After installing KB 974571 the Request State Store action in the Task Sequence fails. The failure occurs by a NULL value in the ConfigMgr client certificate (friendly name property).
Credit’s goes to Anders Ahl for extensive troubleshooting and a new workaround…
Anyway, after installing KB 974571 you will se the following in the smsts.log file.
Failed to import the client certificate store (0x80092024) OSDSMPClient 2009-10-23 09:15:17 1856 (0x0740)
ClientRequestToMP::DoRequest failed (0x80092024). OSDSMPClient 2009-10-23 09:15:17 1856 (0x0740)
ExecuteCaptureRequestMP failed (0x80092024). OSDSMPClient 2009-10-23 09:15:17 1856 (0x0740)
ExecuteCaptureRequest failed (0x80092024). OSDSMPClient 2009-10-23 09:15:17 1856 (0x0740)
Failed to run the action: Request State Store.
Unknown error (Error: 00002024; Source: Unknown) TSManager 2009-10-23 09:15:17 340 (0x0154)
Workaround #1: Uninstall KB 974571 (patch MS09-056)
Workaround #2: Fix the Certificate
- On the ConfigMgr Server, start a mmc, add the Certificates snap-in, select computer account, and select the local computer.
- Expand certificates, expand SMS, and expand certificates
- Open the SMS Encryption Certificate, click the Details tab, click Edit Properties, and change the Friendly Name to SMS Encryption Certificate v2, click OK twice.
- Open the SMS SMP Encryption Certificate, click the Details tab, click Edit Properties, and change the Friendly Name to SMS SMP Encryption Certificate v2, click OK twice.
- Open the SMS Signing Certificate, click the Details tab, click Edit Properties, and change the Friendly Name to SMS Signing Certificate v2, click OK twice.