Applications suddenly won't deploy, hung / stuck at 0% downloading

[jrekkedal]

So I have a meeting later this afternoon to train our Service Desk on how they should be imaging machines in our environment and being the good engineer I am I setup a test yesterday to just "make sure" things were still working. As you can tell, they aren't...

 

I noticed my task sequence was hanging on installing an application that normally installed without issue... Frustration to say the least. So, I tried to see if I could just deploy the application, like I did when I originally created it and it worked, but it would stay stuck at "Downloading 0%"

 

Long story short and after some digging, I took a look at the ContentTransferManager.log and see the following entries:

Error sending DAV request. HTTP code 404, status 'Not Found'

GetDirectoryList_HTTP('http://servername:80/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/Content_8eb0121e-4964-4641-a1a8-697c76ac623e.1') failed with code 0x87d0027e.

Non-recoverable error retrieving manifest (0x87d0027e).

 

 

CAS logs shows this:

Download location found 0 - http://servername/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/Content_8eb0121e-4964-4641-a1a8-697c76ac623e.1

Download request only, ignoring location update

Download started for content Content_8eb0121e-4964-4641-a1a8-697c76ac623e.1

 

The application source files live on another NAS/storage server, and I've checked the permissions so that Everyone has access to them just to get that out of the way but I need to stress that it was working and now its not... No idea when it could have broke either.

 

I have validated the application, I have removed it and re-added it, and I have even removed the distribution point role from the server and re-added it to no avail (pain in the but btw). Distmgr.log shows the application as being successfully distributed and GUI shows that application in the green.

 

I can still deploy updates and I can deploy packages, but NOT applications now. Maddening!

[Edenost]

Not sure if this might help if you haven't seen it? Few suggestions, one is a hotfix.

 

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/appvirtualization/en-US/46efd610-58b8-4e9a-8147-57a66958cb2b/sccm-2012-error-sending-dav-request-http-code-401-status-unauthorized

[jrekkedal]

Not sure if this might help if you haven't seen it? Few suggestions, one is a hotfix.

 

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/appvirtualization/en-US/46efd610-58b8-4e9a-8147-57a66958cb2b/sccm-2012-error-sending-dav-request-http-code-401-status-unauthorized

Thanks, but those address a 401 (unauthorized) issue rather than the 404 I see above.

[Edenost]

Ah yes, my apologies!!

[Edenost]

Seems a couple of people just recreated the apps as a solution

 

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8eff9535-7e47-4e55-baaa-74a239e28b95/error-sending-dav-request-http-code-404-status-not-found?forum=configmanagergeneral

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6022-cant-download-package-from-dp/

[JacobE]

We had this a little while ago. It was a boundary issue.

[Apexes]

What SCCM revision are you using? We had this at our place on the original version of SCCM 2012, and also had issues in SP1

[JacobE]

Ah I've remembered now, what had happened is that the Boundary setup did not have a site system setup, once added the machines then started downloading fine.

[jrekkedal]

Seems a couple of people just recreated the apps as a solution

 

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8eff9535-7e47-4e55-baaa-74a239e28b95/error-sending-dav-request-http-code-404-status-not-found?forum=configmanagergeneral

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6022-cant-download-package-from-dp/

Wished this worked for me... ugh.

 

 

 

 

Ah I've remembered now, what had happened is that the Boundary setup did not have a site system setup, once added the machines then started downloading fine.

All boundaries are setup correctly. Worked before "something" happened, but I checked just to make sure.

 

 

 

What SCCM revision are you using? We had this at our place on the original version of SCCM 2012, and also had issues in SP1

I am running SCCM SP1 CU4, so maybe that is my rub? I'll look at what it takes to get on R2. Do you know if that is another purchase of if I am guaranteed an upgrade with my current SP1 license?

[jrekkedal]

Ok everyone, I am being a good forum member and looping back with a resolution. Long story short, I had to engage Microsoft directly to resolve the issue. We checked everything from IIS setup, to permissions on the source directories, so permissions/setups of the content library/package library and signatures... you name it.

 

Here is the resolution that finally got things rolling:

 

 

RESOLUTION:

 

· opened the below path in WMI:

 

1. Run “wbemtest” with administrator account.

2. Connect to root\sms\site_ <SITECODE>. For example: root\sms\site_PS1

3. Run the query select * from sms_sci_component where componentname=SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER

4. Double-click the object.

5. Double-click the “Props” properties.

6. Click View Embedded

7. Double-click the query result to find the Property where PropertyName is “Package Root Directory”.

8. Double-click Value1. Remove E:

9. Click “Save Property”

10. Click “Save Object”

11. Click “Close” and click Save Property

12. Click “Save Object”

13. Restarted the SCCM services.