The Microsoft Firewall service failed to log information to the MSDE database

Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.The_Microsoft_Firewall_Service_failed_to_log_information_to_the_MSDE_Database.Rule (Rule)

This Rule generates alerts when The Microsoft Firewall service failed to log information to the MSDE database

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Firewall Service generates this alert when a logging record cannot be added to the MSDE database. The first parameter of the alert contains the name of the logging component (Firewall or Web Proxy). The second parameter of the alert contains the error description received from MSDE.

Causes

Resolutions

External

For more information about TMG Server logs, refer to the "Logs" topic in the TMG Server on-line help.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Forefront.TMG.Logging.SQLServerExpressDatabase
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.Rule.AlertGenerate.DS Default
WA WriteAction Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.Rule.AlertGenerate.WA Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.The_Microsoft_Firewall_Service_failed_to_log_information_to_the_MSDE_Database.Rule" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.Logging.SQLServerExpressDatabase" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>EventCollection</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.Rule.AlertGenerate.DS">
<ComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
<LogName>Application</LogName>
<EventsPattern>^(8)$</EventsPattern>
<EventType>1</EventType>
<SourcePattern>Microsoft Forefront TMG Firewall</SourcePattern>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="WA" TypeID="Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.Rule.AlertGenerate.WA">
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Forefront.TMG.The_Microsoft_Firewall_Service_failed_to_log_information_to_the_MSDE_Database.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>
<DomainName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/DomainDnsName$</DomainName>
<Priority>2</Priority>
<Severity>2</Severity>
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>