help would be appreciated,

solution to "The pool managing the instance not available or the location object cannot be found" when I try to discover agents on scom 2012 r2 sp1 

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Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.LocationObjectNotFoundException: The pool managing the instance is not available or the location monitoring object cannot be found.
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.Internal.ServiceProxy.HandleFault(String methodName, Message message)
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.Internal.AdministrationServiceProxy.LaunchDiscovery(Guid batchId, IList`1 jobDefinitions)
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Administration.ManagementServer.BeginExecuteWindowsDiscovery(IList`1 discoveryConfigurations, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)

Hi,

Please check if the SQL server browser service is started

Please check if this helps -

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/bff8a86b-a0f3-4d2e-8681-cffa23315fef/the-pool-managing-the-instance-is-not-available-or-the-location-monitoring-object-cannot-be-found-?forum=operationsmanagergeneral