| Name: | SQL Server Agent status |
| Platform: | Sqlserver |
| Category: | Availability |
| Description: | Checks if the SQL Server Agent is running. |
| Long description: | This alert checks the master.dbo.sysprocesses table for the program_name value for the SQL Server Agent process. The program name value is controlled by the dbWatch parameter ‘sqlserver agent process name’. Besides this parameter values, the following program names are checked too: ‘SQLAgent – Generic Refresher’ and ‘SQLAgent – Job invocation engine’. |
| Version: | 1.2 |
| Default schedule: | 0,15,30,45 * * * |
| Requires engine install: | Yes |
| Compatibility tag: | [CDATA[.[type=‘instance’ & databasetype=‘sqlserver’]/instance[maj_version > ‘1999’ & hasengine=‘YES’ & engine_edition = ‘Microsoft SQL Server’ & eng_inst_priv = 0 |
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