Troubleshoot Azure File Sync sync group management

A sync group defines the sync topology for a set of files. Endpoints within a sync group are kept in sync with each other. A sync group must contain one cloud endpoint, which represents an Azure file share, and one or more server endpoints, which represents a path on a registered server. This article is designed to help you troubleshoot and resolve issues that you might encounter when managing sync groups.

Cloud endpoint creation errors

Cloud endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtInternalError"

This error can occur if the Azure File Sync service can't access the storage account due to Server Message Block (SMB) security settings. To enable Azure File Sync to access the storage account, the SMB security settings on the storage account must allow SMB 3.1.1 protocol version, NTLM v2 authentication and AES-128-GCM encryption. To check the SMB security settings on the storage account, see SMB security settings.

Cloud endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtForbidden"

This error occurs if the Azure File Sync service can't access the storage account.

To resolve this issue, perform the following steps:

• Verify the "Allow trusted Microsoft services to access this storage account" setting is checked on your storage account. To learn more, see Restrict access to the storage account public endpoint.
• Verify the SMB security settings on your storage account. To enable Azure File Sync to access the storage account, the SMB security settings on the storage account must allow SMB 3.1.1 protocol version, NTLM v2 authentication and AES-128-GCM encryption. To check the SMB security settings on the storage account, see SMB security settings.

Cloud endpoint creation fails, with this error: "AuthorizationFailed"

This error occurs if your user account doesn't have sufficient rights to create a cloud endpoint.

To create a cloud endpoint, your user account must have the following Microsoft Authorization permissions:

• Read: Get role definition
• Write: Create or update custom role definition
• Read: Get role assignment
• Write: Create role assignment

The following built-in roles have the required Microsoft Authorization permissions:

• Owner
• User Access Administrator

To determine whether your user account role has the required permissions:

1. In the Azure portal, select Resource groups.
2. Select the resource group where the storage account is located, and then select Access control (IAM).
3. On the Check access tab, select View my access.
4. On the Current role assignments tab, select the role (for example, Owner or Contributor) for your user account.
5. On the Permissions tab, verify the role for your user account has the following permissions:
   • Read: Get role definition
   • Write: Create or update custom role definition
   • Read: Get role assignment
   • Write: Create role assignment

Cloud endpoint creation fails, with this error: "The specified Azure FileShare is already in use by a different CloudEndpoint"

This error occurs if the Azure file share is already in use by another cloud endpoint.

If you see this message and the Azure file share currently isn't in use by a cloud endpoint, complete the following steps to clear the Azure File Sync metadata on the Azure file share:

Warning

Deleting the metadata on an Azure file share that is currently in use by a cloud endpoint causes Azure File Sync operations to fail. If you then use this file share for sync in a different sync group, data loss for files in the old sync group is almost certain.

1. In the Azure portal, go to your Azure file share.  
2. Right-click the Azure file share, and then select Edit metadata.
3. Right-click SyncService, and then select Delete.

Server endpoint creation and deletion errors

Server endpoint has a health status of "Provisioning canceled"

A server endpoint health status of "Provisioning canceled" means the server endpoint creation failed. To troubleshoot why the server endpoint creation failed, select the "Provisioning canceled" status to view the error code and search this documentation for the error. Once the cause is understood, delete the server endpoint that failed to create before attempting to create the server endpoint again. To delete the server endpoint that has a health status of "Provisioning canceled," right-click the server endpoint and select Delete.

Server endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobFailed" (Error code: -2134375898 or 0x80c80226)

This error occurs if the server endpoint path is on the system volume and cloud tiering is enabled. Cloud tiering isn't supported on the system volume. To create a server endpoint on the system volume, disable cloud tiering when creating the server endpoint.

Server endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobFailed" (Error code: -2147024894 or 0x80070002)

This error occurs if the server endpoint path specified isn't valid. Verify the server endpoint path specified is a locally attached NTFS volume. Note, Azure File Sync doesn't support mapped drives as a server endpoint path.

Server endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobFailed" (Error code: -2134375640 or 0x80c80328)

This error occurs if the server endpoint path specified isn't an NTFS volume. Verify the server endpoint path specified is a locally attached NTFS volume. Note, Azure File Sync doesn't support mapped drives as a server endpoint path.

Server endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobFailed" (Error code: -2134347507 or 0x80c8710d)

This error occurs because Azure File Sync doesn't support server endpoints on volumes, which have a compressed System Volume Information folder. To resolve this issue, decompress the System Volume Information folder. If the System Volume Information folder is the only folder compressed on the volume, perform the following steps:

1. Download PsExec tool.

2. Run the PsExec.exe -i -s -d cmd command from an elevated command prompt to launch a command prompt running under the system account.

3. From the command prompt running under the system account, type the following commands and hit Enter:

   cd /d "drive letter:\System Volume Information"
   compact /u /s
   

Server endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobFailed" (Error code: -2134376345 or 0x80C80067)

This error occurs if the limit of server endpoints per server is reached. Azure File Sync currently supports up to 30 server endpoints per server. For more information, see Azure File Sync scale targets.

Server endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobFailed" (Error code: -2134376427 or 0x80c80015)

This error occurs if another server endpoint is already syncing the server endpoint path specified. Azure File Sync doesn't support multiple server endpoints syncing the same directory or volume.

Server endpoint creation fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobFailed" (Error code: -2160590967 or 0x80c80077)

This error occurs if the server endpoint path contains orphaned tiered files. If a server endpoint was recently removed, wait until the orphaned tiered files cleanup has completed. An Event ID 6662 is logged to the Telemetry event log once the orphaned tiered files cleanup has started. An Event ID 6661 is logged once the orphaned tiered files cleanup has completed and a server endpoint can be recreated using the path. If the server endpoint creation fails after the tiered files cleanup has completed or if Event ID 6661 can't be found in the Telemetry event log due to event log rollover, remove the orphaned tiered files by performing the steps documented in Tiered files are not accessible on the server after deleting a server endpoint.

