Monitoring Server Status with Plesk Services Monitor

You can monitor the status of your Plesk server without logging in to Plesk control panel. In order to do this, you need to access your server's OS desktop either directly or by using the Remote Desktop feature.

Plesk Services Monitor is loaded automatically every time Plesk starts. To manage the status of Plesk services, open the Plesk Services Monitor by double clicking its icon in the system tray. The look of the icon depends on the state of crucial Plesk services: the icon means that all crucial Plesk services are functioning, and the buttonlet - traymon off icon means that some crucial Plesk services are stopped or not working correctly.

Once you open the Plesk Services Monitor, you can see the status of all vital Plesk services. The icon shows that the corresponding service is working correctly, and the buttonlet - traymon off icon shows that the corresponding service is stopped, not working correctly, or does not work at all.

To stop a service, select the required check box and click Stop.

To restart a service, select the required check box and click Restart.

To start a service, select the required check box and click Start.

Note. You can use Select All and Clear All buttons to select or clear all available checkboxes.

To refresh the list of services and their respective status, click Refresh.

To remove all information about control panel sessions from Plesk database and disconnect all users from control panel, click Delete Sessions. This is useful when you need to restart Plesk, but some users are still connected to it, and you want to avoid possible data loss or files corruption.

Note. You can also start, stop, restart services and delete sessions by right-clicking the Plesk Services Monitor icon and selecting the required option from the menu.

To hide the Plesk Services Monitor back in the system tray, click Hide.