Cluster state connect functionality monitor

Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.State.Connect.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Checks for result of attempted connection to local cluster while waiting for state notifications.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor checks the status of a connection to the Windows Cluster service for current action account. Monitor is in unhealthy state when connection was impossible and the service registration is not verified. An alert will be raised. Monitor is in warnig state when unable to connect to the local cluster and alert is raised again. Monitor state is healthy when current action account allows connection to the local cluster.

Causes

Administrators can specify groups or individuals that are allowed to manage the cluster. In current versions of Server cluster, there are no fine details of control; either a user has rights to administer the cluster or the user does not. To grant a user or group rights to administer the cluster, the user or group must be added to the cluster security descriptor. This can be done through cluster administrator tool.By default, the local Administrators group is added to the cluster service security descriptor. Adding a user or group to the cluster security descriptor means that the user can manage all aspects of the cluster configuration including (but not limited to):

Taking resources offline and bringing resources online
Shutting down the cluster service on nodes
Adding and removing nodes from the cluster
Adding and removing resources from the cluster

Resolutions

You can attempt to grant current action account the rights to administer a cluster through cluster administrator or by running the "cluster.exe" command line tool, or by populating "Cluster Privileged Account" with account that is granted access to the local cluster.

External

For more information about windows cluster services, see the Microsoft TechNet Web site.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.Service.ForVirtualServer

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

AvailabilityHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

High

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.3SingleEventLog3StateUnitMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Internal

Alert Message

Alert Message For Cluster State Connect Status Monitor

Alert triggered based on the result of connection attempt the local cluster. <br/>{0}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.State.Connect.Monitor" Accessibility="Internal" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.Service.ForVirtualServer" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.3SingleEventLog3StateUnitMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.State.Connect.Monitor.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>High</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

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

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

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

    <OperationalState ID="UnableToConnect" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

    <OperationalState ID="Connected" MonitorTypeStateID="ThirdEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <FirstComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</FirstComputerName>

    <FirstLogName>Operations Manager</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <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">11811</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

    <SecondComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</SecondComputerName>

    <SecondLogName>Operations Manager</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <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">11812</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

    <ThirdComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ThirdComputerName>

    <ThirdLogName>Operations Manager</ThirdLogName>

    <ThirdExpression>

      <And>

        <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">11810</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </ThirdExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>