Environment
Novell
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management
Situation
Failure to
apply Windows Group Policy.
ERROR:There was an
error while accessing content for policy "testGPO". The error was -"Path for the group policy content is null."
and/or
ERROR:"Failed to distribute
item: Inaccessible content"
Resolution
When using
the ZCM Group Policy Tool in ZCC, be careful not to hit the upload
button too soon otherwise null content may be
generated.
Additional Information
When running the Group Policy tool, these dialogs come
up:
- ZENworks will configure the Group Policy. Wait for it to complete.
Then press "Upload" to upload the Group Policy settings to the ZENworks server. - Preparing to edit Group Policy Settings
Then the
Group Policy Editor comes up.
After
modifying the Group Policy and exiting, be certain that the"Preparing to edit" dialog box is cleared prior to submitting the
upload dialog.
Further
troubleshooting: Note the associated content guid id in the
zmd-messages.log and check the content-repo for a zc file by that
name.
There can be a delay from when group policies get edited and when the group policy content makes it to the content repository directory.
If group policies are applied to a workstation before the group policy content makes it to the content repository, this error message will happen.
To
tell if the content of the policy got replicated, go
to the details of the policy, then click on the Content Servers tab.
The help button is helpful on this page. It says this:
"If the status is "Available" that means that the policy is physically on the content server and available for distribution"