I have a server (QAWDS) that I have built to be my WDS server. So far everything is working well. The server responds via DHCP, the client boots, starts the install via PXE, unattended install runs... everything is perfect except that I can NOT get clients to join the dang domain. The worst part is that this server, up until a week ago was working perfectly including joining the new clients to the domain. It crashed and we ended up rebuilding the server, and now everything is back together but I'm stuck at this issue. When the client completes the install process, I get this error on the WDS server:
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Deployment-Services-Diagnostics/Admin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Deployment-Services-Diagnostics
Date: 5/30/2012 4:01:29 PM
Event ID: 4113
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: QAWDS.corp.mydomain.com
Description:
The following WDS Client has encountered Domain Join Error:
SessionGuid: {98d33d96-07fa-45f9-a53c-106287b22dde}
MAC: 00155D013728
IP: 10.15.0.200
ClientGuid: {447c78f6-209d-4d54-9810-458bb234a76a}
Arch: 9
MachineName: qasvr-10.15.0.200#
MachineOU: OU=New Server Staging,OU=Test and QA,DC=corp,DC=mydomain,DC=com
ErrorCode: 0x8007054b
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"><System><Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment-Services-Diagnostics" Guid="{22B7D623-566B-47B6-9BA0-BC9DA3C9D646}" /><EventID>4113</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>2</Level><Task>0</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-05-30T23:01:29.176077600Z" /><EventRecordID>9</EventRecordID><Correlation /><Execution ProcessID="3160" ThreadID="3244" /><Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Deployment-Services-Diagnostics/Admin</Channel><Computer>QAWDS.corp.mydomain.com</Computer><Security UserID="S-1-5-18" /></System><UserData><WdsClientDomainJoinErrorEvent xmlns:auto-ns2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events" xmlns="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment-Services-Diagnostics"><SessionGUID>{98D33D96-07FA-45F9-A53C-106287B22DDE}</SessionGUID><ClientMAC>00155D013728</ClientMAC><ClientIP>10.15.0.200</ClientIP><ClientGuid>{447C78F6-209D-4D54-9810-458BB234A76A}</ClientGuid><ClientArch>9</ClientArch><MachineName>qasvr-%03#</MachineName><MachineOU>OU=New Server Staging,OU=Test and QA,DC=corp,DC=mydomain,DC=com</MachineOU><ErrorCode>0x8007054b</ErrorCode></WdsClientDomainJoinErrorEvent></UserData></Event>We've even gone so far as to alter the machine account for QAWDS so that it has Full Control to the target OU specified in the WDS configuration. WDS is still running as Local System per the default install. Does anyone have any other ideas? I'm stuck now...