Appendix D: Activation-Related Event Log Entries
The entries shown in Table 9 appear in event logs on KMS clients and on KMS hosts. Checking logs on both computers can lead to the discovery of causes of KMS activation failure.
All events are logged in the Windows application event log except for event 12290, which is in its own event log under Applications and Services/Key Management Service.
Table 9. Event Log Entries for Volume Activation
EventID |
Logged By |
Description |
Message |
|---|---|---|---|
12288 |
Client |
Remote procedure call (RPC) submit or submit failure |
The client has sent an activation request to the KMS computer. |
12289 |
Client |
KMS response validation |
The client has processed an activation response from the KMS computer. |
12290 |
KMS |
KMS service machine-side log for each request |
An activation request has been processed. |
12291 |
KMS |
KMS initialization failure |
KMS failed to start. |
12292 |
KMS |
Renewal timer initialization failure |
KMS failed to initialize the renewal timer. |
12293 |
KMS |
DNS resource record publishing failure |
Publishing the KMS to DNS failed. |
12294 |
KMS |
DNS resource record publishing success |
Publishing the KMS to DNS is successful. |
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