The Windows Internet Information Services FTP Server is Unavailable. - Microsoft.Windows.InternetInformationServices.2000.FTPServer.NTService.CheckServiceState.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Microsoft.Windows.InternetInformationServices.2000.FTPServer.NTService.CheckServiceState.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The IIS FTP Publishing service enables a server to provide File Transfer Protocol services. If this service is stopped, the IIS server will be unable to run any FTP sites.

Causes

A service can stop for many reasons, including:

The service was stopped by an Administrator.
The service encountered an exception that stopped the service.
The service was improperly configured, which prevented it from starting.
The service was prevented from starting because the user account assigned to the service could not be authenticated.

Resolutions

The service can be restarted using the Start Internet Information Services FTP Server (MSFTPSVC) Service task:

Start Internet Information Services FTP Server (MSFTPSVC) Service

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.InternetInformationServices.2000.FTPServer

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

PerformanceHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Low

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Internet Information Services 2000 FTP Server is Unavailable.

The Microsoft Windows Internet Information Services 2000 FTP Server is Unavailable.

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.InternetInformationServices.2000.FTPServer.NTService.CheckServiceState.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.Windows.InternetInformationServices.2000.FTPServer" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false"> <Category>PerformanceHealth</Category> <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.InternetInformationServices.2000.FTPServer.NTService.CheckServiceState.Monitor.AlertMessage"> <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState> <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve> <AlertPriority>Low</AlertPriority> <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity> </AlertSettings> <OperationalStates> <OperationalState ID="Running" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success"/> <OperationalState ID="NotRunning" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" HealthState="Error"/> </OperationalStates> <Configuration> <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName> <ServiceName>MSFTPSVC</ServiceName> </Configuration> </UnitMonitor>