Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager

I have seen many errors similar to SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 when distributing packages to SCCM remote Distribution Points (DPs). Let’s find out the basic troubleshooting steps you need to follow to fix the ConfigMgr content transfer errors like this.

Error 0x80070003

The following are the few lines of errors that could indicate the issue with package distribution to some of the DPs in your ConfigMgr environment. In most of the scenarios, the package might be successfully distributed to most of the DPs.

However, the content transfer (distribution) didn’t work for a couple of remote DPs. You can review the SCCM DP logs (especially PkgXferMgr.log) mentioned below to get more details on errors.

  • CSendFileAction::SendFiles failed; 0x80070003
  • CSendFileAction::SendContent failed; 0x80070003
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Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr

Meaning

The content transfer error 0x80070003 translates to The system cannot find the path specified. Source: Windows.

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Package Issue?

First of all, you need to make sure whether the package is deployed to all the DPs or most of the other DPs. This will help you to understand that there is no problem with the package itself. If there is any problem with a particular package then all the content transfers to remote DPs will fail.

SCCM DP Logs

Check the SCCM log files related to DPs. The PkgXferMgr.log file is your best friend for remote DP distribution/package replication issues.

distmgr.logPackage Application distribution process
PkgXferMgr.logRecords the actions of the SMS_Executive component that is responsible for sending content from an SCCM primary site to a remote DP.
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Redistribute Package

Redistribution of the package is one of the ways you need to try to fix the issue.

  • Re-distribute the package back to the remote DP
    • From the Content Locations tab
    • Select the Remote DP
    • Click on Redistribute button
  • Wait for an ample amount of time and analyze the log files to confirm whether the issue is solved or not
Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr
Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr

Remove & Add Back

Removing the package from the DP and add back is one of the most worked tricks in my experience. Let’s try the following steps:

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  • Remove the problematic distribution point (DP) from the package distribution
    • From the Content Locations tab
    • Select the Remote DP
    • Click on the Remove button
  • Wait for an ample amount of time and analyze the log files to confirm the DP is removed from the package
  • Add the package back to the remote DP
Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr
Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr

Antivirus Exclusion

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I have seen multiple scenarios where the content distribution is blocked because of antivirus software installed on SCCM servers. You need to make sure that the exclusion recommended by Microsoft is in place for all the antivirus applications. These changes in antivirus policies might help you to resolve SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error.

Antivirus Exclusion for Distribution points. More details are available in Microsoft docs.

  • Client installation folder\ServiceData
  • ContentLib_drive\SMS_DP$
  • ContentLib_drive\SMSPKGDrive_Letter$
  • ContentLib_drive\SMSPKG
  • ContentLib_drive\SMSPKGSIG
  • ContentLib_drive\SMSSIG$

Network Bandwidth Control Appliances

I have seen third-party network appliances (like Riverbed) used to optimize the network bandwidth between the primary server and remote DP can also interfere with content transfer. This point is not about the peer-to-peer applications installed on the client and SCCM servers.

Make sure that the Configuration Manager content is not changed/modified by any of the network appliances.

Firewall Issues

Well, this is not necessarily the firewall application installed on your remote DP or primary server. Rather it’s more to do with firewall appliances from the network team. There might be many firewall devices in between two data centers where remote DP and primary server are located.

You need to make sure all the required Firewall ports are opened between remote DP and the primary server. Do you know RPC Dynamic Ports? TCP 49152-65535.

NOTE! – This error is not related to firewall ports. But I added this for your information. You normally get RPC-related errors when you have Firewall ports related issues.

FromToUDPTCPProtocolDirection
Site ServerDP135445/135/All the ports between 49152 to 65535RPC EPM/RPC Dynamic/SMBUnidirection
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Not Resolved?

If this content transfer error (SendFiles Failed 0x80070003) is not resolved yet, then you need to take the network trace to understand the root cause of the issue. I have shared Real-World Network Trace Examples in the following blog post.

SCCM Real World Network Trace Examples Microsoft RPC Remote Procedure Call How To Manage Devices (anoopcnair.com).

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Anoop is Microsoft MVP! He is a Solution Architect in enterprise client management with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. E writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc…

3 thoughts on “Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager”

  1. I had similar issue with newly configured SCCM 2103, after configured new SCCM site, server was not able to deploy Configuration Manager Client Package it was throwing an error “CSendFileAction::SendFiles failed; 0x80070003 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 6/18/2021 10:59:46 AM 11376 (0x2C70)
    CSendFileAction::SendContent failed; 0x80070003 SMS_PACKAGE_TRANSFER_MANAGER 6/18/2021 10:59:46 AM 11376 (0x2C70)”
    all the setup configuration and setting were is in place but there was no look.

    finally found the solution: as per our fix is to create 2 empty file as below.

    1- create an empty file in client upgrade folder source location.
    2- once done, go to inboxes\hman.box folder and open empty notepad file and saved it as client.acu

    Redistribution should trigger automatically after sometime, monitor the behavior for 15-20 mins.

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  2. I had similar issue, and it is resolved after updating the content to all DP.
    Right click on package/application and click ” Update Distribution Points”.

    Reply

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