How to monitor service ?

Question

Could Orion NPM monitor service in server?

For example: when the FTP service is not enabled, system will send alert to me

If it possible, could you tell me how to do this?

robertcbrowning · Accepted Answer

Hi, NPM will monitor disks, CPUs, interfaces & other physical stuff. You can use the Custom Poller to retreive specific OIDs, but it's often tedious to find out which one to retreive as they differ for each unit. 
It sounds like you need the APM module which will allow you to check that the FTP service is running on a server and it can also check whether you can actually log on to the FTP server, even whether it will perform a file transfer. Take a look at the http://OrionDemo.solarwinds.com to get a feel for the APM module.