Windows Service Monitor is among the easiest IPNetwork Monitors. Its sole function is verifying if a specified Windows service is running. An alert is triggered if the designated service is not currently active. Manually confirming a Windows service’s status involves executing the ‘net start’ command and analyzing the output to determine if the service is listed. Absence from the list indicates the service is stopped. Service checks can be valuable for early detection of potential system issues, resource exhaustion, and other problems. IPNetwork Monitor provides a straightforward method for conducting these tests effortlessly.

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Setting up a Windows Service Monitor is simple. Enter the short service name (note: this is found in the service’s properties and differs from its display name). Optionally, provide the necessary credentials (domain, username, and password) if the defaults (local administrator credentials) are insufficient. Configure the polling frequency and the number of consecutive service detection failures that constitute an alert. Monitoring Windows service status helps identify issues stemming from critical services ceasing operation. Stopping any default-running service can lead to system malfunctions. For instance, halting the DNS client prevents domain name resolution, rendering domain names unrecognizable. Disabling the W32Time service disrupts time synchronization, potentially causing various problems when file timestamps are validated. Individual monitors can be created for each Active Directory domain service on an Active Directory Domain Controller. Consequently, monitoring essential services enables timely alerts for system administrators. Windows Service Monitors can function as dependency monitors for other monitor types. For example, if the MS SQL server service is down, the corresponding database monitor will also be down. However, a Windows Service Monitor might execute faster, preempting more resource-intensive checks that would yield the same outcome.

Description of other features:

Monitoring Features Here you can find the list of monitor types supported in IPNetwork Monitor and brief description of their parameters.
Application Templates Here you can find the list of application templates supported in IPNetwork Monitor and their short description.
Network Discovery Helps you to create a basis of your monitoring configuration and automates the task of detection network hosts and network services.
Alerting Features Here you can find the list of alert types (ways of reaction to the problems happened during monitoring) available in IPNetwork Monitor, and their brief description.
Reporting Features Here you can find the list of report types available in IPNetwork Monitor with brief descriptions.
IPNetwork Monitor interfaces and structure Here you can find an overview of IPNetwork Monitor components, Windows and web interfaces.