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Interface Initialization failure

Interface_Initialization_failure_1_Rule (Rule)

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Management Pack
Summary
The Routing and Remote Access service failed to load or create an interface.
 
Causes
The most common reasons for this error are:
  1. The service attempted an invalid operation, such as creating a dedicated tunnel to an internal interface.
  2. The service could not load the phone book information for the demand-dial interface.
  3. Not enough memory was available on the server.
  4. The client interface is not valid.
 
Resolutions
Verify the following:
  1. You are attempting to create or load a valid interface.
  2. The phone book information for the demand-dial interface is valid.
  3. The path to the phone book is valid in case of demand dial interface. Check if phonebook file ''router.pbk'' is present at %systemroot%\system32\ras directory.
  4. The SYSTEM account has read/write permissions for the phone book in case of demand-dial interface.
  5. Enough free memory is available on the server.
  6. The client interface is valid.
     
    Sample Event
    Sample Event #1: Unable to load the interface %1 from the registry. The following erroroccurred: %2
    Sample Event #2: Unable to add the interface %1 with the Router Manager for the %2 protocol. Thefollowing error occurred: %3
     
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    Element properties:

    TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.RRAS.Microsoft_Windows_2003_Routing_and_Remote_Access_Servers_Installation
    CategoryEventCollection
    EnabledTrue
    Event SourceRemoteAccess
    Alert GenerateTrue
    Alert SeverityError
    Alert PriorityLow
    RemotableTrue
    Alert Message
    Interface Initialization failure

    $Data/EventDescription$
    Event LogSystem
    CommentMom2005ID='{16B51477-7F92-4A3E-9426-176CB77F3EDA}';MOM2005ComputerGroupID={2C66DD87-4D20-48F6-B6A3-19A1598ED025}

    Member Modules:

    ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
    _907D4578_146C_11D3_AB21_00A0C98620CE_ DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
    CollectEventData WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent Default
    CollectEventDataWarehouse WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData Default
    GenerateAlert WriteAction System.Mom.BackwardCompatibility.AlertResponse Default

    Source Code:

    <Rule ID="Interface_Initialization_failure_1_Rule" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.RRAS.Microsoft_Windows_2003_Routing_and_Remote_Access_Servers_Installation" Enabled="true" ConfirmDelivery="true" Comment="Mom2005ID='{16B51477-7F92-4A3E-9426-176CB77F3EDA}';MOM2005ComputerGroupID={2C66DD87-4D20-48F6-B6A3-19A1598ED025}">
    
  <Category>EventCollection</Category>
    
  <DataSources>
    
    <DataSource ID="_907D4578_146C_11D3_AB21_00A0C98620CE_" Comment="{907D4578-146C-11D3-AB21-00A0C98620CE}" TypeID="WindowsLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">
    
      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="WindowsLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
    
      <LogName>System</LogName>
    
      <Expression>
    
        <And>
    
          <Expression>
    
            <RegExExpression>
    
              <ValueExpression>
    
                <XPathQuery Type="Integer">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
    
              </ValueExpression>
    
              <Operator>MatchesMOM2005BooleanRegularExpression</Operator>
    
              <Pattern>^(20105|20106)$</Pattern>
    
            </RegExExpression>
    
          </Expression>
    
          <Expression>
    
            <SimpleExpression>
    
              <ValueExpression>
    
                <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>
    
              </ValueExpression>
    
              <Operator>Equal</Operator>
    
              <ValueExpression>
    
                <Value>RemoteAccess</Value>
    
              </ValueExpression>
    
            </SimpleExpression>
    
          </Expression>
    
        </And>
    
      </Expression>
    
    </DataSource>
    
  </DataSources>
    
  <WriteActions>
    
    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="MomBackwardCompatibility!System.Mom.BackwardCompatibility.AlertResponse">
    
      <AlertGeneration>
    
        <GenerateAlert>true</GenerateAlert>
    
        <Owner/>
    
        <Description>
    
            $Data/EventDescription$
    
          </Description>
    
        <AlertLevel>70</AlertLevel>
    
        <ResolutionState/>
    
        <Source>
    
            $Data/PublisherName$
    
          </Source>
    
        <Name>Interface Initialization failure</Name>
    
        <CustomFields>
    
          <CustomField>
    
            $Data/Params/Param[1]$
    
          </CustomField>
    
          <CustomField>
    
            $Data/Params/Param[2]$
    
          </CustomField>
    
          <CustomField/>
    
          <CustomField/>
    
          <CustomField/>
    
        </CustomFields>
    
      </AlertGeneration>
    
      <InvokerType>0</InvokerType>
    
    </WriteAction>
    
    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventData" TypeID="SystemCenterLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>
    
    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventDataWarehouse" TypeID="DataWarehouseLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData"/>
    
  </WriteActions>
    
</Rule>