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How to monitor "Terminal Services"?

I would like to use Application Monitor to monitor Terminal Services. However, Terminal Services shows up as the SVCHOST.EXE service which appears multiple times. (I guess specifically is runs as "svchost.exe -k termsvcs").

Is there a way to monitor Terminal Services?

Thank you.

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josh.clark

Page 25 of the Admin Guide has an example of how to create an Orion Application. This would have both Windows Service monitors and TCP port monitors.

www.solarwinds.com/.../APMAdministratorGuide.pdf

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josh.clark

Create a Windows Service Monitor for the "Terminal Services" service

aLTeReGo

And/or a TCP port monitor for port 3389

cornbuzzer

Hmmm... That sounds very promising, but I don't know what it means. Can you push me in the right direction? Is there a KB article or other link that discusses this?

Thanks

aLTeReGo

Sure, check it out here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187628

cornbuzzer

THanks - but I really meant on the Orion side.....

FormerMember

And/or a TCP port monitor for port 3389

My question to aLTeReGo and Denny...

I read the MS article and prompts the question about how the TCP monitor works. Are the TCP connections terminated by the TCP monitor upon successful connection or is the connection expected to be timed out by the target system?

josh.clark

The TCP Port Monitor opens a TCP connection to the port and then (assuming it was able to connect) it disconects.