PRTG Manual: List of Available Sensor Types
This chapter lists all available sensors, arranged both into different categories and in alphabetical order.
In the Add a Sensor assistant, you have various options to filter for suitable sensors.
Category |
Description |
|---|---|
A list of all sensors, the PRTG version in which they were introduced, and their default tags. |
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Sensors that let you monitor the basic parameters of your network |
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Sensors that let you monitor backup and replication jobs |
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Sensors that let you analyze your network bandwidth |
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Sensors that let you get a quick overview of all cloud services |
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Sensors that let you enhance the monitoring task far beyond the standard sensor set |
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Sensors that let you monitor the most common databases |
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Sensors that let you monitor medical equipment |
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Sensors that let you carry out a wide range of different operations. See the EXE sensors in the table for more information. |
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Sensors that let you monitor the status of hardware components |
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Sensors that let you monitor IoT-capable and IIoT-capable devices |
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Sensors that let you monitor Linux-based networks |
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Sensors that let you monitor different parameters of mail servers |
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Sensors that let you monitor internal parameters of PRTG |
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Sensors that let you use scripts, plugins, and add-ons from the PRTG Sensor Hub |
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Sensors that let you monitor a wide range of devices via SNMP |
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Sensors that let you monitor different parameters of storage and file servers |
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Sensors that let you monitor a wide range of server parameters |
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Sensors that let you monitor your virtualized IT infrastructure |
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Sensors that let you monitor the QoS in a network and all VoIP-relevant network parameters |
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Sensors that let you monitor server parameters with HTTP |
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Sensors that let you monitor Windows systems via WMI and Windows performance counters |
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Links to further information about sensors and monitoring in the PRTG Manual and the Knowledge Base |
All Sensors in Alphabetical Order
The version numbers show when the respective sensor was originally introduced to PRTG. The default tags are automatically predefined in a sensor's settings when you add a sensor.
For more information, see section Tags.
Sensor |
Introduced in Version |
Default Tags |
|---|---|---|
8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
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16.x.24 |
sqlsensor |
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16.x.22 |
cloudwatchsensor alarm |
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15.x.19 |
cloudwatchsensor ebs |
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15.x.19 |
cloudwatchsensor ec2 |
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15.x.19 |
cloudwatchsensor elasticache |
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15.x.19 |
cloudwatchsensor elb |
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15.x.19 |
cloudwatchsensor rds |
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15.x.19 |
cloudwatchsensor sns |
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15.x.19 |
cloudwatchsensor sqs |
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20.1.56 |
aws cost awscost |
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15.x.20 |
factorysensor businessprocesssensor |
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7 |
ipslasensor |
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12.x.1 |
xenhostsensor |
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8.1.0 |
xenhostsensor |
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14.x.14 |
httpsensor |
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20.3.62 |
cloud cloudhttpsensor http |
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14.x.14 |
pingsensor |
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20.3.62 |
cloud cloudpingsensor ping |
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9.1.0 |
clusterhealthsensor |
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15.x.19 |
commonsaas saas |
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9.1.0 |
corehealthsensor |
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21.2.67 |
corehealthsensor autonomous |
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20.4.64 |
dellemc dellemcstorage dellemcenclosure restsensor |
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20.3.62 |
dellemc dellemcfilesystem dellemcstorage emcfilesystemsensor emcsensor restsensor |
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20.3.62 |
dellemc dellemccapacity dellemcstorage emccapacitysensor emcsensor restsensor |
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20.3.61 |
dellemc dellemclun dellemcstorage emclunsensor emcsensor restsensor |
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20.3.62 |
dellemc dellemcpool dellemcstorage emcpoolsensor emcsensor restsensor |
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20.4.63 |
dellemc dellemcdatastore dellemcvmware emcsensor restsensor |
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12.x.1 |
powervault |
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14.x.13 |
powervault |
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8.2.0 |
dhcpsensor |
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18.1.38 |
dicom bandwidth |
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18.1.38 |
dicom cecho ping |
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18.1.38 |
dicom query retrieve |
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20.2.59 |
dns dnssensor |
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16.x.22 |
docker dockercontainer |
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15.x.19 |
dropboxsensor cloudstorage |
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13.x.6 |
eva |
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7 |
wmiapieventlogsensor |
