SCCM PXE Boot Issue - Device restarts after Loading Drivers

Corne Van Der Westhuizen 26 Reputation points
2022-04-05T00:13:19.21+00:00

Hi

As you can see from the SMSTS.log file below, I get an error "Could not create WMI locator class (80040154)". I've removed the ADK already, reinstalled it, and tried different boot images, but kept getting this. Any help would be appreciated.

LOGGING: Finalize process ID set to 1056 TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1060 (0x0424)
==============================[ TSBootShell.exe ]============================== TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1060 (0x0424)
Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1060 (0x0424)
Debug shell is enabled TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1060 (0x0424)
Waiting for PNP initialization... TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
RAM Disk Boot Path: NET(0)\SMSIMAGES\NEL00090\WINPE.NEL00090.NEL00090.WIM TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
Booted from network (PXE) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
Network(PXE) path: X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
Found config path X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
Booting from removable media, not restoring bootloaders on hard drive TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
X:\sms\data\WinPE does not exist. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
X:_SmsTsWinPE\WinPE does not exist. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
Executing command line: wpeinit.exe -winpe TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:55 am 1080 (0x0438)
Executing command line: X:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:56 am 1060 (0x0424)
The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:56 am 1060 (0x0424)
Successfully launched command shell. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:21:56 am 1060 (0x0424)
The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Setting offline Windows drive and OS root directory to Task Sequence environment. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Processing volume C:\ TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
spLocator.createInstance( ((bUseAdminLocator == true) ? CLSID_WbemAdministrativeLocator : CLSID_WbemLocator ) ), HRESULT=80040154 (X:\bt\1204713\repo\src\Framework\Core\CCMCore\WmiNamespace.cpp,264) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Could not create WMI locator class (80040154) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
spNamespace.Open(pszNameSpace), HRESULT=80040154 (X:\bt\1204713\repo\src\Framework\TSCore\diskutils.cpp,1393) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Failed to connect to WMI namespace \.\ROOT\CIMV2 TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Volume C:\ is a USB device. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Processing volume X:\ TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Volume X:\ is not a local hard drive. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
_OSDDetectedWinDrive='', _OSDDetectedWinDir='' TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Starting DNS client service. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Executing command line: X:\sms\bin\x64\TsmBootstrap.exe /env:WinPE /configpath:X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Execution complete. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
hMap != 0, HRESULT=80070002 (X:\bt\1204713\repo\src\Framework\TSCore\environmentscope.cpp,495) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
m_pGlobalScope->open(), HRESULT=80070002 (X:\bt\1204713\repo\src\Framework\TSCore\environmentlib.cpp,335) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
this->open(), HRESULT=80070002 (X:\bt\1204713\repo\src\Framework\TSCore\environmentlib.cpp,561) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
::RegOpenKeyExW (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sKey.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &hSubKey), HRESULT=80070002 (X:\bt\1204713\repo\src\Framework\TSCore\utils.cpp,905) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
RegOpenKeyExW is unsuccessful for Software\Microsoft\SMS\Task Sequence TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
GetTsRegValue() is unsuccessful. 0x80070002. TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
End program: TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Finalizing logging from process 1056 TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
Finalizing logs to root of first available drive TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
LOGGING: Setting log directory to "C:\SMSTSLog". TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)

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  1. AllenLiu-MSFT 40,316 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-04-06T02:18:24.633+00:00

    Hi, @Corne Van Der Westhuizen

    Thanks very much for your feedback. We're glad that the problem is solved now. It seems the issue is indeed related to ADK. Here's a short summary for the problem, we believe this will help other users to search for useful information more quickly.

    Problem/Symptom:
    SCCM PXE boot fail, device restart after loading drivers, below error messages show in SMSTS.log:
    Could not create WMI locator class (80040154) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
    spNamespace.Open(pszNameSpace), HRESULT=80040154 (X:\bt\1204713\repo\src\Framework\TSCore\diskutils.cpp,1393) TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)
    Failed to connect to WMI namespace .\ROOT\CIMV2 TSBootShell 4/04/2022 10:22:01 am 1080 (0x0438)

    Solution/Workaround:

    1. Uninstall ADK
    2. Reboot Server
    3. Remove PXE Role
    4. Remove WDS
    5. Reboot Server
    6. Delete RemoteInstall folder
    7. Reboot Server
    8. Install ADK
    9. Install ADK Preinstallation Environment Add-ons
    10. Add PXE Role, this installed WDS
    11. Reboot Server
    12. Create a New Boot WIM using "Create Boot Image using MDT" in SCCM
    13. Distribute the new custom boot wim
    14. Add it to the TS as PXE boot to use
    15. Build a device successfully

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  1. Corne Van Der Westhuizen 26 Reputation points
    2022-04-06T01:50:46.41+00:00

    Hi Allen
    Thank you for your reply. That did not resolve the issue. But, I did manage to resolve it today by doing the following.

    1. Uninstall ADK
    2. Reboot Server
    3. Remove PXE Role
    4. Remove WDS
    5. Reboot Server
    6. Delete RemoteInstall folder
    7. Reboot Server
    8. Install ADK
    9. Install ADK Preinstallation Environment Add-ons
    10. Add PXE Role, this installed WDS
    11. Reboot Server
    12. Create a New Boot WIM using "Create Boot Image using MDT" in SCCM
    13. Distribute the new custom boot wim
    14. Add it to the TS as PXE boot to use
    15. Build a device successfully

    I hope the above will help someone in future.

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  2. AllenLiu-MSFT 40,316 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-04-05T05:59:06.177+00:00

    Hi, @Corne Van Der Westhuizen

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

    What the ADK version did we use? When we remove and reinstall ADK, have we updated distribution points of the boot image with checking "Reload this boot image with the current Windows PE version from the Windows ADK"?

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