Virtual IP (VIP) address is invalid

Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.Virtual.IP.address.is.invalid (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Hosts in a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster are configured to load balance network traffic. Host configuration is set by using NLB Manager, and if it is not configured properly, the NLB cluster may not function correctly.

Resolutions

Check that the virtual IP address is valid

The virtual IP address must be in a valid IPv4 or IPv6 format.

To check that the virtual IP address is in a valid IPv4 or IPv6 format:

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.ServerRole
CategoryAlert
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.EventProvider Default
WA WriteAction Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.GenerateAlert.SuppressByDescription Default
WriteToDB WriteAction Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.CollectEvent Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.Virtual.IP.address.is.invalid" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.ServerRole" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>Alert</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.EventProvider">
<Criteria>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>108</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Criteria>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="WA" TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.GenerateAlert.SuppressByDescription">
<Priority>1</Priority>
<Severity>1</Severity>
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.Virtual.IP.address.is.invalid.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>
<EnableAlert>true</EnableAlert>
</WriteAction>
<WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.6.2.CollectEvent">
<CollectEvent>false</CollectEvent>
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>