Problems/Symptoms:

When trying to create a new PE configuration (DOS or WinPE), the following message appears:

"Before you use OS Deployment, please supply the legal license first."

Cause:

Fix:

To validate your OSD credentials for the following environment types, please follow the steps below:

WinPE Validation

1.  If you have the 2005 WinPE CD, you can validate the environment by following the steps below:

a.  Open the console on the core.

b.  In the toolbar, select Configure > Services.

c.  At the bottom of this window is a button labeled OSD Validation.  Select this button.

d.  On the new window, select "Validate now" in the box labeled "Windows PE imaging environment"

f. When prompted, browse to the location of the 2005 WinPE CD and select OK.

g.You will also need to provide a Server 2003 SP1 CD as part of this validation process and willbe prompted to browse to this as well.

Once the files have been verified, you will be able to create new PE configurations.

NOTE:  Please see the following article as the licensing availability has changed:

http://community.landesk.com/support/docs/DOC-7529

DOS Validation

In the LANDesk console go to Configure > Services.

Thereis a button labeled OSD Validation. Select this button and then select

"Validate now" in the box labeled "DOS imaging environment".

When you click on the browse button, the path to browse to will appear on the top of the browse dialog.

You will need to provide a Windows NT 4 Server CD and a Windows 98 CD.

The files needed to validate the DOS environment are provided by these disks.

For NT 4 server the path is: {CD DRIVE}:\CLIENTS\MSCLIENT\DISKS

For WIN 98 the path is: {CD DRIVE}:\WIN98