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MDT2012 Deployment Share failure after upgrade

October 3, 2014, 1:35 am
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I upgraded MDT 2010 to 2012.  When I launch the Deployment Workbench, Open Deployment Share, select the location and check the Upgrade the content of the deployment share, it fails.  Here is what I see:

Performing operation "New Drive" on Target "Name: DS001 Provider: MDTProvider Root: D:\DeploymentShare".

Performing operation "upgrade" on Target "deployment share".

Upgrading an existing deployment share

Beginning the upgrade.

Backing up existing configuration.

Initializing scripts and tools.

Cleaning up old scripts from 'D:\DeploymentShare\Scripts'.

Cleaning up old files from 'D:\DeploymentShare\Tools\x86'.

Cleaning up old files from 'D:\DeploymentShare\Tools\x64'.

Checking driver hashes.

Finished checking driver hashes.

Restoring original Control directory.

Restoring original Scripts directory.

Restoring original Tools directory.

The upgrade of the deployment share at D:\DeploymentShare failed.  The original configuration will be restored.

Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.DeploymentPointException: The upgrade of the deployment share at D:\DeploymentShare failed.  The original configuration will be restored. ---> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'D:\DeploymentShare\Boot\boot.wim' is denied.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)

   at System.IO.File.Delete(String path)

   at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.DeploymentPoint.Upgrade()

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

I have check the permissions on the Deployment Share and I have full access.

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Dism error during MDT deployment Windows 10

October 3, 2014, 2:40 am
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Hello,

during installation of windows 10 with MDT 2013 i get this error:

Anybody who knows a solution for this?

Thx

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Windows 7 MDT Offline Domain Join

October 5, 2010, 9:52 am
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In a scenario where a user does not have access to the corporate network, a mostly automated media-based refresh is implemented.
- Refresh laptops from Windows XP/Vista to Windows 7
- MDT task sequence, OS, drivers, apps, contained on a supplied DVD
- User needs only to select the task sequence from the Wizard menu, all else is automated
- Hardlink user state capture and migration

The problem exists with joining the offline computer to the corporate domain.  If the domain join fails, the user can't log on to his/her restored domain user profile.

Does anyone have any experience or tips related to using the Win7/2008 djoin.exe utility with an automated MDT task sequence?  I can't find much information on it, and it's new to me.

I gather that you have to join the object at the domain first, then extract the required metadata, and somehow inject this individual computer data (aka Base64 blob) in the 'Microsoft-Windows-UnattendJoin/Identification/Provisioning' section of the unattend.xml ... but how to do that with some type of variable?  I'd like to avoid creating a customized DVD for every single computer in the field.

I'll keep searching, but if anyone has done this before please let me know your experiences.

 

 

 

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MDT: how can I see the task sequence steps in background?

October 3, 2014, 10:38 am
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Hi

I'd like to see the steps in the task sequence in the background of MDT, but it's not showing (anymore).
Where can I activate this?

Note: in the MDT task sequence, there is always a step "next step", that's probably linked to this background. Can you clarify: what are the use of these steps, if only the change of the background, one could just disable them?

J.

Jan Hoedt

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Change the name and description of an volume image

October 4, 2014, 12:42 am
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Hi

I am usingWindows8.1UpdateandWindowsADK.

How do Ichange the nameand description of an volume image stored in awimfile?

Thanks

Bye

Balubeto

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Unable to launch Litetouch.vbs (LiteTouch.wsf) from UNC path - A connection to the Deploayment Share Could not be made

September 25, 2014, 2:07 pm
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I am having a difficult time figuring out this issue. Here is the back story. The particular deployment share is not used in the traditional sense of deploying OS images. Instead, it is only used in deploying applications. I actually have three shares that do this catered to three different clientele groups; IT, teachers and students.

I have these shares set up so that the Litetouch.vbs is used as a login script and tied to specific AD accounts. When launched, it goes through the normal MDT gathering process and eventually shows a list of applications to select to install. And this has and still is working perfectly for several years with both wired and wireless computers, until recently.

My issue, I'm afraid, is with the new Intel Dual Band 7260 wireless cards/drivers (both N7260 and AC7260. The reason I suspect this is because any other desktop or laptop will launch the VBScript just fine and bring up the list of software like it has always done. However, if I UNC to the share and try to manually run LiteTouch.vbs, I get the "A connection to the deployment share cannot be made. Connection OK. Possible cause: Invalid credentials." That's right. I can UNC to the shares all day long, but when launching the LiteTouch.vbs or LiteTouch.wsf scripts, I always get the above error. So the wireless is working, in a way. Just not the way I need it to. I've tried different versions of drivers all with the same error. I've launched other VBScripts that I've wrote from UNC paths and they run fine.

