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Microsoft Windows Server DNS failed to load Zone Scopes

Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Rules.Zone.ScopesLoadFail (Rule)

Alert generating rule for Zone.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Scopes of zone on Windows DNS Server could not be loaded.

Causes

Triggered by an event in DNS Server Log with ID: 7680.

Resolutions

Scopes of Zone on Windows DNS Server could not be loaded. Please check the logs for further details. If the scope files are present at ~\System32\DNS\<zone name>, then you can try reloading the scopes using –loadExisting option in PowerShell. Else, the scopes needs to be added again on the server.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Zone
CategoryAlert
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Windows DNS - Zone Scopes could not be loaded

Event ID: {0}
Event Source: {1}
Event Log: {2}
Event Description: {3}
Event LogDNS 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.Zone.ScopesLoadFail" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Zone" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>Alert</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <LogName>DNS Server</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">7680</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Zone"]/ZoneName$</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>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.DNSServer.2016.Rules.Zone.ScopesLoadFail.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

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

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

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

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

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

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

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

      </Suppression>

      <Custom1/>

      <Custom2/>

      <Custom3/>

      <Custom4/>

      <Custom5/>

      <Custom6/>

      <Custom7/>

      <Custom8/>

      <Custom9/>

      <Custom10/>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>