Discovery of a MID Server encounters user credentials warningIssue <!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #6e9db4; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #7057C7; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: 500px !important; width: auto; height: auto; } } During discovery of a MID Server (localhost), the warning message "User credentials cannot be used for local connections" generally indicates an issue with the Discovery tool attempting to authenticate with local devices. Credentials could either be incorrect or insufficient for the task. Release<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #6e9db4; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #7057C7; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: 500px !important; width: auto; height: auto; } } Releases prior to Yokohama Cause<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #6e9db4; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #7057C7; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: 500px !important; width: auto; height: auto; } } A gap in the legacy WMI fields fetch flow causes this issue, which requires a code fix. During a WindowsClassifyWMI probe, if the credentials provided in the discovery do not have PowerShell access, the system defaults to the legacy flow to fetch WMI fields. However, when the target is the MID server (localhost), this results in the error. Resolution<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #6e9db4; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #7057C7; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: 500px !important; width: auto; height: auto; } } 1. Locate the WMIFetch.psm1 script file. You can find this in two ways: As part of the MID Server directory structure in the \agent\lib folder. When the MID Server connects to the ServiceNow instance, a \scripts directory is created in the MID Server root. In the ServiceNow instance, go to the ecc_agent_script_file.LIST table. This table contains all the MID Server script files, including WMIFetch.psm1. 2. Update the WMIFetch.psm1 script file with the following updated code:Original Code: ```pythonif ($cred) {$wmiClass = gwmi -namespace $namespace -class $table -computer $computer -credential $cred -impersonation impersonate -authentication packetprivacy -EA "Stop"} else {$wmiClass = gwmi -namespace $namespace -class $table -computer $computer -impersonation impersonate -authentication packetprivacy -EA "Stop"}``` Updated Code: ```pythonif (($global:isMid -eq $False) -and $cred) {SNCLog-DebugInfo "WMIRunner.psm1 with credential: $cred.username computer: $computer namespace: $namespace table: $table isMid: $global:isMid";$wmiClass = gwmi -namespace $namespace -class $table -computer $computer -credential $cred -impersonation impersonate -authentication packetprivacy -EA "Stop"} else {SNCLog-DebugInfo "WMIRunner.psm1 no credential computer: $computer table: $table namespace: $namespace isMid: $global:isMid";$wmiClass = gwmi -namespace $namespace -class $table -computer $computer -impersonation impersonate -authentication packetprivacy -EA "Stop"}``` Another workaround is to use the Windows MID Server Service Account as a credential. To do this: Create discovery credential affinity from Windows MID Server Service Account to target the MID Server IPRemove other discovery credential affinities to target MID Server IP Related Links<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #6e9db4; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #7057C7; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: 500px !important; width: auto; height: auto; } } PRB1799161