BranchCache Service Startup Status

Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.HostedCacheClient.Monitor.StartupFailed (UnitMonitor)

Monitors the BranchCache service startup status.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor verifies whether the BranchCache service startup succeeds.

Causes

There are several possible causes for service startup failures:

Incorrect configurations
The BranchCache Service is disabled by system administrators or Group Policy settings

It is important to verify the configuration and also look for other relevant events and alerts to diagnose the actual cause of the failure.

Resolutions

Click on the following task to verify the current configurations:

Display BranchCache status

To start the service again, click on the following task:

Start the BranchCache service

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.HostedCacheClientNode

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

AvailabilityHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

BranchCache Startup failed

The BranchCache service failed to start.

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.HostedCacheClient.Monitor.StartupFailed" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.HostedCacheClientNode" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.HostedCacheClient.Monitor.StartupFailed_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

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

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

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <FirstComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientSideServiceBase"]/NodeName$</FirstComputerName>

    <FirstLogName>Microsoft-Windows-BranchCache/Operational</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">4</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">Microsoft-Windows-BranchCache</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

    <SecondComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientSideServiceBase"]/NodeName$</SecondComputerName>

    <SecondLogName>Microsoft-Windows-BranchCache/Operational</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">1</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">Microsoft-Windows-BranchCache</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>