=====Watchdog (#)=====

**Level:** Critical :?:


**Purpose:** Alerts operations that the watchdog agent is not running on a server this can lead to support missing critical alerts.

**Scenario:**
When a Watchdog cannot start it will generate the Watchdog Agent alert.
There is an active alarm on the Watchdog Agent.


**Resolution:**
Check if watchdog is running on server, restart if necessary. 
Logs are available at watchdog/logs

**Manual Action Steps:**
Check for uncleared active alarm on Cerberus server
<code>select * from active_alarm where cleared = false and context like '%Watchdog%'</code>

Manually clear Watchdog Agent alarm.
<code>update snmp_manager.active_alarm set cleared = True where cleared is False and context like '%Watchdog%'</code>


**Auto Clear:**
Will clear when issue has been resolved.