System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager NetworkingManagementService

Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.NetworkingManagementService.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Monitors the state of the Hyper-V Networking Management service (NVSPWMI.exe)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Hyper-V Networking Management Service monitor indicates whether the Hyper-V Networking Management service is running on a virtualization host that is managed by Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). If the Hyper-V Networking Management service is not running, the monitor is in a critical state (Red). If the state is unknown, monitoring has not yet begun for the virtualization host.

Causes

An unhealthy state indicates that the Hyper-V Networking Management service is not running on the host.

Resolutions

To troubleshoot an unhealthy state for the Hyper-V Networking Management Service monitor:

1

Restart the Hyper-V Networking Management service by using Services in Administrative Tools on the Hypew-V host.

2

If you are unable to start Hyper-V Networking Management service, or if the Hyper-V Netwokring Management service continues to shut down, look for events in the Hyper-V event log or the system log that can explain the situation better

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.HyperVHost
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledFalse
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
NVSPWMI Service stopped
The Hyper-V Networking Management service (NVSPWMI.exe) has stopped on the computer. Computer name: {0}
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.NetworkingManagementService.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="false" Target="VMM2012Discovery!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.HyperVHost" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2012.NetworkingManagementService.Monitor.AlertMessage">
<AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</AlertParameter1>
</AlertParameters>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="ServiceHealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="ServiceNotHealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" HealthState="Error"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
<ServiceName>nvspwmi</ServiceName>
<CheckStartupType>false</CheckStartupType>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>