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13.x.5 |
exchange powershell backup |
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13.x.5 |
exchange powershell database |
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15.x.18 |
exchange powershell database dag |
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13.x.5 |
exchange powershell mailqueue |
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13.x.5 |
exchange powershell mailbox |
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13.x.5 |
exchange powershell publicfolder |
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7 |
exesensor |
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7 |
xmlexesensor |
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7 |
filesensor |
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7 |
filesensor |
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7 |
foldersensor |
|
7 |
ftpsensor |
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8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
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15.x19 |
googleanalytics |
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15.x.19 |
googledrive cloudstorage |
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18.1.38 |
dicom hl7 |
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7 |
httpsensor |
|
7 |
httpsensor |
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12.x.3 |
httpsensor httpapachemodstatusperfstatssensor apache |
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12.x.3 |
httpsensor httpapachemodstatustotalssensor apache |
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7 |
httpsensor |
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15.x.16 |
httpsensor |
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7 |
httpfullsensor |
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18.3.43 |
pushsensor pushdata httppushsensor iot sigfox |
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13.4.8 |
pushsensor pushcount httppushsensor |
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14.1.9 |
pushsensor pushdata httppushsensor |
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14.1.10 |
pushsensor pushdata httppushsensor |
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7 |
httptransactionsensor |
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8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
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12.3.4 |
hyperv powershell diskfree |
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7 |
hypervserversensor |
|
7 |
wmihypervsensor |
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9.1.0 |
wmihypervvirtualnetworkadapter |
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12.4.4 |
wmihypervvirtualstoragesensor |
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7 |
imapsensor mailsensor |
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8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
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13.x.7 |
bandwidthsensor netflowsensor |
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13.x.7 |
bandwidthsensor netflowsensor |
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14.x.11 |
ipmi |
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8.2.0 |
bandwidthsensor jflowsensor |
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8.2.0 |
bandwidthsensor jflowsensor |
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8.1.0 |
ldapsensor |
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20.3.61 |
microsoft365 microsoft365sensor |
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20.3.61 |
microsoft365 microsoft365sensor |
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20.4.64 |
microsoftazure microsoftazuresubscriptioncost azure |
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20.4.63 |
microsoftazure microsoftazurevirtualmachine azure |
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15.x.19 |
msonedrivesensor cloudstorage |
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14.x.12 |
sqlsensor |
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20.4.63 |
modbus |
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20.2.59 |
mqtt roundtrip mqttroundtrip |
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20.2.59 |
mqtt mqttstatistics |
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20.3.61 |
mqtt mqttsubscribecustom |
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14.x.12 |
sqlsensor |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.4.35 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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17.3.33 |
netapp cdot ontap soap |
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7 |
bandwidthsensor netflowsensor |
|
7 |
bandwidthsensor netflowsensor |
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7 |
bandwidthsensor netflowsensor |
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7 |
bandwidthsensor netflowsensor |
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21.1.66 |
opcua opcuacertificate certificate |
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21.1.66 |
opcua opcuacustom |
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20.4.63 |
opcua opcuaserverstatus serverstatus |
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14.x.13 |
sqlsensor |
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15.x.18 |
sqlsensor |
|
7 |
bandwidthsensor sniffersensor |
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7 |
bandwidthsensor sniffersensor |
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12.x.3 |
performancecounter performancecountercustom |
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12.x.6 |
performancecounter pciisapppool |
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7 |
pingsensor |
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8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
|
7 |
pop3sensor mailsensor |
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7 |
portsensor |
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12.x.4 |
portrangesensor |
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14.x.12 |
sqlsensor |
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9.1.0 |
probehealthsensor |
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15.x.19 |
pythonxml python xml json script |
|
7 |
qossensor |
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9.1.0 |
qossensor |
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14.x.13 |
radiussensor |
|
7 |
rdpsensor |
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17.3.33 |
restcustomsensor restsensor |
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7 |
factorysensor |
|
7 |
bandwidthsensor sflowsensor |
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7 |
bandwidthsensor sflowsensor |
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12.x.6 |
sftpsensor |
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7 |
diskspacesensor smbdiskspacesensor |
