Lion Server: Server app unable to display Profile Manager settings after updating to Lion Server v10.7.3

Under certain circumstances, Server app may be unable to display Profile Manager settings after updating to Lion Server v10.7.3. Additionally, you may not be able to administer profiles using the web application.

Resolution

Update to Lion Server v10.7.4 or later.

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If you encounter the issue described in this article, the /var/log/devicemgr/profilemanager.log file will show a backtrace such as this:

(timestamp) pm.example.com ProfileManager[8023] <Error>: ServermgrDevicemgr: Exception caught undefined method `delete' for nil:NilClass: /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/app/models/interface_knob_set.rb:81:in `generate_payload_hash' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/lib/profile_manager.rb:506:in `generate_profile_section_hash' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/lib/profile_manager.rb:448:in `generate_profile' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:392:in `method_missing' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:215:in `each' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:215:in `send' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:215:in `method_missing' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb:392:in `method_missing' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/lib/profile_manager.rb:446:in `generate_profile' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/lib/servermgr_devicemgr.rb:118:in `readSettings' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/lib/servermgr_devicemgr.rb:44:in `send' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/lib/servermgr_devicemgr.rb:44:in `run' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/lib/servermgr_devicemgr.rb:376 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `eval' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/runner.rb:46 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/script/runner:3