Upgrading with outstanding seed drives results in error (4039588)

If the warnings to consume or cancel seed drives before upgrading are not followed, after upgrading to Rapid Recovery from AppAssure  you will get the following error on the replication tab:

'Value cannot be null. Parameter name: value'.

Outstanding seed drives will also disappear from the replication tab.

Windows Registry Disclaimer:

Quest does not provide support for problems that arise from improper modification of the registry. The Windows registry contains information critical to your computer and applications. Make sure you back up the registry before modifying it. For more information on the Windows Registry Editor and how to back up and restore it, refer to Microsoft Article ID 256986 “Description of the Microsoft Windows registry” at Microsoft Support.

Workaround:

1. Stop the Core service
2. Open registry editor, navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\AppRecovery\Core\Replication\SeedDriveService\
3. Delete 'OutstandingSeedDrives' key
4. Start the Core service

Status:

This issue is resolved in Rapid Recovery 6.0.2.