches
aren't installed. Looking at the BDD log it shows the follow error
Unable to find the Packages.xml file, assuming there are no packages
to inject. Right before this error I see several of the following
messages which seems to look like offline injection should work but it
doesn't.

About to run command: expand
expand "\\server.server.server.com\smspkge$\MB10030E\ffc6906e-2500-4933-a059-f4c70f0079c7\onenote-x-none.cab"
-F:update.mum "C:\_SMSTaskSequence\ZTIPatches.tmp"      ZTIPatches
Return code from command = 0    ZTIPatches

Not using MDT yet. i can't get sysprep /unattend:unattend.xml to prompt for computer name

July 13, 2012, 11:52 am

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<settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
        </component>
    </settings>

This is in an unattend.xml file that is on a virtual floppy, after i run:  sysprep.exe /quiet /generalize /oobe /reboot /unattend:A:\unattend.xml

After the system reboots, i don't get a prompt for computer name.  Everything i read says to remove <computername></computername> .  But that does not work.  I'm installing windows 2008 R2 w/ SP1.

Thanks,

Nick

Allowing user in LTI media for which partition to format in MDT

December 21, 2010, 8:40 pm

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Hi

I want the user to select which partition to format from existing partitions during deployment Or As a standard only C drive should be formatted during LTI install.

The task can be disabled but then it would Manually need Diskpart. I only to select one of the existing partition to format and then install. 

BDEDrive causing deployment failure

July 10, 2012, 4:16 pm

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I'm trying to understand why erasing the BDEDrive fixed an issue where a deployment would fail in the WinPE phase with this error in BDD.log:

Property LTISuspend is now = Litetouch has encountered an Environment Error (Boot into WinPE!).
If booting from a USB Flash Disk, please remove all drives before Retrying.
Otherwise, ensure the hard disk is selected first in the boot order of the BIOS.

Usually when I have this there is some remnant on the OSDisk (MININT, _SMSTASKSEQUENCE). But I noticed there were old dates in the BDD.log, so I deleted the contents of the BDEDrive (rd /s /q c:) and everything started working.  I don't understand why this fixed it though. I thought the BDEDrive was non-persistant like a RAM drive, but maybe it partitions the HD?

Application Imporing into MDTApplications from source repository

June 29, 2012, 9:04 am

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Hi techies

Can some one look in to this script, it's not working for me please help me to figure out this issue

# Import ALL Basic Code1 Applications In to MDT App


Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapin

New-PSDrive -Name "DS003" -PSProvider MDTProvider -Root "E:\Application Deployment"


$APPS = Get-ChildItem ("\\Computer1\Toolbox$\Basic_Toolbox") | Select-Object Name 

$commonpath = "\\computer1\toolbox$\Basic_Toolbox\"
$name = "W7WXP_TI_10"

Foreach ($app in $apps) {

import-MDTApplication -path "DS003:\Applications\Basic Application" -enable "True" -Name $app.name -ShortName $app.name -Version "" -Publisher "" -Language "" -CommandLine "cscript.exe install.vbs" -WorkingDirectory $commonpath$app.name$name  -NoSource -Verbose

}

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Selection Profiles in MDT using PowerShell

June 20, 2012, 11:12 am

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I'm not seeing an option to specify a Selection Profile to use with Update-MDTLinkedDS.

Is there an option for using Selection Profiles to update Linked Deployment Shares in PowerShell?

DomainOUList.xml correct usage

July 13, 2012, 11:55 am

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I am using MDT 2012. I have implemented the DomainOUList.xml in my control folder of my deployment share. The first code snippet works fine. When I try the second, I get the following error when selecting the OU: "Invalid OU format (must start with OU=)"

Am I missing something? Can you not make the OU a value to be able to use a cleaner display name?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<DomainOUs>
		<DomainOU>OU=XP Computers,DC=domain,DC=com</DomainOU>
	</DomainOUs>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<DomainOUs>
		<DomainOU value="OU=XP Computers,DC=domain,DC=com">XP Computers</DomainOU>
	</DomainOUs>

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Windows could not apply unattended settings during pass [offline Servicing]

July 13, 2012, 12:34 am

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HI,

We are deploying Windows 7 Enterprise Edition by MDT 2010 using PXE boot on clients. We are getting the below error while installaing opearting system at the statge of installaing updates.

