Symptoms
Task Delete virtual directory
fails with the following output:
Output: Destination host 'winweb01.domain.tld' (#123), IP '192.168.1.100' : Provisioning request failed. The system cannot find the path specified. [<response><errorContext description="Unable to delete object IIS://winweb01.domain.tld/W3SVC/yyyyy/root/domain1.tld domain1.tld 0x80070003: The system cannot find the path specified." code="0x80070003" executeSeqNo="2"><errorSource namespace="IIS Provider" procedure="Delete"/></errorContext></response>]
Another task has already performed this operation and it was successful:
14376710 Delete virtual directory 'domain1.tld' (dir_id=12345) from virtual web server zzzzz on host 'winweb01.domain.tld' (host_id=123). June 03, 2016 21:21:37 June 03, 2016 21:21:56 domain_service654321 Successful
Both failed task and successful task are equal in their parameters.
Cause
Most likely the directory has already been removed by another task.
Resolution
- Trace the MPS/WPE logs to check what actions are done during the task execution
- Go to the affected Windows Shared Hosting server and recreate the virtual directory exactly with the same properties, so OA can delete it gracefully.