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Hostname Resolution Health

Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.CantResolveHostname.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor ensures that the Operations Manager server can resolve the hostname of the target computer. If the state is unknown, either monitoring has not begun for this object or there are no monitors defined that monitor availability.

Causes

An unhealthy state for this monitor indicates some problem with the name resolution of UNIX or Linux server.

Some of the problems that could affect the state of this monitor include:

Check the "Alert Context" tab of the Alert Properties for more information.

View all current alerts from this object using this link:

Alerts

Resolutions

Ensure that the Fully Qualified Domain Name of the target computer is correct in either the DNS server or in the Hosts file on the Operations Manager Server.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Unix.Computer
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.ConfigurationState
CategoryConfigurationHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Unix.WSMan.CantResolveHostname.MonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Cannot resolve Hostname
The Operations Manager server cannot resolve the target hostname.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.CantResolveHostname.Monitor" Enabled="true" Accessibility="Public" Target="Microsoft.Unix.Computer" TypeID="Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.CantResolveHostname.MonitorType" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.ConfigurationState">

  <Category>ConfigurationHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.CantResolveHostname.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState HealthState="Success" MonitorTypeStateID="Available" ID="Resolved"/>

    <OperationalState HealthState="Error" MonitorTypeStateID="NotAvailable" ID="NotResolved"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <Interval>300</Interval>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>