Microsoft Windows Server DNS failed to load Zone Level Policy

Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Rules.Policy.ZoneLevel.LoadFail (Rule)

Alert generating rule for Zone Level Policies.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

A Zone Level Policy on Windows DNS Server could not be loaded.

Causes

Triggered by events in DNS Server Log with IDs: 793, 794.

Resolutions

A Zone Level Policy on Windows DNS Server could not be loaded. Please check the logs for further details. The Policy needs to be added again on the DNS Server.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Policy.ZoneLevel

Category

Alert

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Normal

Remotable

True

Alert Message

Windows DNS - Zone Level Policy could not be loaded

Failure in loading DNS Zone Level Policy for Zone {4}. The detailed error message is:
Event ID: {0}
Event Source: {1}
Event Log: {2}
Event Description: {3}

Event Log

DNS Server

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider	Default
Alert	WriteAction	System.Health.GenerateAlert	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Rules.Policy.ZoneLevel.LoadFail" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Policy.ZoneLevel" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>Alert</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

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

      <LogName>DNS Server</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <Or>

              <Expression>

                <SimpleExpression>

                  <ValueExpression>

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

                  </ValueExpression>

                  <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                  <ValueExpression>

                    <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">793</Value>

                  </ValueExpression>

                </SimpleExpression>

              </Expression>

              <Expression>

                <SimpleExpression>

                  <ValueExpression>

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

                  </ValueExpression>

                  <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                  <ValueExpression>

                    <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">794</Value>

                  </ValueExpression>

                </SimpleExpression>

              </Expression>

            </Or>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[3]</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">$Target/Host/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Zone"]/ZoneName$</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Policy.ZoneLevel"]/PolicyName$</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="Alert" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>2</Severity>

      <AlertOwner/>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Rules.Policy.ZoneLevel.LoadFail.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>$Data/EventDisplayNumber$</AlertParameter1>

        <AlertParameter2>$Data/EventSourceName$</AlertParameter2>

        <AlertParameter3>$Data/Channel$</AlertParameter3>

        <AlertParameter4>$Data/EventDescription$</AlertParameter4>

        <AlertParameter5>$Data/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter5>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/LoggingComputer$</SuppressionValue>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/EventDisplayNumber$</SuppressionValue>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[1]$</SuppressionValue>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[3]$</SuppressionValue>

      </Suppression>

      <Custom1/>

      <Custom2/>

      <Custom3/>

      <Custom4/>

      <Custom5/>

      <Custom6/>

      <Custom7/>

      <Custom8/>

      <Custom9/>

      <Custom10/>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>