http://blogs.technet.com/vipulshah/archive/tags/Monitoring/default.aspxTags: Monitoringen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/vipulshah/archive/2007/03/06/how-to-check-the-status-of-sql-server-services-remotely.aspxTue, 06 Mar 2007 18:39:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:677292vishah0http://blogs.technet.com/vipulshah/comments/677292.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/vipulshah/commentrss.aspx?PostID=677292<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text2"><FONT face=Calibri>There is windows “SC” utility and &nbsp;the following “Heart Beat” approach. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text2"><A href="http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/print.php/3347241"><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2"><FONT face=Calibri>http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/print.php/3347241</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text2"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text2">&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text2"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text2"><FONT face=Calibri>You can use SC query and look for string RUNNING<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text2"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text2"><FONT face=Calibri>SC </FONT><A href="file://machinename/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2"><FONT face=Calibri>\\machineName</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Calibri> query &nbsp;MSSQLSERVER ! findstr “RUNNING”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=677292" width="1" height="1">Monitoring