A Group Policy object cannot be found in Active Directory

A_Group_Policy_object_cannot_be_found_in_Active_Directory_5_Rule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

A Group Policy object cannot be found in the database for the Active Directory® directory service.

Causes

Possible causes include the following:

The object does not exist.
The domain controller does not have Read access to all the Group Policy objects (GPO) or organizational units (OU) that apply to the user or computer. This is a configuration issue, and it is usually a transient problem.

Sample Event:

Windows cannot find Group Policy object %1 in Active Directory. The object may not exist, or access to the object may be denied.

Resolutions

To enable UserEnv logging, see Knowledge Base article 221833, "How to Enable User Environment Debug Logging in Retail Builds of Windows," at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=25636. The log file will detail the specific error.

External

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2000.AD.DomainControllerRole

Category

EventCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Remotable

True

Alert Message

A Group Policy object cannot be found in Active Directory

{0}

Event Log

Application

Comment

Mom2005ID='{829625D2-89C5-4F87-8148-96DD7B6EA079}';MOM2005GroupID=

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider	Default
CollectEventData	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent	Default
CollectEventDataWarehouse	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData	Default
GenerateAlert	WriteAction	System.Health.GenerateAlert	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="A_Group_Policy_object_cannot_be_found_in_Active_Directory_5_Rule" Comment="Mom2005ID='{829625D2-89C5-4F87-8148-96DD7B6EA079}';MOM2005GroupID=" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="AD2000Core!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2000.AD.DomainControllerRole" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

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

      <LogName>Application</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>1102</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>UserEnv</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>UserName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>System</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="SystemHealth!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>1</Severity>

      <AlertOwner>$Data/PublisherName$</AlertOwner>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="A_Group_Policy_object_cannot_be_found_in_Active_Directory_5_Rule.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>$Data/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue/>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventData" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventDataWarehouse" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>