New-SmBackup cmdlet fails due to "Cannot create a backup as the resource group contains only deleted resources."

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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