Active IQ Unified Manager cluster monitoring fails with error: "Failed to parse response"
Applies to
- Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM) 9.x
- OnCommand Unified Manager (OCUM) 9.5
Issue
- Cluster monitoring is failing with the following message:
Monitoring failed for cluster <cluster name>. Reason: Failed to parse response
- Performance data in the performance view tables may show N/A for Latency, IOPs, and MBps columns.
- Performance data may also be missing when reviewing performance charts. The charts will show No data to display.
- The
au.log
for Active IQ Unified Manager will have errors similar to the following. The exact Unicode character may vary.
2019-08-06 00:02:21,288 ERROR [pool-3-thread-4194] c.o.s.a.f.d.BaseDataSource (AggregatedDataSourceErrorsException.java:152) - Error 1 out of 1: <cluster name> [Inconsistent data retrieved] - Failed to parse response (Failed to parse response) org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x8) was found in the element content of the document.
2021-05-04 08:37:22,204 WARN [pool-302976-thread-3] c.o.s.a.d.n.t.z.ZAPIConnection (ZAPIConnection.java:629) - [netappfoundation] <cluster name> - while executing ZAPIs on datasource: <cluster name> IP: xx.xx.xx.xx for ZAPI: perf-object-counter-list-info, com.onaro.sanscreen.acquisition.framework.datasource.DataSourceErrorException: Failed to parse response org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x17) was found in the element content of the document.
Note: Log locations are documented in KB What are the notable log files and their respective locations for Active IQ Unified Manager?