I want to check that the IMA Service (Citrix) is up on My windows 2008 servers.

use services.msc and check it. It will be better to contact CITRIX Technical Support. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator

Citrix has its own monitoring suite that you should look into. There is nothing really built into windows to provide adquate monitoring of services. Of course, you can create a re-occuring task to run a script that will check on the service, but I wouldnt bother with that. Alternatively, you can buy a 3rd party monitoring app that monitors these types of things. Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.