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title: "Service Status Monitors"
description: "The following monitor allows you to check the status of the VMware Tools service running in the guest operating system."
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# Service Status Monitors

The following monitor allows you to check the status of the VMware Tools service running in the guest operating system.

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      <p>Monitor/ Alert Name</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Target </p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Parent Monitor</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Events</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Generates Alerts</p>
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  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Veeam VMware: VMware Tools Service Status</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>“OpsMgr Agent in VM” object (VMware)</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Availability</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED state:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Service is not running</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW state:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">None</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) state:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Service is running</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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