DSC - Cannot find module - Node Pull mode

DSC
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Using Server 2012R2 with WMF 5.

I sometimes experience the following fault on nodes pulling dscresources from a Pull Server:

Cannot find module SharePointDSC_1.2.0.0 from the server https://vm02:8080/PSDSCPullServer.svc/Modules(ModuleName='SharePointDSC',ModuleVersion='1.2.0.0')/ModuleContent.
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebDownloadManagerModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Commands.GetDscModuleCommand
    + PSComputerName        : localhost

The fix is mostly to recreate the Mof file, then on the node run update-dscConfiguration -wait -verbose. It then finds all modules and runs fine.

Anyone else experiencing this kind of errors? Can anything be done to avoid this kind of “bug-faults”

Brgs

Bjørn

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One possible reason is if you have deployed the updated module (with new version) to the node but haven’t updated the compiled configuration to reflect new module version in the MOF. Next time you hit this issue, open the MOF file and verify that the ModuleVersion reported in the MOF is same as what is available on the Node.