WMI : 80041014: A component, such as a provider, failed to initialize for internal reasons.

In the mean time, I'm using this powershell script to get the result, devices must have WinRM configured :

param(
    # must me a resolvable hostname (Netbios or DNS)
    [Parameter(Position=0)]
    [string]
    $ComputerName = 'nvsrv2doma.cciag.lan',
    
    # WMI query to be run on the server, must return only one value
    [Parameter(Position=1)]
    [string]
    $Query = "SELECT UsedSpace FROM Win32_ShadowStorage"
)

# Error handling
trap{
    if($RemoteSession){Remove-PSSession -Session $RemoteSession}
    # Return value 0 and error message
    "0:$($_.ToString())"
    exit 2
}

# PS-remoting on server
$RemoteSession = New-PSSession -Authentication Kerberos -ComputerName $ComputerName

# run WMI query in remote session
$result = Invoke-Command -Session $RemoteSession -ScriptBlock {param ($wql) Get-WmiObject -Query $wql} -ArgumentList $Query -ErrorAction Stop
Remove-PSSession -Session $RemoteSession

# set result
$PropName = $result | gm | where MemberType -eq Property | where name -NotMatch "__" | select -expand name
$result = Invoke-Expression "`$result.$PropName"

# Return result and error code
"$($result/1Gb):Ok"
exit 0

Hello there,

Did you check out this article from Microsoft already?

Kind regards,

Erhard

Hello Erhard,

Thank you for the link, I've tried both workarounds of sections "I’m getting an 0x80041013 (“Provider not found”) or an 0x80041014 (“Component failed to initialize) error" and "I’m getting an error regarding provider registration" without success.

Furthermore, I've made new test with PowerShell locally on those devices : I've run the following command in normal and in elevated prompt : Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT UsedSpace FROM Win32_ShadowStorage"

I only get result in elevated prompts, in normal prompt I got the following error : Get-WmiObject : Initialization failure At line:1 char:1 + Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT UsedSpace FROM Win32_ShadowStorage" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand

So I think this issue is related to UAC.

On our PRTG's server, I run successfully this command in a PowerShell prompt run-as with credentials I set in PRTG (where 'DEVICE' is the name of the remote server I try to monitor.) : Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT UsedSpace FROM Win32_ShadowStorage" -ComputerName DEVICE

I've tried to put It in a script :

param(
    # must me a resolvable hostname (Netbios or DNS)
    [Parameter(Position=0)]
    [string]
    $ComputerName = 'DEVICE',
    
    # WMI query to be run on the server, must return only one value
    [Parameter(Position=1)]
    [string]
    $Query = "SELECT UsedSpace FROM Win32_ShadowStorage",

    # WMI result modifier
    [Parameter(Position=2)]
    [string]
    $ResultModifier = "/1Gb"
)

# Error handling
trap{
    # Return value 0 and error message
    "0:$($_.ToString())"
    exit 2
}

# run WMI query
$result = Get-WmiObject -Query $Query -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction Stop

# set and transfrom result
$PropName = $result | gm | where MemberType -eq Property | where name -NotMatch "__" | select -expand name
$result = Invoke-Expression "`$result.$PropName"
$result = Invoke-Expression "`$result$ResultModifier"

# Return result and error code
"$($result):Ok"
exit 0

But PRTG return "System Error: Initialization failure (code: PE022)"

Note that I've successfully run the script of my previous post on the same device, with same credentials.

This script run successfully in a PowerShell prompt run-as with credentials I set in PRTG, on the PRTG's server.

It seems that there is an issue with WMI related functionality handling by PRTG and UAC...

Regards

EDIT It seems that the markup parser do not like my piece of code ^.^'

EDIT BY MOD: Fixed :)

Hi,
are both machines (Probe and target) in the same domain? Do you have tried passing a Credential Object with the WMI Query?
This could be done with something like:

$password = "YOURPASSWORD" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential(("{0}\{1}" -f ,"YOURDOMAIN", "YOURUSER"), $password)

# run WMI query
$result = Get-WmiObject -Query $Query -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction Stop -Credential $credentials

Hi Konstantin,

1. Yes, both machines are in the same domain.
2. No, but I've done it by integrating your piece of code to my script.

Same results :

• From ISE/Powershell the WMI request return good result.
• From PRTG "System Error: Initialization failure (code: PE022)".

Regards.

PS : Thank you for the code formatting ;)

Hey,
my apologies for the delay. There could be an issue with the permissions of the calling process, which in this case would be the PRTG Probe (which is running with the local SYSTEM account). Could you try letting the probe run under a different user account?
Preferably one which is part of the local Administrator group?
Best
Konstantin

Hi,

I've try to modify the account running Probe's service, now it is running with the same account as the one used in credentials in my previous tests.

As a result, all of my 3 sensors are now down, with new error messages :

All my others sensors (3958 on this probe) just work fine.

Then I've modified the security context of my EXE/Script sensors, from Use Windows credentials of parent device to Use security context of probe service. They both now work as before :

Regards.

Hey,
could you possibly open up a support ticket and forward us the System Logs as well as the Sensor Results. You can set the sensor to write results on tab Settings. There just switch the Result Handling Option to Write to Disk.
This will create the sensor logs under <prtg_data_directory>\Logs (Sensors). Just forward us those for the sensors affected.
Best Konstantin