New-SmBackup cmdlet fails due to "Cannot create a backup as the resource group contains only deleted resources."
Applies to
- SnapCenter 4.1P2
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows (SCW) 4.1P2
Issue
New-SmBackup
cmdlet fails to trigger SnapCenter Backup job due to the following error.
New-SmBackup : Cannot create a backup as the resource group contains only deleted resources. To continue, add one or more resources
- No job ID is generated.
SnapDriveSALDebug.log
on SCW host shows the following error.
Example:
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] Creating PS helper
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] --StorageConnection::InitializeONTAP
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] InitializeONTAP() throw exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Error SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at SnapDrive.Nsf.Core.Storage.StorageConnection.Initialize(SDStorageSystemId storageSystemId)
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] --StorageConnection::Initialize
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Error SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] Failed to connect to storage system 192.168.0.130.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] Validated 0 of the 1 requested settings for the configuration repository, status: Failed to connect to storage system 192.168.0.130.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] --StorageConnectionManager::ValidateStorageConnectionEx
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] --SDConfigurationServiceProvider::SDValidateStorageConnectionEx
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] Failed to connect to storage system 192.168.0.130.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2020-01-21T06:00:24.8245286+09:00 Verbose SAL PID=[2508] TID=[6872] --SDConfigurationServiceProvider::SDSetStorageConnection