Failed Accessing Windows Event Log

Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceModules.WindowsEventLog.FailedAccessingWindowsEventLog (UnitMonitor)

This monitor checks if any rule or monitor can access one or more Windows Event Log.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor indicates if the Health Service was able to successfully access and open an event log to process its events. When the Health Service is unable to access an event log, there may be degradation in monitoring events out of that event log.

Causes

This can be caused by the following:

The action account does not have the appropriate permissions to the event log indicated in the alert and monitor context.
The event log name specified in the monitor or rule configuration does not exist on the computer where the monitor or rule is run.
The event log name may not be typed in correctly in the monitor or rule configuration.

Resolutions

To resolve this issue check the following in order:

1. Take note of the rule or monitor name from the alert or monitor context. This is the text after Workflow name in the context.

2. Look up this name in the console and bring up the properties for that rule or monitor.

3. In the monitor or rule properties, look at the tabs that begin with Event Log (for example; Event Log (Unhealthy Event)

4. Check that the event log name here is an event log that exists on the computer where this alert/monitor state was raised.

5. Correct this error if it is a configuration in the rule or monitor.

If the above steps do not resolve the problem, check if the action account for the Health Service has the appropriate rights on the target computer to read from that event log.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService

Parent Monitor

Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceModules.WindowsEventLog.Rollup

Category

AvailabilityHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Internal

Alert Message

Failed Accessing Windows Event Log

{0}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceModules.WindowsEventLog.FailedAccessingWindowsEventLog" Accessibility="Internal" Enabled="true" Target="SCLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService" ParentMonitorID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceModules.WindowsEventLog.Rollup" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceModules.WindowsEventLog.FailedAccessingWindowsEventLog_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

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

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="FailedAccessingWindowsEventLog" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

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

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

    <FirstLogName>Operations Manager</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <Or>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">26002</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">26004</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">25002</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">25004</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </Or>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">Health Service Modules</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/ManagementGroup/Name$</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>

      <Or>

        <Expression>

          <And>

            <Expression>

              <Or>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

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

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">26005</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

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

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">25005</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

              </Or>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">Health Service Modules</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">$Target/ManagementGroup/Name$</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </And>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <And>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">Health Service ESE Store</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">102</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </And>

        </Expression>

      </Or>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>