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Alert on Failure to Create PowerShell Runspace for PowerShell Script

Microsoft.SystemCenter.PowerShellModule.AlertOnFailedCreateRunspace (Rule)

Alerts when a rule or monitor attempts to execute a PowerShell script and the Powershell Runspace cannot be started.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Health Service was attempting to run an PowerShell script and was unable to create the PowerShell runspace.

This may affect some monitoring or discovery.

Causes

This can be caused by:

Resolutions

The alert description and context has information indicating which rule or monitor failed. The following link will display all events indicating a failure to run the PowerShell script:

View PowerShell Events

After reviewing the error in the context, check:

That PowerShell is installed correctly on the computer.

That the computer is not over utilized.

Lastly, you should check verify the action account has sufficient access to run PowerShell.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.HealthService
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
PowerShell Runspace Failed to start
{0}
Event LogOperations Manager

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
GenerateAlert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.PowerShellModule.AlertOnFailedCreateRunspace" Enabled="true" Target="SCLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

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

      <LogName>Operations Manager</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <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>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">22400</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>1</Severity>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SystemCenter.PowerShellModule.AlertOnFailedCreateRunspace.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

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

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[1]$</SuppressionValue>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>