getting error reading settings with service profile manager. Why and what can I do to solve problem?

Me, too. I found the following thread here in the ASC that had a solution. Alas, it didn't work for me, but it might for you.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189397?answerId=15695605022#15695605022

I have also had the 'Error reading settings' problem in Profile Manager, despite trying everything in the discussions and clean reinstalls (which work for a little while only).

It seems that various different fixes work for some people but not others; and the underlying cause of the problem has not been resolved.

There are now numerous threads on this problem (there are yet others with similar problems):

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189397

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3195100

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3212015

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3208533

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3249062

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3199734

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3212304

I have posted this in each to try and pull things together a bit.

Does anyone know if Apple has acknowledged the issue and offered an official response?

This resets your Profile Manager back to it's DEFAULT CONFIGURATION. You will loose any setup configurations here...but it has worked for me in the past.

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OPEN TERMINAL (Wait a few moments after each. Results may take up to 20-30 seconds to finish some tasks)

cd /usr/share/devicemgr/backend

sudo serveradmin stop devicemgr

sudo serveradmin start postgres

sudo rake db:drop RAILS_ENV="production"; sudo rake db:create RAILS_ENV="production"; sudo rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production";

sudo serveradmin start devicemgr

i have to say thank you so much this has fixed my issue 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

EDIT

i cant access the profile manager webpage it tells me "A server error has occurred" tells me to reload but that does nothing.

Hi Paul,

Did you ever get that "A server error has occurred" fixed?

Ever since Server.app was updated to 2.1.1, I have been unable to get into Profile Manager which seems to have a problem reading user groups or something as I am always redirected to /profilemanager/#/user_group/ when I get that server error has occurred message.

Regards,

Hi Paul,

Just wanted to say that I have my "A server error has occurred" fixed. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4365626?tstart=0

Not sure if it is the same as yours.