[Nagiosplug-help] Checking for hung services on Windows?

[Lars Stavholm]

C. Bensend wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
>    I've had a request from some of our people to test for a specific
> service on a Windows server that hangs occasionally.  I wasn't able to
> get further details yet, but it sounds like it stops responding at
> some point.  It's not a network application, so I cannot test it via
> the network or anything simple like that.
> 
>    I checked NagiosExchange and didn't notice anything, and I haven't
> found anything in the archives.  Hell, I'm a UNIX guy, I don't even
> know HOW you'd check for something like this on a Windows machine.  I
> already have checks set up for testing if a service or app is running,
> but I don't know about detecting an unresponsive process.
> 
>    Does anyone out there do this?  Or know _how_ to do this?  This
> one is a little out of my realm...
> 
> Thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated.  :)

I would think this is application specific, i.e. depending on
what the application is meant to be doing, you need to use it
somehow. Alas, you need to roll your own plugin.
/L