Hi Folks, Is is possible to recover from this without deleting and re-creating the sync rule? This is seen when viewing the synchronization rules. 3cb7539a-5693-432a-bc33-c7cc32150033(The referenced Management Agent has been deleted. Please delete this Synchronization Rule, update the external system field or re-import the deleted Management Agent) thanks, Frank

Have you tried to export the synchronization rule by using PowerShell yet? Cheers, Markus Markus Vilcinskas, Knowledge Engineer, Microsoft Corporation

HI Markus, No have not...can give some guidance/details on that? thanks, Frank

Try the script code below: 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if(@(get-pssnapin | where-object {$_.Name -eq "FIMAutomation"} ).count -eq 0) {add-pssnapin FIMAutomation} $data = export-fimconfig -uri http://localhost:5725/resourcemanagementservice -customconfig ("/SynchronizationRule") if($data -eq $null) {throw "The are no objects with this object type configured on your FIM server"} $data | convertfrom-fimresource -file "c:\sr.xml" Write-Host "`nCommand completed successfully" #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- trap { $exMessage = $_.Exception.Message write-host "`nError: " $exMessage "`n" -foregroundcolor white -backgroundcolor darkred Exit } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Markus Markus Vilcinskas, Knowledge Engineer, Microsoft Corporation

Try the script code below: 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if(@(get-pssnapin | where-object {$_.Name -eq "FIMAutomation"} ).count -eq 0) {add-pssnapin FIMAutomation} $data = export-fimconfig -uri http://localhost:5725/resourcemanagementservice -customconfig ("/SynchronizationRule") if($data -eq $null) {throw "The are no objects with this object type configured on your FIM server"} $data | convertfrom-fimresource -file "c:\sr.xml" Write-Host "`nCommand completed successfully" #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- trap { $exMessage = $_.Exception.Message write-host "`nError: " $exMessage "`n" -foregroundcolor white -backgroundcolor darkred Exit } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Markus Markus Vilcinskas, Knowledge Engineer, Microsoft Corporation

Try the script code below: #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if(@(get-pssnapin | where-object {$_.Name -eq "FIMAutomation"} ).count -eq 0) {add-pssnapin FIMAutomation} $data = export-fimconfig -uri http://localhost:5725/resourcemanagementservice -customconfig ("/SynchronizationRule") if($data -eq $null) {throw "The are no objects with this object type configured on your FIM server"} $data | convertfrom-fimresource -file "c:\sr.xml" Write-Host "`nCommand completed successfully" #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- trap { $exMessage = $_.Exception.Message write-host "`nError: " $exMessage "`n" -foregroundcolor white -backgroundcolor darkred Exit } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Markus Markus Vilcinskas, Knowledge Engineer, Microsoft Corporation

Hi Markus, Here is what got.. Error: The are no objects with this object type configured on your FIM server -Frank

Hi Markus, Here is what got.. Error: The are no objects with this object type configured on your FIM server -Frank

What happened to your server? Sounds like you have objects in the FIM MA that refer to a Management Agent that no longer exists. Based on the output of Markus' script it looks like the Synchronization Rules in the FIM Service have also been whacked. CraigMartin Edgile, Inc. http://identitytrench.com

What happened to your server? Sounds like you have objects in the FIM MA that refer to a Management Agent that no longer exists. Based on the output of Markus' script it looks like the Synchronization Rules in the FIM Service have also been whacked. CraigMartin Edgile, Inc. http://identitytrench.com

Where you somehow editing the FIM DB directly in SQL Server?Paul Loonen (Avanade) | MCM: Directory 2008 | MVP: ILM

Ok looks like there was a permissons issue which when was running PS script...got that sorted and now am able to get the SR.XML file with data output now.

I have the same error. I had to rebuild my MA to point to a new database, and when I run this script it completes fine. the portal has the same error. (The referenced Management Agent has been deleted. Please delete this Synchronization Rule, update the external system field or re-import the deleted Management Agent) Do I have to rebuild my Sync rule in the portal? Thanks, Dan

In short - yes, you need to create a new Sync Rule to point to the new MA. Not sure if you can modify the SR but assume that is some serious off-roading. The sync rule object in the FIM Service points to the ma-data object in the FIM Service. If you look through the Requests in the FIM Service, you'll probably see that an ma-data object got deleted then added. the new ma-data object probably has a new guid, which invalidates the Sync Rule. CraigMartin Edgile, Inc. http://identitytrench.com

Thanks Craig. Then this leads me to my next question, How do you move from Dev to Test to Prod. Do you have to create every sync rule, each time for each environment? I've restored the entire solution thru sql backups and MA's, I still would have to recreate some sync rules. thanks,

The advised way to move from dev -> test -> prod us using the scripts/methods described in the Configuration Migration Deployment Guide They work pretty well.http://setspn.blogspot.com

Thanks Thomas.