SMB Witness client received error from a SMB Witness server

Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.10.0.WitnessClientServerFailed (Rule)

SMB Witness client received an error from a SMB Witness server.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

SMB Witness client received an error from a SMB Witness server.

Causes

This can occur if the SMB Witness service on the cluster node fails. The SMB Witness client will attempt to connect to a different SMB Witness server if one is available.

Resolutions

Make sure there are several cluster nodes online and ensure that SMB Witness service is running on each node.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.10.0

Category

AvailabilityHealth

Enabled

True

Event_ID

Event Source

Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessClient

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Normal

Remotable

True

Alert Message

SMB Witness client received error from a SMB Witness server

SMB Witness client received an error '{0}' from a SMB Witness server '{1}' for NetName '{2}'.

Event Log

Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessClient/Admin

Member Modules:

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

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.10.0.WitnessClientServerFailed" Target="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.10.0" Remotable="true" Enabled="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <LogName>Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessClient/Admin</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessClient</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">9</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>2</Severity>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.10.0.WitnessClientServerFailed.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

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

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

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

        <AlertParameter4>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</AlertParameter4>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

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

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[2]$</SuppressionValue>

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

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>