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Alert on Failure to Load a Power Shell SnapIn

Microsoft.SystemCenter.PowerShellModule.AlertOnFailedLoadSnapIn (Rule)

Alerts when a rule or monitor attempts to execute a Power Shell script and a Power Shell snap-in cannot be loaded.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The System Center Management Health Service was attempting to run an PowerShell script and was unable to load a PowerShell Snap In.

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 the Snap In name is spelled correctly in your workflow configuration.

That the Snap In and it's dependencies are correctly installed on the computer.

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

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.HealthService
CategoryAlert
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Power Shell SnapIn Failed to Load
{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.AlertOnFailedLoadSnapIn" Enabled="true" Target="SCLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthService" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>Alert</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">22401</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>1</Severity>

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

      <AlertParameters>

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

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[7]$</SuppressionValue>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[8]$</SuppressionValue>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>