thepridster Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Im trying to image several computers but as soon as the pxe boot gets to the TFTP download point the age of slowness begins. Then everything after this takes forever. Any advice?
pantscat Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 You could try increasing your TFTP block size - instructions here: System Center Configuration Manager: How to boost PXE TFTP Boot speed
ReadTheNetwork Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Does imaging one PC work fine? What deployment system are you using?
thepridster Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 Hi we are using hyper v server 2012 r2 Wds 2013. We have played about with the tftp blocksize to no avail. Imaging one pc is just as bad as multiple we are using 8 ports of the server in a nic team the 4 ports per card. Initially the intel team was picking up 100mb per server we have now fixed that by using hyperv nic team. Hope thats enough info
ReadTheNetwork Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Have you tried just running a TFTP test from a client machine? Might help diagnose if there's a network issue or if it's an actual TFTP issue. Think the command is something like: C:\TFTP server GET boot.wim
thepridster Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 I have not any chance you can confirm the command please? Im fairly new to this level of troubleshooting
pantscat Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Make sure you've got the TFTP client installed on the Windows workstation you're testing from (check and install under Windows components) - then from a command prompt try this: "tfpt -i 192.168.x.x GET boot.wim" - where 192.168.x.x is the IP address of your TFTP server.
thepridster Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 Ah i tried the boot.wim instant connect request file i then tried the file path of the wim im trying to deploy and it took 5 mins before saying the same thing hmmm
pantscat Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Have you got Windows Firewall turned on on the client?
ReadTheNetwork Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 There should be a SMSBoot folder. You can test files within there. So for example: tftp -i ipaddress get smsboot\x64\afile.ext
ReadTheNetwork Posted July 29, 2016 Posted July 29, 2016 After its downloaded the wim file how does it speed up at all?
thepridster Posted July 29, 2016 Author Posted July 29, 2016 Unfortunatly i was unable to test these as i got moved on to other tasks thanks for the replies tho ill let you know when the fault is found
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