[External] [Xymon] Monitor Windows service if installed

[Beck, Zak]

Hi

It depends on how it is stopping or not running. If the service is stopping but still shows as “started” in the Services control panel, then maybe you could monitor the process behind the service? Then it depends on whether the process is running or hung.

To monitor a process you should be able to use the PROC directive in analysis.cfg. To find the process name, go to Task Manager -> Services, right-click the service (it must be running) and select “Go to details”, it will take you to the process name on the Details tab. This process should be listed on the [procs] page and the [cpu] page (analysis.cfg will turn the procs test red if the process is not there).

Of course if the nature of “not running” is that the process is still present but doing nothing, I would think most bets are off.

Zak

From: Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com>
Sent: 11 October 2021 22:54
To: Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com>
Cc: Xymon Mailing List <xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [External] [Xymon] Monitor Windows service if installed

Thanks Zak but not quote what I was looking for.

A service installed on approx half our Windows VDI nodes randomly stops.  I want the 'svcs' to go red if:
- the service is installed; and
- the service is not running.

Any ideas?



On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 16:16, Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com<mailto:zak.beck at accenture.com>> wrote:
Hi

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You need to use the svc directive in analysis.cfg. You can alert on whether the service is started or stopped, and the startup setting. This should work with both the BBWIN client and the Powershell client.

Cheers

Zak

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Is there a way to alert if a particular Windows service is installed but not running?

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