SMB Witness client received an error from a SMB Witness server.
SMB Witness client received an error from a SMB Witness server.
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.
Make sure there are several cluster nodes online and ensure that SMB Witness service is running on each node.
Target | Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.6.2 | ||
Category | AvailabilityHealth | ||
Enabled | True | ||
Event_ID | 9 | ||
Event Source | Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessClient | ||
Alert Generate | True | ||
Alert Severity | Error | ||
Alert Priority | Normal | ||
Remotable | True | ||
Alert Message |
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Event Log | WitnessClientAdmin |
ID | Module Type | TypeId | RunAs |
---|---|---|---|
DS | DataSource | Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider | Default |
GenerateAlert | WriteAction | System.Health.GenerateAlert | Default |
<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.6.2.WitnessClientServerFailed" Target="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.6.2" 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>WitnessClientAdmin</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>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.Service.SMB.6.2.WitnessClientServerFailed.AlertMessage"]$</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>