PRTG Manual: FTP Server File Count Sensor
The FTP Server File Count sensor logs in to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server and can monitor changes to files.
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
- Dutch: FTP Server File Aantal
- French: Serveur FTP compteur de fichiers
- German: FTP-Server Dateienanzahl
- Japanese: FTP サーバーファイルカウント
- Portuguese: Contagem de arquivos servidor FTP
- Russian: Количество файлов на FTP-сервере
- Simplified Chinese: FTP 服务器文件计数
- Spanish: Número de archivos en servidor FTP
- This sensor has a high performance impact. We recommend that you use no more than 200 of this sensor on each probe.
- This sensor requires .NET 4.7.2 or later from Microsoft on the probe system. If the sensor shows the error PE087, additionally install .NET 3.5 on the probe system.
- We recommend Windows Server 2012 R2 on the probe system for best performance of this sensor.
- This sensor supports IPv6.
Requirement |
Description |
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This sensor requires .NET 4.7.2 or later to be installed on the probe system (on every cluster node, if on a cluster probe).
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Setting |
Description |
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Sensor Name |
Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets.
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Parent Tags |
The tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe.
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Tags |
Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
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Priority |
Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority ( |
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Description |
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FTP Mode |
Define the FTP connection mode that the sensor uses for the connection to the FTP server:
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Check Method |
Define how to access the FTP server directory that this sensor monitors:
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FTP URL |
This setting is only visible if you select URL above. Enter the URL that this sensor checks. The URL can look like this: ftp://10.0.0.1/upload
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FTP Port |
This setting is only visible if you select Folder on parent device above. Enter the number of the port to which this sensor connects. The default port is 21. |
FTP Folder |
This setting is only visible if you select Folder on parent device above. Enter the name of the folder on the parent device that this sensor monitors, for example upload. |
Recurse Subfolders |
This setting is only visible if you select Folder on parent device above. Define if the sensor additionally monitors the subfolders of the FTP folder:
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User Name |
Enter the user name for the FTP server login. Enter a string. |
Password |
Define the password for the FTP server login. Enter a string. |
File Count |
Define which files the sensor counts:
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Connection Security |
Define the security of the connection:
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If Value Changes |
Define what the sensor does when its value changes:
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Result Handling |
Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:
Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file names are Result of Sensor [ID].txt and Result of Sensor [ID].Data.txt. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites these files with each scanning interval.
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Primary Channel |
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.
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Graph Type |
Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:
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Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so. |
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.
Which channel units are available depends on the sensor type and the available parameters. If no configurable channels are available, this field shows No configurable channels.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Channel Unit Configuration.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel |
Description |
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Downtime |
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status |
Execution Time |
The execution time |
Files |
The number of files that are available in the directory listing
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KNOWLEDGE BASE
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