RemoteAccess - PPP initialization failure

RemoteAccess___PPP_initialization_failure_1_Rule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Management Pack

Summary
Routing and Remote access service failed to start because it encountered an error in the initialization of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

Causes
This could be because of resource creation failures during PPP initialization.

Resolutions
Restaring the computer may fix this problem.

Sample Event
Sample Event: The Remote Access service failed to start because the Point to Point wasnot initialized successfully. %1

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.Server.RRAS.Microsoft_Windows_2003_Routing_and_Remote_Access_Servers_Installation

Category

EventCollection

Enabled

True

Event Source

RemoteAccess

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Low

Remotable

True

Alert Message

RemoteAccess - PPP initialization failure

$Data/EventDescription$

Event Log

System

Comment

Mom2005ID='{B39871E6-5684-4BF5-8D47-07088635A348}';MOM2005ComputerGroupID={2C66DD87-4D20-48F6-B6A3-19A1598ED025}

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
_907D4578_146C_11D3_AB21_00A0C98620CE_	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider	Default
CollectEventData	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent	Default
CollectEventDataWarehouse	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData	Default
GenerateAlert	WriteAction	System.Mom.BackwardCompatibility.AlertResponse	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="RemoteAccess___PPP_initialization_failure_1_Rule" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.RRAS.Microsoft_Windows_2003_Routing_and_Remote_Access_Servers_Installation" Enabled="true" ConfirmDelivery="true" Comment="Mom2005ID='{B39871E6-5684-4BF5-8D47-07088635A348}';MOM2005ComputerGroupID={2C66DD87-4D20-48F6-B6A3-19A1598ED025}">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="_907D4578_146C_11D3_AB21_00A0C98620CE_" Comment="{907D4578-146C-11D3-AB21-00A0C98620CE}" TypeID="WindowsLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

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

      <LogName>System</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>RemoteAccess</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <RegExExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

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

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>MatchesMOM2005BooleanRegularExpression</Operator>

              <Pattern>20147</Pattern>

            </RegExExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="MomBackwardCompatibility!System.Mom.BackwardCompatibility.AlertResponse">

      <AlertGeneration>

        <GenerateAlert>true</GenerateAlert>

        <Owner/>

        <Description>

            $Data/EventDescription$

          </Description>

        <AlertLevel>70</AlertLevel>

        <ResolutionState/>

        <Source>

            $Data/PublisherName$

          </Source>

        <Name>RemoteAccess - PPP initialization failure</Name>

        <CustomFields>

          <CustomField>

            $Data/Params/Param[1]$

          </CustomField>

          <CustomField>

            $Data/Params/Param[2]$

          </CustomField>

          <CustomField/>

          <CustomField/>

          <CustomField/>

        </CustomFields>

      </AlertGeneration>

      <InvokerType>0</InvokerType>

    </WriteAction>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventData" TypeID="SystemCenterLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectEventDataWarehouse" TypeID="DataWarehouseLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>