There was a Windows security update and the Nimsoft robot watcher service went down.
Windows event viewer System log showed:
Installation Started: Windows has started installing the following update: Security Update for Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (KB5040711)
The Nimsoft Robot Watcher service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). --- Error
Environment
DX UIM 23.4.4
MS SQL Server 2022 Standard Edition
Cause
Windows security update
Scheduled Windows Update stopped the Nimsoft Robot Watcher due to security update including Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server. Note that this driver is used for the data_engine.
Resolution
Once the team restarted the Nimsoft Robot Watcher service the system recovered.
Checked UIM, OC, hub queues and everything was back to normal working status and operations.
In this environment, Windows updates are automatically scheduled.