DPJobManager.exe doesn't see my distribution point

Hello,
I'm trying to use DPJobMgr.exe that is part of SCCM Configmgr 2012 R2 Toolkit. When I open it, I can connect to my primary site server. But when I go in the Overview tab, I receive an error that it can't find my distribution point.
My server is a primary server, SCCM 2012 R2 with the R2 tool
I can connect with the application but I can't see my distribution point... The error message is: No distribution point was found in this site
Can anybody explain to me why?

I concur with Niall. It doesn't make sense to use this tool for a DP on the site server itself as the content is already in the site server's contentlib so there's nothing to track.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com
Jason, in the event the DP is also the Site Server, how do you review the queue?
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Clients not seeing Distribution Point

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in a client site the SCCM architecture is very centralized. 1 primary site, 2 DP's, both in the data center. The network topography is very distributed however, with good WAN links hopefully mitigating the lack of infrastructure.
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SCCM 2012 R2 - Distribution Point untrusted domain - Not acknowledging Network Access Account (FYI)

Hello!
Scenario
Built a single primary site server in one domain with multiple distribution points. All site servers are member of this one site.
The distribution points in the primary site servers' domain function as expected. The distribution point deployed to an untrusted domain does not. The primary site server can see all objects in the domain, publishes successfully, and CCM client on the
DP in the untrusted domain knows its part of the site, knows its AD site (according to locationservices.log). The DP role is installed properly, logs are populating, queries are being made for application lists and updates. nfortuantely authentication
errors indicate that this software can'tbe downloaded.
In essence the DP in the untrusted domain can't pull down content from the primary site server. The role uses BITS to download content from IIS on the primary site server, but the requests each throw a 401 error. Unauthorised. This should be an easy fix.
Create a Network Access Account in the primary site server's domain, assign it to the site (Software Distribution setting), wait for the DP to pick up the setting and watch it retrieve its content. The DP in the untrusted domain is configured as a Pull DP,
implying it has to use a Network Access Account to download content. It knows the content is available and makes every effort to download it.
Problem
The DP in the untrusted domain doesn't know a Network Access Account (NAA) has been defined for the site.
The account does exist, created in the primary site server's domain and assigned to the site. Its not a password issue. IIS has not been set for Anonymous access as this isn't needed - the NAA should provide the credentials it requires to pull down content.
A manual check using the URL of the package confirms the package is accessible from the DP when using the NAA's credentials. I've allowed enough time (i think) for the DP to acknowledge the NAA. For fun the DP role was removed, and the CCM agent removed. Both
were reinstalled. A fresh install didn't detect the NAA.
Solution
After some soul searching and a little frustration, it came down to this: A Pull DP always uses the Network Access Account. If the DP can't find a Network Access account it will fail to pull down content. This is undisputed. Found an article that states
the Pull DP always uses the CCM client configuration to do its dirty work. At that point the CCM client was checked. It had the classic problem of only displaying two Actions - Machine Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle, User policy Retrieval & Evaluation
