You can’t access the UNIX/Linux computers view in the Administration pane in Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager?
by Opslogix, on Jan 29, 2018 11:45:48 AM
If you can’t access the UNIX/Linux computers view in the Administration pane in Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, then you probably receive the following error message:
[box] Date: 12/30/2017 7:48:49 PM Application: Operations Manager Application Version: 7.1.10226.1360 Severity: Error Message: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.SystemCenter.CrossPlatform.UI.OM.Integration.UnixComputerOperatingSystemHelper.JoinCollections(IEnumerable`1 managementServers, IEnumerable`1 resourcePools, IEnumerable`1 unixcomputers, IEnumerable`1 operatingSystems) at Microsoft.SystemCenter.CrossPlatform.UI.OM.Integration.UnixComputerOperatingSystemHelper.GetUnixComputerOperatingSystemInstances(String criteria) at Microsoft.SystemCenter.CrossPlatform.UI.OM.Integration.Administration.UnixAgentQuery.DoQuery(String criteria) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Mom.Internal.UI.Cache.Query`1.DoQuery(String criteria, Nullable`1 lastModified) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Mom.Internal.UI.Cache.Query`1.FullUpdateQuery(CacheSession session, IndexTable& indexTable, Boolean forceUpdate, DateTime queryTime) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Mom.Internal.UI.Cache.Query`1.InternalSyncQuery(CacheSession session, IndexTable indexTable, UpdateReason reason, UpdateType updateType) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Mom.Internal.UI.Cache.Query`1.InternalQuery(CacheSession session, UpdateReason reason) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Mom.Internal.UI.Cache.Query`1.TryDoQuery(UpdateReason reason, CacheSession session) at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Mom.Internal.UI.Console.ConsoleJobExceptionHandler.ExecuteJob(IComponent component, EventHandler`1 job, Object sender, ConsoleJobEventArgs args)[/box]
Cause
The issue occurs if the UNIX/Linux monitoring resource pool is deleted
How to solve it!
To resolve the issue, follow these steps:
- Create a resource pool for UNIX/Linux monitoring. Give the new pool a different name than the name of the deleted resource pool.
- Add the management servers that perform UNIX/Linux monitoring to the new resource pool.
- Configure the UNIX/Linux Run As accounts to be distributed by the new resource pool. To do this, follow these steps:
- In the Operations console, go to Administration > Run As Configuration > UNIX/Linux Accounts.
- For each account, follow these steps:
- Right-click the account, and then select Properties.
- On the Distribution Security page of the UNIX/Linux Run As Accounts Wizard, select More Secure.
- In Selected computers and resource pools, select Add.
- Select Search by resource pool name, and then select Search.
- Select the new resource pool that is created in step 1, select Add, and then select OK.
- Run the following PowerShell cmdlet to retrieve the managed UNIX and Linux computers:
Get-SCXAgent - Verify that the agents that are associated with the deleted resource pool still exist and that the relationship remains.
- Run the following command to change the managing resource pool to the one that is created in step 1:
$SCXPool = Get-SCOMResourcePool -DisplayName "<New Resource Pool Name>"
Get-SCXAgent | Set-SCXResourcePool -ResourcePool $SCXPool