"cobbler sync" command fails with error "RuntimeExceptioneError trying to sync to cobbler: null java.lang.NullPointerException"

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Issue

  • Cobbler sync fails with "RuntimeExceptioneError trying to sync to cobbler: null java.lang.NullPointerException" error .

     [DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-4] ERROR com.redhat.rhn.taskomatic.task.CobblerSyncTask  - RuntimeExceptioneError trying to sync to cobbler: null
    java.lang.NullPointerException
            at com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.cobbler.CobblerProfileSyncCommand.syncProfileToSpacewalk(CobblerProfileSyncCommand.java:136)
            at com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.cobbler.CobblerProfileSyncCommand.store(CobblerProfileSyncCommand.java:107)
            at com.redhat.rhn.taskomatic.task.CobblerSyncTask.execute(CobblerSyncTask.java:102)
            at com.redhat.rhn.taskomatic.task.RhnJavaJob.execute(RhnJavaJob.java:80)
            at com.redhat.rhn.taskomatic.TaskoJob.execute(TaskoJob.java:168)
            at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:214)
            at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:549)
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite v 5.3 and above

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