Service Control

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Service Control

You can use the service control dialog to manage the EventSentry and the EventSentry Heartbeat service. Both the Event Log Agent Control and the Heartbeat Agent Control support the following controls:

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•	Start: Start the service

•	Stop: Stop the service

•	Restart: Restart the service

•	Install: Manually install the service

•	Uninstall: Manually uninstall the service

•	Startup Type: Switch the service startup type from Automatic to Manual and vice versa

•	Update: Update the service executable

The check boxes Files/Service indicate whether the necessary files and the service are properly installed.

Event Log Agent Control

The "Event Log Agent" is the main service monitoring the event log, services, disk space etc..

It is not recommended to install the agent on remote computers using the Service Control feature. Instead, use "Remote Update" to manage agents on remote computers.

For more information, see the Managing Agents chapter below.

Heartbeat Agent Control

The "Heartbeat Agent" service is used to monitor remote hosts and remote Event Log Agents.

Debugging & Testing

To verify if the service is operating correctly you can press the Test Now button. This will create three event log records that should be detected by the service as long as you are monitoring the Application event log and Information, Warning or Error event records.

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The Current Version shows the version of the service as it was reported by the service when it was started the last time.

Debug Logging Level

The EventSentry agent writes status messages to the event log and/or to a log file (%SYSTEMROOT%\eventsentry_svc_X.log) upon request. Activate logging if you are experiencing problems with the service. The log files will not grow beyond 50Mb.

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