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tshad

What would be a good way to check programmaticall y whether a service was
running?

We have a service that dies periodically and I need to check to see if this
service is running. I know how to check to see if the status is in stopped
or running mode. But that doesn't tell me if it is actually running.

I need to know this so that if it happens I can programmaticall y start the
same service on another machine.

What I would like to do is build a service that just periodically checks
(about once a minute) to see if the other service is actually running.

Thanks,

Tom

Aug 9 '06

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tshad

"Michael Nemtsev" <ne*****@msn.co mwrote in message
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Hello tshad,

Take into account that in some cases this isn't the solution, even if the
service status is in running status it may be hunged or smth

I agree.

I can do as was suggested about checking the DB to see if my emails were
sent. Since I know when the email records were written to the file, I can
do a check every 5 minutes or so to see if there are any email 5 minutes
and if so, stop the service (even if it is hung - shouldn't hurt), then
start the service on a different service and send and email that this
process happened so we can restart the machine.

It would be nice to restart the machine remotely also (not sure how to do
that yet).

Thanks,

Tom

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t"Andy" <aj*****@alum.r it.eduwrote in message
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t>

>>There's a ServiceControll er class, I'm pretty sure its in .Net 1.1
too.

tThat was what I was looking for.
t>
---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do
not cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

Aug 10 '06 #11

Willy Denoyette [MVP]

WMI and System.Manageme nt is what you need to look at.
See your other thread for a reply.

Willy.
"tshad" <ts**********@f tsolutions.comw rote in message
news:OA******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P06.phx.gbl...
| "Michael Nemtsev" <ne*****@msn.co mwrote in message
| news:9c******** *************** ***@msnews.micr osoft.com...
| Hello tshad,
| >
| Take into account that in some cases this isn't the solution, even if
the
| service status is in running status it may be hunged or smth
|
| I agree.
|
| I can do as was suggested about checking the DB to see if my emails were
| sent. Since I know when the email records were written to the file, I can
| do a check every 5 minutes or so to see if there are any email 5 minutes
| and if so, stop the service (even if it is hung - shouldn't hurt), then
| start the service on a different service and send and email that this
| process happened so we can restart the machine.
|
| It would be nice to restart the machine remotely also (not sure how to do
| that yet).
|
| Thanks,
|
| Tom
|
| >
| t"Andy" <aj*****@alum.r it.eduwrote in message
| tnews:11******* *************** @i42g2000cwa.go oglegroups.com. ..
| t>
| >>There's a ServiceControll er class, I'm pretty sure its in .Net 1.1
| >>too.
| >>>
| tThat was what I was looking for.
| t>
| ---
| WBR,
| Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour
| >
| "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do
| not cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche
| >
| >
|
|

Aug 11 '06 #12

tshad

"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <wi************ *@telenet.bewro te in message
news:OH******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP06.phx.gbl. ..

WMI and System.Manageme nt is what you need to look at.
See your other thread for a reply.

Looking at that now.

Thanks,

Tom

>
Willy.
"tshad" <ts**********@f tsolutions.comw rote in message
news:OA******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P06.phx.gbl...
| "Michael Nemtsev" <ne*****@msn.co mwrote in message
| news:9c******** *************** ***@msnews.micr osoft.com...
| Hello tshad,
| >
| Take into account that in some cases this isn't the solution, even if
the
| service status is in running status it may be hunged or smth
|
| I agree.
|
| I can do as was suggested about checking the DB to see if my emails were
| sent. Since I know when the email records were written to the file, I
can
| do a check every 5 minutes or so to see if there are any email 5
minutes
| and if so, stop the service (even if it is hung - shouldn't hurt), then
| start the service on a different service and send and email that this
| process happened so we can restart the machine.
|
| It would be nice to restart the machine remotely also (not sure how to
do
| that yet).
|
| Thanks,
|
| Tom
|
| >
| t"Andy" <aj*****@alum.r it.eduwrote in message
| tnews:11******* *************** @i42g2000cwa.go oglegroups.com. ..
| t>
| >>There's a ServiceControll er class, I'm pretty sure its in .Net 1.1
| >>too.
| >>>
| tThat was what I was looking for.
| t>
| ---
| WBR,
| Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour
| >
| "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents
do
| not cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche
| >
| >
|
|

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