DFS-R: Partner Communication

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.CommunicationErrorWithPartnerMonitor (UnitMonitor)

This object monitors communication between replication partners and creates a Warning alert if any communication errors occur.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This object monitors communication between replication partners and creates a Warning alert if any communication errors occur. It does so by looking for the presence of DFS Replication Event 5002.

Causes

An unhealthy state of this monitor is caused by communication errors during replication. Communication errors can occur for the following reasons:

General network connectivity issues
DNS errors
Firewall settings
Lack of software updates on replication partners

Resolutions

Test basic network connectivity

To test network connectivity with the affected server, use the following procedure:

1. Open a command prompt window and then use the ping command to check basic network connectivity.

If the ping command fails, it is likely that the server is not running, or has network problems that require local access to resolve. If ping is blocked in your network environment, skip this step.

2. If the ping command is successful, test the server’s registration in DNS by using the nslookup command.

If the nslookup command fails, there is a problem with DNS. Check the DNS server health or contact the DNS server administrator.

3. If the nslookup command succeeds, DNS is working properly.

Note: For more information about troubleshooting network issues, see article 325487 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=46059).

Check Firewall settings

If a firewall has been configured between replication partners, ensure that it is not blocking RPC communication. DFS Replication depends on RPC for communication. DFS Replication uses the RPC Endpoint Mapper (port 135) and a randomly assigned dynamic port in the range of 49152 through 65535 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008, or in the range of 1025 through 5000 for Windows Server 2003 R2.

You can use the Dfsrdiag command-line tool to specify a static port instead of the dynamic port. For more information about how to specify the RPC Endpoint Mapper, see article 154596 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=73991). For more information about dynamic port usage in Windows Server 2008, see article 929851 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187092).

Install the latest updates

Install the latest service pack and updates on all members of the replication group.

Verification

After resolving the underlying problem(s), this monitor should return to a healthy state.

To manually confirm that replication is healthy, run a propagation test on the affected folder by using DFS Management or the following commands, where <ReplicationGroup>is the name of the replication group and <ReplicatedFolder>is the name of the replicated folder:

dfsrdiag propagationtest /rgname:"<ReplicationGroup>" /rfname:"<ReplicatedFolder>" /testfilename:DFS-RTestFile.xml

dfsrdiag propagationreport /rgname:"<ReplicationGroup>" /rfname:"<ReplicatedFolder>" /testfilename:DFS-RTestFile.xml /reportfilename:c:\DFS-R_Report.xml

Additional

For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52870

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicationGroupMember

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

DFS-R: Communication Error During Replication

DFS Replication encountered an error while communicating with a replication partner during replication. DFS Replication will retry replication.
Additional Information:
Replication partner: {0}
Replication group: {1} Partner DNS Address: {2}
Partner WINS Address: {3}
Partner IP Address: {4}
Error: {5} ({6})
Connection ID: {7}
Replication Group ID: {8}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.CommunicationErrorWithPartnerMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicationGroupMember" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.CommunicationErrorWithPartnerMonitor_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[2]$</AlertParameter1>

      <AlertParameter2>$Data/Context/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter2>

      <AlertParameter3>$Data/Context/Params/Param[4]$</AlertParameter3>

      <AlertParameter4>$Data/Context/Params/Param[5]$</AlertParameter4>

      <AlertParameter5>$Data/Context/Params/Param[6]$</AlertParameter5>

      <AlertParameter6>$Data/Context/Params/Param[7]$</AlertParameter6>

      <AlertParameter7>$Data/Context/Params/Param[8]$</AlertParameter7>

      <AlertParameter8>$Data/Context/Params/Param[1]$</AlertParameter8>

      <AlertParameter9>$Data/Context/Params/Param[9]$</AlertParameter9>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="FirstEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

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

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

    <FirstLogName>DFS Replication</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">5002</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">DFSR</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[9]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicationGroupMember"]/ReplicationGroupGUID$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

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

    <SecondLogName>DFS Replication</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">DFSR</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <Or>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">1004</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">1104</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <And>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[4]</XPathQuery>

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicationGroupMember"]/ReplicationGroupGUID$</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

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

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">5016</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

              </And>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <And>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[4]</XPathQuery>

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicationGroupMember"]/ReplicationGroupGUID$</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

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

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">5006</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

              </And>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <And>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

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

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">5004</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[5]</XPathQuery>

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicationGroupMember"]/ReplicationGroupGUID$</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

              </And>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <And>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

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

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">9111</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

                <Expression>

                  <SimpleExpression>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[6]</XPathQuery>

                    </ValueExpression>

                    <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                    <ValueExpression>

                      <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicationGroupMember"]/ReplicationGroupGUID$</Value>

                    </ValueExpression>

                  </SimpleExpression>

                </Expression>

              </And>

            </Expression>

          </Or>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>