EM 12c: emctl status agent Agent 'unavailable with metric collection error' 'Cleanup of previous target with the same name (<AGENT URL>) is in progress' Reported in MGMT_TARGETS (Doc ID 1950874.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

Agent status is shown 'Availability Evaluation Error' on EM 12c Console

From repository reports the following broken string

SQL>select target_name, target_type, target_guid, host_name, emd_url, broken_reason, broken_str  from mgmt_targets where target_type = 'oracle_emd' and target_name like '%<HOSTNAME>%';
   
TARGET_NAME                     target_type    TARGET_GUID    HOST_NAME    EMD_URL    BROKEN_REASON   BROKEN_STR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<AGENT_HOST_NAME>:<PORT> oracle_emd            B0XXXXXXXXXEEFBXX2BA84D6XXXXXXXXX
<AGENT_HOST_NAME>
https://<AGENT_HOST_NAME>:<PORT>/emd/main/
          32
Target operation is unavailable: Cleanup of previous target with the same name (oracle_emd.<AGENT_NAME>) is in progress

$/AGENT_INST/bin/emctl upload agent

is working and upload status shown latest time stamp

Here is the status of the agent:
Last successful upload : 2014-11-06 11:01:09
Last attempted upload : 2014-11-06 11:01:09
Agent is Running and Ready

EM 12c Console  Setup > Manage Cloud Console shows > Agents Shows  'Last successful Load: Nov 4, 2014 7:54:07 PM'

Cause

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