I am using a Domain Admin account to connect back to the deployment share through MDT. My account is a domain admin account. The share permissions are full control for Everyone and Domain Admins. The folder permissions are Read Only for Everyone and Full Control for Domain Admins. Like I stated, this works fine on any other system.

When I look at the BDD.log file, sometimes I don't see anything, but most of the time I see the line "No physical adapters present. Cannot deploy over wireless." Which, in my case, is not true because I can use any other laptop with older Intel wireless cards, Broadcom, Atheros or whatever and it works perfectly. And, if I hardwire the offending laptops and use Ethernet instead of wireless, I can launch the VBScript and proceed just fine.

I guess my question is, is there a way to force MDT to use any network connection, whether it's wired or wireless to deploy anything. In my case, it would be software.

We use this option as a way for students in our high schools to be able to log in with a special account and install specific software they may need for a class. It is easier to have them do it this way than to try and install different software for different classes on a total of 4000 laptops.

I am currently running Windows Server 2012 R2 with MDT 2013. The laptops are running Windows 7 SP1 x64 Enterprise and Windows 8.1.1 Enterprise.

Any help or ideas anyone has to offer would be greatly appreciated.

~Mike

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Not able to login after server build by MDT 2007

October 4, 2014, 12:33 pm
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I have build a server 2003 machine with the help of MDT 2007 lite touch installation. During the installation an auto login account executed the entire installation. After Successfully installed, ctrl+del+Enter comes but i dont have login account details of new machine and server still a standalone server. I believe the login account credentials will be MDT image. Please suggest.

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Problem with VPN client installation

October 4, 2014, 11:57 pm
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I have a VPN client that gets installed to laptops during MDT task sequence. Randomly, but not always VPN client nstallation causes the network connections to lost for a few seconds and connection to the deployment share cannot be re-established anymore after this. Task sequence fails immediately with an error:  "The specified network name is no longer available". So it fails to reconnect to the deployment share. 

How could I bypass this problem?




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Using a Loop in a Task Sequence

October 5, 2014, 12:05 pm
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Is There a way to create a loop in an MDT task sequence?

I want to run a step (update bios) and if the current BIOS cannot installed because an interim bios needs to be installed, I want to apply the Interim bios, then reboot and re-run the same step, which this time would upgrade to the proper bios. Don't know yet wheather I am going to run this step just 1 or 2 times or more, hence not just wanting to repeat the step. The step runs a vbscript to do the test/apply/reboot, so if there is a way to tell MDT to repeat the step or set next step to be the same step, that would be great.

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Hide visible command window when running cscript.exe

October 5, 2014, 8:02 am
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I'm using vbs wrappers when I'm installing applications with MDT because they offer me better control and logging capability. Currently when task sequencer executes application install with cscript.exe there is this visible command window. Is it possible to completely hide it without big modifications to MDT?
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How to rename local administrator account when deploy Windows 7 image?

May 13, 2010, 8:10 am
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I am using MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7 image. The image deployed fine and before I capture the image, I renamed local administrator account but the captured image reverse back to default administrator account?

Thanks for any help!

Ying

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MDT 2013 rules by SequenceID Does not work

September 29, 2014, 5:07 am
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Hello, 

Im having an issue with MDT 2013 Custom Settings
In 2012 U1 I used the following lines to enable diffrent rules set to diffrent Task Sequences but in 2013 it's just doesn't work

"
[Settings]
Priority=TaskSequenceID, Default

[Default]
Skip1=YES

[TaskID]
Skip2=YES
"

The Problem is that Skip1 get's skipped but Skip2 does not,
All the rules which are not under Default are ignored.

I temporary resolved it by puting only one task, and all the rules are in the Default rules but I must get it working like in 2012.

Thank you!

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Cannot find the script file "c:\ltibootstrap.vbs"

September 30, 2014, 2:53 am
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Looked around for those with the same problem, only to find the only one that's resolved isn't relatable.

I'm trying to deploy a Windows 8.1 installation iso image (so not captured from a machine), and everything works as expected until near the end when the error "Cannot find the script file c:\ltibootstrap.vbs" shows, and it doesn't install the applications I've specified, so they have to be done manually. The operating system is working, however it automatically boots to the local administrator every time, and for the purpose of the machine this should not be happening.

