A method and system for monitoring and maintaining a primary service, its associated services and requisite system resources on a computer system. The system includes a fault monitor component and a system monitor component. The fault monitor component monitors and maintains the availability of the primary service, its associated services and the system monitor component. The system monitor component monitors and maintains the availability of the system resources. In the event of a fault in the primary service, its associated service or the system monitor component, the fault monitor component may notify an administrator, restart the service or take other corrective action. The operation of the fault monitor component is ensured through the operating system which will restart the fault monitor component in the event of a failure.