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Artifact Service Startup Exception

Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.ArtifactServiceArtifactServiceStartupExceptionMonitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The SAML artifact resolution service failed to start. If the same problem does not occur again within 15 minutes, the health state of this monitor will change back to a Green state. The alert that is generated by this monitor must be resolved manually.

Causes

One possible cause for this event is that the artifact service cannot connect to the artifact database.

For more specific information about the cause of this event, see the additional data that is provided in the event.

Resolutions

Ensure that the artifact connection to the artifact storage server is configured correctly. You can review the ArtifactDbConnection property by executing the Get-ADFSProperties cmdlet. If necessary, you can modify it by using the ArtifactDbConnection parameter with the Set-ADFSProperties cmdlet.

Additional events that are related to problems with the artifact database might also occur together with this event. For more information, see "Troubleshooting artifact database errors with AD FS" section in the AD FS troubleshooting guide.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.ArtifactService
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.SingleEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Artifact Service Startup Exception
The Artifact service failed to start.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.ArtifactServiceArtifactServiceStartupExceptionMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.ArtifactService" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.SingleEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.ArtifactServiceArtifactServiceStartupExceptionMonitor_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="EventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="EventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

    <OperationalState ID="TimerEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="TimerEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

    <LogName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$</LogName>

    <Expression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">291</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

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

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </Expression>

    <TimerWaitInSeconds>900</TimerWaitInSeconds>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>