Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where the SCVMM 2012 console terminates with NullReferenceException after adding an ESX 4.1 host.
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After adding an ESX 4.1 host to System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) fabric, the VMM console may terminate unexpectedly. In reviewing the application log you find the following event:
Log Name: Application Source: Windows Error Reporting Event ID: 1001 Task Category: None Level: Information Keywords: Classic User: N/A Description: Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: VMM20 Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: vmmservice P2: 3.0.6019.0 P3: E.Adhc.Operations P4: 3.0.6019.0 P5: M.V.E.A.VMWareESXHostDataProperties.GetHostManagementPorts P6: System.NullReferenceException P7: 6b59 P8: P9: P10:
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Log Name: Application Source: Windows Error Reporting Event ID: 1001 Task Category: None Level: Information Keywords: Classic User: N/A Description: Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: VMM20 Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: vmmservice P2: 3.0.6019.0 P3: VMWareImplementation P4: 3.0.6005.0 P5: M.C.V.VmwVMService.PopulateDistributedNetworkingData P6: System.NullReferenceException P7: 3b81 P8: P9: P10:
NOTE To ensure you are encountering the issue discussed here, verify that the values shown in the Windows Error report log have the same values for P5 and P6 as seen in one of the above examples
This is a known issue in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. The issue is related to the absence of a standard VMware virtual switch (vSwitch) on the VMware hosts. The VMM refresher fails to handle such a configuration.
To verify the problem host perform the following steps:
Open vSphere Client - Open Hosts and Clusters - Select Host, Go to Configuration tab - Select Networking, you should see no vSphere Standard Switches.
To workaround this issue, create a vSwitch on each failing host using the VMware management tools such as vSphere client.
For the most current version of this article please see the following:
2709961 - The System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager console terminates unexpectedly with NullReferenceException
J.C. Hornbeck | System Center & Security Knowledge Engineer
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