OCS Plugins - output is not a valid XML document

Question

Hello, 

After installing the plugins in ocs-server and copying the plugins to the endpoints in the agent path. When I run an inventory collection through the agent, I can see the following in the OCSInventory.log of ProgramData.

AGENT => Inventory required

AGENT => Launching hardware and software checks

ERROR *** EXECUTABLE PLUGIN => Executable plugin <C:\Program Files\OCS Inventory Agent\plugins\winusers.ps1> output is not a valid XML document

AGENT => Sending Inventory

INVENTORY => Inventory changed since last run

AGENT => Inventory successfully sent

AGENT =>  Communication Server asked for Package Download

AGENT => Unloading communication provider

AGENT => Unloading plug-in(s)

AGENT => Execution duration: 00:05:26.

The winusers.ps1 script is the official script as of today.

But it doesn't only happen with this script, it happens with all the scripts I have added, they are plugins downloaded and installed from the official OCS website.

The error "output is not a valid XML document" happens to me with other plugins as well. Maybe I'm missing something?

Thanks, best regards.

Answer 1

Hi @petate,

check that in the output values of the plugin there is no character < or > because these replace tags and can crash the information feedback of the plugin, or even of the entire inventory !

Otherwise, the execution of Powershell scripts (*.ps1) must be activated in the machine to be inventoried, see OCS wiki at : Enable Powershell Support on Windows Agent