Cycle. Most components were installed but not enabled. This is fairly common. Looked at the console, found the device, added the Approval column. Turns out it wasn't auto-approved. Reason being that the client is in an untrusted domain and clients in untrusted
domains aren't approved automatically (by default).
In this case something as simple as an Approving the client fixed these issues.
The DataTransferService.log highlights the issue:
<![LOG[CDTSJob::JobError: DTS Job ID='{17E0B672-F699-434D-B063-87CC2ACF715C}' BITS Job ID='{38B81ADE-55B5-4BD7-A881-DBFF13943EDE}' ErrorCode=0x80190191]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.264+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService"
context="" type="1" thread="3136" file="dtsjob.cpp:3501">
<![LOG[CDTSJob::JobError: DTS Job ID='{17E0B672-F699-434D-B063-87CC2ACF715C}' URL='http://PRIMARYSERVER.A.B.COM:80/SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/5af1680e-4a14-4dc5-8a60-bda7370e6d68'
ProtType=1]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.264+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService" context="" type="1" thread="3136" file="dtsjob.cpp:3504">
<![LOG[Authentication required by the proxy, DTS Job ID='{17E0B672-F699-434D-B063-87CC2ACF715C}' BITS Job ID='{38B81ADE-55B5-4BD7-A881-DBFF13943EDE}'.]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.264+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService"
context="" type="3" thread="3136" file="dtsjob.cpp:3513">
<![LOG[DTSJob {8814E9A1-3D26-4089-83CF-3C7D17BCEC6E} in state 'Cancelled'.]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.264+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService" context="" type="1" thread="3688"
file="dtsjob.h:166">
<![LOG[DTS job {17E0B672-F699-434D-B063-87CC2ACF715C} BITS job
{38B81ADE-55B5-4BD7-A881-DBFF13943EDE} encountered Access Denied error during download. Will retry using Network Access Account.]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.264+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService"
context="" type="2" thread="3136" file="dtsjob.cpp:3652">
<![LOG[DTSJob {8814E9A1-3D26-4089-83CF-3C7D17BCEC6E} cancelled by client.]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.280+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService" context="" type="1" thread="3688"
file="dtsjob.cpp:3205">
<![LOG[No network access account info found.]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.327+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService" context="" type="1"
thread="3136" file="netaccessaccount.cpp:288">
<![LOG[The network access account is not defined.]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.327+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService" context=""
type="1" thread="3136" file="netaccessaccount.cpp:858">
<![LOG[DTSJob {17E0B672-F699-434D-B063-87CC2ACF715C} encountered error setting BITS job to use Network Access Account
(0x00000000).]LOG]!><time="18:25:54.327+00" date="02-19-2015" component="DataTransferService" context="" type="3" thread="3136" file="dtsjob.cpp:1885">
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2015-02-19 123.11.12.13 GET /SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/5af1680e-4a14-4dc5-8a60-bda7370e6d68/sccm /windows6.1-kb3021917-x64.cab 80 - 9.10.11.12 Microsoft+BITS/7.7 -
401 2 5 1509 2
2015-02-19 123.11.12.13 GET /SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/5af1680e-4a14-4dc5-8a60-bda7370e6d68/sccm /windows6.1-kb3021917-x64.cab 80 - 9.10.11.12 Microsoft+BITS/7.7 -
401 1 3221225581 1509 4
2015-02-19 123.11.12.13 GET /SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/5af1680e-4a14-4dc5-8a60-bda7370e6d68/sccm /windows6.1-kb3021917-x64.cab 80 - 9.10.11.12 Microsoft+BITS/7.7 -
401 1 3221225581 1509 3
2 x Domains: DomainA and DomainX
- Single domain forests
- No trusts between domains/forests
DomainA\PRIMARYSERVER
- Primary Site Server, MP, DP, IIS, all roles
DomainX\DP1
- Distribution Point, IIS, etc
- CCM client installed

