URL and Administration Port Monitoring (Windows SharePoint Services 2.0)

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MOM scripts provide the capabilities of monitoring URLs and administration ports for Windows SharePoint Services sites. A generic URL monitoring notification rule was implemented to report errors on various URL requests on each front-end Web server.

  • Notification Rules–Script-generated data Criteria – With Event ID: 2002Generate Alert: Critical Error Notification Group: Windows SharePoint Services Service Operators

As the Internet Platform and Operations group implemented this rule, a ping request was sent to each front-end Web server every two minutes. The script issued a ping request to each server up to three times during each test. If all three requests failed, a critical error was generated and reported.

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The frequency and number of trials should be adjusted based on your traffic analysis and expectation of server availability. The MOM account on the consolidator server should have access to the URL being tested or anonymous users should have access to the site.

  • Ping FE1 https:// site_URL (Change the site URL as appropriate) Data Provider: Scheduled every 2 min. Provider Type: Time Event Responses: Script Name: HTTP Ping–Centrally on the Consolidator computer. AttemptedInterval: 1 Attempts:3 LogSuccessEvent: False URL: https:// site_URL (Change the site URL as appropriate)

  • Ping FE1 Windows SharePoint Services Admin Port (Assume 8080 is the admin port.) Data Provider: Scheduled every 2 min. Provider Type: Time Event Responses: Script Name: HTTP Ping–Centrally on the Consolidator computer. AttemptedInterval: 1 Attempts:3 LogSuccessEvent: False URL: https:// Server :8080/

Repeat the last two rules for each front-end Web server to make sure that all front-end Web servers respond properly for these fundamental requests.