SCOM Task fails with error code -2130771868

Question

I have a SCOM task running a powershell script that lists the largest folders on a disk.
Most of the time it runs great but sometimes I get an error:
The SCOM task failed with error code -2130771868
I believe this has to do with the Task time-outs.

I clocked it on a server having an issue.
Running the SCOM task it takes about 90 sec before I get the error.
Running the same script directly on the server takes about 200 sec and then a result is produced.

The timeout value for the task is set to 300 sec
<DeviceID>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice"]/DeviceID$</DeviceID>
<TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

So somehow the task ignores the Timeoutvalue? Or something else is wrong.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Could you show us the full code for the task? Powershell timeout could be shorter than task timeout, or anything else could be wrong...

Answer 2

[64001-task.txt][1] [1]: /api/attachments/64001-task.txt?platform=QnA Couldn't paste the code, attached it instead

Answer 3

At a first glance it looks fairly basic and properly done, but it doesn"t include te powershell script itself... could you post it as well?

Answer 4

param(
   [string]$DeviceID
)

$DeviceID = $DeviceID +'\'
$allFolders = Get-ChildItem -Literalpath $DeviceID -Directory -Force

#Create array to store folder objects found with size info.
[System.Collections.ArrayList]$folderList = @()

#Go through each folder in the base path.
ForEach ($folder in $allFolders) {

    #Clear out the variables used in the loop.
    $fullPath = $null        
    $folderObject = $null
    $folderSize = $null
    $folderSizeInMB = $null
    $folderSizeInGB = $null
    $folderBaseName = $null

    #Store the full path to the folder and its name in separate variables
    $fullPath = $folder.FullName
    $folderBaseName = $folder.BaseName
    $folderLastWrite = $folder.LastWriteTime  


    #Get timeago
    $timeago = ((Get-Date) - $folderLastWrite)
    $timeagomin = [math]::Round($timeago.Minutes)

    #Write-Verbose "Working with [$fullPath]..."            

    #Get folder info / sizes
    $folderSize = Get-Childitem -Path $fullPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue       

    #We use the string format operator here to show only 2 decimals, and do some PS Math.
    $folderSizeInMB = "{0:N0}" -f ($folderSize.Sum / 1MB)
    $folderSizeInGB = "{0:N2}" -f ($folderSize.Sum / 1GB)

    #Here we create a custom object that we'll add to the array
    $folderObject = [PSCustomObject]@{

        Path          = $fullPath
        #FolderName    = $folderBaseName
        'Size(Bytes)' = $folderSize.Sum
        #'Size(MB)'    = $folderSizeInMB
        'Size(GB)'    = $folderSizeInGB
        #LastwriteTime = $folderLastWrite
        TimeAgoMinutes  = $timeagomin

    }                        

    #Add the object to the array
    $folderList.Add($folderObject) | Out-Null

}


#Return the object array with the objects selected in the order specified.
$folderList | sort-object 'Size(Bytes)' -Descending | select -First 20 | ConvertTo-Json