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DNS 2008 Zone Running Monitor

Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2008.Monitor.ZoneRunning (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor measures the state of a zone. It goes from red to yellow to green if the zone state is shutdown, paused, or running respectively.

Configuration

Enabled:

This determined if the monitor is enabled or not.

Generate Alert:

This determines if the monitor will generate an alert.

AutoResolve Alert:

This determines if the monitor will auto-resolve (become healthy) if the triggering condition no longer exists.

Alert Priority:

Set the Alert Priority. Default is ‘Medium’.

Alert On State:

This determines which state causes the monitor to generate an alert. Default is ‘The monitor is critical’.

Alert Severity:

This determines the Alert Severity. The default is ‘Match Monitor Health’.

Interval Seconds

This determines how often the monitor will run. Default : 900 seconds.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.DNSServer.2008.Zone
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityMatchMonitorHealth
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.DNSServer.Library.MonitorType.ZoneRunningState
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityInternal
Alert Message
DNS 2008 Zone Not Running Alert
The DNS Server service is not running on {0}. The zone {1} is unavailable
RunAsMicrosoft.Windows.DNSServer.Library.ActionAccount

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2008.Monitor.ZoneRunning" Accessibility="Internal" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2008.Zone" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RunAs="DNS!Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.Library.ActionAccount" TypeID="DNS!Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.Library.MonitorType.ZoneRunningState" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2008.Monitor.ZoneRunning_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Property[Type="DNS!Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.Library.Server"]/Name$</AlertParameter1>

      <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="DNS!Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.Library.Zone"]/ZoneName$</AlertParameter2>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateIdde8a3a9d62c24dda8ab96aaf1f2aaba1" MonitorTypeStateID="Shutdown" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateIdae22ec541b6d48e285a4cd24a97404f2" MonitorTypeStateID="Paused" HealthState="Warning"/>

    <OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateId940a1364a2f74a4f8bf2b980ccf3baaf" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>