Win32::Service shows service as running

[johnv20]

Hi,
I'm running Win32::Service::GetStatus on a number of services .

However the value of CurrentState which is returned for one of these services is constantly 4, i.e. running, even when the service is either stopped or disabled ???

Does anyone have any idea what can be causing this ?

 

[PaulTEG]

It could be set to autostart on completion or error? Check the service properties

Paul
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[johnv20]

Paul,
service properties are all ok.

Strange thing is it's only this service , all others on the systems being monitored return with correct status.

 

[PaulTEG]

Is it a service being run under SRVANY or some other service 'placeholder'?

Paul
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[johnv20]

No service is running as normal.

I'm going to cheat & setup the service to shutdown IIS on a failure.
I'll then monitor IIS & raise an alert if this goes down.