ConfigMgr: SMS Site Component Manager failed to reinstall this component on this site system.

Within a ConfigMgr environment it's possible you run into the following error when running SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP and the SQL Server runs on a remote system.

SMS Site Component Manager failed to reinstall this component on this site system.


Solution: Review the previous status messages to determine the exact reason for the failure. SMS Site Component Manager will automatically retry the reinstallation in 60 minutes. To force SMS Site Component Manager to immediately retry the reinstallation, stop and restart SMS Site Component Manager using the SMS Service Manager.

I noticed this error at home (yes, I'm running ConfigMgr 2007 SP1 + R2 at home, call me crazy ;-)) and started looking around if there's a solution available. After finding no KB-article or anything about it I started searching on. The reason for this error seems to be that the SQL Server cannot bootstrap the executable to install the service on the SQL Server.

Luckily, the fix is quite easy. Go to the ConfigMgr installation directory, in my case

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\

and open the file install.MAP with notepad. In this file you'll search for the following lines:

BEGIN_COMPONENT_FILELIST
<SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP>
<1193>
BEGIN_DIRECTORY
<bin\i386>
<9><X86><>
FILE <smssqlbkup.exe><1><766496>
END_DIRECTORY
BEGIN_DIRECTORY
<bin\x64>
<17\><AMD64><>
FILE <smssqlbkup.exe><1><1547296>
END_DIRECTORY
UNIT <SMS>
END_COMPONENT_FILELIST

Change these lines to the following

BEGIN_COMPONENT_FILELIST
<SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP>
<1193>
BEGIN_DIRECTORY
<bin\i386>
<9><X86><>
FILE <smssqlbkup.exe><1><766496>
FILE <srvboot.exe><0><219904>
END_DIRECTORY
BEGIN_DIRECTORY
<bin\x64>
<17><AMD64><>
FILE <smssqlbkup.exe><1><1547296>
END_DIRECTORY
UNIT <SMS>
END_COMPONENT_FILELIST

Afterwards restart the SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER at the site server and after a minute or so reopen the Components log. After changing the install.MAP and restarting the SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER I got the following happy message:

SMS Site Component Manager successfully reinstalled this component on this site system.

I hope this helps resolve some issues.