Deployment Solution

Hi,

We have Altiris DS 6.9 version and we just migrated to use WinPE to deploy the new PCs.  Previously, we are using DOS Managed and able to deploy the Virtual PC which created by the VM ESX 4.0 host.  However, it is not working after we switched to use WinPE.  The VM PC is able to load the  WinPE image but it is not able to show the PC in DS server and the VM PC is nothing showing on the screen (VM Console).

Do you know why and how we can fix it?

Many thanks.

You are saying that it's able to load WinPE image, but is it actually connecting to server? 

What happens on client side after WinPE loads? Do you have command prompt on your screen (client side) after WinPE loads? Any error messages there?

Is the client physical machine or also test vm?

In the  VMX config - set it to use the e1000 emulated nic not the AMD one.

ethernetN.virtualDev = "e1000"

Load the e1000 vista x86 drivers into your WinPE disk and it should be able to boot PXE fuly, get and IP, and show up in the console.

Also ensure that the WinPE firewall is not checked during the build.

Thats what I had to do to my env. since I am always deploying to VM's for testing

I will double check my setup and let you know if it is diff. that what I stated.

OR

You can go this route if you want to the use the vmxnet rivers.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp/knowledgebase/00000192.html

Clay