PXE Boot

New tool: ConfigMgr PXE Boot Log

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Trevor Jones in ConfigMgr, OS Deployment, Powershell, PXE Boot, SCCM, WPF

Today I'm releasing a new tool for ConfigMgr admins and IT support staff! This tool displays PXE boot events in an easy-to-view format and provides a history of PXE boot attempts on a distribution point during a selected time period. The tool can also display any records that exist in ConfigMgr associated with a device based … Continue reading New tool: ConfigMgr PXE Boot Log →

PXE Boot Fails After Computer Rename

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Trevor Jones in ConfigMgr, MDT, OS Deployment, PXE Boot, SCCM, SQL

Today I had an interesting PXE boot problem where a computer kept aborting the PXE boot. So I checked the SMSPXE.log and found that there were no advertisements for that machine: Client boot action reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="16777684" ServerName=""><Machine><ClientID/><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification><PXEBootAction LastPXEAdvertisementID="" LastPXEAdvertisementTime="" OfferID="" OfferIDTime="" PkgID="" PackageVersion="" PackagePath="" BootImageID="" Mandatory=""/></ClientIDReply> F0:1F:AF:6C:05:53, 4C4C4544-0047-5310-8034-C3C04F595931: no advertisements found F0:1F:AF:6C:05:53, 4C4C4544-0047-5310-8034-C3C04F595931: … Continue reading PXE Boot Fails After Computer Rename →