Availability Replica Join State

Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.AvailabilityReplicaIsJoined (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor checks the join state of availability replica. The monitor is in unhealthy state when the availability replica is added to the availability group but not joined properly. The monitor is healthy otherwise.

Causes

This secondary replica is not joined to the availability group. For an availability replica to be successfully joined to the availability group, the join state must be Joined Standalone Instance (1) or Joined Failover Cluster (2).

Resolutions

Join the availability replica to availability group using T-SQL, SQL PowerShell cmdlet or SSMS UI.

Overridable Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Enabled

Enables or disables the workflow.

Yes

Generates Alerts

Defines whether the workflow generates an Alert.

No

Interval (seconds)

The recurring interval of time in seconds in which to run the workflow.

900

Policy Name

 

$Target/Property[Type="AlwaysOnDisc!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.AvailabilityReplica"]/AvailabilityGroupName$-$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$-AlwaysOnArJoinStateHealthPolicy

Timeout (seconds)

Specifies the time the workflow is allowed to run before being closed and marked as failed.

300

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.AvailabilityReplica
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
Alert Auto ResolveFalse
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.SystemPolicyScriptMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
RunAsMicrosoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.MonitoringAccount

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.AvailabilityReplicaIsJoined" RunAs="Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.MonitoringAccount" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.SystemPolicyScriptMonitorType" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Target="AlwaysOnDisc!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.AvailabilityReplica" Priority="Normal">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="Success" MonitorTypeStateID="HealthState" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="Critical" MonitorTypeStateID="ErrorState" HealthState="Warning"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<Interval>900</Interval>
<TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>
<PolicyName>$Target/Property[Type="AlwaysOnDisc!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AlwaysOn.AvailabilityReplica"]/AvailabilityGroupName$-$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$-AlwaysOnArJoinStateHealthPolicy</PolicyName>
<InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</InstanceName>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>