Machine Translation service in SharePoint Server knowledge articles
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Learn how to resolve alerts about the Machine Translation service in the SharePoint Servers 2019, 2016, and 2013 management pack for Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
The articles in this section are knowledge articles for the Machine Translation service in SharePoint Server. Typically, you would see these articles after clicking a link in an alert in the Operations Manager console. You can use these articles to help you troubleshoot and resolve problems that involve the Machine Translation service.
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Use the following to resolve alerts about the Machine Translation service:
Machine Translation Service: Machine translation failure - #1
Machine Translation Service: Machine translation failure - #2
Machine Translation Service: Queue database not accessible
**Alert Name:**Machine Translation Service: Queue database not accessible
Summary: A critical state of this Monitor indicates that the Machine Translation Service cannot access content that it has to translate.
Symptoms:
New Jobs cannot be submitted successfully.
Existing Job Items never complete or seem to "hang" and make no progress in the Job Queue.
Cause
One or more of the following might be the cause:
The queue database is not responsive enough because of activity on the network or physical SQL server.
Permissions to access the custom database are no longer valid.
The queue database is inaccessible.
Resolution
Resolution 1: Verify the status of the SQL Server Machine Translation Service database:
On the SharePoint Central Administration website, in the System Settings section, from the reading pane, click Manage Servers in this farm.
In the Farm Information section, note the Machine Translation Service database server, and the name and the version of the configuration database.
Start SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the configuration database server.
If the configuration database does not exist, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.
Resolution 2: Verify the SQL Server network connection:
On the Central Administration website, in the System Settings section, from the reading pane, click Manage Servers in this farm.
In the Farm Information section, note the Machine Translation Service database server, and the name and the version of the configuration database information.
Open a Command Prompt window and type ping to confirm the server connection.
Failure to contact the server indicates a problem with the network connection or another problem that prevents a response from the server.
Log on to the server and troubleshoot the issue.
Machine Translation Service: Machine translation failure - #1
**Alert Name:**Machine Translation Service: Machine translation failure
Summary: A critical state of this Monitor indicates that machine translation through the online translation service, is failing.
Symptoms:
As long as a connection to the online translation service is not established, the service will function correctly but will fail every Translation Item that is processed.
Cause
One or more of the following might be the cause:
The Machine Translation Service is not connected to the Internet.
The online translation service is down.
The online translation service has experienced a certain amount of intermittent failures (beyond a set threshold).
Resolution
Ensure the Machine Translation Service application has web access:
Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators group.
On the Central Administration website, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.
On the Manage Service Applications page, in the list of service applications, click Machine Translation Service.
In the Online Translation Connection section, in the web proxy server box, do one of the following:
Click Use default internet settings.
Click Use the proxy specified, and enter a web proxy server and a port number.
Validate the MachineTranslationAddress, MachineTranslationClientId, and MachineTranslationCategory for the Machine Translation Service application:
Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators group.
In the PowerShell command prompt, type the following:
Get-SPServiceApplication -Name "name" | ft MachineTranslationAddress, MachineTranslationClientId, MachineTranslationCategorywhere "name" is the Name of your Machine Translation Service application.
Validate the values returned by comparing against any documentation or making a test call.
Correct any values based on validation. If a value cannot be validated, use the default value.
Machine Translation Service: Machine translation failure - #2
**Alert Name:**Machine Translation Service: Machine translation failure
**Summary:**A critical state of this Monitor indicates that the Machine Translation Service Timer Job is failing.
Symptoms:
New Jobs will successfully enter into the database. However, the translation items for that job will never start.
The existing Jobs may not finish: Any translation items that are already assigned to application servers may still succeed, but translation items that are not assigned to application servers will not start. That leaves the Job perpetually incomplete.
Cause
The Machine Translation Service's queue timer job is not running.
Resolution
Resolution 1: Restart the Machine Translation Service
On the Central Administration website, in the System Settings section, from the reading pane, click Manage servers in this farm.
In the Server column, click the name of the failing application server. The Services on Server page opens.
In the Service column, locate the Machine Translation Service. Click Stop, and then click Start.
Resolution 2: Create a new Machine Translation Service application
On the Central Administration website, in the Application Management section, from the reading pane, click Manage service applications.
In the Type column, click the name of the Machine Translation Service application that has the failing service instance.
On the ribbon, click Delete.
In the Delete Service Application dialog, click OK.
Create a new Machine Translation Service application.
Machine Translation Service not accessible
**Alert Name:**Machine Translation Service not accessible
Summary: A critical state of this Monitor indicates that the Machine Translation Service is not accessible.
Symptoms:If service calls are not working for the Machine Translation Service, no jobs can be submitted to the application server for immediate processing or submission to the Job Queue. That is, the service is inaccessible and does not function.
