WDSServer Provider Availability
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
The Windows Deployment Services server service (WDSServer) provides basic service functions to support its hosted subcomponents, known as providers (or plug-ins). The providers provide the true functionality associated with the service. There are five providers included with the default (Deployment Server) installation:
- PXE server
- PXE provider
- Image server
- Multicast server
- TFTP server
Events
| Event ID | Source | Message |
|---|---|---|
WDSServer |
An error occurred while trying to initialize provider %1 from %2. Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown. Error Information: %3 |
|
WDSServer |
All registered providers failed to initialize. Review Event Log for specific error messages for each provider. Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown. | |
WDSServer |
An error occurred while trying to read a required registry key 'ProviderDll' for provider %1. This can happen if the provider was not properly registered with Windows Deployment Services. Error Information: %2 |
|
WDSServer |
An error occurred while trying to read a required registry key 'InitRoutine' for provider %1. This can happen if the provider was not properly registered with Windows Deployment Services. Error Information: %2 |
|
WDSServer |
Provider %1 loaded from %2 and initialized successfully. | |
WDSServer |
Provider %1 was loaded from %2 and initialized successfully but provider did not register required callback functions. These callback functions are used to notify the provider when requests are received and to shutdown the provider. Windows Deployment Services server will unload the provider but since no callback has been registered, it may lead to unstable service. | |
WDSServer |
Provider %1 failed to initialize but still has %2 registered endpoints. Providers are required to close all endpoints and release all allocated resources if their initialization function fails. | |
WDSServer |
Provider %1 did not close its registered endpoints during shutdown. There are %2 endpoints still open. Providers are required to releases all allocated resources when their shutdown callback function is called. | |
WDSServer |
Provider %1 was shutdown successfully. | |
WDSServer |
An error occurred while trying to shutdown provider %1. Error Information: %2 |