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12.x.1 |
pingsensor sipsensor |
|
7 |
smtpsensor mailsensor |
|
7 |
imapsensor roundtrip mailsensor |
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7 |
pop3sensor roundtrip mailsensor |
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9.1.0 |
apcups |
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17.1.29 |
snmpbuffalots buffalots systemhealth |
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12.x.1 |
snmpciscoadsl |
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12.x.1 |
snmpciscoasavpnsensor snmpciscoasavpnconnectionssensor |
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12.x.1 |
snmpciscoasavpnsensor snmpciscoasavpntrafficsensor |
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12.x.5 |
snmpciscoasavpnsensor snmpciscoasavpntrafficsensor |
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13.x.5 |
cbqossensor |
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12.x.4 |
snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth |
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14.x.14 |
snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth ucssystemhealth ucs blade |
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13.x.8 |
snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth ucssystemhealth ucs chassis |
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14.1.10 |
snmpciscophysicaldisksensor ucs snmp |
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13.x.8 |
snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth ucssystemhealth ucs |
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12.x.4 |
snmp cpu cpuloadsensor |
|
7 |
snmpcustomsensor |
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15.x.18 |
snmpcustomsensor snmpcustomadvanced |
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9.1.0 |
snmpcustomstringsensor |
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14.x.14 |
snmpcustomsensor |
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15.x.18 |
snmpcustomsensor snmpcustomtable |
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16.x.24 |
dellequallogic snmpdell dell |
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16.x.24 |
dellequallogic snmpdell dell |
|
16.x.24 |
dellequallogic snmpdell dell |
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7 |
dell |
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12.x.4 |
snmpdellphysicaldisksensor physicaldisk snmpdell dell |
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12.x.4 |
snmpdellsystemhealthsensor systemhealth snmpdell dell |
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12.x.4 |
snmpdiskfreesensor diskspacesensor diskfree snmp |
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19.x.53 |
snmpfujitsusystemhealthsensor snmp systemhealth fujitsu irmc |
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13.x.5 |
hardwarestatus |
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9.1.0 |
hplaserjet |
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15.x.18 |
snmp hpe blade bladesystem |
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15.x.18 |
snmp hpe blade bladesystem systemhealth health |
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12.x.6 |
snmphpelogicaldisksensor logicaldisk snmphpe hpe |
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12.x.6 |
snmphpememorycontrollersensor memorycontroller snmphpe hpe |
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12.x.4 |
snmphpenetworkinterfacesensor snmphpe hpe |
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12.x.6 |
snmphpephysicaldisksensor physicaldisk snmphpe hpe |
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12.x.4 |
snmphpesystemhealthsensor systemhealth snmphpe hpe |
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13.x.4 |
snmpibmlogicaldisksensor logicaldisk snmpibm ibm |
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13.x.4 |
snmpibmphysicaldisksensor physicaldisk snmpibm ibm |
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13.x.4 |
snmpibmphysicalmemorysensor memorycontroller snmpibm ibm |
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13.x.4 |
snmpibmsystemhealthsensor systemhealth |
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14.1.10 |
interseptor environment |
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15.2.16 |
snmpjuniper systemhealth |
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13.x.8 |
snmplenovoemc lenovoemc physicaldisk |
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13.x.8 |
snmplenovoemc lenovoemc systemhealth |
|
7 |
snmplibrarysensor |
|
8.1.0 |
snmpdiskfreesensor diskspacesensor |
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8.1.0 |
snmploadsensor |
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8.1.0 |
snmpmeminfosensor memorysensor |
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13.x.5 |
snmpphysicaldisksensor physicaldisk |
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12.x.4 |
snmpmemorysensor memory memorysensor snmp |
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12.x.3 |
snmpdiskfreesensor snmpnetappdiskfreesensor snmpnetapp netapp |
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12.x.4 |
snmpnetappenclosuresensor snmpnetapp netapp |
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12.x.3 |
snmpnetappiosensor snmpnetapp netapp |
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12.x.4 |
snmpnetapplicensesensor snmpnetapp netapp |
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13.x.7 |
snmpdiskfreesensor snmpnetappdiskfreesensor snmpnetapp netapp |
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12.x.3 |
snmpnetappnetworkinterfacesensor snmpnetapp netapp |
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12.x.3 |
snmpnetappsystemhealthsensor snmpnetapp netapp |
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20.1.55 |
snmpnutanixclusterhealthsensor snmp nutanix |
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20.1.55 |
snmpnutanixhypervisorsensor snmp nutanix |
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13.x.5 |
apcups |
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14.x.11 |
snmp printer |
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13.x.4 |
snmpqnap qnap logicaldisk |
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13.x.4 |
snmpqnap qnap physicaldisk |
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13.x.4 |
snmpqnap qnap systemhealth |
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12.x.1 |
snmprmon |
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13.x.5 |
snmpsonicwallsystemhealthsensor systemhealth |
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13.x.6 |
snmpsonicwallvpntrafficsensor traffic |
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13.x.4 |
snmpsynology synology logicaldisk |
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13.x.4 |
snmpsynology synology physicaldisk |
|
13.x.4 |
snmpsynology synology systemhealth |
|
7 |
snmpuptimesensor |
