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I have attached one of the log files for my Instance of Endpoint Manager. WDS will not start and keeps erroring. I currently have it set to not use WDS because of the issues, but would like to be able to get WDS working for multicast support. [129246-distmgrlog.txt][1] [1]: /api/attachments/129246-distmgrlog.txt?platform=QnA
Hi, anonymous user
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We may try to uncheck "Enable PXE support for client" on DP properties and wait for the WDS uninstalled by checking distmgr.log, then re-enable "Enable PXE support for client" and it will reinstall WDS automatically.
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Good afternoon, I’ve attempted to turn that and multicast off multiple times and after WDS is uninstalled, I also have tried deleting the share and the folder it creates. I then tried setting up PXE and Multicast again with no success.
According to the log, it seems the WDS service could not start, try to install the Configuration Manager client on the server hosting the PXE enabled remote DP to see if it helps, you may check the article for more details:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/pxe-enabled-remote-dp-not-start-wds
I’ve already attempted to install both versions of the suggested c++ version with no success. I’ve tried the suggested steps there along with the ones from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/troubleshoot-pxe-boot-issues.
After Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable installed, did you try to manually start WDS via the Services console?
Yes, and it still won’t start.
We can see below message in your log:
Failed to run: WDSUTIL.exe /Initialize-Server /REMINST:"E:\RemoteInstall". Program returned c1030105
You may try to run it manually to see what will happen?
Running the command manually also didn’t resolve the issue.
Is there any useful information we can refer from the result of manually running the command?
It just states unable to start windows deployment service with error code 126. Event viewer keeps repeating error 0x7E.
What's the user for the DP?
Make sure it has permissions for the DP, and make the computer account an admin on the DP.
Then untick the pxe option, then wait for it uninstall, watch the distmgr log, then tick it again.
Hello anonymous user
Have you checked that .Net Framework 3.5.1 Feature is installed on the server? In my experience this was one of the causes, because is one of the prerequisites that most people do not install.
Best regards,
Yes, 3.5/3.5.1 is completely installed. The server passed the pre-requisite check without any issues. Here is a link to the event viewer administrative view for the server as well if that will help.
Thank you.
https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0SyCnCMO2_OPuX_8zXrGphMBA#sccmlogs9.6