DFS-R: AD DS Configuration Updates

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

This object monitors configuration updates with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and creates a Warning alert if it detects that DFS Replication couldn’t update AD DS.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This object monitors configuration updates with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and creates a Warning alert if it detects that DFS Replication couldn’t update AD DS. It does so by looking for the presence of DFS Replication Event 6016.

Causes

An unhealthy state of this monitor indicates that DFS Replication failed to update its configuration in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). This can occur if the only domain controllers that the server can reach are read-only domain controllers.

Resolutions

Wait for configuration changes to replicate with AD DS

DFS Replication will retry this operation, which usually resolves automatically after configuration changes replicate through AD DS.

To poll immediately for configuration changes, open a command prompt window and then type the following command once for each member of the replication group, where [domain] is the domain the server is located in and [server] is the server name:

Dfsrdiag PollAD /Member:[domain\server]

If this problem persists, verify that AD DS replication is working and that the service is able to reach a domain controller. If the problem persists for 8 hours, the DFS Replication service will disable the connection and log DFS Replication Event 5016.

Verification

This monitor automatically resets to a healthy state when the issue is resolved.

Additional

DFS Replication Event 6016 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=187157)

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.Service

Parent Monitor

System.Health.ConfigurationState

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: Failed to Update Configuration in Active Directory Domain Services

DFS Replication failed to update its configuration in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The service will retry this operation periodically.
Additional Information:
Object Category: {0}
Object DN: {1}
Error: {2} ( {3} )
Domain Controller: {4} Polling Cycle: {5}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

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

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

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

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[1]$</AlertParameter1>

      <AlertParameter2>$Data/Context/Params/Param[2]$</AlertParameter2>

      <AlertParameter3>$Data/Context/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter3>

      <AlertParameter4>$Data/Context/Params/Param[4]$</AlertParameter4>

      <AlertParameter5>$Data/Context/Params/Param[5]$</AlertParameter5>

      <AlertParameter6>$Data/Context/Params/Param[6]$</AlertParameter6>

    </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">6016</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>

      </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">6018</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <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>

          </Or>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>