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- Create a Service Monitor selecting the Windows Service Check monitor.
- IMPORTANT: You must match the Service Name to the Windows Service Display Name. This name will be leveraged later to select the Windows Service to start.
Note that Microsoft has both a Display Name and a Service Name. We want the Display Name (see the images that follow).
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- Complete the remainder of the Service Monitor making sure the Windows Service - Service Name is also the Display Name.
- Raise a Critical Alert when the Service Status is Stopped.
- Your Service Monitor should look something like the image that follows.
Create Recovery Script
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It should look something like this:
Testing
The final test is to make sure that everything works as expected. Testing is as simple as stopping the Windows Service from your Service Monitor. You may want to adjust the Timing Settings on the Service Monitor to trigger the action sooner for the purposes of testing.
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