SQL Server Agent Windows Service Monitor

ID: Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.Agent.ServiceMonitor
Description: This monitor checks the status of the SQL Agent service for this instance of SQL Server. Note that SQL Server Agent Windows Service is not supported by any edition of SQL Server Express.
Target: SQL Server 2012 Agent
Enabled: Yes

Operational States

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description	Override
Alert only if service startup type is automatic	true	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'.

Monitor State	Message	Priority	Severity	Auto Resolution
Windows Service Not Running (Error)	SQL Server Agent Windows Stopped	Medium	Critical	Yes

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Summary

This monitor checks the status of the SQL Agent service, and generates an alert when the service is set to start automatically and is not running.

Note that an alert is not generated when the service is disabled, and a healthy state will be shown.

Causes

A service can stop for many reasons, including the following:

The service was stopped by an administrator.
The service was prevented from starting, because the user account could not be authenticated.
The service encountered an exception that stopped the service.
The service was improperly configured, which prevented it from starting.
Another service (e.g. SQL Server) that this service is dependent on was stopped

Resolutions

You can attempt to restart the Windows service for the SQL agent by using the following link:

External References

This monitor does not contain any external references.