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DFS-N: Namespace Root Error State

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.2008.RootTarget.TooManyErrors (UnitMonitor)

This object monitors a namespace for the presence of a large number of errors.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This object monitors a namespace for the presence of a large number of errors, and if there are, generates an alert. It does this by looking for the presence of DfsSvc event 14509.

Causes

This can occur if a namespace has a large number of errors of any type.

Resolutions

Review the alerts for the namespace in the Operations console or the events in Event Viewer and then troubleshoot those monitors or events.

After you resolve the problem, manually reset the health state of this monitor to Healthy.

Additional

DfsSvc event 14509 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=171051)

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.2008.RootTarget
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.SingleEventLogManualReset2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
DFS-N: Namespace Root Has a Large Number of Errors
{0}
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.2008.RootTarget.TooManyErrors" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.2008.RootTarget" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.SingleEventLogManualReset2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.2008.RootTarget.TooManyErrors_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

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

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

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

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

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

    <LogName>System</LogName>

    <Expression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">14509</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>ContainsSubstring</Operator>

            <Pattern>DfsSvc</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.RootTarget"]/RootName$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <Or>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetbiosComputerName$</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </Or>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </Expression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>