Resetting BITS Jobs

There have been instances where Configuration Manager distribution points stop accepting content. Network services are fine and I can copy the content manually but it will never get there on its own.  I've only had this happen a couple of times on Server 2008 R2 machines. The only role installed on these servers is a distribution point and there are no shared services on the box. What seems to happen is that the BITS client gets stuck on a job and all other jobs get queued indefinitely. Since BITS is a component of Windows Configuration Manager never reports a problem. The only symptom is that content never gets there. Here is how you can check the status of BITS jobs.

·         Launch administrative PowerShell

·         Run Import-Module BitsTransfer

·         Run Get-BitsTransfer -AllUsers

·         Open Task Scheduler and create a new task (Note for Windows 8 or Server 2012 and above you need to use Sysinternals PsExec with the -s switch (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb897553.aspx)

·         Open Task Scheduler

§  Right-click Task Scheduler (Local) and select Create Task

§  Give the task a name - Rest BITS Jobs

§  Under Security options Change the user to the local SYSTEM account

§  Enable Run with highest privileges

§  On the Actions tab select New...

§  Set up the new Action

§  Action -Start a Program

§  Program browse to C:\Windows\System32\bitsadmin.exe

§  Add arguments /reset /allusers

§  Click OK

§  On the Settings tab ensure the Allow task to be run on demand option is enabled

·         Run the task

·         Give the task a couple of minutes to run

·         Go back to PowerShell and run Get-BitsTransfer -AllUsers

·         There should now jobs listed in the queue

·         Delete the task from Task Scheduler