Determining Tableau Server Processes to Monitor

Published: 05 May 2014
Last Modified Date: 20 Jul 2023

Question

When using third-party monitoring tools, which Tableau Software processes should be monitored for availability?

Environment

Tableau Server

Answer

For a list of Tableau Server processes and the associated file names, see Tableau Server Processes in Tableau Help. The processes listed in Tableau Help can be used to monitor Tableau Server availability.

Additional Information

You can view the status of each process by running following command.
- Tableau Server 2018.1 or earlier version:
Run command prompt as Administrator then execute "tabadmin status -v" command.
For more information, see tabadmin in Tableau Help.
- Tableau Server 2018.2 or later version:
Run command prompt as Administrator then execute "tsm status -v" command.
For more information, see tsm status in Tableau Help.