SnapCenter Fails to Discover Exchange Databases Due to Trellix Endpoint Security Blocking PowerShell
Applies to
- NetApp SnapCenter Server 6.1 or later
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Exchange (SCE) 6.1 or later
- SnapCenter Plug-in for Windows (SCW)
Issue
- After upgrading SnapCenter Server to 6.1P3, the SnapCenter Plug-in for Exchange (SCE) fails to discover Exchange databases on all Exchange hosts.
- The issue is observed immediately after plug-in installation and persists through multiple attempts.
Symptoms and Log Output:
- In the SnapCenter Job/Plugin logs, errors similar to the following appear:
The background process closed or ended abnormally: Exit code: -1073741790GetSCEExchangeServer failed with error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.Exception in DiscoverPluginResources Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
SnapManagerWeb logs show:
ErrorCode(-1), ErrorMessage(Unable to discover resources on host 'EXCHAP01.XXX.com' Unable to discover resources on host 'EXCHAP02.XXX.com 'Unable to discover resources on host 'EXCHAP03.XXX.com')
- PowerShell commands (e.g.,
Get-MailboxDatabase, Get-ExchangeServer) fail when invoked by the SnapCenter plug-in process. - SCE logs indicate abnormal PowerShell process termination with exit code -1073741790.
