Details of the event with ID 17 of the source Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority
| Event Source: | Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority |
| Event ID: | 17 (0x11) |
| Event log: | Application |
| Event type: | Error |
| Symbolic Name: | MSG_E_DB_INIT_FAILED |
| Event text (English): | Active Directory Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database connection for %1. %2. |
| Event text (German): | Die Active Directory-Zertifikatdienste wurden nicht gestartet: Die Datenbankverbindung kann nicht initialisiert werden: %1. %2. |
Parameter
The parameters contained in the event text are filled with the following fields:
- %1: CACommonName (win:UnicodeString)
- %2: ErrorCode (win:UnicodeString)
Example events
Active Directory Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database connection for ADCS Labor Issuing CA 1. Cannot access file, the file is locked or in use 0xc8000408 (ESE: -1032 JET_errFileAccessDenied).Active Directory Certificate Services did not start: Unable to initialize the database connection for ADCS Labor Issuing CA 1. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. 0x80070020 (WIN32: 32 ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION).
Description
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This event occurs when the certification authority cannot establish access to the certification authority database.
Error code ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION
Will show the following error message when starting the service:
The Active Directory Certificate Services service could not be started.
A system error has occurred.
System error 32 has occurred.
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Can occur in conjunction with event no. 34 and the associated problems.
When restarting the certification authority service, there must be sufficient time (approx. 1 minute) between termination and start of the service.
Security assessment
The security assessment is based on the three dimensions of confidentiality, integrity and availability.
The availability of the certification authority service is no longer given if this event occurs. Therefore, an alert should definitely take place.
Microsoft's rating
Microsoft evaluates this event in the Securing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Whitepaper with a severity score of "Low".
Related links:
- Overview of Windows events generated by the certification authority
- Overview of audit events generated by the certification authority
External sources
- Event ID 17 - AD CS Database Availability (Microsoft)
- Securing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) (Microsoft)