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Messenger Service Health

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.OperatingSystem.MessengerServiceHealth (UnitMonitor)

Monitors the health of the Windows service for Windows Messenger

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Messenger service transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers. This service is not related to Windows Messenger. If this service is stopped, messages and alerts defined in Performance Monitor will not be sent.

Causes

A service can stop for many reasons, including:

Resolutions

The service can be restarted using the Start Messenger Service task or through the Services snap-in from the Computer Management console:

Start Computer Management Console

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2003.OperatingSystem
Parent MonitorMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2003.OperatingSystem.CoreServicesRollup
CategoryStateCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Messenger Service Stopped
The Messenger service on server {0} has stopped running
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.OperatingSystem.MessengerServiceHealth" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.OperatingSystem" ParentMonitorID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.OperatingSystem.CoreServicesRollup" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.OperatingSystem.MessengerServiceHealth.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="Running" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success"/>

    <OperationalState ID="NotRunning" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" HealthState="Error"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

    <ServiceName>Messenger</ServiceName>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>