Unknown State

Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Cluster.ResourceStateMonitor.Unknown (UnitMonitor)

This monitor detects if Resource Component is in Unknown state.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Windows Failover Clustering service is reporting an unknown status for this specific resource.

Causes

The cause could not be determined (status: -1).

For more details, view the status reported in the component's res_state property in the PDW Admin Console or query the sys.dm_pdw_component_health_status DMV.

Resolutions

To diagnose this issue:

1) On the Host node, use a Windows administrator account to view the Cluster Events in the Failover Cluster Manager.

2) Use the sys.dm_pdw_os_events_logs DMV to check for relevant failures in the Windows Event Log for the node.

To resolve this issue, contact Microsoft support and provide them with the alert name and details. Microsoft Support will help you to understand the failure and help you to bring the node back online or into a healthy state.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Cluster.Resource

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

AvailabilityHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.ComponentTwoStateType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Cluster resource has UNKNOWN status

Appliance Name: {0}
Node Name: {1}
Component: {2}
Component Details: https://{3}/Topology/NodeDetails/{4}?compId={5}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Cluster.ResourceStateMonitor.Unknown" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Cluster.Resource" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.ComponentTwoStateType" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" ConfirmDelivery="false">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Cluster.ResourceStateMonitor.Unknown.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/ApplianceID$</AlertParameter1>

      <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/NodeName$</AlertParameter2>

      <AlertParameter3>$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</AlertParameter3>

      <AlertParameter4>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/ApplianceNetworkAddress$</AlertParameter4>

      <AlertParameter5>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/NodeID$</AlertParameter5>

      <AlertParameter6>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/ID$</AlertParameter6>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

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

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

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

    <SyncTime/>

    <TimeoutSeconds>600</TimeoutSeconds>

    <ConnectionString>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/ApplianceID$</ConnectionString>

    <NodeName>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/NodeName$</NodeName>

    <GroupName>$Target/Property[Type="PDWLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServerAppliance.PDW2.Component"]/GroupName$</GroupName>

    <ComponentName>$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</ComponentName>

    <MonitoredState>Unknown</MonitoredState>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>