Windows could not apply unattended settings during pass [offline Servicing]

Please help to resolve the issue

Regards,

Boopathi S

Failure 5626

July 12, 2012, 5:34 am

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Hi

I am trying to deploy Windows 7 whit the new MDT 2012 update 1 Beta, but keep getting this error message, the fail happens just after the OS installation process. Does anynone known what may be wrong.

How do I setup USB Flash drive and deploy images from it?

July 13, 2012, 9:26 am

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I would like to be able to send a large USB flash drive to another office and have them boot to USB and deploy images from it.  I can't seem to find straight forward documentation on 2012 to do this.

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Refresh Scenario different edition of windows

July 12, 2012, 7:00 am

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Refresh scenario

I have a machine which currently runs Windows 7 Professional x86, I try to do a refresh scenario to get Windows 7 enterprise x86 and it throws up an error during the initial windows setup phase (something about a configuration problem, I can’t remember the text and I’m not bothered about the error because that isn’t my question), my question is:

Is it possible that using the refresh scenario I can redeploy a different edition of windows 7 (even an x64 edition) or do I need to use the new computer or upgrade scenario for this?

Thanks

Steve

Task Sequence appears to be trying to run twice

July 15, 2012, 7:14 am

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When I first began exploring windows deployment, I started with the WDS, then moved on to the MDT and evolved a LiteTouch deployment that was working well. Then it appears that (for some reason) I began editing the unattend.xml in WSIM, and then during the deployment, I was being asked again to enter/verify the computername. In the custom.ini I have SkipComputerName=No as we want to enter the computer name. I would click Next and it would proceed without error. Then we thought that we'd try SkipTaskSequenceID=No as it was previously set to Yes and I would enter the task sequence id manually, but now we have other people in the dept initiating the imaging also, so we thought it would be nice to be able to pick whichever task sequence we wanted without me having to set it up. So... I tried this, and the menu comes up very nicely, and the image deploys nicely until... at what appears to be right before the very end, then I get the Windows Deployment Wizard opening again with the Select a Task Sequence menu appearing, but no task sequences available (at that point in the image deployment, the local administrator would be logged in, so would not have access to the deployment share or task sequences anyway, I'm assuming) so it appears that the message is actually correct, but why would it be looking to be (what appears to be) trying to starting over again? When I cancel out, it says that the deployment has not finished, but as a test I went ahead and deleted the MININT folders and went on to use the image as it was, and it works just fine. I hate to have this occurring, however, as it obviously is an error on my part somewhere that I had no inkling of prior to trying the SkipTaskSequenceID=NO.

I'm really quite at a loss as to where to start looking; the MININT folders are still there (since the deployment has not "officially" finished) but to look through the logs... holy cow, I have no idea what I am looking at! Can someone point me in the right direction?

Here is a screen shot of the error that appears:

How to have multiple customsettings.ini files for different tasks?

March 29, 2010, 9:06 pm

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Is there anyway to do this?  Could I have different boot wim files to PXE into that could contain a different customsettings.ini?  Or will it always read it from the deployment share?

I wanted to have deployments that kept the 300mb boot partition and others that dont.  we need some machines imaged and ready to go with bitlocker, and others will never use it.

But if its too complicated I dont mind loosing the 300MB of space on every machine.  I find the path of least resistance the best in imaging, as it becomes more reproducible, and less prone for failure :)

Have been using MDT sing Vista was released, but never really needed more than on customsettings.ini

-Dan

Using MDT to restore the backed up computer

July 13, 2012, 2:39 am

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Hello,

I have a wim file which was created as part of the refresh scenario, this wim file contains everything of the computer before it was refreshed - but how would i now restore this wim file back to the computer??

