Error: 87D02004 at SCCM OSD Media deployment, need help

Question

Hi,
This is very odd error and while doing an SCCM 2012 OSD with media. As soon as the SCCM Client is installed, we have been getting error based the above code. 
I mean if we put an package to be installed after the client installation we are getting the below error
Failed to run the action: Application Name 
The software distribution policy was not found. (Error: 87D02004; Source: CCM)
Install Software failed, hr=0x87d02004.
We are using SCCM 2012 Client CU3 - 
5.00.7958.1401
It is only happening with media, PXE boot was working without any errors.
Thanks,
Rakesh
Rakesh Sahoo

Answer 1

My guess is that in you "Install Package" step, you are using the option "Install software packages according to dynamic variable list."
In that case, the media creator does not know what the actual package is that should be added to the stand-alone media.
I suggest that for every package that your dynamic variables will use, create a non-dynamic step and directly reference the packages. That way, the media creator will add them to your stand-alone media. Make sure that you skip those steps so that your dynamic
installation is that one that runs.
For example:
You have variable installation for PKG-1, PKG-2, PKG-3.
Step 1 - Set variable ABC=FALSE
Step 2 - Variable installation (can install PKG-1, or PKG-2, or PKG-3)
Step 3 - Install PKG-1. Set option to run only if ABC=TRUE.
Step 4 - Install PKG-2. Set option to run only if ABC=TRUE
Step 5 - Install PKG-3. Set option to run only if ABC=TRUE
Note that you really don't intend to run Steps 3, 4, and 5. They are there so that the media creator will know that it needs to add those packages to the stand-alone media.