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Multicast failure

Multicast_failure_1_Rule (Rule)

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Management Pack

Summary

The Routing and Remote Access service encountered a problem in multicasting.

 

Causes

The most common reasons for this warning are:

1.     Multicast scope name mismatch.

2.     Multicast scope address range mismatch.

3.     A possible multicast scope leak detected.

4.     Multicast scope is non-convex.

 

Resolutions

Open Routing and Remote Access and verify that

1.     Multicast scope name matches.

2.     Multicast scope address range matches.

3.     Check the event EventViewer for the routers that could be configured incorrectly.

4.     The border router is not outside.

 

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Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.RRAS.2008.Server
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Event SourceRemoteAccess
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue
Event LogSystem

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
WriteToDB WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Multicast_failure_1_Rule" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.RRAS.2008.Server" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <LogName>System</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <RegExExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>MatchesRegularExpression</Operator>

              <Pattern>^(20157|20172|20173|20174|20175|20176)$</Pattern>

            </RegExExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">RemoteAccess</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>