SMHV scheduled tasks not running after IDS software was installed
Applies to
- SnapManager for Hyper-V (SMHV)
 - Windows Operating System
 - Intruder Detection System (IDS)
 
Issue
- SMHV scheduled tasks are triggered in Task Scheduler but fail to trigger any backup operations after IDS protection software was installed in the cluster nodes.
 - On demand backups jobs triggered from the SMHV GUI complete successfully.
 
The following error message can be found in the Windows Application logs:
MM/DD/YYYY,00:15:05.0212218,Error,SnapMgrServiceHost,106,"SnapManager for Hyper-V backup failed to completeAn error occured while executing SnapManager backup job.Job: new-backup -ds DatasetName -pid DatasetName -h Hyper-V Cluster -scid xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxDetails: An error occured while invoking the powershell cmdlet.Input Not Valid, An Exception occurred while validating Input.Details : Object reference not set to an instance of an object. .