|
7 |
bandwidthsensor snmptrafficsensor |
|
7 |
snmptrapsensor |
|
13.x.8 |
snmpservicesensor servicesensor |
|
8.1.0 |
sntpsensor |
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20.4.63 |
orchestra orchestrachannelhealth soffico |
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8.1.0 |
sshdiskfreesensor diskfreesensor |
|
8.1.1 |
sshinodesfreesensor |
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8.1.0 |
sshloadavgsensor |
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8.1.0 |
sshmeminfosensor memorysensor |
|
12.x.1 |
sshremotepingsensor pingsensor remotepingsensor |
|
14.x.12 |
sshsanenclosure sshsan enclosure |
|
14.1.9 |
sshsanlogicaldisk sshsan logicaldisk |
|
14.1.9 |
sshsanphysicaldisk sshsan physicaldisk |
|
14.1.9 |
sshsansystemhealth sshsan systemhealth |
|
12.x.1 |
sshscript |
|
12.x.6 |
sshscript |
|
15.x.19 |
sslcertificate ssl certificate |
|
14.x.12 |
sslsensor |
|
7 |
syslogsensor |
|
9.1.0 |
systemhealthsensor |
|
8.1.0 |
trivialftpsensor |
|
8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
|
20.4.64 |
veeam veeambackup veeamenterprisemanager |
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21.x.69 |
veeam veeambackup veeamenterprisemanager |
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15.x.19 |
vmwaredatastoreexternsensor |
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8.1.0 |
esxshealthsensor |
|
12.x.1 |
esxserverhosthealthsensor |
|
12.x.1 |
esxserverhostsensor |
|
7 |
esxservervmsensor |
|
7 |
cpuloadsensor wmicpuloadsensor |
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8.1.0 |
wmiiissmtpreceivedsensor |
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8.1.0 |
wmiiissmtpsentsensor |
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12.x.1 |
wmiiis |
|
8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
|
7 |
bandwidthsensor wmibandwidthsensor |
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12.x.4 |
pagefilesensor wmipagefilesensor |
|
16.x.24 |
wmiphysicaldisksensor |
|
8.3.0 |
ptfsensor |
|
7 |
wmiprocesssensor |
|
8.1.0 |
wmiuptimesensor |
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13.x.6 |
windowsupdatesstatus |
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19.x.52 |
batterysensor wmibatterysensor |
|
7 |
wmicustomsensor |
|
12.x.4 |
wmicustomsensor |
|
19.4.54 |
wmidiskhealthsensor diskhealthsensor |
|
7 |
wmieventlogsensor |
|
9 |
wmiexchangeserversensor |
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12.x.1 |
wmiexchangeservertransportqueuesensor |
|
7 |
wmifilesensor |
|
7 |
diskspacesensor wmidiskspacesensor |
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12.x.1 |
smartsensor |
|
16.x.24 |
wmilogicalsensor |
|
7 |
memorysensor wmimemorysensor |
|
8.1.0 |
wmisqlserversensor |
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8.1.0 |
wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2008 |
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12.x.6 |
wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2012 |
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14.x.13 |
wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2014 |
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16.x.26 |
wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2016 |
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18.x.42 |
wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2017 |
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20.3.62 |
wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2019 |
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12.x.1 |
pingsensor wmisensor wmipingsensor remotepingsensor |
|
9 |
WMISecurityCenter |
|
7 |
wmiservicesensor servicesensor |
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8.1.0 |
wmisharesensor |
|
12.x.1 |
wmiprocesssensor wmisharepointprocesssensor |
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19.4.54 |
wmistoragepoolsensor storagepoolsensor |
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8.1.0 |
wmiterminalservicessensor |
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8.1.0 |
wmiterminalservicessensor |
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9.2.0 |
wmiutctimesensor |
|
7 |
wmivitalsystemdatasensor |
|
7 |
wmivolumesensor diskspacesensor |
|
9.1.0 |
ptfsensor |
|
20.3.61 |
zoom zoomsensor |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Response time and response code of the target server |
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Response time and response code of the target server |
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Response times of the target server |
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Response time of the target server using TCP ping |
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Loading time of a web page or element |
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Ping time and packet loss |
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Time until a request to a port is accepted |
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A network service by connecting to various TCP/IP ports |
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Traffic on a device via SNMP |
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Certificate of an SSL/TLS connection |
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SSL/TLS connectivity to the port of a device |
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Bandwidth usage and traffic of a network interface via WMI or Windows performance counters |
Backup and Replication Monitoring Sensors
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A Windows DC for replication errors |
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Changes to file content and file time stamp |
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A folder using SMB |
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An email server using IMAP |
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Status of all backup job runs on the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager in the last 24 hours |
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Status of a specific backup job that runs on the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Traffic data from an IPFIX-compatible device |
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Traffic data from an IPFIX-compatible device |
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Traffic data from a jFlow v5 compatible device |
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Traffic data from a jFlow v5 compatible device |
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Traffic data from a NetFlow v5 compatible device |
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Traffic data from a NetFlow v5 compatible device |
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Traffic data from a NetFlow v9 compatible device |
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Traffic data from a NetFlow v9 compatible device |