Windows 7 deployment does not have this issue.


This issue has also only occured since I've switched domain, however the files are identical.
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Staging Drivers

October 2, 2014, 10:23 am
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Hello, I have some drivers that may be needed on a deployed computer and may not be, for example, some specific printer drivers.  For that matter, I may not have the printer in question plugged into the machine when I image it with MDT, but would love to already have the driver in place so that after I image it and then plug in the printer, the drivers are present.  So is there a way to force MDT to put drivers in a driver store without actually installing them?

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MDT 2010 A connection to the deployment share could not be made

March 19, 2013, 4:36 am
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Hi

I am getting this error when running lite touch deployment from WDS:

A connection to the deployment share (server name) could not be made. DHCP lease was not obtained for any networking device! Possible Cause: Check physical connection. Abort, Retry, Ignore.

I hit ignore and do an ipconfig and it states media disconnected but it had to have been connected to connect to WDS? It has no IP address yet the description lists the correct driver?

I have ran this same deployment on other hardware on the site without any issues and I have imported all the drivers into WDS and MDT, can you please advise?

Thanks

Jake

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ZTIAppXmlGen.wsf in SCCM task sequence

May 1, 2011, 4:18 pm
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Hey there,

I just wanted to know if anyone has gotten the ZTIAppXmlGen.wsf script which is in the MDT defaul task sequence working in an SCCM task sequence?

I hate the fact by default in MDT it uses this script to automagically populate an XML, yet when you create an MDT sequence through SCCM, it doesn't have this step.

I have tried manually putting this step into my SCCM sequence prior to running USMT but it isn't working at all. I am sure I can't be the only one who noticed this and wanted to make it work in SCCM, so any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-M

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MDT: unable to find rule INI file

October 6, 2014, 7:16 am
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Hi,

I have a ts which always worked fine, now suddenly it throws me the error "unable to find rule INI file".

Strange thing is, I deleted the machine (vmware esxi), recreated it, same error, rebooted mdt server, same error.
I use another vm, NO ERROR ....

No clue here.
Pls advise.
J.

Jan Hoedt

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Multiple OS options in a single task sequence

October 6, 2014, 9:26 pm
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Hi

I work as a contractor for a client which has three separate computer models but want their systems set up in almost the same way.

As almost all steps are alike, I tried to set up a single task sequence but with multiple "Install Operating System" steps (one for each model) and filtered them as per model (manufacturer is the same).

Unfortunately it appears that while it displays the correct label for the task, in reality it only picks the top image for the deployment and it keeps using the top image even if I disables that task or include a filter to use the top image if the manufacturer both is and isn't Fabricam to make sure the condition will never be true.

Is there a way for me to get around this? I would prefer to keep it as a single task sequence as if my client want a change in the deployment, I only need to make the change in one location while maintaining easy overview of all steps.

Peter

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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ERROR MDT 2013

April 23, 2014, 1:29 pm
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I am trying to deploy an existing MDT 2013 deployment image to a new model of HP laptops.

When I try to boot in WinPE, it fails before it ever gets to the MDT wizard pages with the error above.

It also says "Your PC had a problem and needs to restart.  We are just collecting some error info and then you can restart (0% complete).

I can boot older laptop models with this new MDT 2013 boot image, so I know the boot image is functional.

I can boot this new laptop model to our older MDT 2010 image with no problem booting, so it seems to be a compatibility between this laptop model and our MDT 2013 boot image since it does boot to MDT 2010.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot this?

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Drive Letter Assignment

February 21, 2014, 12:48 pm
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We have a highly segmented and geographically diverse network which makes a centralized deployment server not feasible.  So, we deploy Litetouch images via USB flash drives.  We create a C drive for the OS, a D drive for the data drive and the E drive is generally the CD/DVD drive.  The deploy drive winds up being F or higher.  This has worked fine until Server 2012 R2/MDT 2013.  Now, during the deployment, the USB drive is taking the drive letter of D which causes apps to be installed onto it instead of the data drive.  I have tried talking people here into moving to a single C drive deployment which would greatly simplify the build and get around this problem but that is not a desired option.  I am not currently using custom WIMs but am not against it if it will solve this problem.  We are deploying onto Dell PE-RX20 series servers. 

VMs, using the same build do not experience the problem.  The deploy drive comes up as F and everything installs as it should.  My thoughts there are that the image is mounted as an ISO and the OS cannot write to it so it treats it differently but the physical servers see it as a hard drive and install apps to it.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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