[Xymon] Xymon Service alert not showing proper status for stopped service - windows

Don,

Hi folks. I just received this alert and am trying to figure out why it's showing this way.

It's alerting on a service on a windows sql box - the service that looks stopped is SQLSERVERAGENT automatic stopped SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)

but the alert text shows &red SQLSERVERAGENT is started/automatic - want started/automatic

Is this a time delay, or is there something I'm missing that's causing the disconnect ?

Will Xymon try to restart this service or do we manually code something to do that? My goal is to setup specific MYSQL and MS SQL server monitoring on a DB page, but I hope to get a better understanding of how to watch and validate these items.

What version are you running? This was definitely an issue with 4.2.0 and fixed in 4.3.x

David.

Thanks

Don K

red Fri Apr 06 13:02:17 2012 - Services NOT ok
&green MSSQLSERVER is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&green SQLBrowser is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&red SQLSERVERAGENT is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&green SQLWriter is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&green BBWin is started/automatic - want started/automatic

Name                                StartupType  Status        
DisplayName
MSSQLSERVER                        
automatic    started        SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)
MSSQLServerOLAPService              automatic    started        SQL Server
Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER)
SQLBrowser                          automatic    started        SQL Server
Browser
SQLSERVERAGENT                      automatic    stopped        SQL Server
Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
SQLWriter                          
automatic    started        SQL Server VSS Writer
BBWin                              
automatic    started        Big Brother Xymon Client

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