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Headers of data packets that pass a local network card |
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Headers of data packets that pass a local network card |
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Traffic data from an sFlow v5 compatible device |
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Traffic data from an sFlow v5 compatible device |
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ADSL statistics of a Cisco router |
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Traffic of an IPsec VPN connection on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance |
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A network interface in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A device via SNMP |
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A network card of a NetApp storage system |
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Traffic on a device using the RMON standard |
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Traffic of an IPsec VPN on a SonicWall NSA via SNMP |
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Traffic on a device |
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Bandwidth usage and traffic of a network interface |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Status of an Amazon CloudWatch alarm |
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Performance of the Amazon Cloud service EBS |
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Performance of the Amazon Cloud service EC2 |
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Performance of the Amazon Cloud service ElastiCache |
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Performance of the Amazon Cloud service ELB |
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Performance of the Amazon Cloud service RDS |
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Performance of the Amazon Cloud service SNS |
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Performance of the Amazon Cloud service SQS |
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Cost of an AWS account by reading its data from the AWS Cost Explorer API |
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Availability of several SaaS providers |
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A Dropbox account using the Dropbox API and OAuth2 |
|
Several metrics from a Google Analytics account using the Google API and OAuth2 |
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A Google Drive account using the Google API and OAuth2 |
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Overall status of all services of a Microsoft 365 subscription |
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Detailed status of all services of a Microsoft 365 subscription |
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Cost in a Microsoft Azure subscription |
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A Microsoft OneDrive Personal account using the OneDrive API and OAuth2 |
|
Availability of global Zoom services |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A summarized status of entire business processes while monitoring several process components |
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One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time |
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Values returned by the executable file or script in multiple channels |
|
Traffic by type according to your needs |
|
Traffic by type according to your needs |
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Traffic by type according to your needs |
|
Traffic by type according to your needs |
|
Traffic by type according to your needs |
|
Values returned by the Python script in multiple channels |
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Values returned by a REST API in multiple channels |
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Entire business processes that involve several components |
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Traffic by type according to your needs |
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A single parameter that is returned by a specific OID via SNMP |
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Numeric values returned for OIDs via SNMP |
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A string returned by a specific OID via SNMP |
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A string returned by a specific OID via SNMP directly mapped to a sensor status |
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Entries from a table that is provided via SNMP |
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One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time |
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Values returned by the script in multiple channels and the execution time |
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Retrieved value of a custom query via WMI |
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Retrieved string value in the sensor message and the response time |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A database using an ADO connection |
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A database on a Microsoft SQL server |
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A database on a MySQL server |
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A database on an Oracle server |
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A tablespace on an Oracle server |
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A database on a PostgreSQL server |
|
Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
|
Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
|
Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Bandwidth usage of a C-STORE request to a DICOM-capable device |
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Availability of DICOM-capable systems and devices by sending C-ECHO requests to the target system |
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C-FIND capability of DICOM-capable systems and devices |
|
Availability of HL7 interfaces |
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State and overall number of successful or failed channel calls |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A Windows DC for replication errors |
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A database using an ADO connection |
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A Xen host server via HTTP |
|
A VM on a Citrix XenServer via HTTP |
|
A virtual disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i |
|
A physical disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, or MD3620f |
|
Bandwidth usage of a C-STORE request to a DICOM-capable device |
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Availability of DICOM-capable systems and devices by sending C-ECHO requests to the target system |
