SnapCenter backups on Windows Hosts fail on SMCore access error
Applies to
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Windows (SCW)
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Exchange (SCE)
- SnapCenter Plug-in for SQL (SCSQL)
Issue
When running a scheduled backup, the scheduled powershell command is unable to reach SMCore (visible in JobLauncher.log):
ERROR Smcore PID=[<ID>] TID=[<NUM>] WebException in method: InvokeXML.
System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
at System.Net.WebClient.UploadDataInternal(Uri address, String method, Byte[] data, WebRequest& request)
at System.Net.WebClient.UploadString(Uri address, String method, String data)
at SnapMgrHelper.RestAdapter.InvokeXML[TReq,TRes](TReq request, String methodType, String remoteURL, Boolean xmlSerializer, Boolean removeXMLNamespace, Boolean dataContractDeserializer, Boolean logRequest, Boolean logResponse)
Additional information:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Not Found</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" Content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></HEAD>
<BODY><h2>Not Found</h2>
<hr><p>HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found.</p>
</BODY></HTML>