MP unable to install; MPcontrol.log reporting false information about webDAV
Hello I have been following all instructions to a tee wrt setting up SCCM. I have encountered a problem that seems to be outside the scope of something that could be solved by reading the manual or whitepapers so I thought I might get some help here. It's actually very simple, my MPcontrol.log is reporting the following: <06-01-2010 13:22:00> WebDAV settings is not setup appropriately <06-01-2010 13:22:00> [Allow property queries with infinite depth] should be true (false) <06-01-2010 13:22:00> [Allow Custom Properties] should be false (true) <06-01-2010 13:22:00> [Allow anonymous property queries] should be true (false) <06-01-2010 13:22:00> Allow [All users read access to All content] authoring rule should exist (exist) However my webDAV settings are exactly the opposite of this. I have "allow property queries with infinite depth" as true, "allow custom properties" as false, "allow anonymous property queries" as true, and an authoring rule allowing all users read access to all content.
June 2nd, 2010 4:40pm

Hi, Check this, I had the same issue once - http://scug.dk/blogs/configurationmanager/archive/2009/12/30/webdav-fails-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspxKent Agerlund | http://scug.dk/members/Agerlund/default.aspx | The Danish community for System Center products
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June 2nd, 2010 5:42pm

Thanks for the help Kent. It makes sense that it should work. I made the changes to the xml file however I am still getting the same errors in MPsetup.log after restarting IIS and the SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER. I restarted the whole machine and the errors still persist: <06-02-2010 12:46:42> Passed OS version check. <06-02-2010 12:46:42> IIS Service is installed. <06-02-2010 12:46:42> checking WebDAV configuraitons <06-02-2010 12:46:42> WebDAV settings is not setup appropriately <06-02-2010 12:46:42> [Allow property queries with infinite depth] should be true (false) <06-02-2010 12:46:42> [Allow Custom Properties] should be false (true) <06-02-2010 12:46:42> [Allow anonymous property queries] should be true (false) <06-02-2010 12:46:42> Allow [All users read access to All content] authoring rule should exist (exist) I noticed that the xml file sets the default values but not the actual values. Could it be screwed up because I first attempted to set the values via the IIS console before editing the xml file? I have to admit this is kind of ridiculous.
June 2nd, 2010 7:52pm

Well I read somewhere that someone who had the same problem reinstalled webDAV and got it working. Not sure how it worked cause in my case when I reinstalled webDAV it simply overwrote the webdav_schema.xml I had edited with the original. And now SCCM isn't seeing webDAV at all: <06-02-2010 13:23:59> ======== Completed Installion of Pre Reqs for Role SMSMP ======== <06-02-2010 13:23:59> Installing the SMSMP <06-02-2010 13:23:59> Passed OS version check. <06-02-2010 13:23:59> IIS Service is installed. <06-02-2010 13:23:59> checking WebDAV configuraitons <06-02-2010 13:23:59> Failed to get WebDAV settings on the machine (0x80070002) EDIT: I just had to enable webDAV. But the errors still persisted. Then I got lucky and came across this when googling some more: "I made a copy of the XML file before editing it (WEBDAV_Schema – Copy.xml) and it still didn’t work. You need to change the extension to something other than XML. It would appear that the MP installer catches the first file (in my case the copy / original) and reads that… renaming to WEBDAV_Schema – Copy.xml.OLD did the trick…" This worked
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June 2nd, 2010 8:34pm

Hi, In addition, when you configure the WebDAV settings in IIS, make sure that you do them on the Default Site and not at the root level Bechir Gharbi. MCSA, MCSE M+S, MCITP Server/Enterprise Administrator, MCT, MCTS Configuration Manager/Forefront (Time Zone : GMT+1)
June 2nd, 2010 10:09pm

Hi, If install MP on Windows Server 2008, please try the following steps: To install and configure WebDAV for IIS 7.0 to support management point and BITS-enabled distribution point site system computers Depending on your server operating system platform, download either the x86 or x64 version of WebDAV from: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108052. Depending on which version was downloaded, run either the webdav_x86_rtw.msi or the webdav_x64_rtw.msi file to install WebDAV IIS 7.0 extensions. Enable WebDAV and create an Authoring Rule, as follows: Navigate to Start / All Programs / Administrative Tools / Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to start Internet Information Services 7 Application Server Manager. 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. In the Features View, double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules. When the WebDAV Authoring Rules page is displayed, in the Actions pane, click Enable WebDAV. After WebDAV has been enabled, in the Actions pane, click Add Authoring Rule. In the Add Authoring Rule dialog box, under Allow access to, click All content. Under Allow access to this content to, click All users. Under Permissions, click Read, and then click OK. Change the property behavior as follows: In the WebDAV Authoring Rules page, in the Actions pane, click WebDAV Settings. In the WebDAV Settings page, under Property Behavior, set Allow anonymous property queries to True. Set Allow Custom Properties to False. Set Allow property queries with infinite depth to True. If this is a BITS-enabled distribution point, under WebDAV Behavior, set Allow hidden files to be listed to True. In the Action pane, click Apply. Close Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
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June 3rd, 2010 11:38am

Thanks Eric, but it's important to point out for any future readers who find this that on 2008 the above instructions may not work. The problem is that when you make changes in the IIS GUI, they are not reflected in the corresponding webdav_schema.xml file under /windows/system32/inetsrv/config/schema. You have to edit this file manually as detailed in Kent's above link http://scug.dk/blogs/configurationmanager/archive/2009/12/30/webdav-fails-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx. The problem is further compounded by the fact that if you make a backup of the original webdav_schema.xml and do not change the .xml file extension, IIS may attempt to use the backed up file and not the one you edited. Of course, none of these problems are documented.
June 3rd, 2010 5:49pm

Of course, none of these problems are documented. Because it does not happen by default, it's not a default behavior. I've never experienced this issue personally.
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June 3rd, 2010 5:55pm

Thanks Torsten, in my case this was a fresh install of 2008 sp1 with sccm 2007 so I figured that this *might* happen to someone else, given that at this point the os is on a similar baseline since it only has iis, sccm and webDAV 7.5. Have you done hundreds of sccm installs or just one or two and never experienced this. Cause googling it returns many others who have experienced the same issue. Default or not, the chances are likely someone else might encounter the issue particularly in lab deployments. For a company like microsoft that prides itself on software that is easy to use this hardly fits the bill, hence my documentation statement. I myself also did not experience this issue personally, forexample I attempted to install sccm in a 2003 server and had no webDAV issues. I did however encounter a persistent 401.3 when clients would attempt to register which I could never resolve or find and explanation for, as 401.3 indicates an ACL permissions issue, and I had added the everyone group with full control to the directories linked to the pages in IIS.
June 4th, 2010 12:33am

KCSteele, I ran into your issue and your solution about renaming worked. Thanks for the post!Systems Engineer
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May 4th, 2011 3:59pm

I had the same issue. Took me four days to find this post and it fixed it for me too. Thanks!
May 6th, 2011 9:30am

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