WinPE Image fails, shows device as "off" and the IP Address is 0.0.0.0

Cause

Resolution

If on 8.7 SP1 or earlier, do the following:

1.  

   Update the Core Server is updated to the Latest Service pack.

2.  

   Uninstall and reinstall all PXE Representatives with the PXE Rep from the latest service pack.

If 8.7 SP3 or Later is installed already, do one of the following:

Run the mini-scan again manually from within WinPE by opening a command prompt and running this command:

Startnet.cmd

OR, modify the startnet.cmd to give wait4ip.exe more time to run by following the steps below on the core:

1. Using WinImage, open the LDVPE1.img file located in the landesk\vboot folder.

2. Inside the i386\system32 folder, locate and extract the startnet.cmd file.

3. In the startnet.cmd file, locate the wait4ip line and add the following line immediately before the wait4ip line:

X:\LDClient\LDSleep.exe 15

For example:

REM wait to get a valid IP

X:\LDClient\LDSleep.exe 15
\ldclient\wait4ip /t 180

if %errorlevel% gtr 0 goto fail

4. Save the changes to the startnet.cmd and then inject back into the LDVPE1.IMG, then save the changes to the IMG file in WinImage.

5. Re-deploy the PXE Reps in the environment.