This rule uses a script to check the responsiveness of the Administration Service by periodically issuing a simple request to the Service. By default, this rule is scheduled to run every 10 minutes. The schedule can be adjusted by managing rule properties in the Operations Manager console.
This rule generates an alert when the General response script detects that the Administration Service is unavailable.
Possible causes of the alert include:
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The Administration Service is not running.
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The Administration Service is not configured properly.
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The Administration Service has encountered a critical error.
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The administration database is unavailable.
This rule uses a script to check the status of Active Roles replication. The script is intended to run on the Publisher Administration Service so as to verify the replication status of the Publisher and Subscribers. By default, this rule is scheduled to run every 30 minutes. The schedule can be adjusted by managing rule properties in the Operations Manager console.
This rule generates an alert when the Replication monitoring script detects that the Active Roles replication status indicates a replication failure.
Possible causes of the alert include:
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The SQL Server Agent service is not started on the computer running the Publisher SQL Server.
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The Snapshot Agent or a Merge Agent is not started at the Publisher SQL Server.
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The Merge Agent uses incorrect credentials when connecting to the Publisher or a Subscriber.
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The Snapshot Agent uses incorrect credentials when connecting to the Publisher.
For more information, and details on how resolve replication-related problems, see Identifying replication-related problems.