Cannot delete group

Question

I have an empty group, even deleted the dynamic rule and I still cannot delete the group from SCOM.

Date: 6/21/2024 8:29:34 AM

Application: Operations Manager

Application Version: 10.22.10605.0

Severity: Error

Message:

: Verification failed with 1 errors:

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Error 1:

Found error in 1|zzASI.Applied.Analytics|1.0.0.0|UINameSpace2ef97589859941c4a779fc15cf5f0ee3.Group.DiscoveryRule/GroupPopulationDataSource|| with message:

The configuration specified for Module GroupPopulationDataSource is not valid.

: Cannot find specified MPElement UINameSpace0d11ebca1ec5467785b3ae78ede6f82a.Group in expression: $MPElement[Name="UINameSpace0d11ebca1ec5467785b3ae78ede6f82a.Group"]$

Cannot find ManagementPackElement [Type=ManagementPackElement, ID=UINameSpace0d11ebca1ec5467785b3ae78ede6f82a.Group] in management pack ManagementPack:[Name=zzASI.Applied.Analytics, KeyToken=, Version=10.19.0.3].

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: The configuration specified for Module GroupPopulationDataSource is not valid.

: Cannot find specified MPElement UINameSpace0d11ebca1ec5467785b3ae78ede6f82a.Group in expression: $MPElement[Name="UINameSpace0d11ebca1ec5467785b3ae78ede6f82a.Group"]$

Cannot find ManagementPackElement [Type=ManagementPackElement, ID=UINameSpace0d11ebca1ec5467785b3ae78ede6f82a.Group] in management pack ManagementPack:[Name=zzASI.Applied.Analytics, KeyToken=, Version=10.19.0.3].

: Cannot find ManagementPackElement [Type=ManagementPackElement, ID=UINameSpace0d11ebca1ec5467785b3ae78ede6f82a.Group] in management pack ManagementPack:[Name=zzASI.Applied.Analytics, KeyToken=, Version=10.19.0.3].

Answer 1

Hi,

As far as I know you cannot delete SCOM groups, you can try to use the SCOM SDK/SCOM PowerShell module to achieve this.

How to Delete a Group

Automating OpsMgr Part 10: Deleting Groups