Action Account Type Check

Microsoft.ServiceManager.SecureStorageConfiguration.ActionAccountTypeConfigurationError.Unit (UnitMonitor)

Monitors that the Action Account type is 'Action Account'.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor and alert indicates that the Health Service has downloaded a new action account with an invalid type. Below is a summary of the default configuration of this monitor:

Red state : Transition to red state if the Health Service receives a new action account with an invalid type (7010)
Green state : Transition to green state if the Health Service processed all security configurations successfully (7023).

Causes

The red state can indicate that the following might be happening on the agent:

The Health Service has downloaded new configuration for a management group that contains a new action account. However, the account is not of type 'Action Account' or 'Windows Credential'. The new action account has been ignored by the Health Service as it would significantly impact monitoring.

Resolutions

You can use the steps below to resolve the issue:

Fix the Action Account RunAs Profile by associating only accounts of type Action Account or Windows Credential.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManager.ManagementServer

Parent Monitor

Microsoft.ServiceManager.HealthServiceRunAsAccounts.Rollup

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Secure Storage Action Account Type Configuration Error

{0}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.ServiceManager.SecureStorageConfiguration.ActionAccountTypeConfigurationError.Unit" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="SM!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManager.ManagementServer" ParentMonitorID="Microsoft.ServiceManager.HealthServiceRunAsAccounts.Rollup" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.ServiceManager.SecureStorageConfiguration.ActionAccountTypeConfigurationError.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="ActionAccountTypeIncorrect" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="ActionAccountTypeCorrect" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

    <FirstLogName>Operations Manager</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">7010</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">HealthService</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="SM!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManager.ManagementServer"]/ManagementGroupName$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

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

    <SecondLogName>Operations Manager</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">7023</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">HealthService</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="SM!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManager.ManagementServer"]/ManagementGroupName$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>