PENDING SCCM PXE Imaging broken, again.

[MikeMartin]

We reset all our service account passwords a few months ago, that broke imaging even after I updated the passwords, turned out a service account got locked in AD, that was resolved and I got imaging working again, then it stopped working again on Friday.

Now the issue seems to be Cert related but I'm very new to SCCM and I'm not sure how to resolve this.

When PXE booting we get an error (pic attached)

I am happy to provide any logs that might be useful, earlier I found a log showing some cert errors but I can't figure out which log that was at the moment and I'm not sure where to look.

 

[Harshit Pandey]

I think you must review the logs and also make sure the PXE role is repaired once. If you are using the 2403 version, there have been some PXE issues lately - https://forums.prajwaldesai.com/threads/pxe-boot-not-working-after-2403-update.6700/

 

[MikeMartin]

I think you must review the logs and also make sure the PXE role is repaired once. If you are using the 2403 version, there have been some PXE issues lately - https://forums.prajwaldesai.com/threads/pxe-boot-not-working-after-2403-update.6700/

I found the log I was seeing all the errors in, see below. Additionally, I'm on 2309. I'm looking at what I need to do to repair the PXE role now, thanks.

======>Begin Processing request: "16817772", machine name: "CFS-7N1KCK3" $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.269+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
Execute query exec [sp_IsMPAvailable] N'STL'~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.271+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
---> Trying each entry in the SMS Client Remote Installation account list~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.273+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
---> Attempting to connect to administrative share '\\CFS-7N1KCK3.ds.slu.edu\admin$' using account 'slu\configmgrclipush2'~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.274+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
---> WNetAddConnection2 failed (LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS) using account slu\configmgrclipush2 (00000035) $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.294+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
---> The device CFS-7N1KCK3.ds.slu.edu does not exist on the network. Giving up~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.296+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
---> Trying each entry in the SMS Client Remote Installation account list~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.298+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
---> Attempting to connect to administrative share '\\CFS-7N1KCK3\admin$' using account 'slu\configmgrclipush2'~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:32.299+300><thread=15764 (0x3D94)>
---> WNetAddConnection2 failed (LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS) using account slu\configmgrclipush2 (00000040) $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.003+300><thread=2232 (0x8B8)>
---> Attempting to connect to administrative share '\\RES-ISE-HVBBHG3.ds.slu.edu\admin$' using machine account.~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.006+300><thread=2232 (0x8B8)>
---> WNetAddConnection2 failed (LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS) using account slu\configmgrclipush2 (00000035) $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.626+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> The device MLIB-PUB-C0002 does not exist on the network. Giving up~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.629+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> ERROR: Unable to access target machine for request: "16817676", machine name: "MLIB-PUB-C0002", access denied or invalid network path. $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.630+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_SetLastErrorCode] 16817676, 53~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.632+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
Stored request "16817676", machine name "MLIB-PUB-C0002", in queue "Retry". $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.637+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_SetPushRequestMachineStatus] 16817676, 2~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.638+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_SetLatest] 16817676, N'08/28/2024 13:52:33', 59~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.642+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
<======End request: "16817676", machine name: "MLIB-PUB-C0002". $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:33.646+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
Submitted request successfully $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.270+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Getting a new request from queue "Retry" after 100 millisecond delay. $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.272+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Found CCR "16817845.ccr" in queue "Retry". $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.273+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_GetPushRequestMachine] 16817845~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.376+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Successfully retrieved information for machine MLIB-PUB-C0008 from DB $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.378+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_GetPushRequestMachineIP] 16817845~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.380+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_GetPushRequestMachineResource] 16817845~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.381+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_GetPushMachineName] 16817845~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.384+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Received request: "16817845" for machine name: "MLIB-PUB-C0008" on queue: "Retry". $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.386+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Stored request "16817845", machine name "MLIB-PUB-C0008", in queue "Processing". $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.388+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
Execute query exec [sp_CP_SetPushRequestMachineStatus] 16817845, 1~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.390+300><thread=16888 (0x41F8)>
======>Begin Processing request: "16817845", machine name: "MLIB-PUB-C0008" $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.394+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
Execute query exec [sp_IsMPAvailable] N'STL'~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.396+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> Trying each entry in the SMS Client Remote Installation account list~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.397+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> Attempting to connect to administrative share '\\MLIB-PUB-C0008.ds.slu.edu\admin$' using account 'slu\configmgrclipush2'~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.399+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> WNetAddConnection2 failed (LOGON32_LOGON_NEW_CREDENTIALS) using account slu\configmgrclipush2 (00000035) $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.420+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> The device MLIB-PUB-C0008.ds.slu.edu does not exist on the network. Giving up~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.428+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> Trying each entry in the SMS Client Remote Installation account list~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.429+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>
---> Attempting to connect to administrative share '\\MLIB-PUB-C0008\admin$' using account 'slu\configmgrclipush2'~ $$<SMS_CLIENT_CONFIG_MANAGER><08-28-2024 08:52:34.430+300><thread=13704 (0x3588)>

 

[MikeMartin]

I see these message in smswriter.log

*** [08001][-2146893051][Microsoft][ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server]A network-related or instance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information see SQL Server Books Online. SMS_SITE_VSS_WRITER 8/25/2024 12:25:08 PM 17416 (0x4408)

 

[Harshit Pandey]

Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections - I think your ConfigMgr server is unable to talk to SQL database due to network issues. Get your Firewall guys into the loop and tell them to fix it.