Based on the above, you are using a PullDP. If so, have you installed the client agent on this system? The client agent is required on PullDPs in untrusted domains so that they can acquire the NAA.
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SCCM 2012 - Pull distribution point and target PKI or HTTPS DPs

I have spent several days researching this and so far have found only a single page that even takes a stab at offering a solution.
Problem:
Trying to target an HTTPS DP when creating a pull distribution point in SCCM 2012 R2. The link that I'm referring to that does offer a workaround is here(guess I can't post a link, but it ends with the following, how-to-set-an-https-distribution-point-as-a-source-dp-for-pull-dps)
I have several problems with the proposed solution.
Is a script really the only way to proceed with something that has up till now been a built in feature with the rest of the product.
You have to provision the DP to use a self signed cert initially for it to even work, then supposedly you can add the private key to the DP later.
Does that mean I have to unbind the cert from both the pull and target/source push DP in IIS?
Powershell which would be a logical way to go, doesn't seem to make any head way(Mr. Snover I know you don't oversee configman but please push for more documentation, you've taught me to live and die by get-help. A single example for a command as large
as set-cmdistributionpoint or add-cmdistributionpoint is a shame. Perhaps my update help just didn't finish properly and I'm talking prematurely. If that is the case then I apologize!)
Is there no other solution other than build the DP with a self signed cert then run this VB script and then switch the private key later? I have read through a lot of the pull DP documentation and it makes mention of leveraging the SDK but I haven't seen
anything definitive. I would like to at the very least convert this from VB to powershell(if that script is the only option) and I know how to convert the portions where it's interacting with the site's WMI namespace (smsprovider if I'm not mistaken).
What I don't know how to do, rather don't have the chops for is what comes after. The site control file piece, I see it's also WMI and I could spend the time stepping through the different piece and just might to learn more about SCCM in the lab anyhow. I've
spent the last year getting to know powershell and have spent next to no time with VB. I know enough to recognize what a script is doing.
The environment:
The reason this is important for me is I'm about to start the production build(been all lab up till now) that is going to have just under 300 DPs in the field connected via T1 lines. They were all 07 secondary sites. I was thinking about migrating them using
the migration tool but considering the amount of work its going to take if that link is the ONLY path to target a HTTPS DP then I might as well just spend the time and manually uninstall and reinstall the field DPs. The client count in the field is an average
of 50 machines per site where there are on-prem devices... Total client count is around 25k. The primary site in the datacenter will house the majority of the site roles unless I start running into resource issues, at which time I will begin offloading site
roles to one of two more servers that I have slated for the project. No CAS, no Secondaries. SQL is co-located on the primary.
Ramblings:
I'm sure there are more people out there using PKI, and using pull DPs. How have you managed to target your HTTPS enabled DPs? Security wants this to be a HTTPS only environment, and up until now I have successfully done that. If someone could please point
me in the direction of some more thorough documentation I would be very grateful. I understand that this is a somewhat new feature, but there has to be an easier way. Perhaps powershell can cleanly do it with the set-cmdistribution point...but when I update
help and do showwindow for the command I only get one example and so far haven't found any other stories like mine with the exception of the link I posted in the beginning.
While I'm rambling, Wally there are a lot of us in the community that are going to miss your presence at Microsoft and should you read this I wish you luck with your new position. But that is a whole different topic. Thanks in advance for any links or help
you can provide. -K.R.

Yes, this is the only way, from
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712321.aspx#BKMK_PlanPullDps: "However, you can use the Configuration Manager SDK to specify a source distribution point that is configured for HTTPS. To use a source distribution point that is configured
for HTTPS, the pull-distribution point must be co-located on a computer that runs the Configuration Manager client. "
Does "why" really matter , who cares? It just is. Whether it was an oversight, a coding bug, or an act of God doesn't change anything. Why does there "have to be" an easier way? And what's wrong with using the VBScripts others have
written? A script is a script is a script particularly if you've been given it already. Just because the hammer is pink doesn't mean it can't hammer the nail in.
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SCCM 2012 Distribution Point without IIS

Hello. My environment is SCCM 2012 SP1. I need to set up distribution points on several Windows Server 2003 machines. These machines have certain security requirements. One of which is no IIS. In SCCM 2007, I was able to create DPs without installing IIS.
This prevented the use of BITS extensions but was acceptable. I cannot seemed to do the same with SCCM 2012.
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a package. The first error message is Failed to create virtual directory on the defined share or volume of the distribution point. The second error is Distribution Manager failed to connect the the distribution point. The third error is Distribution Manager
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point computer is not used to facilitate the download of content by clients that use BITS

BITS is a client side technology and has nothing to do with the server side of a DP or IIS and thus is irrelevant.
WebDAV was built into the relevant components of ConfigMgr obviating the need for the Windows Server WebDAV component so that's not needed for 2012 at all and thus N/A.
Ultimately, no, this is not possible. IIS is required on a DP in ConfigMgr 2012. This is clearly listed at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682077.aspx#BKMK_SiteSystemRolePrereqs.
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Hi,
We have a remote distribution point to which we can't deploy packages anymore. Several attempts to repair it failed.
I'd like to remove the distribution point and reinstall it via SCCM 2012 console.
However, I'd like to know the impact since it contains GB of packages already.
Note: the DP has been removed for clients (temorarely) so no impatc there.
My questions:
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J.
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22952115/asp-net-iis-7-5-http-500-21-error
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SCCM 2012 R2 Pull DP fails, works on Update Distribution Points

