Failed to get Web DAV settings on the machine (0x80070003) Error in MPController.log

Hi Floks ,

I was working on my lab environment one day and though to upgrade my sccm 2007 to R2. I was running sccm on windows 2008 OS. I start my upgrade task and everything went as per the plan. I was very happy to test some stuff on R2 , but when i opened my console i was shocked to see that MY MP was floating with all red errors.. :( . To check what was wrong with my MP i opened the MPController.log.

Below lines gave the answer.... and the issue was "WEBDEV Settings" :(:( 

Installing the SMSMP
Passed OS version check.
IIS Service is installed.
 checking WebDAV configuraitons
Failed to get WebDAV settings on the machine (0x80070003)

I was quite confused, i was sure i configured correctly and even it was right. But the issue was "WebDAV Authoring Rules" that i missed to enable it.

You will get this error only in stages.

1.  If WebDav is not installed or it is not configured correctly.

2.  RDC feature is not installed or got corrupted.

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Resolution

1. To support management point and BITS-enabled distribution point site system computers we must install and configure WebDAV for IIS 7.0 properly.

1. Depending on your server operating system platform, download either the x86 or x64 version of WebDAV    
2. Downlaod link :  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108052.
3. Depending on which version was downloaded, run either thewebdav_x86_rtw.msi or the webdav_x64_rtw.msi file to install WebDAV IIS 7.0 extensions.
4. Enable WebDAV and create an Authoring Rule, as follows:
   
   1. Navigate to Start / All Programs / Administrative Tools /Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to start Internet Information Services 7 Application Server Manager. In Server Manager, select the Features node, and click Add Features to start the Add Features Wizard.
   2. In the Connections pane, expand the Sites node in the navigation tree, and then click Default Web Site if you are using the default Web site for the site system or SMSWEB if you are using a custom Web site for the site system.
   3. In the Features View, double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules. 
   4. When the WebDAV Authoring Rules page is displayed, in theActions pane, click Enable WebDAV.
   5. After WebDAV has been enabled, in the Actions pane, click Add Authoring Rule.
   6. In the Add Authoring Rule dialog box, under Allow access to, click All content. 
   7. Under Allow access to this content to, click All users. 
   8. Under Permissions, click Read, and then click OK. 
5. Change the property behavior as follows:
   
   1. In the WebDAV Authoring Rules page, in the Actions pane, click WebDAV Settings. 
   2. In the WebDAV Settings page, under Property Behavior, setAllow anonymous property queries to True. 
   3. Set Allow Custom Properties to False. 
   4. Set Allow property queries with infinite depth to True. 
   5. If this is a BITS-enabled distribution point, under WebDAV Behavior, set Allow hidden files to be listed to True.
   6. In the Action pane, click Apply. 
6. Close Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

2. Make sure that Remote Differential Compression feature for site server and branch distribution point computers should be added!!!!!

In Server Manager, on the Features node, click Add Features to start the Add Features Wizard.

1. On the Select Features page, select Remote Differential Compression, and then click Next.
2. Complete the rest of the wizard.
3. Close Server Manager

Finally The last step that fixed everything.

As i was not ready to wait for default 60 min time to auto configure MP component. so i restarted the se SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER service on sccm server and the log shows: "SMS Site Component Manager successfully installed MP component on this site system."

Hope This Will Help!!!!

Amarpal Singh