MP Control Manager detected MP is not responding to HTTP requests. The http error is 12029.

Problem Description:

SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER reports the following error:

MP Control Manager detected MP is not responding to HTTP requests.  The http error is 12029.

Checking the mpcontrol.log you find the following entries:

Failed to send http request /SMS_MP/.sms_aut?MPLIST. Error 12029
Call to HttpSendRequestSync failed for port 8080 with 12029 error code.

Cause:

IIS does not have an entry for the custom port of 8080.

Resolution:

On the management point server you perform the following steps

1. Open IIS Manager
2. Expand your server
3. Expand Sites
4. Select Default Web Site and click Bindings…
5. Click Add
6. Add the custom port information, and click Ok.
   
7. Click Close
   
8. Monitor mpcontrol.log until you see the following entry:
   Call to HttpSendRequestSync succeeded for port 8080 with status code 200, text: OK