Hi, maybe you can help me out here? When trying to deploy an OS to my PE840 I get this error code:

The task sequence execution engine failed executing the action (Set RebootStep Variable) in the group () with the error code 2147942561
Action output: 800700a1 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\path.cpp,102)
RecursiveCreatePath(sPath.substr(0, nPos), psa), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\path.cpp,102)
RecursiveCreatePath( sNormalizedPath, psa ), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\path.cpp,157)
DownloadContentLocally(pszSource, sSourceDirectory, dwFlags, hUserToken, pszUserName, pszUserPassword), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\tscore\resolvesource.cpp,3128)
TS::Utility::ResolveSource(pszPkgID, sPath, 0, hUserToken, sUserName.empty() ? NULL : sUserName.c_str(), sUserName.empty() ? NULL : sUserPassword.c_str()), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\osdeployment\installsoftware\runcommandline.cpp,395)
cmd.Execute(pszPkgID, sProgramName, dwCmdLineExitCode), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\osdeployment\installsoftware\main.cpp,385)
Failed to resolve the source for SMS PKGID=(PowerEdge Custom Reboot Script), hr=0x800700a1
Install Software failed to run command line, hr=0x800700a1. The operating system reported error 2147942561: The specified path is invalid.

The task sequence execution engine aborted execution for a failure of the action (Set RebootStep Variable) in the group (). The operating system reported error 2147942561: The specified path is invalid.

I've checked and updated my DPs and still I get this error. Screenshots of my task sequence can be provided upon request. I'm using CustomReboot.vbs provided in the installation of Dell Deployment Pack for ConfigMGR.

Thanks!

Regards,
Tommy Eriksen

I noticed that if I changed the _SMSTSinWinPE variable from False to True, then I get one step further but it still fails.

Any suggestions please?

"I noticed that if I changed the _SMSTSinWinPE variable from False to True, then I get one step further but it still fails.

Any suggestions please?"

don't change the _SMSTSinWinPE variable, or that will confuse things even more :) all you're doing at that point is skipping that step.

When you install the DDP, you have three new packages: "Dell PowerEdge Custom Reboot Script 1.0", "Dell PowerEdge Deployment Toolkit Integration 1.0", and "ConfigMgr Client Package 1.0". (the first two will be found in a packages subfolder named "Dell PowerEdge Deployment", and the last one will be in the root of Packages. You need to send each of these packages to your distribution points. Have you done that yet?

"don't change the _SMSTSinWinPE variable, or that will confuse things even more :) all you're doing at that point is skipping that step.

When you install the DDP, you have three new packages: "Dell PowerEdge Custom Reboot Script 1.0", "Dell PowerEdge Deployment Toolkit Integration 1.0", and "ConfigMgr Client Package 1.0". (the first two will be found in a packages subfolder named "Dell PowerEdge Deployment", and the last one will be in the root of Packages. You need to send each of these packages to your distribution points. Have you done that yet?"

Yes. they're all deployed to my DPs. If you look at this thread, you'll see what my smsts.log says; http://www.delltechcenter.com/thread/2537561/Operating+System+Deployment+(OSD)+Fail+on+task+sequence+step%3A%22+set+RebootStep+Variable%22?mail=1131

When you created the advertisement for the task sequence, did you check "Access content directly from a distribution point when needed by the running task sequence", and the other two checkboxes for using local and protected DPs?

I see that the log says "DownloadContentLocally" which is actually prohibited by the task sequence environment when in a PXE boot.