Users Guide

Issue 2

Issue: If the Lifecycle Controller of a system is in use, the system is not discovered.

Resolution: If a system does not show up in a collection, verify whether the log file contains the following

error message:

Lifecycle Controller in use. If it contains the error message:

1. Ensure that the system is not in Power On Self Test (POST) state. A system is in POST state after it is

powered on and until it boots to an operating system through any media.

2. Power off the system and wait for ten minutes for it to show up in the collection.

Issue 3

Issue: The Create Lifecycle Controller Boot Media option may fail if you have not specified local folder

locations for the source and destination folders.

Resolution: Ensure that the source and destination paths used are local paths. For example, C:\ <folder

name>.

Issue 4

Issue: If the iDRAC version is older than the supported versions in any of the target systems, the Boot to

vFlash option in the Deploy Operating Systems workflow may fail.

Resolution: On a rack and tower server, ensure that it has iDRAC version 1.3 firmware or newer. On a

blade server, ensure that it has iDRAC version 2.2 or newer.

Issue 5

Issue: When you are deploying an operating system using the Launch Config Utility, the advertisements

of the task sequence are not displayed on the screen.

Resolution: Ensure that you advertise against the exact collection you plan to deploy to, as

advertisements against a parent collection does not apply to the child collection(s).

Issue 6

Issue: While deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 from Configuration Manager SP1 R2 with

Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) 1.1, the following error message is displayed:

Operation failed with 0X80070002. The system cannot find the file specified.

Resolution: This issue occurs if you use a Windows PE 2.X based boot image created with Windows AIK

1.X for deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. Ensure that the task sequence deploying Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 R2 uses a Windows PE 3.0 or later based boot image created with Windows AIK 2.X

or later. For more information, see the Microsoft Technet site at technet.microsoft.com.

Issue 7

Issue: If the target system has an older version of BIOS that does not support a particular method, the

following error message is displayed in the DLCTaskManager.log file: