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SAM and services

How can i monitor certain services and have it send me a notification if it hangs?

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Services in a Stopping or Starting state are considered to be "Down". As such the default out-of-the-box "Alert me when a component goes down" alert should notify you when/if this condition occurs.

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aLTeReGo

Services in a Stopping or Starting state are considered to be "Down". As such the default out-of-the-box "Alert me when a component goes down" alert should notify you when/if this condition occurs.

silverbacksays

In addition to what aLTeReGo‌ said, if you have specific requirements you could create a custom template for services in question, then create an advanced alert based on this template.

To create the application template, and assign it to the relevant nodes follow these steps:

In manage nodes, find the node in question and click it to show it's details.
Find the Real Time Process Explorer link under the 'Management' section & click it (your account needs to have access to this for the option to be visible):
Find the service(s) you're concerned about and check the boxes next to them, then click the 'Start monitoring' button from the menu options at the top of the window:
On the next step you need to specify component monitor properties, edit as required and click next.
Next, you need to decide if you want to add these components to an existing template, or create a new one. For this I recommend creating a new template, as you can then choose to name it something suitable.
Finally you confirm the settings of your new template, and assign it to the relevant nodes.

Once this is done, you need to create an advanced alert which will fire off when either the application goes down, or a component within the application goes down (or both, depending on your requirements).

Hope that helps!

jdmarshburn1

Thank you

silverbacksays

No problem. Hope it helps you.

jdmarshburn1

Yes it did.