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Get Process Status

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The Get Process Status activity checks the status of a running process on any computer. Use the Get Process Status activity to check the status of a process before performing another action. For example, you can check that a process that was detected by the Monitor Process activity is still running before shutting it down with the End Process activity.

Important

The Get Process Status activity returns a status of failed if the named process is not running. If the activity returns failed, the overall status of the runbook is set to warning or failed, depending on the number of activities in the runbook.

Configure the Get Process Status Activity

Before you configure the Get Process Status activity, you need to determine the following:

  • The computer where the process is located.

  • The file name that will run the process.

Use the following information to configure the Get Process Status activity.

Details Tab

Settings Configuration Instructions
Computer Enter the name of the computer where the process that you're checking is located. You can also browse for the computer using the ellipsis (...) button. The runbook server that runs this runbook must have the appropriate rights to check the process on that computer.
Process Enter the name of the process that you're checking. You can also browse for the process using the ellipsis (...) button.

Published Data

The following table lists the published data items.

Item Description
Computer The name of the computer where the process is located.
Process name The name of the process run.
Process ID The ID of the process.
Number of instances for the process The number of running occurrences of the process.