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[Xen-cim] RE: Null pointer exception

To: "Jim Fehlig" <jfehlig@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-cim] RE: Null pointer exception
From: "Subrahmanian, Raj" <raj.subrahmanian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:09:20 -0500
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> > I think I understand why I am getting the null pointer exception. 
> > The VSManagement service parses the Virtual Systems Setting 
> Data, in 
> > the function vssd2xenconfig.
> > When it looks for some property value like so propertyvalue = 
> > CMGetProperty(vssd, "OnReboot", status) And that property 
> value does 
> > not exist, I am getting an error like this.
> > RequestHandlerIFCXML::doProcess caught
> > Exception:OW_COWIntrusiveReference.cpp: 62
> > NULLCOWIntrusiveReferenceException: NULL COWReference dereferenced 
> > Clearly this shouldn't be happening.
> > Any idea how I can debug this?
> Have you updated your schema?  E.g. 'owmofc 
> Xen_ComputerSystemSettingData.mof'.  Or easier, 'make 
> postinstall' to ensure all classes are updated in the cimom.
Yeah, still happens.

The issue is not with OnReboot exactly.
Let's say I am using a bootloader and I don't enter the Kernel parameter
in the python file. 
When it runs the CMGetProperty for the 'Kernel' option, it dies with
that same exception.

Raj

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