Failed to run task sequence

Question

Hi guys, very new to MECM and setting up a small lab in Hyper V. I have followed the Microsoft documentation for setting up Zero Touch deployment with PXE. MECM 2006 Windows Server 2019

The step I am failing at is: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/deploy-windows-cm/deploy-windows-10-using-pxe-and-configuration-manager

I have one CM server, CM01, which is the only site and distribution point. This is part of an AD domain with a dc, DC01, and everything AD-wise is configured as per the guide. The machines are all connected to a virtual switch and can talk to each other.

I boot up a new Hyper-V VM which is set to act as my test client and boot from PXE, and it can see CM01 fine and boots into the Task Sequence. As per the setup of the Task SSequence, I am prompted enter the machine's host name, which I do, then click next and after running for a few seconds I get: "Failed to Run Task Sequence - This task sequence cannot be run because the program files for P0100001 cannot be located on a distribution point." Screenshot attached to post.

P0100001 is the User State Migration Tool for Windows.

I have tried various combinations of "deploy" and "update distribution point" for the problem package and from distmgr.log the package appears to show as up to date on the CM01 distribution point. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Not sure where to go next. Note, I haven't set up anything boundary related because the guide has never mentioned it, though it did come up in my googling. Thanks!

Answer 1

So if anyone else is having this problem, it comes down to pretty terrible tutorial writing from Microsoft.

In the very first post in this tutorial series there is ONE bullet pointed line that links to a page about setting up IP boundaries and boundary groups. It is then not mentioned again ever in the tutorial, and if you miss that you will get all the way to the same stage I have and get this error.

The first post of the tutorial I mention is here and the page it links to is here.

Once I setup a boundary and boundary group for my subnet the Task Sequence is now deploying as expected.

Answer 2

Honestly, this is the problem with only using tutorials. They assume and have to assume a lot of things about your environment and that you've configured any and all prerequisites correctly for your environment. There's no magic, one size fits all tutorial particularly with a product that has as many different moving parts as ConfigMgr. Your issue is basic to content location in ConfigMgr and isn't specific to OSD and thus a tutorial focused on OSD won't cover these details.