WDS service fails with error: Windows Deployment Server not yet configured

Action

If we try to Install Windows deployment services, it goes through fine but when it comes to the final stage, it appears with a Warning

windows deployment server not yet configured.

When we click on “next” to configure the WDS  it seems to be grayed out. If we try to save the path name, it appears with a warning

The File name or path is too long

The path (C:\remote\123reminst) is grayed out and doesn't allow us to select different path

Result

We were unable to get WDS configured on windows 2003 Sp2 server

Cause

This issue can be caused due to incorrect configuration. If we try to configure the WDS images folder on a volume mount point on the system/boot partition C drive this issue can happen

Reference article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978320.aspx

Resolution

· Since we were trying to configure WDS images folder on boot/system partition we were unable to get WDS working

· We removed mount point located on C drive and gave a drive letter E to the drive

· But still the old path was coded in the WDS settings

· Hence we reset WDS settings using command WDSUTIL /uninitialize-server

· After trying above command we retried to configure WDS server and it was configured without any issues

 

Cheers

Swapnil