Use this Knowledge Script to monitor the SharePoint Health Analyzer tool, a feature in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and later that allows you to schedule automatic checks for configuration, performance, and usage problems in a SharePoint server farm.
This script raises an event when the SharePoint Health Analyzer tool generates rule execution failure, error, warning, or information events.
SharePoint Server
The default interval for this script is every hour.
Set the following parameters as needed:
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General Settings |
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Job failure event notification |
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Event severity when job fails |
Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the HealthAnalyzer job fails. The default is 5. |
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Additional Settings |
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Event Details |
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Event detail format |
Specify the format of the event details, either as an HTML table or as plain text. The default is HTML Table. |
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Monitor SharePoint Health Analyzer |
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Run Health Analyzer during job? |
Select Yes to run the SharePoint Health Analyzer tool during the job execution, which allows you to check for configuration, performance, and usage problems in the SharePoint server farm. The default is unselected. |
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Include or exclude health rules |
Specify whether to include or exclude health rules for an event. The default is Include. |
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Semicolon-separated list of Health Analyzer rules to include or exclude from monitoring |
Specify a list of the Health Analyzer rules to include or exclude when monitoring. Use semicolons (;) to separate multiple health rules. |
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Categories of health rules to include or exclude from monitoring |
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Availability |
Select Yes to monitor health rule entries in the Availability category. The default is Yes. |
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Configuration |
Select Yes to monitor health rule entries in the Configuration category. The default is Yes. |
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Performance |
Select Yes to monitor health rule entries in the Performance category. The default is Yes. |
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Security |
Select Yes to monitor health rule entries in the Security category. The default is Yes. |
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Custom |
Select Yes to monitor health rule entries in the Custom category. The default is unselected. |
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Event Notification |
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Monitor Health Rule Execution Failure Events |
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Raise event if Health Analyzer generates rule execution failure events? |
Select Yes to raise an event if the Health Analyzer generates a rule execution failure event. The default is Yes. |
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Event severity when Health Analyzer generates rule execution failure events |
Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which Health Analyzer generates a rule execution failure event. The default is 7. |
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Monitor Error Events |
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Raise event if Health Analyzer generates error events? |
Select Yes to raise an event if the Health Analyzer generates an error event. The default is Yes. |
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Event severity when Health Analyzer generates error events |
Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the Health Analyzer generates an error event. The default is 10. |
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Monitor Warning Events |
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Raise event if Health Analyzer generates warning events? |
Select Yes to raise an event if the Health Analyzer generates a warning event. The default is Yes. |
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Event severity when Health Analyzer generates warning events |
Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the Health Analyzer generates a warning event. The default is 15. |
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Monitor Informational Events |
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Raise event if Health Analyzer generates informational events? |
Select Yes to raise an event if the Health Analyzer generates an informational event. The default is unselected. |
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Event severity when Health Analyzer generates informational events |
Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the Health Analyzer generates an informational event. The default is 25. |