Steve

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MDT 2012 Update media function fails with copy errors

August 20, 2011, 11:06 am

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Update media function fails with errors shown below. This happens on new installations and upgrades from 2010 Update 1. Tried on multiple machines running Windows 7 SP1.

Uninstalled 2012 and installed 2010 - previously working 2010 is now broken.

 Although media is created, the content is missing due to the errors shown below:

Starting MDT Media Update
Opened the media deployment share.
Folders to be copied to the media deployment share: 3
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Copy errors encountered, copying will continue: 1 error(s) reported.
Copied: DS001:\Out-of-Box Drivers
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Copy errors encountered, copying will continue: 1 error(s) reported.
Copied: DS001:\Packages
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Copy errors encountered, copying will continue: 1 error(s) reported.
Copied: DS001:\Selection Profiles
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Copy errors encountered, copying will continue: 1 error(s) reported.
Copied: DS001:\Out-of-Box Drivers with Replace option
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Copy errors encountered, copying will continue: 1 error(s) reported.
Copied: DS001:\Packages with Replace option
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Copy errors encountered, copying will continue: 1 error(s) reported.
Copied: DS001:\Selection Profiles with Replace option
Copied standard folders.
Boot images updated.
Setting up x64 boot image.
Boot configuration editing completed.
Reset read-only attributes.
Successfully created media ISO. 

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July 13, 2012, 9:15 am

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Dear Folks,

Pls, your support ...I would like to know if it's possible to create a backup of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Configuration , to perform later a restore in other machine. Your help will be highly appreciated !..I need to change my MDT server to another Machine

Pls, consider it's required to remain all configuration like , task sequence, applications, operation system, out boxes, system profile,etc...

I have more less 30 model of computers ...

This is MDT 2010 version

rgds,

Pablo Gordillo

MCP Microsoft

mail: pgordillo@terra.cl

Automating deployment process

July 14, 2012, 5:27 pm

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I'd like automate the deployment process by removing the need to press F12 and select a task sequence.  To remove the F12 requirement I setup WDS like this:

but my workstations just continue on and boot windows.  I must be missing something here?

To automate the task sequence part I have created a database rule to make Manufacturer = "Acer", Model = "Veriton S480G"  choose the sequence.  This works but it seems Acer is not very diligent is populating this info, some of these models are "Veriton M480", or "Veriton S480", but it looks like they all have "480" in there so is there some way to use wildcards to make the machine with "480" in the model take a specific TS?

Another option would be to give the machines with MACs  "00:24:21:DA*" or "6C:62:6D* this TS, is this possible?

MDT 2012 DeploymentType Upgrade?

July 15, 2012, 10:04 am

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Hi,

i have a windows vista PC which i want to upgrade to windows 7 and a windows 7 pro PC that i want to upgrade to Windows 7 enterprise, and Windows 7 Pro which i will want to upgrade to Windows 8...... yet i cant find any reference in MDT 2012 for a deploymenttype of Upgrade, only refresh, newcomputer and replace. has Microsoft removed the upgrade value from the deployment types? how would i upgrade a workstation to a newer OS but retaining all the applications already installed?

thanks

Steve

Creating a New MDT server from an old MDT server

July 16, 2012, 1:50 am

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Hi ...

We are already using a MDT 2010 server Windows Server 2003 which has more than 5 Deployment shares with different images. Now we are migrating to a new server which is installed with Windows server 2008 32-bit....

Please guide me what are all the steps to be ensured during the migration,, from the beginning....

till now i ve completed the following

1) Installed MDT 2012 in the new server

2) Configured WDS

3) Installed powershell 2.0, WAIK 3.0 and MS .NET framework 3.5 sp1, since they are pre-requisties

Now, how should I start and how to end it... please guide me fully,, where to begin.... 

Thanks in advance...

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