Task report file -
https://SP_Server/teams/Lists/Announcements/3_.000(Announcement Name) V1.0 7/5/2017 6:38:51 PM 0 Default SharePoint Policy Archive Libraries ARCHIVE *** Error *** - Null reference
Parameter name: value
Dtrace of EvSharePointArchiveTask-
(EvSharePointArchiveTask) <11164> EV-L {IndexMetadata.AddProperty} Added Set:EVSP Name:Modified Length:19 Searchable:True Retrievable:True Count:12
(EvSharePointArchiveTask) <11164> EV-H {SPListAttachmentInfo.GetMetadataFromXml} Either XML Attribute with name: Name is null or Attribute's value is null
(EvSharePointArchiveTask) <11164> EV-H {SPListItemProcessor.AsyncStoreItem} Null reference|Parameter name: value
(EvSharePointArchiveTask) <11164> EV-H {SPItemProcessor.ProcessItemOrVersion} Exception: Null reference|Parameter name: value Info:Error processing item: https://SP_Server/teams/Lists/Announcements/3_.000 V1.0 Diag: Type:System.ArgumentNullException
Fiddler can be used on the EV server to view the XML data that is being returned from the SharePoint server.
Fiddler-
FAILED ITEM- Does not contain data for the Attachment
SUCCESSFUL ITEM- Contains data for the Attachment
As seen by the error above this issue is caused when NULL XML data is returned from SharePoint. EV is unable to process the data with a NULL value and the error is returned and archiving moves forward.