MDT - deployment fails when out-of-box drivers are enabled

Question

Hi

When deploying (via MDT) a new WIN-build 21H2, as soon as I enable the dynamic DriverGroup001 option in the task sequence, the installation fails. When disabling this step, there's no problem.

This problem occurs: when ENABLING it, the deployment tries to install the WIM-file on drive "X". When disabling it, the deployment refers to drive C, and, everything works fine.
So, no difference in the partioning, formatting, et cetera. It's the only option that's differs...

I consulted the smsts.log file, and, in the failing installation this line occurs:

Command line: "X:\Deploy\Tools\X64\TsmBootstrap.exe" /env:SAStart TSMBootstrap 18/03/2022 8:33:53 2016 (0x07E0)

And in the working installation this line occurs:

Command line: "C:\MININT\Tools\X64\TsmBootstrap.exe" /env:SAContinue TSMBootstrap 18/03/2022 9:12:16 6060 (0x17AC)

So, the drive letter is correctly C, instead of X, in the working installation. But I don't see why: I didn't change anything else, so it has to do "something" with this DriverGroup001...

Can someone help me out?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft MECM Q&A forum.

Per my experience, to use dynamic DriverGroup001, we also need to configure the Inject Drivers task sequence step action with the following settings:
Choose a selection profile: Nothing
Install all drivers from the selection profile

The configuration above indicates that MDT should only use drivers from the folder specified by the DriverGroup001 property, which is defined by the "Choose a selection profile: Nothing" setting, and that MDT should not use plug and play to determine which drivers to copy, which is defined by the "Install all drivers from the selection profile" setting.

For more information, please refer to:
MDT and Drivers
MDT Lite Touch Driver Management
Please note: The links are not from Microsoft, just for your reference. Thanks for your time.

Best regards,
Simon

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Answer 2

Sorry for the very late response, but I only returned today (!) after a period of absence on my work...

Thank you for your answer: I'll try it out today, and, keep you posted!

Answer 3

It worked - thank you again!