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Failed to terminate a resource because of timeout. Click on the associated events for more information.

Failed_to_terminate_a_resource_because_of_timeout___Click_on_the_associated_events_for_more_information (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Exres.dll waits up to time specified in the PendingTimeout value (default is 3 minutes, can be customized per resource basis) for completion of terminate operation, which can be a RPC to Information Store, System Attendant or Routing services, a metabase operation to start a VSI, or start any of the corresponding services that host the resource, or the MTA service.

Causes

If the service stopped responding, then the stop virtual server RPC will likely fail by timeout.

Resolutions

Investigate the service state and look for deadlocks or other problems that cause long delays on returning RPC calls. Look for event logs from MSExchangeCluster for the same resource about the same time. Look for event logs from the corresponding service. Look for errors in cluster.log coming from this resource for a detailed failure sequence.

External

For more information about MSExchangeCluster event 1021, see:

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Exchange.ServerRole.2003
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Event_ID1021
Event SourceMSExchangeCluster
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Failed to terminate a resource because of timeout. Click on the associated events for more information.
{0}
Event LogApplication

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
EventDS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
GenerateAlert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Failed_to_terminate_a_resource_because_of_timeout___Click_on_the_associated_events_for_more_information" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Exch2003Core!Microsoft.Exchange.ServerRole.2003" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

      <ComputerName>.</ComputerName>

      <LogName>Application</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>1021</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>MSExchangeCluster</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>$MPElement[Name="Failed_to_terminate_a_resource_because_of_timeout___Click_on_the_associated_events_for_more_information.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

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

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue/>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>