#4095 [HHQ-3903] NPE: Unexpected error running autodiscoverer for

[Hyperic Team]

http://jira.hyperic.com/browse/HHQ-3903
After upgrading agent and stoping/restarting the agent, the following is shown in the agent.log:

2010-04-14 13:07:47,294 INFO [Thread-6] [RuntimeAutodiscoverer] Running runtime autodiscovery for WebSphere Admin 6.1


2010-04-14 13:07:47,776 ERROR [Thread-6] [RuntimeAutodiscoverer] Unexpected error running autodiscoverer for plugin: WebSphere Admin 6.1: null


java.lang.NullPointerException


        at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:595)


        at org.hyperic.util.config.ConfigResponse.setValue(ConfigResponse.java:149)


        at org.hyperic.hq.plugin.websphere.jmx.WebsphereRuntimeDiscoverer.discoverServers(WebsphereRuntimeDiscoverer.java:311)


        at org.hyperic.hq.plugin.websphere.WebsphereAdminDetector.discoverServers(WebsphereAdminDetector.java:65)


        at org.hyperic.hq.product.ServerDetector.discoverResources(ServerDetector.java:209)


        at org.hyperic.hq.autoinventory.agent.server.RuntimeAutodiscoverer.doRuntimeScan_internal(RuntimeAutodiscoverer.java:272)


        at org.hyperic.hq.autoinventory.agent.server.RuntimeAutodiscoverer.doRuntimeScan(RuntimeAutodiscoverer.java:205)


        at org.hyperic.hq.autoinventory.ScanManager.mainRunLoop(ScanManager.java:165)


        at org.hyperic.hq.autoinventory.ScanManager.access$000(ScanManager.java:41)


        at org.hyperic.hq.autoinventory.ScanManager$1.run(ScanManager.java:107)

Expected Result:


No errors reported in log when starting hq-agent

Actual Result:


Unexpected error running autodiscoverer for plugin: WebSphere Admin 6.1 : null reported

Steps to reproduce:


1. Install hq-agent on machine running WebSphere 6.1


2. Start hq-agent


3. Look at agent .log file


4. Note reported error

Work around:


N/A - does not appear to affect functionality???