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Notice About Monitor Service: What do the Different States Mean?

Article Summary

  • Normal means everything is running fine, and Warning means the device is responding slowly or not working correctly.
  • Critical means monitoring was unable to communicate with your device.
  • Unknown means monitoring did not understand the response from your device.
  • Recovery means the device was in a critical state but is now working.
  • Offline appears for Advanced Monitoring only and means the offline settings for the hostname are enabled.

These are the main states that a service can be in.

  1. Normal: Everything is running fine

  2. Warning: The device is not working correctly, or it is responding slowly.

  3. Critical: Monitoring was unable to communicate with your device.

  4. Unknown: Monitoring did not understand the response from your device.

  5. Recovery: The device was in a critical state, but is now working.

  6. Offline – For Advanced Monitoring only: The offline settings for the hostname have been enabled.