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Microsoft.SystemCenter.Tiering.SynTxCheckTieredManagementGroup (UnitMonitor)

Connects to each instance of a tiered management group and tests connectivity.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor checks each instance of a connected management group that has been configured and attempts to connect to each one to verify that its Data Access service is available and taking connections.

If this monitor is in an unhealthy state, it may indicate a problem with this management group connecting to that management group

Configuration

This monitor requires that the monitor has the appropriate permissions to connect to that Connected Management Group.

This monitor also requires PowerShell and the Operations Manager Command Shell option to be installed.

Resolutions

If this monitor is unable to verify connectivity to the connected management group, try the following:

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.TieredManagementGroup
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledFalse
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.SystemCenter.Tiering.TieredManagementGroupTest
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Failed to Connect to Connected Management Group
{0}
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.Tiering.SynTxCheckTieredManagementGroup" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="false" Target="SCLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.TieredManagementGroup" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.Tiering.TieredManagementGroupTest" ConfirmDelivery="false">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.SystemCenter.Tiering.SynTxCheckTieredManagementGroup.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Target/Property[Type="SCLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.TieredManagementGroup"]/Name$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="FailedConnectionToTieredManagementGroup" MonitorTypeStateID="FailedConnectionToTieredManagementGroup" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="SuccessfulConnectionToTieredManagementGroup" MonitorTypeStateID="SuccessfulConnectionToTieredManagementGroup" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <IntervalSeconds>420</IntervalSeconds>

    <TieredManagementGroupSDKServerName>$Target/Property[Type="SCLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.TieredManagementGroup"]/ConnectString$</TieredManagementGroupSDKServerName>

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>