Sometimes we have people ask us “how can I be sure that VitalSigns itself is running?”  Great question!  In other words, how do I monitor the monitor?

A new feature is now added to the latest VitalStatus template answers this question.   With each update to the VitalStatus database, the VitalSigns monitoring service updates a document in the hidden (LastUpdate) view.

The various dashboard pages can now very easily do a lookup to that document can see how old it is.  If it was updated less than 90 seconds ago, VitalSigns is running.

VitalSigns is running

Added to the 10.11 template

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