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[DEPRECATED] AD SYSVOL Share Monitor

AD_Essential_Services_Running_1.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

AD SYSVOL Share availability monitor. The SYSVOL share is essential to the health of the domain controller, and it needs immediate administrator attention.

The domain controller cannot advertise until this problem is fixed. Clients are unable to locate this domain controller at this time.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=25827

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Configuration

Interval (sec) default 86400 (1 day).

Resolutions

Verify that the SYSVOL security settings are correctly configured and that SYSVOL has not been accidentally unshared.

External

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=25827

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2008.AD.DomainControllerRole
Parent MonitorMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2008.AD.DomainControllerRoleAggregatesDeprecatedMonitors
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledFalse
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityHigh
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeAD_Essential_Services_Running_1.Monitortype
RemotableFalse
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message

The SYSVOL share is not available or accessible

The Domain Controller's SYSVOL share is not available or accessible.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="AD_Essential_Services_Running_1.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="false" Target="AD2008Core!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AD.DomainControllerRole" ParentMonitorID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AD.DomainControllerRoleAggregatesDeprecatedMonitors" Remotable="false" Priority="Normal" TypeID="AD_Essential_Services_Running_1.Monitortype" ConfirmDelivery="false">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="AD_Essential_Services_Running_1.Monitor.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>High</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="SYSVOLShareOK" MonitorTypeStateID="SYSVOLShareOK" HealthState="Success"/>

    <OperationalState ID="SYSVOLShareError" MonitorTypeStateID="SYSVOLShareError" HealthState="Error"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <IntervalSeconds>60</IntervalSeconds>

    <TargetComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</TargetComputerName>

    <ManagementGroupName>$Target/ManagementGroup/Id$</ManagementGroupName>

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>