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Patch Manager Error Requested value 'month' was not found

ERROR "Requested value 'month' was not found" related to Configuration Management Task. Patch Manager

First published date

5/14/2019 7:27 PM

Last published date

5/14/2019 7:27 PM

Overview

You may see the below ERROR "Requested value 'month' was not found" when you try to run any existing update management tasks that pre-existed before applying PM 2.1.5 HF2 or upgrading to PM 2.1.6 from a previous version.

Product section

Patch Manager

Cause

An XML task definition file has a misspelled attribute for month
Automation servers on older software

Resolution

Find the attribute lastNMonthUnit="month" in scheduled task xml and replace it with the following lastNMonthUnit="months"
There will possible be multiple folders that contain task.xml in C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server\scheduled\*
you can Use a tool like GrepWin on the parent folder C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server\scheduled\ to perform a find and replace on all child folders and file.
Or you can upgrade all Patch Consoles to the newest version as it was fixed in 2.1.7

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