Antivirus software blocks script execution in System Center Operations Manager

This article provides a resolution to solve the Script or Executable Failed to run warning that's caused by some antivirus software in System Center Operations Manager.

Original product version:   System Center 2012 Operations Manager
Original KB number:   967503

Symptoms

In System Center Operations Manager, you may receive alerts that have a warning severity that resembles the following:

Script or Executable Failed to run

The process started at DateTime failed to create System.PropertyBagData, no errors detected in the output. The process exited with 1

Command executed: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cscript.exe" //nologo "C:\Program Files\System Center Operations Manager <version>\Health Service State\Monitoring Host Temporary Files 73\3456\ScriptName.vbs"

Working Directory: C:\Program Files\System Center Operations Manager <version>\Health Service State\Monitoring Host Temporary Files 73\3456\

One or more workflows were affected by this.

Cause

This problem occurs because some antivirus software blocks Visual Basic scripts or Java scripts.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, verify that your antivirus software is not blocking scripts from running.