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Check that a service is running.

Health › checks. Pick Service running. The agent looks at the service on a schedule. You are still pushing a document, not a script.

The name is the service name, not the display name. Spooler, not Print Spooler. On Linux it is the unit, such as ssh.

Pick Service running

Open the machine, then health › checks. The primitive is Service running. The name is what the operating system calls it. On Reception PC that is Spooler. Severity crit means a stopped spooler is a critical alert. Interval is how often the agent looks. Add a disk or ping check is the same editor.

Checks editor with a service check for Spooler at critical severity — Reception PC. The print spooler must be running. Not added yet.

Add to list, then push

Press add to list. The check sits in the document. Push to agent is the next click, and it asks you to confirm. Push replaces the whole document. This shot stops before that, so nothing has been sent. When the service is stopped, the alert is a check failure. It resolves when the service is running again.

Checks list with a service check named Print spooler is running, not yet pushed — Print spooler is running is on the list. Push has not been pressed.

Push is a two-step button. The agent must be online to evaluate. You can still add the check while it is offline, and it applies at the next hello. A process is Check that a process is running. The same check, but only on weekdays, is Only check during working hours. Free space and a ping are the same editor.