Server endpoint deletion fails, with this error: "MgmtServerJobExpired" (Error code: -2134347757 or 0x80c87013)

This error occurs if the server is offline or doesn't have network connectivity. If the server is no longer available, unregister the server in the portal, which will delete the server endpoints. To delete the server endpoints, follow the steps that are described in Unregister a server with Azure File Sync.

Server endpoint health

Unable to open server endpoint properties page or update cloud tiering policy

This issue can occur if a management operation on the server endpoint fails. If the server endpoint properties page doesn't open in the Azure portal, updating server endpoint using PowerShell commands from the server may fix this issue.

# Get the server endpoint id based on the server endpoint DisplayName property
Get-AzStorageSyncServerEndpoint `
    -ResourceGroupName myrgname `
    -StorageSyncServiceName storagesvcname `
    -SyncGroupName mysyncgroup | `
Tee-Object -Variable serverEndpoint

# Update the free space percent policy for the server endpoint
Set-AzStorageSyncServerEndpoint `
    -InputObject $serverEndpoint
    -CloudTiering `
    -VolumeFreeSpacePercent 60

Server endpoint has a health status of "No Activity" or "Pending" and the server state on the registered servers blade is "Appears offline"

This issue can occur for the following reasons:

• The Storage Sync Monitor process (AzureStorageSyncMonitor.exe) isn't running on the server, or the server has insufficient system resources.
• The server is unable to communicate with the Azure File Sync service.
• The server is unable to authenticate with the Azure File Sync service due to an expired or deleted certificate.
• The Telemetry event log on the server is corrupted.

On the server that's showing as "Appears offline" in the portal, look at event ID 9301 in the Telemetry event log (located under Applications and Services\Microsoft\FileSync\Agent in Event Viewer) to determine the cause of this issue.

• If "GetNextJob completed with status: 0" is logged, the server can communicate with the Azure File Sync service.

  Open Task Manager on the server and verify the Storage Sync Monitor (AzureStorageSyncMonitor.exe) process is running. If the process isn't running, first try restarting the server. If restarting the server doesn't resolve the issue, upgrade to the latest Azure File Sync agent version and verify the server has sufficient system resources.

• If "GetNextJob completed with status: -2134347756" is logged, the server is unable to communicate with the Azure File Sync service due to a firewall, proxy, or TLS cipher suite order configuration.

  • If the server is behind a firewall, verify port 443 outbound is allowed. If the firewall restricts traffic to specific domains, confirm the domains listed in the Firewall documentation are accessible.

  • If the server is behind a proxy, configure the machine-wide or app-specific proxy settings by following the steps in the Proxy documentation.

  • Use the Test-StorageSyncNetworkConnectivity cmdlet to check network connectivity to the service endpoints.

    To learn more, see Test network connectivity to service endpoints.

  • If the TLS cipher suite order is configured on the server, you can use group policy or TLS cmdlets to add cipher suites:

    • To use group policy, see Configuring TLS Cipher Suite Order by using Group Policy.
    • To use TLS cmdlets, see Configuring TLS Cipher Suite Order by using TLS PowerShell Cmdlets.

    Azure File Sync currently supports the following cipher suites for TLS 1.2 protocol:

    • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
    • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
    • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
    • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256

    Note

    Different Windows vesions support different TLS cipher suites and priority order. See TLS Cipher Suites in Windows for the corresponding Windows version and the supported cipher suites and default order in which they are chosen by the Microsoft Schannel Provider.

• If "GetNextJob completed with status: -2134347764" is logged, the server is unable to authenticate with the Azure File Sync service due to an expired or deleted certificate.

  Run the following PowerShell commands on the server to confirm the server certificate is missing or expired:

  Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Azure\StorageSyncAgent\StorageSync.Management.ServerCmdlets.dll"  
  Debug-StorageSyncServer -Diagnose
  

  Run the following PowerShell command on the server to reset the certificate used for authentication:

  Reset-AzStorageSyncServerCertificate -ResourceGroupName <string> -StorageSyncServiceName <string>
  

• If the Telemetry event log is empty, it means the event log is more than likely corrupted.

  Run the following PowerShell commands on the server to confirm the Telemetry event log is corrupted:

  Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Azure\StorageSyncAgent\StorageSync.Management.ServerCmdlets.dll"  
  Debug-StorageSyncServer -Diagnose
  

  Run the following PowerShell commands on the server to fix the event log corruption:

  Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Azure\StorageSyncAgent\StorageSync.Management.ServerCmdlets.dll"  
  Debug-StorageSyncServer -FixAfsEventsCorruption
  

Server endpoint has a health status of "No Activity" and the server state on the registered servers blade is "Online"

A server endpoint health status of "No Activity" means the server endpoint hasn't logged sync activity in the past two hours.

To check current sync activity on a server, see How do I monitor the progress of a current sync session?

A server endpoint may not log sync activity for several hours due to a bug or insufficient system resources. Verify the latest Azure File Sync agent version is installed. If the issue persists, open a support request.

Note

If the server state on the registered servers blade is "Appears Offline," perform the steps documented in the Server endpoint has a health status of "No Activity" or "Pending" and the server state on the registered servers blade is "Appears offline" section.

See also

• Troubleshoot Azure File Sync sync errors
• Troubleshoot Azure File Sync agent installation and server registration
• Troubleshoot Azure File Sync cloud tiering
• Monitor Azure File Sync
• Troubleshoot Azure Files problems

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