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Adding a custom property with an apostrophe in SCVMM 2012 causes the VMM console to crash

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This article helps you fix an issue in which a Virtual Machine Manager console crashes when you add a custom property that contains an apostrophe character to the virtual machine.

Original product version:   System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
Original KB number:   2690553

Symptoms

Adding a custom property that contains an apostrophe character (e.g. fabrikam's custom property) to a virtual machine (VM) in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) causes the Virtual Machine Manager console to crash with a signature similar to the following:

Description:

Stopped working

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: vmmadminui.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.523.0
Problem Signature 03: 4ed928ef
Problem Signature 04: mscorlib
Problem Signature 05: 2.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 4e1539fa
Problem Signature 07: 20c8
Problem Signature 08: 100
Problem Signature 09: N3CTRYE2KN3C34SGL4ZQYRBFTE4M13NB
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.274.10
Locale ID: 1033

A corresponding event will be written to the Application Log:

Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Error Reporting
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
Description:
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: CLR20r3
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: vmmadminui.exe
P2: 1.0.523.0
P3: 4ed928ef
P4: mscorlib
P5: 2.0.0.0
P6: 4e1539fa
P7: 20c8
P8: 100
P9: N3CTRYE2KN3C34SGL4ZQYRBFTE4M13NB
P10:

Cause

This is a known issue with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, open the Virtual Machine Manager command shell and issue the following commands:

Get-VMMServer -ComputerName localhost

Get-SCCustomProperty  | Where-Object { $_.Name -match "'"} | Remove-SCCustomProperty

Note

The -match condition is a single quote enclosed in a pair of double-quotes.

More Information

If you cannot delete the custom property from PowerShell, you can modify the Name value in the BTBS_CustomProperty table of the VMM database.