SCOM monitoring on windows services in starting or stopping state

Question

Hi,
Any chance if somebody can help me to set alarm on stopping and starting state  windows services  (automatic services) in SCOM for client servers.
Balys

Answer 1

1) Using Windows Service Template to create a windows service monitor with enabled "monitor only automatic service" option
2) Export the management pack containing the monitor which created in step 1)
3) Modidy data source from
TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Win32ServiceInformationProviderWithClassSnapshotDataMapper">
    <ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
    <ServiceName>XXXX</ServiceName>
into
TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.WmiProviderWithClassSnapshotDataMapper">
    <NameSpace>root\cimv2</NameSpace>
    <Query>select * from win32_service </Query>
AND
<Setting>
          <Name>$MPElement[Name="MicrosoftSystemCenterNTServiceLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NTService"]/ServiceProcessName$</Name>
          <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='BinaryPathName']$</Value>
        </Setting>
into
 <Setting>
          <Name>$MPElement[Name="MicrosoftSystemCenterNTServiceLibrary!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NTService"]/ServiceProcessName$</Name>
          <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='PathName']$</Value>
        </Setting>
4) Import the management pack
http://blogs.technet.com/b/brianwren/archive/2008/03/07/using-wildcards-with-the-windows-service-template.aspx
Roger