DNS Client Service Health Monitor

Operational States

Name State Description
DNS Client service not running Warning Monitors the health of the Windows Service: DNS Client
DNS Client service running Success Monitors the health of the Windows Service: DNS Client

Overridable Parameters

Parameter Name Default Value Description Override
Alert only if service startup type is automatic   This may only be set to 'true' or 'false'. If set to 'false', then alerts will be triggered no matter what the startup type is set to. Default is 'true'.

Alert Details

Monitor State Message Priority Severity Auto Resolution
DNS Client service not running (Warning) DNS Client Service Not Running Medium Warning Yes

Run As Profiles

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Summary

Monitors that the DNS Client service is running on this domain controller. The DNS Client service (dnscache) caches Domain Name System (DNS) names and registers the full computer name for this computer. If the service is stopped, DNS names will continue to be resolved. However, the results of DNS name queries will not be cached and the computers name will not be registered. If the service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Causes

The DNS Client service is not running.
Resolutions

Verify that the DNS Client service is set to automatic start and is running.

Check the Application and System event logs to ensure that there are no systemic problems with the server.
External References
This monitor does not contain any external references.

See Also for Active Directory (AD) Monitoring Management Pack


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