Unattended Bot runner not running when I am not logged in to my virtual machine

Hi Chris,

It sounds like an issue that I had a while back. While I was logged into the device with RDP the bots ran fine but unattended they kept failing at the point that a recorder action was used. Like the bot couldn’t find the object it was looking for.

What I found out was it was an issue with the active session on the VMs. My RDP maintained the active session, but with the bot the session either timeout or the device would go to sleep because there was no activity happening on the screen.

What I wound up having to do is adjust the power settings for the VMs, so that they never go to sleep or turn off the “monitor”. 

I hope this helps.

@bmhelton Thanks for this advice I will give it a try. thanks.

Good Afternoon,

I am still having the same problem even though I have changed the Power Settings on my VMs.  Does anyone else have a suggestion? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi @Chris Delaney,
 

Pleas share the bot agent log files to analyze further:

The Bot Agent log files are available at C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\BotRunner\Logs

https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/aae-client/bot-creator/working-with-automation-tasks/analyze-bot-agent-logs.html 

Good Afternoon @ravi.pothana,

Thank you for looking at this for me.  Attached you will find the logs for the bot runner.  The one other thing I have tried based on a different post that surrounds this same issue is I changed the scale in display settings between my develpment PC and the Runner.  Please let me know if you need any other information.  Thank you again for all the help.

Respectfully,

Chris Delaney

Hi @Chris Delaney,

Ensure the resolution settings on Bot Creator and Bot Runner devices match when you create and run bots.
https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/control-room/administration/settings/resolution-dependent-packages.html 

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After analyzing the logs, I identified several errors and added corresponding solutions for each error below:

Unable to close session for user ESIAABOT1 as we are not actively tracking this session
-------- Try disabling any security tools or exclude bot agent files from security scanning.
Whitelist all Automation360 folders within AV:Paths to be whitelisted:
* C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Bot Agent
* C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\GlobalCache\embedded-resources
* C:\ProgramData\ABBYY
* C:\Program Files\ABBYY SDK
* C:\Users\useid\AppData\Local\AutomationAnywhere
* C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Ocr.dll
* C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
* C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\AutomationAnywhere
* C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\

Cannot write metadata: C:\Users\ESIAAB~1\AppData\Local\Temp\AISenseLogs\bca630a6-8568-4651-9327-3c5ce3ac2fb2_726b74097aec21b4\learning_metadata.json
- Ensure bot agent service account has required permissions to write logs.

-Ensure AVX is enabled in the VM 
Validate using sysinternals: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/coreinfo 
For vmware VM - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1005764#Which_CPUs_are_compatible_with_each_EVC_mode 

-If your bot agent is running on Server OS - Ensure "Desktop experience" feature is installed.

Cannot find window or application titled 'Search - Delivery Order' that was open during recording.
-Validate if the window title is not dynamic.
-Ensure multiple windows are not open at the same time; if it is, go with "Active window title" in any window-based commands.

Error occurred while getting browser tab from window com.automationanywhere.botcommand.data.model.window.Window@6ffe1f21:java.lang.IllegalStateException: Tab not found with regex pattern match 
-Automation 360 plugin is enabled
-Update web browser and the extension
-reinstall the bot agent using admin rights if issue persists. 

Unable to perform SETTEXT action. TEXTBOX is unavailable.
- update packages

https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/aae-client/bot-creator/creating-an-automation-task/cloud-view-select-package-version.html 
https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/aae-client/bot-creator/working-with-automation-tasks/bot-compatibility-version.html https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/control-room/administration/settings/package-version-update.html 

Good Morning @ravi.pothana,

Thank you for this help.  It resolved my problem.  I appreciate the time and also the links that gave me the instructions to fix these issues.  Thank you again.

To the community I accidently picked this thread as best answer.  Please refer to the post immediately above this for the resolution.

Respectfully,

Chris Delaney

I’m havng the exact same issue - bot runs when account is logged into VM but errors when it is not:
logs include this error:
Error occurred while getting browser tab from window com.automationanywhere.botcommand.data.model.window.Window@30342bed:java.lang.IllegalStateException

Can you let me know - which of these articles solved your issue please?

The answer Ravi provided solved my problem.  I will paste it below.  I just went through all of these steps.

• ravi.pothana

• Automation Anywhere Team
• 135 replies

• 6 months ago

Hi @Chris Delaney,

Ensure the resolution settings on Bot Creator and Bot Runner devices match when you create and run bots.
https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/control-room/administration/settings/resolution-dependent-packages.html 

-------------
After analyzing the logs, I identified several errors and added corresponding solutions for each error below:

Unable to close session for user ESIAABOT1 as we are not actively tracking this session
-------- Try disabling any security tools or exclude bot agent files from security scanning.
Whitelist all Automation360 folders within AV:Paths to be whitelisted:
* C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Bot Agent
* C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\GlobalCache\embedded-resources
* C:\ProgramData\ABBYY
* C:\Program Files\ABBYY SDK
* C:\Users\useid\AppData\Local\AutomationAnywhere
* C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Ocr.dll
* C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
* C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\AutomationAnywhere
* C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\

Cannot write metadata: C:\Users\ESIAAB~1\AppData\Local\Temp\AISenseLogs\bca630a6-8568-4651-9327-3c5ce3ac2fb2_726b74097aec21b4\learning_metadata.json
- Ensure bot agent service account has required permissions to write logs.

-Ensure AVX is enabled in the VM 
Validate using sysinternals: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/coreinfo 
For vmware VM - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1005764#Which_CPUs_are_compatible_with_each_EVC_mode 

-If your bot agent is running on Server OS - Ensure "Desktop experience" feature is installed.

Cannot find window or application titled 'Search - Delivery Order' that was open during recording.
-Validate if the window title is not dynamic.
-Ensure multiple windows are not open at the same time; if it is, go with "Active window title" in any window-based commands.

Error occurred while getting browser tab from window com.automationanywhere.botcommand.data.model.window.Window@6ffe1f21:java.lang.IllegalStateException: Tab not found with regex pattern match 
-Automation 360 plugin is enabled
-Update web browser and the extension
-reinstall the bot agent using admin rights if issue persists. 

Unable to perform SETTEXT action. TEXTBOX is unavailable.
- update packages

https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/aae-client/bot-creator/creating-an-automation-task/cloud-view-select-package-version.html 
https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/aae-client/bot-creator/working-with-automation-tasks/bot-compatibility-version.html https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/control-room/administration/settings/package-version-update.html