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We noticed that one of the updates kept failing to download  Logs were showing this: Successfully moved C:\Users\USER01~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7\CAB23C3.tmp to \\apps\Windows_Updates\Server_Updates\2016-12\c47f6681-2bec-4549-8b8c-29abb32467aa.1\windows8.1-kb3210137-x64.cab Software Updates Patch Downloader 19-12-2016 08:14:53 361508 (0x58424) Could not delete file '\\apps\Windows_Updates\Server_Updates\2016-12\c47f6681-2bec-4549-8b8c-29abb32467aa\windows8.1-kb3210137-x64.cab'.  Code 0x80070020 Software Updates Patch Downloader 19-12-2016 08:14:53 357888 (0x57600) Could not delete directory '\\apps\Windows_Updates\Server_Updates\2016-12\c47f6681-2bec-4549-8b8c-29abb32467aa'.  Code 0x80070091 Software Updates Patch Downloader 19-12-2016 08:14:53 357888 (0x57600) ERROR: DownloadContentFiles() failed with hr=0x80004005 Software Updates Patch Downloader 19-12-2016 08:14:53 357888 (0x57600) Even retrying download was not fixing this. In t

One of our servers was losing the Local Admin settings as we control them using GPO (restricted Groups) We were receiving the following event on this particular server : Event ID 4098 Application Event Log The computer 'Administrators (built-in)' preference item in the 'Servers Local Admins {odjd9DBD-22AF-48EA-ADF5-F42ADE4182hst}' Group Policy Object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070534 No mapping between account names and security IDs was done.' This error was suppressed. To fix the issue we deleted all the folders from the following location and rebooted the server C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Group Policy\History Hope this helps.

We have a ePO superAgent serving as repository to another ePO deployment across Firewall. The repository was shared and permissions were in place to access it from the ePO server. When we added the repository as source for the ePO it did validate the credentials , however the ePO Wizard failed to list the content of the repositiry in the console. In order to get this working , we needed to create a new share on the SuperAgent instead of utilizing the SuperAgnet repository Then the ePO server configuration was modified to include the new share and everything worked fine after that. Hope this helps/

We faced issue where in Checkpoint IPS flagged certain traffic between ePO server and a remote repository (SuperAgent) and was rejected , thus causing file replication fail between ePO and SuperAgent over Port 8081 When we checked firewall for logs , it was particular identifying the traffic as SQL injection for HIPS content. As we checked HIPS content included files for HIPS and the ePO part that require SQL code for rules to be added / removed or modified in the ePO DB. In the end we had to put exception in IPS to  trust ePO traffic and everything worked fine. Hope this helps

If you wish to deploy a VM from template that resides on a host in one network to a host in another network across firewall you would need to open TCP/902 from the host where you have the Template to the one where you need to deploy the VM over. Hope this helps.

When managing a Downstream WSUS server , it may happen that when a patch is approved it tried to immediately download it form the source server (USS) Sometime we see errors in event viewer stating that the the download failed Event ID: 364 Content file download failed. Reason: HTTP status 404: The requested URL does not exist on the server. Source File: /Content/6E/72131F469F73C884B32124746BAFCA2C8E0A106E.cab Destination File: E:\WSUS\WsusContent\6E\72131F469F73C884B32124746BAFCA2C8E0A106E.cab Event ID 10032 The server is failing to download some updates. We also see following entries in softwaredistribution.log 2016-09-26 07:53:29.287 UTC Warning WsusService.3 ContentSyncAgent.ProcessBITSNotificationQueue ContentSyncAgent recieved Failure for Item: f52f0b8a-2b22-43cf-933e-af8de6b11eb6, Item fails 2016-09-26 07:53:29.287 UTC Info WsusService.3 ContentSyncAgent.ContentSyncSPFireStateMachineEvent ContentSyncAgent firing Event: FileDownloadFailed for Item: f5

Ran into a issue during OSD All machines were showing error "Bootmgr is missing"   after OS deployment Found that the DHCP scope had lease set to only 5 minutes, causing the machine to lose IP during OSD. Changed the lease time in the scope to 24 hours and that fixed the issue. Also check : https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configurationmgr/2008/12/09/configmgr-2007-task-sequence-may-fail-to-run-with-error-code-0x80072ee7/ Hope this helps

