Error discovering SLES servers with modified etc/issue file

Document ID:7007246
Creation Date:23-Nov-2010
Modified Date:27-Apr-2012
- Micro Focus Products:
  ZENworks Configuration Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management

Situation

ZCM discovery fails to discover SLES devices with /etc/issue file modified from default.

ERROR: In loader-messages.log

[DEBUG] [8/5/10 9:48:43 AM] [] [DiscoveryModule] [] [SSHDiscovery
failedjava.lang.NullPointerException] [] []

Resolution

Configure the Channel type for SSH discovery. For more information on how to change discovery type for SSH discovery, see documentation: Section 1.3 IP Discovery Technologies > SSH in "Basic Concepts " in "Device Discovery " in "ZENworks 11 Discovery, Deployment, and Retirement Reference " in the ZENworks 11 documentation.