This is very strange, we deployed a task sequence to All Unknown Computers that fails for one reason or another. Now the computer account is not in the All Unknown Computers collection even though it is named unknown, it appears in the All Systems collection. We delete the computer account from SCCM. We then try to PXE boot and deploy Deploy the OS image again and it will not get past the PXE stage. The contents of the SMSPXE.log show that the computer is in fact unknown and not found in the SCCM DB but does not have a valid advertisement... The contents of the log file are as follows:
Client lookup reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="0" ServerName="" ServerRemoteName=""><Machine><ClientID/><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification></ClientIDReply> SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:27 PM 3332 (0x0D04) B8:CA:3A:94:26:0F, 4C4C4544-0044-5110-8051-B4C04F375931: device is not in the database. SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:27 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Getting boot action for unknown machine: item key: 2046820352 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:27 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Client boot action reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="2046820352" ServerName="" ServerRemoteName=""><Machine><ClientID>b8704fe9-d45b-4243-9842-5e707d77d347</ClientID><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification><PXEBootAction LastPXEAdvertisementID="" LastPXEAdvertisementTime="" OfferID="02920007" OfferIDTime="8/20/2013 4:47:00 PM" PkgID="02900009" PackageVersion="" PackagePath="http://Path/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/02900005" BootImageID="02900005" Mandatory="1"/></ClientIDReply> SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:27 PM 3332 (0x0D04) B8:CA:3A:94:26:0F, 4C4C4544-0044-5110-8051-B4C04F375931: using advertisement 02920007 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:27 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Getting boot action for unknown machine: item key: 2046820352 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:29 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Client boot action reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="2046820352" ServerName="" ServerRemoteName=""><Machine><ClientID>b8704fe9-d45b-4243-9842-5e707d77d347</ClientID><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification><PXEBootAction LastPXEAdvertisementID="" LastPXEAdvertisementTime="" OfferID="02920007" OfferIDTime="8/20/2013 4:47:00 PM" PkgID="02900009" PackageVersion="" PackagePath="http://path/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/02900005" BootImageID="02900005" Mandatory="1"/></ClientIDReply> SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:29 PM 3332 (0x0D04) B8:CA:3A:94:26:0F, 4C4C4544-0044-5110-8051-B4C04F375931: using advertisement 02920007 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:29 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Getting boot action for unknown machine: item key: 2046820353 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:33 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Client boot action reply: <ClientIDReply><Identification Unknown="0" ItemKey="2046820353" ServerName="" ServerRemoteName=""><Machine><ClientID>57c4c583-1392-4dba-add1-50c0b16c8fa0</ClientID><NetbiosName/></Machine></Identification><PXEBootAction LastPXEAdvertisementID="" LastPXEAdvertisementTime="" OfferID="02920007" OfferIDTime="8/20/2013 4:47:00 PM" PkgID="02900009" PackageVersion="" PackagePath="http://path/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/02900005" BootImageID="02900005" Mandatory="1"/></ClientIDReply> SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:33 PM 3332 (0x0D04) B8:CA:3A:94:26:0F, 4C4C4544-0044-5110-8051-B4C04F375931: using advertisement 02920007 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:33 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Looking for bootImage 02900005 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:33 PM 3332 (0x0D04) Report Body: <ReportBody><ClientID>57c4c583-1392-4dba-add1-50c0b16c8fa0</ClientID><StateMessage MessageTime="20130820215034.000000+000" SerialNumber="1"><ClientID>57c4c583-1392-4dba-add1-50c0b16c8fa0</ClientID><Topic ID="PXE Boot Adv Status" Type="600" IDType="600"/><State ID="100" Criticality="0"/><UserParameters Flags="32" Count="4"><Param>B8:CA:3A:94:26:0F</Param><Param>4C4C4544-0044-5110-8051-B4C04F375931</Param><Param>02920007</Param><Param>029</Param></UserParameters></StateMessage></ReportBody> SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:34 PM 3332 (0x0D04) B8:CA:3A:94:26:0F, 4C4C4544-0044-5110-8051-B4C04F375931: Updating Device Cached LastAdv Time. Time=20/08/2013 21:50:34 LastAdvID=02920007 SMSPXE 8/20/2013 4:50:34 PM 3332 (0x0D04)
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Tony