SCCM 2007 Client was failing to download the files  In the logs i could see the following errors Error sending DAV request. HTTP code 503, status 'Service Unavailable' DataTransferService 08-05-2016 12:22:43 49788 (0xC27C) GetDirectoryList_HTTP mapping original error 0x8004027e to 0x800704cf. DataTransferService 08-05-2016 12:22:43 49788 (0xC27C) I checked the problematic DP and found "SMS Distribution Points Pool" Application Pool in IIS was stopped I couldn't see any event in the application logs, so i just stared  it up manually. The download worked after that Also you may try iisreset Hope this helps

While patching one of the servers using SCCM , we have continuous failures for .Net/office patches UpdatesHandler log WSUS update (7b86b1e1-d602-4951-ac51-6b87c6765d28) installation result = 0x80070643, Reboot State = NoReboot UpdatesHandler 20-04-2016 18:00:45 17788 (0x457C) Update execution failed. UpdatesHandler 20-04-2016 18:00:45 17788 (0x457C) WSUS update (8291abea-f6b6-412a-85ec-c7a759bafc9b) installation result = 0x80070643, Reboot State = NoReboot UpdatesHandler 20-04-2016 18:00:45 18472 (0x4828) Update execution failed. UpdatesHandler 20-04-2016 18:00:45 18472 (0x4828) WSUS update (87d7d2fb-b4f0-4f7e-8a3a-b9ed4c4cd7a3) installation result = 0x80070643, Reboot State = NoReboot UpdatesHandler 20-04-2016 18:01:00 19228 (0x4B1C) Update execution failed. UpdatesHandler 20-04-2016 18:01:00 19228 (0x4B1C) UpdatesDeployment.log Update (Site_9057B171-1576-406C-8BD2-766678A36A6C/SUM_8291abea-f6b6-412a-85ec-c7a759bafc9b) Progress: Status = ciStateError

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Service account password change caused console discovery to fail and we saw event ID 3989 in System Event logs "Citrix XenApp failed to connect to the Data Store. ODBC error while connecting to the database: 28000 -> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication." After changing the service account password needed to run the following command on the delivery controllers. DSMAINT CONFIG /user:abc\ABCSVCCitrix /pwd:nP@ssword /dsn:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Independent Management Architecture\mf20.dsn" Restart IMA service You should now be able to run the discovery successfully Hope this helps

Recently we had to change Citrix Edgesight Service account Password I am not sure if this is the correct way , but this is how i accomplished it in our setup Make note of the current password Check which services on the edgeSight server are running under this account Change service account password in AD Set the service account password on the ES server following accounts ( in my case) Citrix RSSH Admin Service Citrix RSSH Application Manager Restart the services Set the password in the IIS Application Pool for Edgesight , Start the Application Pool Login to Edgesight console using the SupportEamilID account Configure Reporting server to use the new password Hope this helps

I received following error while connecting to a server. The connection cannot be completed because the remote computer that was reached is not the one you specified. This could be caused by an outdated entry in the DNS cache. Try using the IP address of the computer instead of the name. Found that there was a static entry in DNS for an old server which was already decommissioned. Hope this helps

When you install windows using SCCM OSD , sometimes an agent will comeback up and you wont be able to initiate software distribution or Updates . We face an issue where a newly deployed system kept showing this error  , although the update did seem to have installed. "An error was encountered while attempting to install software updates" Updatedeploymnet.log showed this: InstallUpdates Initiated by user UpdatesDeploymentAgent 29-12-2015 12:22:17 1020 (0x03FC) Action not allowed in pause state UpdatesDeploymentAgent 29-12-2015 12:22:17 1020 (0x03FC) InstallUpdates failed, error 80040271 UpdatesDeploymentAgent 29-12-2015 12:22:17 1020 (0x03FC) Failed to initiate installation of updates, error = 0x80040271 UpdatesDeploymentAgent 29-12-2015 12:22:17 3280 (0x0CD0) In our case we have to stop SMS agent Host Service and then change the value of  following keys to 0 in registry Registry Location: HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\SM