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Global Catalog Server Connection Error

Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TokenIssuanceLDAPGCConnectionErrorMonitorRule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Federation Service failed to connect to a global catalog server. This will cause token issuance to fail.

Causes

The global catalog server is unavailable or is misconfigured

Resolutions

Check the network connectivity to the global catalog server. Also, determine whether the global catalog server is configured correctly.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TokenIssuance
CategoryConfigurationHealth
EnabledTrue
Event_ID247
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Global Catalog Server Connection Error
The Federation Service failed to connect to a global catalog server at '{0}'. Check the Alert Context tab for event details.
Event Log$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$

Member Modules:

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

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TokenIssuanceLDAPGCConnectionErrorMonitorRule" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TokenIssuance" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>ConfigurationHealth</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <LogName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">247</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <RegExExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

              <Pattern>(^AD FS$)</Pattern>

            </RegExExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>1</Severity>

      <AlertOwner/>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TokenIssuanceLDAPGCConnectionErrorMonitorRule.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>$Data/Params/Param[1]$</AlertParameter1>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[1]$</SuppressionValue>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[2]$</SuppressionValue>

      </Suppression>

      <Custom1/>

      <Custom2/>

      <Custom3/>

      <Custom4/>

      <Custom5/>

      <Custom6/>

      <Custom7/>

      <Custom8/>

      <Custom9/>

      <Custom10/>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>