SystemLink Client on Windows 11 24H2 and Later Floods the Salt Logs

Issue Details

SystemLink Client fills the salt minion logs with repeated error messages, coming from "disks.py" and "iscsi.py" python scripts, resulting in grains file read failures.

Solution

• First check if the Windows version that SystemLink Client is running on has the "wmic" feature enabled by typing "wmic" in a DOS shell command line-- this response indicates that the "wmic" functionality is already enabled:
  

        ... and this response indicates that the "wmic" functionality is currently disabled:
       

• If "wmic" is disabled, you can follow the steps at the below link to enable it again.  Then you can restart the SystemLink Client computer or restart the NI Salt-Minion service, and thereafter the salt minion log files should fill normally:
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/how-to-install-wmic-feature-on-demand-on-windows-11/4189530

• If the "wmic" feature is disabled on your SystemLink Client computer and you are for whatever reason unable to enable "wmic" on that computer, then you can instead disable the affected grains modules to avoid log pollution, following these steps. 

1. Open the Windows Services dialog and stop the  NI Salt-Minion  service
   
2. Open the file  C:\ProgramData\National Instruments\salt\conf\minion.d\blacklist.conf
3. Locate the  disable_grains:  section
    
4. Add "disks" and "iscsi" to the list of items in that section, then save the edited file
   
5. Restart the  NI Salt-Minion  service
   

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