I'm seeing some odd behavior out of a DP, in particular around driver packages. The system is running SCCM 2012 R2. When I create the driver package I deploy it to the DP on the Primary Site Server. That usually happens in a couple of minutes or less.
I then deploy to a remote DP configured for Pull. This generates the log entries below in the PullDP.log. Even waiting hours doesn't seem to help. If I do a Update Distribution Points for the package, it runs successfully. I know
there was something similar fixed in SP1 CU3.
Intializing DP Monitoring Manager... PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:54 PM 3564 (0x0DEC)
Getting site code PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:54 PM 3564 (0x0DEC)
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Start Download package ACC00070 version 1 PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:55 PM 3460 (0x0D84)
ExecuteJob (1-NotStarted) 9A25E477-3C0C-499E-A0C1-65243BDBCBF0 for package ACC00070, version 1 PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:55 PM 2712 (0x0A98)
Cannot find FileInfo (\\?\E:\SMS_DP$\ACC00070\9A25E477-3C0C-499E-A0C1-65243BDBCBF0.tar), content download failed PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:55 PM 2712 (0x0A98)
CPullDPPkgContJob::ExecuteJob() failed for package ACC00070, version 1 PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:55 PM 2712 (0x0A98)
State at failure: NotStarted PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:55 PM 2712 (0x0A98)
Content job 9A25E477-3C0C-499E-A0C1-65243BDBCBF0 has failed for package ACC00070, version 1 PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:55 PM 2712 (0x0A98)
Package job has failed for package ACC00070, version 1 PullDP 3/21/2014 8:48:55 PM 2712 (0x0A98)
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We ended up changing the DP back to a standard distribution point. That allowed the driver package to distribute successfully. so as a result I can't access the logs any longer.
I should note for anyone who goes searching for this that we had problems with every one of our driver packages. As I dug into it I found the contents, it looked like for some reason that it wasn't being transferred from the download location into
the final DP distribution location. It almost looked like SCCM was ignoring driver package types. I don't know if its a bug or just something quirky about this environment.
We were hoping to use Pull DP to handle our distributions more effectively, but we've backed off on that because of all the issues we've had with it. I hate say it, but it appears to be another SCCM 2012 feature that sounds like a good idea, but the
implementation leaves a lot to be desired.
Bob

All DPs read "Failed to retrieve the package list on the distribution point"...

About 2 weeks ago all 10 of my DPs started reporting the following warning (roughly 2 weeks after upgrading to R2):
"Failed to retrieve the package list on the distribution point ["Display=\\<server.FQDN>\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=<code>"]\\<server.FQDN>\. Or the package list in content library doesn't match the one in WMI. Review
smsdpmon.log for more information about this failure.
This warning has appeared in my environment once before and I've read a number of posts regarding it. In the previous situation I found the problematic package ID recorded in smsdpmon.log and followed the standard procedure of redistributing and then proceeded
with a validation check on the affected DP. These steps resolved the issue originally.
This time around the package ID is not referenced in smsdpmon.log. It had the same error but the ID was not listed. Unfortunately the logs have already rolled over and I forgot to save a copy so I don't have anything to reference. I'm curious if anyone else
has seen this behavior and what the recommended fix is.
As always, appreciate the help!

I used the following process to clean up these warnings on my DPs:
Setup content validation checks for each of my affected DPs to run every morning (previously only set to weekends). I did this so when I made a change I could validate whether or not it worked the following day. It would be great if there was a way to force
these checks manually but I haven't found a method yet.
After the content validation check completed I filtered through the smsdpmon.log on each affected DP. This revealed the package ID that was causing the issue.
In my environment the package in question was not needed so I deleted it. If it is required I suspect re-distributing it would work as well.
At this stage the problem was still not fully resolved for me. Even though I had deleted the package WMI was still inaccurate. I used this script to scrub WMI on all affected DPs and it picked up the problematic package ID:
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Powershell-script-to-fix-81dc4e69
My content validation checks are now passing and the warnings are being cleared. YEAH!
As a final note - After running the PS script Nickolaj posted I ran started seeing dozens of error checks on my packages (Distribution Manager failed to process package "Laptop Drivers" (package ID = XYZ00123).) After doing some research
I found I was prone to this issue:
Failed to start DP health monitoring task. In my case the suspect file was called "Microsoft". I moved it to another location and the errors cleared immediately.
Hope this info is helpful to others!

Distribution Point Offline - how long before SCCM client connects to alternative DP?

