In any network, Windows services are a crucial part of business-facing applications. The ideal performance of these applications is greatly dependent on the smooth functioning of the Windows services. Monitoring Windows services with a potent Windows service monitor like OpManager is essential to prevent application and network downtime.
The Windows service performance monitoring capabilities of OpManager helps remove the burden off an IT admin's shoulders by putting monitoring and troubleshooting tasks on auto-pilot. It helps network administrators foresee performance anomalies and take corrective actions to keep the network health and performance in check.
OpManager's network monitoring capabilities help you perform Windows service monitoring, eliminating the challenges involved. OpManager offers:
OpManager's Windows service monitoring tool allows you to monitor Windows services either locally or across multiple servers on the network. OpManager supports monitoring Windows services via WMI monitor, and does not require an agent to be installed on each remote machine.
OpManager is a tool to monitor services in Windows environment and notifies you instantly when any of your windows services turn dormant. OpManager generates alarms which can be delivered as notifications. Configure notification profiles on OpManager and get the network monitoring alerts delivered to you via e-mail, SMS or through Slack notifications. This swift delivery of fault notifications helps expedite the troubleshooting process and in turn helps minimize downtime.
OpManager saves you the hassle of manual troubleshooting with its workflows. Once the faults have been identified, OpManager's Workflows feature helps you automate the troubleshooting process without any manual intervention. Restarting the Windows service or rebooting the server when a service fails can be completely automated with OpManager's Workflows.
In addition to monitoring system level services like HTTP, LDAP, SMTP etc, OpManager's Windows Service monitor supports monitoring of the following Windows Services by default.
OpManager's Windows Services monitor monitors availability and response-time for the following services.
| Alerter | FTP | Net Logon |
| DHCP Server | IAS | Print Spooler |
| DNS Server | IIS | RPC |
| Disk Manager | Messenger | Telephony |
| Event Log | MySQL | Telnet |
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