Service Sensor (Local or Remote)

The service sensor is used to monitor the availability of so called “Windows Services” (on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 only). Services are processes that must be running all the time, e.g. web servers, mail servers, SQL servers, etc. They are executed “behind the scenes” even if no user is logged into the machine.

The service sensor goes into error state as soon as a service is not running any more (e.g. it is aborted, stops due to an error, etc.) which can trigger notifications. It can additionally be configured to try to restart the service upon failure.

The following fields are particular to this sensor:

·      Service Name – This drop-down list shows all services currently installed on the monitored Windows machine. Select the service you would like to monitor. Note: A service must already be installed to be listed here.

·      Try to Restart – If IPCheck discovers that the service is not running it tries to restart the service using the Windows API. Note: For remote sensors the account you have entered for this sensor must have the rights to start services (see system policy settings).