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Reasons not to use SCCM PXE

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Ebag333 edited this page Mar 17, 2017 · 6 revisions

PXE has a unique set of challenges and difficulties. But SCCM PXE takes this to a whole different level.

Below are a number of reasons why you shouldn't use SCCM PXE.

#####ebag333 Feb 22, 2017 08:13

reason number 3298234 that I hate PXE....sloowwwww

#####ebag333 Feb 8, 2017 08:41

I don't hate PXE. I hate SCCMs implementation of it. Which is basically the same one they've used since SCCM 2003

#####ebag333 Jan 20, 2017 07:36

One of the many reasons why I hate PXE. Just reboots while boot USB will let you get the logs

#####fmtesla Oct 10, 2016 09:27

Don't let ebag see that that. "Reason 2038452847602476 that I hate PXE". XD

#####rich.mawdsley Sep 21, 2016 07:09

I completely agree, I love PXE booting dont get me wrong.. I just hate SCCM's PXE booting. It shoddy and shite for no reason.

#####ebag333 Jun 23, 2016 11:41

  1. It's slower than booting off an ISO/drive
  2. Good luck having more than 1 in the environment without crazy work arounds
  3. If you have an error in the TS (no TS advertised for example), it's difficult to impossible to keep it from rebooting so you can look at SMSTS.log and see why
  4. Did I mention it's slow?
  5. There is a security risk with it, as using a USB drive is a form of two factor
  6. Doesn't play well with UEFI
  7. Can't do both legacy and UEFI
  8. Can't do both x86 and x64 boot wims (thank you Microsoft for making Surface require x64 boot media)
  9. Doesn't cross network boundaries without lots of effort on the part of the networking group (apparently checking a box is hard)
  10. Doesn't work at all across some types of network segments
  11. When a tech pisses you off, you can invalidate his USB drive. Can't do that with PXE.
  12. You can setup computers to boot off USB for boot order to have one less button to hit. If you do that with PXE, you hate your end users.

#####ebag333 Jun 7, 2016 08:33

one reason why I hate PXE boot, you can't stop it from rebooting if it can't find a TS

#####fmtesla [1:09 PM]

Will opening this crash my PC because you have about a billion reasons to hate it?

#####config_this [10:45 AM]

I cannot look at the logs
F8 doesn't suspend the reboot It just reboots

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