MOM Agent Status Appears as "Unknown" (300315)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Operations Manager 2000

This article was previously published under Q300315

SYMPTOMS

When you view the status of a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) agent, the status of the agent is Unknown.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because MOM marks the status of an agent as Unknown if the interval between heartbeats from the agent computer is more than 10 minutes.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, make sure that the OnePoint service is running on the agent computer and that the agent is currently on the network.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/13/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbnetwork kbui KB300315