WDS not start event reboot the server

Question

I'm have a case with Windows Server 2016 (sometime 2012).
The WDS service cannot start after the computer reboot, the only way can start up it again is reboot one more time, this very inconvenient because the server is in production.
The event log show that the wdstftp error as below:

The Windows Deployment Services Server service terminated with the following service-specific error:
The system cannot find the file specified (system log)

An error occurred while trying to initialize provider WDSTFTP from C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdstftp.dll. Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown.

Error Information: 0x2 (application log)

Thank you for help

Answer 1

Hello there,

When the DHCP server and the WDS server are installed on the same computer, the WDS Service tries to use the port 67. However, the DHCP server already uses this port.To resolve this issue, configure the WDS Pre-boot execution Environment (PXE) client to stop listening on port 67.

To do it, use one of the following methods, as appropriate for your situation from the below thread
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/deployment/wds-server-may-not-start

You can also try to Reinstall Windows Deployment Services. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc726644(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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