After upgrading to ConfigMgr 2007 R2 SP2 (RC) all OS Deployment Task Sequences are failing

After the upgrade of my test lab (which is running in Native Mode) to ConfigMgr 2007 R2 SP2 (RC) all my Task Sequences suddenly fail with the error: An error occurred while retrieving policy for this computer (0x80004005).

Taking a look at my SMSTS.LOG it showed me the error: No cert available for policy decoding.

This made me wonder what happened to my PXE Certificate that I applied to my PXE Service Point. So I took a look at my certificates (System Center Configuration Manager > Site Database > Site Management > <MySiteName> > Site Settings > Certificates > PXE). Here I noticed that my PXE Certificate was just suddenly missing…

So after re-adding my PXE Certificate to my PXE Service Point it all worked fine again. To add a PXE Certificate to the PXE Service Point follow the next steps:

  1. Open the Configuration Manager console and browse to System Center Configuration Manager > Site Database > Site Management > <YourSiteName> > Site Settings > Site Systems.
  2. Select the PXE Service Point and click in the Actions pane Properties to open the ConfigMgr PXE Service Point Properties.
  3. Select the Database tab and select Import Certificate.
  4. Browse to the needed certificate, fill in the Password and click Ok.

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