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A Software Update Installation Failed

Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.SoftwareUpdateInstallationFailed.Alert (Rule)

A failed software update installation was detected.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule will generate an alert any time an update from the Windows® Automatic Update service fails to successfully install.

Sample Event:

This rule will generate an alert when the following event occurs in the System Event Log:

Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update. %1

Causes

This alert most commonly occurs when:

Resolutions

To resolve this alert, an administrator might choose one of the following options:

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledFalse
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Software update installation failed
{0}
Event LogSystem

Member Modules:

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

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.SoftwareUpdateInstallationFailed.Alert" Enabled="false" Target="ServervNext!Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <LogName>System</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventSourceName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>20</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>2</Severity>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.OperatingSystem.SoftwareUpdateInstallationFailed.Alert.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>$Data/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue/>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>