In Configuration Manager, the CreateBootMedia method creates task sequence boot media that download policy from a management point and allow a user to run a task sequence for operating system deployment.

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HRESULT CreateBootMedia(
	BSTR MediaType,
	 BSTR DestinationPath,
	 BSTR BootImageID,
	 VARIANT* MediaPassword,
	 VARIANT* CertPath,
	 VARIANT* CertPassword,
	 VARIANT* CertValidStart,
	 VARIANT* CertValidEnd,
	VARIANT_BOOL Async
);

Parameters

MediaType

Data type: BSTRQualifiers: [in]The media type. Possible values are:

CD

A CD. The DestinationPath parameter should indicate a path where an ISO file can be created.

UFD

A drive. The DestinationPath parameter should indicate the driver letter of a USB Thumb Drive in the format "X:\".

UFD+FORMAT

A formatted drive. The DestinationPath parameter should indicate a drive letter, in the format "X:\". The drive will be formatted and made bootable. This media type is supported on the Windows Vista operating system only.

DestinationPath

Data type: BSTRQualifiers: [in]The output file or output drive.
BootImageID

Data type: BSTRQualifiers: [in]The boot image ID from the boot image catalog.
MediaPassword

Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [in]Pointer to a password to use to encrypt the certificate and other sensitive information. Use null for no password.
CertPath

Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [in]Pointer to the path to a file in PFX format containing the media certificate. Use null for no certificate.
CertPassword

Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [in]Pointer to a password for the media certificate.
CertValidStart

Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [in]Pointer to the time when a newly created certificate starts being valid.
CertValidEnd

Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [in]Pointer to the time when the newly created certificate stops being valid.
Async

Data type: VARIANT_BOOLQualifiers: [in, defaultvalue(0)]true if the creation process is asynchronous. In this case, the caller should poll until the value of ITsMediaClass::Status Property is 0 and then obtain the return value from ITsMediaClass::ExitCode Property.Set this parameter to false for synchronous media creation. See the Return Values section.

Return Values

An HRESULT code. Possible values include, but are not limited to the following value.

S_OK

The method succeeded.

If the Async parameter is false and the media creation process is synchronous, the method can return the following error codes.

CREATETSMEDIA_E_NODEFAULTMP (0x80040001)

A default management point has not been assigned for this site.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_NOMPCERTS (0x80040002)

Certificates for the default management point are not available (internal error).
CREATETSMEDIA_E_MISSINGPACKAGE (0x80040003)

Package {0} is not available on the specified distribution points.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_CERTPASSWORD (0x80040004)

Invalid password for media certificate.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_PRIVATEKEY (0x80040005)

The media certificate does not have an associated private key.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_NOCACERT (0x80040006)

The certification authority’s certificate has not been set for this site.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_NOSITESIGNCERT (0x80040007)

The certification authority’s certificate has not been set for this site.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_CONNECTIONOPTIONS (0x80040008)

Invalid connection options (Configuration Manager SDK only).
CREATETSMEDIA_E_CONNECTIONOPTIONNAME (0x80040009)

Invalid name for connection option {0} (Configuration Manager SDK only).
CREATETSMEDIA_E_UFD_FS_FAT16 (0x8004000A)

The specified volume is formatted as FAT16, which is not supported. The file system must be FAT32 or NTFS.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_UFD_FS_UNKNOWN (0x8004000B)

The specified volume has an unknown file system. The file system must be FAT32 or NTFS.
CREATETSMEDIA_E_PACKAGETOOLARGE (0x8004000C)

Package {0} is too large to fit on the target media.
Note
Errors that include {0} in the description will have the corresponding value in ITsMediaClass::ErrorDetail Property.

Remarks

Caution
ITsMediaClass::CreateBootMedia can fail if run concurrently with ITsMediaClass::CreateCaptureMedia Method or ITsMediaClass::CreateStandaloneMedia Method, To avoid this situation, your application should call ITsMediaClass::CreateBootMedia, ITsMediaClass::CreateCaptureMedia and ITsMediaClass::CreateStandaloneMedia by using the same.

Requirements

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.

See Also

About Operating System Deployment Media ManagementHow to Create Boot Media

Reference

ITsMediaClass::ExitCode Property
ITsMediaClass::Status Property

Concepts

ITsMediaClass Interface