RE: [ActiveDir] Default Services

[Harding, Devon]

The problem is that we have over 200 servers with different roles.  I wish Unicenter had an agent that can look at a server that is set to automatic and if its stopped, send an alert.  I know MOM does this.  This seems link this is going to be a tedious job.   -Devon   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:52 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Default Services   Hi Devon… boy that’s a loaded question J  I think the only definitive answer to that is “it depends,” but follow that up by “only the ones that are absolutely necessary.”  I’ve been in that exact same situation, with Unicenter, so I know that neither answer is any practical help!  Oh wait, coffee kicking in… I see that you said “default”… Load up Windows server 2000, and also 2003 (they are different lists), and do a simple net start >services.txt – but I don’t think that is the list of what you really want to monitor.   When you are configuring service monitoring, I would start out by getting a list of the services that are running on each server, and then eliminating the ones that are, what’s the word I’m looking for... redundant?  For example, it’s silly to monitor the SNMP service with an SNMP agent – if the SNMP service goes down, you won’t get a report via SNMP.  You should (IMHO) start out monitoring a subset of your total services, and select the ones that are specific to a server’s function.  On each server, pick out which services are running that, if stopped, will mean a loss of service.  For example, losing MSSQL service would be bad on a SQL server.  WW Web Publishing Service would be bad to lose on a Web server.  And so on.  Pick a couple on each server, and monitor those to start with.  Other things to select for are dependencies – not just in the service defs, but for example if SNMP service goes down, you’ll have all the others go red and send events too.  Otherwise, if you’re not careful, you’ll end up with a red map all the time, and it won’t mean anything.    I wish I still had lists for Win2K… but that was 2 years ago on a different continent.   Rich   ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rich Milburn MCSE, Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Sr Network Analyst, Field Platform Development Applebee's International, Inc. 4551 W. 107th St Overland Park, KS 66207 913-967-2819 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ”I love the smell of red herrings in the morning” - anonymous From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harding, Devon Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:39 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Default Services   How can I get a list of the default services that should be started on a Windows 2000/2003 server?  I’m trying to configure my Unicenter monitoring server   Devon Harding Windows Systems Engineer Southern Wine & Spirits - BSG 954-602-2469   __________________________________ This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use or distribution of the information included in the message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank You. -------APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE------- PRIVILEGED / CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be contained in this message or any attachments. This information is strictly confidential and may be subject to attorney-client privilege. This message is intended only for the use of the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this in error, you should kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail and immediately destroy this message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal criminal law. Applebee's International, Inc. reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to and from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Applebee's International, Inc. e-mail system.