Attempts to backup or restore Active Directory have failed or will fail

Attempts_to_backup_or_restore_Active_Directory_have_failed_or_will_fail_5_Rule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

An attempt to back up or restore the Active Directory® directory service using the Volume Shadow Copy service failed.

Sample Event:

The attempt to initialize the shadow copy service failed for Active Directory.

Attempts to backup or restore Active Directory using the shadow copy service will not succeed until this is corrected.

Additional Data

Error value: %1 %2

External

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Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2003.AD.DomainControllerRole
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Attempts to backup or restore Active Directory have failed or will fail
{0}
Event LogDirectory Service
CommentMom2005ID='{ACE01D62-D2C0-4494-A7BB-9529AFF6E822}';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="Attempts_to_backup_or_restore_Active_Directory_have_failed_or_will_fail_5_Rule" Comment="Mom2005ID='{ACE01D62-D2C0-4494-A7BB-9529AFF6E822}';MOM2005GroupID=" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="AD2003Core!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.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>Directory Service</LogName>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>MatchesMOM2005BooleanRegularExpression</Operator>
<Pattern>(1912)|(1913)|(1916)</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>Channel</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>Directory Service</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</Expression>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="SystemHealth!System.Health.GenerateAlert">
<Priority>1</Priority>
<Severity>2</Severity>
<AlertOwner>$Data/PublisherName$</AlertOwner>
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Attempts_to_backup_or_restore_Active_Directory_have_failed_or_will_fail_5_Rule.AlertMessage"]$</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>