March 21

WDS Server Not Working After in Place upgrade from Windows 2012 to Windows 2019

Problem:

Windows Deployment Services cannot be located on the specified server. The server might be down, there might be problems with the network, Windows Deployment Services might not be installed, the installation might be corrupt or you might not have permission to access the server.

How to fix:

On the WDS Server run the following commands in an Elevated Command Prompt:

wdsutil /uninitialize-server
wdsutil /initialize-server /reminst:{RemoteInstallFolder}   (example: WDSUTIL /Initialize-Server /RemInst:D:\RemoteInstall)

 


Posted March 21, 2019 by Ray in category "Windows Server

20 COMMENTS :

  1. By Mike Coleman on

    This is an awesome fix! It worked, after my WDS install got corrupted going from Windows 2012 R2 to Windows 2019 server. Thanks!

    Reply
  2. By MK Singh on

    An error occurred while trying to execute the command.
    Error Code: 0xC104013B
    Error Description: The Windows Deployment Services management tools are not configured.

    Reply
  3. By Shawn on

    Thanks so much for this. Another reason not to do in-place upgrades. One day I’ll learn…

    Reply
    1. By RedVision on

      IMHO Windows 2019 in-Place Upgrades works really great. we saved a lot of time installing and migrating to new servers. of course there are some services which needs some special attention, but 90% works without any issues.

      Reply
  4. By John on

    Thanks so much for taking the time to put this out for everyone that has done the in-place upgrade only to find that the services start but WDS shows config corrupt.

    Reply
    1. By Kevin Still on

      Same here,

      also only domain admin can change those settings for some reason

      Reply

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