07 January 2014

After upgrade to SP6 all WinPE variables stopped working

Issue

After upgrade to DS 6.9 SP6 all the PXE variables stopped working on WinPE 4.0. There was no issues with variables with WinPE 2.1.

Environment


DS 6.9 SP6.

Cause


Getpxe.exe command line in the startutl.bat file is not recognizing the 'winpe/4' switch to get the PXE variables for WinPE 4.

Solution



Please replace the existing startutl.bat on your DS 6.9 SP6 environment with the attached one.
To replace the file go to the following locations:
C:\Program Files\Altiris\Deployment\eXpress\bootwiz\platforms\winpe4\x86\templates
And
C:\Program Files\Altiris\Deployment\eXpress\bootwiz\platforms\winpe4\x64\templates
Once you have the new file copied on the above locations you need to recreate your WinPE4 PXE image.