PENDING SMS_EXECUTIVE has Critical status on second MP

[Vital Lee]

Hello,
We have an installation of SCCM 2503 with two MPs, using the same DB. Recently the status of the SMS_EXECUTIVE on the second MP turned to Critical and I can see the following messages in an hour cycle:

Severity    Type    Site code    Date / Time    System    Component    Message ID    Description
Information    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 11:46:10 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    502    This component stopped.
Information    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 11:45:34 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1018    Site Component Manager is reinstalling this component on this site system.
Error    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 11:45:34 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1020    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. Site Component Manager will automatically retry the reinstallation in 60 minutes. To force Site Component Manager to immediately retry the reinstallation, stop and restart Site Component Manager using the Configuration Manager Service Manager.
Information    Detail    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:41 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1079    Site Component Manager did not copy file "D:\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\x64\system32\smsmsgs\provmsgs.dll" to "\\IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM\ADMIN$\system32\smsmsgs\provmsgs.dll", because the source file is not a newer version than the destination file.
Information    Detail    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:40 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1079    Site Component Manager did not copy file "D:\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\x64\system32\smsmsgs\climsgs.dll" to "\\IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM\ADMIN$\system32\smsmsgs\climsgs.dll", because the source file is not a newer version than the destination file.
Information    Detail    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:40 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1079    Site Component Manager did not copy file "D:\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\x64\system32\smsmsgs\srvmsgs.dll" to "\\IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM\ADMIN$\system32\smsmsgs\srvmsgs.dll", because the source file is not a newer version than the destination file.
Information    Detail    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:40 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1079    Site Component Manager did not copy file "D:\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\x64\syswow64\perf_msg.dll" to "\\IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM\ADMIN$\syswow64\perf_msg.dll", because the source file is not a newer version than the destination file.
Information    Detail    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:40 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1079    Site Component Manager did not copy file "D:\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\x64\system32\perf_msg.dll" to "\\IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM\ADMIN$\system32\perf_msg.dll", because the source file is not a newer version than the destination file.
Information    Detail    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:40 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1079    Site Component Manager did not copy file "D:\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\x64\system32\smsperf.dll" to "\\IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM\ADMIN$\system32\smsperf.dll", because the source file is not a newer version than the destination file.
Error    Detail    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:26 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1082    Site Component Manager could not start the SMS_SERVER_BOOTSTRAP_IVSA00027 service on site system "\\IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM" to install component SMS_EXECUTIVE with the service logging on as account "". The operating system reported error 1727: The remote procedure call failed and did not execute.     Possible cause: Site Component Manager does not have sufficient access rights to administer the site system.  Solution: Verify that the Site System Installation accounts are properly configured to allow the site to administer the site system.
Information    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 11:44:18 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1018    Site Component Manager is reinstalling this component on this site system.
Error    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 10:38:16 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    578    Could not read registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Components\SMS_EXECUTIVE\Yield Configuration" on computer IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM. The operating system reported error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. 
Information    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 10:37:26 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    1019    Site Component Manager successfully reinstalled this component on this site system.
Error    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 10:37:16 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    578    Could not read registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Components\SMS_EXECUTIVE" on computer IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM.
Information    Milestone    REK    10/8/2025 10:37:16 AM    IVSA00088.CONTOSO.COM    SMS_EXECUTIVE    500    This component started.

So far I did the following:

1. Checked network connectivity between hosts according to MS requirenments (especially RPC prtocol) - OK
2. Checked main MP server is a member of Administrators group in the second MP "IVSA00088" - OK
3. Noted the double "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" error in key path in the first registry call (???)
4. Checked once the second key and got the error
   
5. Checked another time and the key was just fine
6. Checked the DLL files versions it tries to copy. The source and destination versions are the same

Main MP every hour tries to update the component but failed. Not sure what triggered this process. What to do?