Preboot rebuild will not run on site servers after 8.5 ru3 upgrade

Products

• Deployment Solution

Issue/Introduction

After an upgrade to 8.5 RU3, preboot config tasks don't run.

'ResetPrebootConfigPolicy failed. Object reference not set to an instance of an object' will be shown in the a.log.

Environment

DS 8.5 RU3

Cause

There are entries in the 'automation_image_configuration'

Resolution

Remove entries from the 'automation_image_configuration' table that do not have a corresponding GUID in the 'Item' table.

To see these entries use SQL manager and type the following:

select * from Automation_Image_Configuration where ItemGuid not in (select 
[Guid] from Item)

 

To delete these entries use SQL manager and type the following:

delete from Automation_Image_Configuration where ItemGuid not in (select 
[Guid] from Item)