May 31, 2011 12:41 GMT  ·  By

Customers already leveraging System Center Updates Publisher 2011 might have encountered a few issues, and if this is the case, then perhaps the list below can help a tad with the troubleshooting process.

Minfang Lv, Microsoft Configuration Manager Sustained Engineer posted a list with common errors and resolutions for System Center Updates Publisher 2011.

What Minfang highlighted are common errors that customers can come across when using System Center Updates Publisher 2011.

The issues are logged either in SCUP.log, in WindowsUpdate.log or in PatchDownload.log. I have included the list provided by Microsoft’s support engineer below.

Microsoft released System Center Updates Publisher 2011 as a free tool on the Download Center last week.

Put together as a response to customer feedback, System Center Updates Publisher 2011 simplifies a variety of tasks associated with the management of software update definitions, such as importing, exporting, publishing, developing, and modifying them.

"SCUP.log - cannot access a closed Stream - WSUS hotfix not installed. You need to install the WSUS hotfix on both SCUP Server and WSUS Server: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2530678.

- Publisher.SignPackageCab error signing cab - You’re in a network without direct internet access. Uncheck the “Add timestamp when signing updates (requires internet connectivity)” in Options->Advanced.

- WindowsDataProtection was unable to decrypt data - Only enable proxy when you actually need it to download from internet. And disable proxy when you need to download content from local UNC.

- CabUtilities.CheckCertificateSignature File cert verification failed for \\minfang2\UpdateServicesPackages\f19878e1-020a-41c0-a2d9-47a0ccaffbeb\247cff60-f85c-48f8-ba37-ebcaaa831540_1.cab with 2148204810 Publisher.VerifyAndPublishPackage VerifyAndPublishPackage(): Failed to Verify Signature for file: \\minfang2\UpdateServicesPackages\f19878e1-020a-41c0-a2d9-47a0ccaffbeb\247cff60-f85c-48f8-ba37-ebcaaa831540_1.cab - If you’re using a pfx file to create the signing certificate, make sure you have imported it’s root CA into the Trusted Root CA and Trusted Publisher Store.

WindowsUpdate.log - Update failed to install with error code: 0x80242009 - The msp package doesn’t have FullFilePatchCode attribute.

- Update shows not applicable: WARNING: update {7A546DBB-8BB9-4245-B043-2F0D50CF063F}.1 has no install blob, prune it And finally it will failed with error code 0x80240017 in SMS log (SUS_E_NOT_APPLICABLE, install is not needed) - Try to install an update that has been published as metadata only. Customers need to publish it as full content again before they deploy it to client. Metadata only publish is for scan purpose only.

- Update is not trusted: WARNING: Digital Signatures on file C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\c82fa2bbf58594e72a7d6fcdd0e61459_ctc\sccm2007ac-sp2-kb977384-x86-enu.cab are not trusted: Error 0x800b0109 - Check wsus certificate is imported and “Allow signed content from intranet Microsoft update service location” is enabled: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530992.aspx.

- Check wsus certificate is imported and “Allow signed content from intranet Microsoft update service location” is enabled: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530992.aspx - Verify if you have publish this update as metaonly. You need to publish an update as full content to be able to deploy it with Conguration Manager.

PatchDownload.log

- Patch download fail: Connected to \\SCCMVM01232\root\sms\site_CAR Software Updates Patch Downloader 3/31/2011 6:49:34 PM 6420 (0x1914) Download destination = \\sccmvm01232\sus\6c4996dd-2d0b-4607-8735-f250fadf3041.1\Advert.exe . Software Updates Patch Downloader 3/31/2011 6:49:35 PM 6420 (0x1914) Contentsource = http://updatespublishermetadataonlysoftwareupdate/ . Software Updates Patch Downloader 3/31/2011 6:49:35 PM 6420 (0x1914) Downloading content for ContentID = 43, FileName = Advert.exe. Software Updates Patch Downloader 3/31/2011 6:49:35 PM 6420 (0x1914) HttpSendRequest failed 12007 Software Updates Patch Downloader 3/31/2011 6:49:35 PM 3960 (0x0F78) - Verify if you have publish this update as full content." System Center Updates Publisher 2011 is available for download here.