Hi, I'm doing some testing on my SCCM 2012 setup and have been attempting to test distribution point resiliency and fall-back.
I have a single primary site with two distribution points. One is in the main datacentre and is in the same boundary group as the clients and tagged as fast connection. The 2nd DP is in the DR datacentre, in a separate boundary group (no client subnets are
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After shutting down/taking offline the main distribution point, I've then kicked of an install of a package on a W7 client. It attempts to download and stays in that state for as long as I leave it. Looking in the logs I can see both DP's returned to
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I've managed to perform the update to remove the site server from the boundary group while the primary site server is offline, by using a PowerShell script to connect to the SCCM provider on the DR site server (DP/MP/SUP) to perform the update as our site
database is off-box. This works well and the changes replicate to the SQL replica in DR that the DR MP uses and when clients failover to the DR MP they then begin using the DR DP and packages can be installed etc.
How funny, I just fixed this at a Client this week.
This is default client behavior as MS CSS probably told you, the client thinks the Distribution Point is coming back online soon so it waits, for good reasons. For some reason I keep thinking "7 days" not 8 hours, but maybe wrong.
I have a work around for this, it just requires a change to the Distribution Points DNS record. Head to the DNS server, find the record for the Distribution Point that is down, change the IP address to a different member server IP address, this will cause
the client, when it flushes it's DNS cache, to get an updated DNS record for the Distribution Point and it will try to connect to the Distribution Point using the changed IP address, which then induces what the client thinks is a severe error which makes it
go to the next Distribution Point in the list it got from the Management Point. Once you've recovered the Distribution Point and it is back online, change it's IP address back in DNS or just let the Distribution Point update its own DNS record when it boots
up (if configured to do so) and viola, you are back in business.
Test, test and test again before ever putting something from "the web" into your production environment. I just implemented this at a client to solve their issues with their DR procedure.
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I have a big problem! My ipod touch is stuck! it won't open, all I see when I open it is the itunes icon with a USB cable and an arrow! What can I do? I've tried connectingit with itunes, but itunes doesn't see it. plus i have windows 8

Can't connect my ipod toch to itunes!!! It doesn't see it! I use windows 8, don't know if that's the problem. Anyways, my ipod is stuck! Every time I open it, it stays stuck with the image of a USB cable with an arrow pointing towards an itunes icon. but whatever I do, my computer doesn't see it, and neither does itunes. What to do???!!!

The the remaining items of the following, you may have to let the battery fully drain.
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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I have prepared a book on iPhoto, ready to buy book. There is amessage above about half the pages that says "drag photo to place in background" as if it doesn't see the picture there. Its a MAC 08X 10.6.8 and iPhoto '08 7.1.5. I have made iBooks before b

I have prepared an 82 page book on iPhoto, ready to buy. There is a message over about half the photos saying "drag photo to place in background" as if it doesn't see the photo already there. I have spent over 20 hours getting to this point and can't bear to start over! Its a Mac 08X 10.6.8 and iPhoto 08 7.1.5. I have made other iBooks on this software and computer with no problems. Help please!

Look for a page that has a similar layout:
The one photo per page layout is the easiest to miss. Just click on a background color to remove the problem.
OT

SCCM 2012 Distribution Point not working properly on a Windows 2012 Server

I have an SCCM SP1 site running on a Server 2008 R2 machine. I had a couple of distribution points, also running on 2008 machines. These served as DPs and PXE boot points. I had no problems with these.
I resently added a Server 2012 machine, and set it up as a DP, with a PXE boot point. The servers is part of a boundary group containing about 1500 clients. I distributed all of packages that are included in my main task sequence, and am able
to PXE boot, and image machines successfully.
However, I am having problems deploying other packages and Windows update packages from this DP. It seems like I am only able to deploy packages that have the "Copy the content in the package to a package share on distribution points" enabled.
If this is not enabled, the client will get the deployment policy, but will never download the package. The "In Progress" tab for the deployment status will just say "Waiting for content".
I have checked the rereqs for IIS on the Server 2012 DP, also checked the firewall. Everything that I see seems to be OK. Are there other things that I can check to determine why this DP isn't working right?

Hello,
According to the following description, this behavior would be normal:
If you configured the option Run program from distribution point on the
Distribution Points page of the Deploy Software Wizard, do not clear the option
Copy the content in this package to a package share on distribution points, because this will make the package unavailable to run from distribution points.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/gg682178.aspx

DPJobManager.exe doesn't see my distribution point

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