SCCM 2012 SP1 - The specified UNC path does not contain a valid wim file or you donot have permission to access it.Specify a valid path.

Hi all,
Recently i got this problem with SCCM installation :-
SCCM - SCCM 2012 SP1
The setup went fine but after the installation Boot images were not created.
So i thought of importing the boot image from WADK.When i tried to import any .wim file (boot image or OS) it Gave me this error :-

"The specified UNC path does not contain a valid wim file or you donot have permission to access it.Specify a valid path."

I checked & rechecked all the permissions & they were proper but still the same error.

Steps Taken :-
1. Reinstalled WADK.(Same issue remains)
2. Executed the command line mentioned here (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverac/archive/2009/06/26/unable-to-import-wim-into-sccm-console.aspx) - Same Issue Remains.

The installation log file shows these errors :-



 Later After searching the issue from the start i came to this conclusion :-

The version of WADK which i installed was 8.1 which is currently not supported with SCCM 2012 SP1.
Uninstalled it & installed WADK 8.0 & everything worked fine.
After this you do have to import the Boot images & USMT package in sccm.
I created Boot image from wadk using these commands :-

copype.cmd amd64 c:\winpe
copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe-x86

These commands will create x86 & x64 boot images after creating two folder in c drive i.e winpe & winpe-x86.Boot files are present in in c:\winpe\media\sources folder.
Add this boot images to SCCM & it works fine.

9 comments:

  1. Great Article, Thanks

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  2. thanks man I'm sorry microsoft to believe you again

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  3. You saved my a**. I upgraded the windows AIK to 8.1 to try to pxe boot newer pc for the UEFI and after that I lost the boot images and could not figure out how to get them back. I created new boot images and all is good again. Thanks!!

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  4. Glad it solved the problem !!

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  5. I had the same error message, though the fix to the problem was to add some permissions to the Local Security Policy.
    I added the SCCM service account to:
    - Access this computer from the network
    - Allow log on locally
    - Log on as a batch job

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  6. Hi everyone,Am trying to add OS image wim file in sccm server and am getting the following error.
    :The specified UNC path does not contain a valid WIM file or you do not have permission to access it Specify a valid path:

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    1. Hi,

      Which version of ADK & SCCM are you using ?

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