The Problem

After a DNS change on one of our Distribution Points within SCCM 2012 R2 I decided to remove the old DP entry and recreate it. Removing the DP was easy enough, drop the roles and then delete the server from Administration > Servers and Site System Roles then wait 24 hours for synchronisation to remove the content from the DP.

I then created a new DP in SCCM under the new DNS name and monitored the package transfer via Monitoring > Distribution Point Group Status > All Site Distribution Points. The results looked bad, every package was failing to transfer.

The Investigation

I then reviewed the PkgXferMgr.log file at \\<<SCCM PRI SITE>\SMS_ES1\Logs\ which contained the errors:

Failed to get object class $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
~ExecStaticMethod failed (80041002) SMS_DistributionPoint, AddFile $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
CSendFileAction::AddFile failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
Failed to add the file bcmnfcscr7-x64.cat in content 01C39B5C-4DA1-4A0E-A328-3FD2AC9F500F. Error 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
CSendFileAction::AddFileMetaData failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
CSendFileAction::SendFiles failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
CSendFileAction::SendContent failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
~ Sending failed. Failure count = 24, Restart time = 14/06/2018 06:56:25 GMT Daylight Time $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.828-60><thread=9112 (0x2398)>
Failed to get object class $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.812-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>
~ExecStaticMethod failed (80041002) SMS_DistributionPoint, AddFile $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.859-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>
CSendFileAction::AddFile failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.859-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>
Failed to add the file dptf_cpu.cat in content 08D125AE-8841-4C08-90AA-0D6B091B5C39. Error 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.859-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>
CSendFileAction::AddFileMetaData failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.859-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>
CSendFileAction::SendFiles failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.859-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>
CSendFileAction::SendContent failed; 0x80041002 $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.859-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>
~ Sending failed. Failure count = 24, Restart time = 14/06/2018 06:56:25 GMT Daylight Time $$<SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER><06-14-2018 06:26:25.859-60><thread=5008 (0x1390)>

Inspecting the D:\ drive on the DP suggested the packages were actually being copied, there was plenty of capacity free on the taregt disk D:\ and it’s used storage was increasing through the synch process.

I did some searching online and came across a blog which described the error I received exactly:

http://www.christopherkibble.com/sccm-2012-dp-errors-sendfiles-failed

Following this blog restored my DP’s synchronisation functionality! What follows is a copy and paste job for reference.

The Solution

On the affected distribution point:

  1. Backup the registry
  2. elevated command prompt: cd c:\windows\system32\wbem for %F in (*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %F mofcomp -check AuditRsop.mof
  3. Review the output of the mofcomp command, if it looks like it’ll compile continue else address any issues: mofcomp -AuditRsop.mof
  4. Locate the SMS_DP$ share directory cd SMS_DP$\sms\bin for %F in (*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %F mofcomp -check smsdpprov.mof
  5. Review the output of the mofcomp command, if it looks like it’ll compile continue else address any issues:
    mofcomp smsdpprov.mof
  6. Reboot the DP
  7. Monitor the distribution status from the SCCM console (Monitoring > Distribution Point Group Status > All Site Distribution Points)