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How to Monitor a Clustered Windows Service with Nodinite and PowerShell

Take control of your clustered Windows services with Nodinite. This guide shows you how to monitor, automate, and empower users using custom PowerShell scripts for high availability and self-healing.

  • ✅ Achieve high availability and rapid issue detection for clustered services
  • ✅ Automate self-healing and remediation with custom PowerShell scripts
  • ✅ Empower users with secure remote actions and self-service monitoring
  • ✅ Centralize management and compliance for all monitored services

Why Monitor Clustered Windows Services with Nodinite?

Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent lets you monitor any Windows service—including those running in clustered environments. By leveraging custom PowerShell scripts, you can automate health checks, detect failures, and trigger remediation actions, all from a single, unified platform.

Key benefits:

  • Monitor service state across all cluster nodes for true high availability
  • Automate failover and recovery using PowerShell-based remote actions
  • Provide secure, role-based access for self-service troubleshooting
  • Integrate with Nodinite Monitor Views for centralized visibility and alerting
graph TD subgraph "Nodinite Platform" monitor[fa:fa-server Nodinite Monitoring Agent] end subgraph "Windows Cluster" node1[fa:fa-server Cluster Node 1] node2[fa:fa-server Cluster Node 2] node3[fa:fa-server Cluster Node N] service[fa:fa-cogs Windows Service] node1 --> service node2 --> service node3 --> service end monitor --> node1 monitor --> node2 monitor --> node3

Diagram: Nodinite Monitoring Agent checks the status of a clustered Windows service across all nodes for high availability.

Example: PowerShell Script for Clustered Service Monitoring

Below is a sample PowerShell script that checks the status of a clustered Windows service across all nodes. It reports the state to Nodinite and can be extended for automated remediation.

param (
    [string]$ClusterName = "YourClusterName",
    [string]$ServiceName = "YourServiceName"
)
  
function Write-Ok {
    Write-Output "Service '$ServiceName' is running correctly on active cluster node."
    exit 0
}
  
if (-not (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name FailoverClusters)) {
    Write-Error "Failover Clustering module is not available on this system."
    exit 1
}
  
try {
    $clusterNodes = Get-ClusterNode -Cluster $ClusterName -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
    Write-Error "Failed to connect to cluster '$ClusterName'. Error: $_"
    exit 1
}
  
$runningNodes = @()
foreach ($node in $clusterNodes) {
    try {
        $session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $node.Name -ErrorAction Stop
        $service = Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock {
            Get-Service -Name $using:ServiceName -ErrorAction Stop
        }
        Remove-PSSession -Session $session
        if ($service.Status -eq 'Running') {
            $runningNodes += $node.Name
        }
    } catch {
        Write-Warning "Could not query service '$ServiceName' on node '$($node.Name)': $_"
    }
}
  
switch ($runningNodes.Count) {
    1 { Write-Ok }
    0 { Write-Error "Service '$ServiceName' is not running on any cluster node." }
    default { Write-Error "Service '$ServiceName' is running on multiple nodes: $($runningNodes -join ', '). This violates single-node constraint." }
}

Example PowerShell script for monitoring a clustered Windows service. Extend this script to trigger automated remediation or notifications using Nodinite Remote Actions.

graph LR monitor[fa:fa-server Nodinite Monitoring Agent] --> check[fa:fa-search Health Check] check --> ok[fa:fa-check OK] check --> fail[fa:fa-times Error] fail --> remediate[fa:fa-bolt Self-Healing Script] remediate --> ok

Diagram: Nodinite can automatically trigger self-healing PowerShell scripts if a clustered service fails health checks.

How Nodinite Empowers Cluster Monitoring

Nodinite enables you to run custom PowerShell scripts for advanced monitoring, automation, and secure self-service actions. You can:

  • Execute scripts for health checks, failover, and recovery
  • Empower end-users to run scripts as Remote Actions on demand
  • Centralize script management and execution for security and compliance
  • Integrate with Monitor Views for real-time state evaluation and alerting

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Learn how to utilize your own PowerShell scripts for custom monitoring, enabling end-users to execute them through self-service enabled Nodinite Monitor Views.

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