Failed to get container list for computer error in windows event viewer

Products

• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation
• CA Client Automation - Software Delivery

Issue/Introduction

On a Scalability Server, there are some DSM Error in Windows Event Viewer Application like this :

 

Source : DSM

Event ID : 1000

Level : Error

Failed to get container list for computer COMPDOM|USER1 with LAN ID A.B.C.D. Exception: name=  comment= Failed to create containerlist location (program name and line number)= ..\..\..\..\src\common\sdjcsi\sdjobserverif.cpp:3147

 

Environment

Client Automation 14.0 SP3,14.5 with or without CU

Cause

The problem occurs when a computer moves from one scalability server to another scalability inside the same Domain (roaming).
In this case "caf register" executes SDAgent with logged user name in parameter.

140121-10:01:38.5621932L|006072|000024fc|cfRegister|cfRegister | |000000|INFO | ITRMAgent::runPluginsOnEvent: keyname: afterroamplugin context: "COMPDOM|USER1"
140121-10:01:38.5641564L|006072|000024fc|cfRegister|cfRegister | |000000|INFO | ITRMAgent::HandleTrigg: strData: COMPDOM|USER1 pluginName: sdagent params: 
140121-10:01:38.5669642L|006072|000024fc|cfRegister|cfRegister | |000000|INFO | ITRMAgent::HandleTrigg: posting "start sdagent args "$caf_user:COMPDOM|USER1" "UNIT=COMPDOM|USER1"" to caf

This may not necessary as sdagent plugin is also executed at the end of caf registration process.

Resolution

It is possible to disable the execution of sdagent after a roaming.

 

By default itrm/agent/solutions/usd_agent/afterroamplugin is set to sdagent

 

ccnfcmda -cmd GetParameterValue -ps itrm/agent/solutions/usd_agent -pn afterroamplugin
returns sdagent

 
Set this value to empty string to disable execution of sdagent after a roaming
 
ccnfcmda -cmd SetParameterValue -ps itrm/agent/solutions/usd_agent -pn afterroamplugin -v ""
 
This could be done using a AM or SD jobs sent to the machines.

 

 

 

Another solution is to add this parameter into the Default Computer Policy and send a new value to the machines using a configuration policy.

 

1- On Enterprise (or Domain if there is no enterprise server), create a file afterroamplugin.xml in a temp directory containing these lines :

 

<configuration>
  <allusers>
    <paramsection name="itrm">
      <paramsection name="agent">
        <paramsection name="solutions">
          <paramsection name="usd_agent">
            <parameter name="afterroamplugin" value="sdagent">
              <attribute name="dis_en">SD After Roaming</attribute>
                <parameterinfo name="pi_usd_afterroamplugin">
                <attribute name="type">string</attribute>
                <attribute name="desc">Execute sdagent plugin after roaming</attribute>
              </parameterinfo>
            </parameter>
          </paramsection>
        </paramsection>
      </paramsection>
    </paramsection> 
  </allusers>
</configuration>

 

 

2- Execute this command

ccnfregdb -mlocalhost -fafterroamplugin.xml -e

 

After that the parameter afterroamplugin should appear in Default Computer Policy under DSM/Agent/Common Agent/Software Delivery

 

 

Then on Domain Manager unseal the configuration policy applied on the computers and change the value for afterroamplugin to blank

 

Seal the policy.