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Monitoring a service when started

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How to get PRTG to alert when a service is started as opposed to when it goes down? Also is ther ea way to check for a process when it is running rather than the current method?

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Hello,

thank you very much for your KB-Post. Please try using a self-written Custom Exe/Script Sensor to solve this special scenario, which is not covered by PRTGs default sensors.

best regards.

Mar, 2014 - Permalink

The only built in way to monitor a process is via WMI monitor.

Mar, 2014 - Permalink

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Monitoring a service when started

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