DNS Publishing Monitor

Microsoft.Windows.KeyManagement.Service.DNS_Publishing_Monitor (UnitMonitor)

DNS RR publishing failed

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

KMS was unable to publish a DNS record. Whether this is a serious issue or not depends on the abilities and configuration of the Domain Name System at your facility.

Causes

Possible causes include:

DNS does not support SRV records or dynamic publishing (DDNS).

The KMS machine does not have permission to update DNS.

The designated DNS domain does not exist or is unreachable.

Resolutions

If your DNS configuration or policies do not permit dynamic SRV publishing, you should disable publishing by using slmgr.vbs -cdns. Verify that the target domain is correct and accessible. If you have specified publishing to multiple domains, verify that the value specified in the registry (DnsDomainPublishList) is correct.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.KeyManagement.Service

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

AvailabilityHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

DNS Publishing Monitor

DNS RR publishing failed

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.KeyManagement.Service.DNS_Publishing_Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.KeyManagement.Service" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.KeyManagement.Service.DNS_Publishing_Monitor.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="DNSProblem" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>

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

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

    <FirstLogName>Application</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value>12293</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <Or>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">Software Licensing Service</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </Or>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

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

    <SecondLogName>Application</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value>12294</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <Or>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">Software Licensing Service</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="String">Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </Or>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>