PXE booting to RIS servers after migrating to WDS PXE in VM infrastructure

1.       Create a new VDI with

a.       Latest NIC VMXNET3, you need latest version in order to boot to WDS server.  The default NIC ‘Flexible’ doesn’t work

b.      Use SCSI controller of BUS logic. None of the latest LSI logic SCSI controller work with RIS builds

2.       Boot the VDI to Win7 build

3.       Have a computer account created with all the required options (through pre-setup.bat)

4.       Change the netbootMachineFilePath attribute to point to RIS build servers (say buildserver1.org.com).

a.       AD object ‘Attribute Editor’ tab is not visible via dsa.msc, use adsiedit instead.

b.      Move computer to respective AD site OU.

5.       Remove the latest version NIC

6.       Add a Flexible NIC to let the computer to boot to RIS server

7.       Build computer with Automatic setup in RIS.  Custom setup doesn’t work.

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