Cause
One or more of the following might be the cause:
The specified SharePoint Server application server is inaccessible.
The specified application server is responding slowly because of heavy network activity or load on the specific server.
Resolution
Resolution 1: Check the error logs:
Open the Windows Event Viewer.
Search for event ID 8049 in the Windows. Application Event log.
In the event description, note the application server that is failing
Resolution 2: Verify the application server connection:
From the failing application server, open the SharePoint Central Administration Web site.
If you cannot access the Central Administration site from the failing server, check that the network settings are correct and that the server has appropriate permissions to join the SharePoint farm.
Resolution 3: Verify that the Machine Translation Service runs on the failing server:
On the Central Administration website, in the reading pane, in the System Settings section, click Manage servers in this farm.
Verify that the Machine Translation Service runs on the failing application server.
If there is a service application proxy for the failing service application, create a new service application.
Resolution 4: Restart the Machine Translation Service:
On the Central Administration website, in the reading pane, in the System Settings section, click Manage servers in this farm.
In the Server column, click the name of the failing application server. The Services on Server page opens.
In the Service column, locate the Machine Translation Service, click Stop, and then click Start.
Resolution 5: Create a new Machine Translation Service application:
On the Central Administration website, in the reading pane, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.
In the Type column, click the name of the Machine Translation Service application that has the failing service instance.
On the ribbon, click Delete.
In the Delete Service Application dialog, click OK.
Create a new Machine Translation Service application.
Machine Translation Service: Content not accessible
**Alert Name:**Machine Translation Service: Content not accessible
Summary: Critical state of this Monitor indicates that back-end to front-end CSOM calls are failing.
Symptoms: No files can be retrieved for processing and items that are already being processed will not be written. That is, files are inaccessible and items will continuously fail.
Cause
One or more of the following might be the cause:
Server to server Authentication is configured incorrectly.
The content database is not responsive enough because of activity on the network or physical SQL server.
Permissions to access the content database are no longer valid.
The content database is inaccessible.
Resolution
Resolution 1: Verify the status of the SQL Server content database:
On the SharePoint Central Administration website, in the System Settings section from the reading pane, click Manage Servers in this farm.
In the Farm Information section, note the content database server, and the name and the version of the configuration database.
Start SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the content database server.
If the content database does not exist, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.
Resolution 2: Verify the SQL Server network connection:
On the Central Administration website, in the System Settings section, from the reading pane, click Manage Servers in this farm.
In the Farm Information section, note the content database server and the name and the version of the content database information.
Open a Command Prompt window and type ping to confirm the server connection.
Failure to contact the server indicates a problem with the network connection or another problem that prevents a response from the server.
Log on to the server and troubleshoot the issue.
Resolution 3: Verify Server to Server Authentication is configured correctly:
See Configure server-to-server authentication in SharePoint Server.
Machine Translation Service: Worker failure
**Alert Name:**Machine Translation Service: Worker failure
Summary: A critical state of this Monitor indicates that the Machine Translation Service worker processes are failing.
Symptoms:These errors have to be monitored so end-users are not seeing all the items fail over a certain span of time.
Cause
One or more of the following might be the cause:
Corrupt input file
Translation worker crash
Error of saving the file to the local store
Resolution
Resolution 1: Check the error logs:
Open the Windows Event Viewer.
Search for event ID 8049 in the Windows Application Event log.
In the event description, note the application server that is failing.
Resolution 2: Verify the application server connection:
From the failing application server, open the SharePoint Central Administration website.
If you cannot access the Central Administration website from the failing server, check that the network settings are correct and that the server has appropriate permissions to join the SharePoint farm.
Resolution 3: Verify that the Machine Translation Service runs on the failing server:
On the Central Administration website, in the reading pane, in the System Settings section, click Manage servers in this farm.
Verify that the Machine Translation Service runs on the failing application server.
If there is a service application proxy for the failing service application, create a new service application.
Resolution 4: Restart the Machine Translation Service:
On the Central Administration website, in the reading pane, in the System Settings section, click Manage servers in this farm.
In the Server column, click the name of the failing application server. The Services on Server page opens.
In the Service column, locate the Machine Translation Service, click Stop, and then click Start.
Resolution 5: Create a new Machine Translation Service application
On the Central Administration website, from the reading pane, in the Application Management section, from the reading pane, click Manage service applications.
In the Type column, click the name of the Machine Translation Service application that has the failing service instance.
On the ribbon, click Delete.
In the Delete Service Application dialog, click OK.
Create a new Machine Translation Service application.
See also
Concepts
Plan for monitoring in SharePoint Server
Other Resources
System Center Monitoring Pack for SharePoint Foundation