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How-To: Monitor an NT service to make sure it is running.
Another one of IPSentry's native monitoring features is the ability to monitor NT Services on local and remote NT machines. If a service is detected in a status other than "Running", alerts will be triggered.
In this example, we will monitor the Microsoft Internet Information Server service (W3SVC) which is running on a server named \\XSERVER.
NT Service Monitoring Steps
From the IPSentry active display console,
select Options from the Edit menu.
Click on the Server/Machine Monitoring tab.
Click Add to begin adding a new device to
monitor.
Under --TYPE--, select NT Service
Set the following fields:
Name: {unique descriptive name}
Desc: {meaningful description}
NT Machine: \\XSERVER
(You could hit the Browse Network button and select a machine on your
network from a list in network neighborhood)
Service Name: W3SVC
(You should hit the Browse Services button to select from a list of services
running on the selected machine. This will be more accurate for
services where the name of the service is not well-known.)
Configure alerts as desired.
Hit OK to save these settings.
Note: Ensure that you are logged in with sufficient rights to access the service control management functions on the remote NT workstation and that IPSentry will be running under that security context during production monitoring.
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