Invalid Rule Causes Reports of Large Numbers of Events 25401 and 25406 in the Database (296005)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Operations Manager 2000
This article was previously published under Q296005

SUMMARY

This article explains why an exceptionally large number of event reports may appear in the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) database.

MORE INFORMATION

If an invalid rule is created and enabled in MOM, a large number of events (for example, Event ID 25401 or Event ID 25406) may be recorded in the MOM database. (The MOM database is identified as the OnePoint database in Microsoft SQL Server 2000).

For reference, a typical event report looks much like this:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: OnePoint Operations
Description: The Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 WMI Numeric Provider could not convert instance name property Description on class win32_perfrawdata_perfproc_process to string value.
An invalid rule can result if the rule contains incorrect information, for example an incorrect Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) namespace or group class. MOM produces these events and event reports to help administrators identify faulty rules.

To avoid this behavior, make sure that all of the enabled rules are valid.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/13/2005
Keywords:kberrmsg kbinfo KB296005
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