4.23 ServiceHealthCheck

Use this Knowledge Script to monitor vCenter Server services, such as the vCenter Server Heartbeat service, the vCenter Collector service, and the vCenter Server service. This script raises an event if a service is not running. You can set this script to automatically attempt to start services that are not running.

NOTE:When you run this script on a proxy agent computer to remotely monitor vCenter, this script will not monitor the vCenter services or collect any data.

4.23.1 Resource Object

vCenter server

4.23.2 Default Schedule

By default, this script runs every 10 minutes.

4.23.3 Setting Parameter Values

Set the following parameters as needed:

Parameter

How to Set It

Restart VMware Capacity Planner service

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware Capacity Planner service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware License Server service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware License Server service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware Mount Service for VirtualCenter service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware Mount Service for VirtualCenter service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart VMware Syslog Collector service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware Syslog Collector service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart VMware USB Arbitration service?

Select Yes to automatically start the USB Arbitration service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware Update Manager service?

Select Yes to automatically start the Update Manager service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart VMware vCenter Collector service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vCenter Collector service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware vCenter Converter service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vCenter Converter service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart VMware vCenter Orchestrator Configuration service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware Orchestrator Configuration service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware vCenter Server service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vCenter Server service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy Adapter service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy Adapter service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware vSphere Auto Deploy Waiter service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vSphere Auto Deploy Waiter service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMware vSphere Update Manager UFA service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMware vSphere Update Manager UFA service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart VMwareVCMSDS service?

Select Yes to automatically start the VMwareVCMSDS service when it is not running. The default is Yes.

Restart vCenter Inventory service?

Select Yes to automatically start the vCenter Inventory service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart vSphere ESXi Dump Collector service?

Select Yes to automatically start the vSphere ESXi Dump Collector service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Restart vSphere Web Client service?

Select Yes to automatically start the vSphere Web Client service when it is not running. The default is unselected.

Event severity when services restarted

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the vCenter Server services are restarted. The default is 25.

Event severity when services not installed

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the vCenter Server services are not installed. The default is 25.

Event severity when services not running

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the vCenter Server services are stopped. The default is 15.

Event severity when services unable to start

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the vCenter Server services are not able to start. The default is 5.