Excel Calculation Services Error Communicating With Machine

Microsoft.SharePoint.Server.2010.SPServiceInstance.Excel.ErrorCommunicatingWithECS (UnitMonitor)

A warning state of this Monitor indicates that the front-end Web server attempts to establish a connection to a specific Excel Calculation Services machine, but a communication error occurred. Traffic will be load balanced to another server if one is available.

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Summary

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Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SharePoint.Server.2010.SPComponentInstance.ExcelPage
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.SharePoint.Foundation.2010.RepeatedEventLogManualReset2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SharePoint.Server.2010.SPServiceInstance.Excel.ErrorCommunicatingWithECS" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.SharePoint.Server.2010.SPComponentInstance.ExcelPage" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Priority="Normal" TypeID="WSS!Microsoft.SharePoint.Foundation.2010.RepeatedEventLogManualReset2StateMonitorType">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="ManualResetEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="ManualResetEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="RepeatedEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="RepeatedEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<RepeatedComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</RepeatedComputerName>
<RepeatedLogName>Application</RepeatedLogName>
<RepeatedExpression>
<And>
<Expression>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>MatchesRegularExpression</Operator>
<Pattern>^(5231|5239|5240)$</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Excel Services Application</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</RepeatedExpression>
<Interval>600</Interval>
<Count>5</Count>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>