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C-FIND capability of DICOM-capable systems and devices |
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An HPE Storage EVA using the sssu.exe from HPE P6000 Command View Software |
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Backups of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Database information of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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DAG status of a database on an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Number of items in the outgoing mail queue of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Mailboxes of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Public folders and subfolders of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time |
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Values returned by the executable file or script in multiple channels |
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Number of files available in the directory listing |
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Availability of HL7 interfaces |
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Full download time of a web page including assets such as images |
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An .xml file from a specified URL |
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A Microsoft Hyper-V cluster shared volume via PowerShell |
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Listing of an IP address on specific blacklist servers |
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Status of a system via IPMI |
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A database on a Microsoft SQL server |
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Disks of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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A database on an Oracle server |
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A tablespace on an Oracle server |
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A statistical jitter value and execution time |
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A RADIUS server according to RFC 2865 |
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A REST API endpoint |
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Connectivity for a SIP server using SIP options "Ping" |
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Number of hops needed from the probe system that the sensor runs on to the IP address/DNS name defined in the sensor's parent device |
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Hardware status of a VMware host server using SOAP |
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A VMware host server using SOAP |
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A VM on a VMware host server using SOAP |
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Number of messages in a message queue of the parent device |
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Print queue on the sensor's parent device |
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Status of Windows updates on a computer, either from Microsoft or from the local WSUS server |
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Various statistics on a WSUS server via WMI |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A virtual disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i |
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A physical disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, or MD3620f |
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An HPE Storage EVA using the sssu.exe from HPE P6000 Command View Software |
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Status of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage aggregate accessing the API via SOAP |
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Input and output operations of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Logical interfaces of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP |
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Logical unit number (LUN) of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Network interface card (NIC) of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP |
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Disks of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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SnapMirror relationships of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Health of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Volumes on a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Performance counters on an APC UPS device via SNMP |
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System health of a Buffalo TeraStation NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a Cisco device via SNMP |
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Health status of a Cisco UCS blade server via SNMP |
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Health status of the chassis of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP |
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A physical disk of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP |
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System health of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP |
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System load via SNMP |
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A volume of a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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Health of an array member of an EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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A disk in a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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Performance counters on a Dell hardware device via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server via SNMP |
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System health of a Dell PowerEdge server via SNMP |
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A logical disk via SNMP |
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Status of a Fujitsu PRIMERGY server via the iRMC and SNMP |
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Status of a hardware component of a server via SNMP |
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Performance counters on an HP LaserJet hardware device via SNMP |
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Status of an HPE BladeSystem via SNMP |
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System health of an HPE BladeSystem device via SNMP |
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A memory controller in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A network interface in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A physical disk in an HPE server via SNMP |
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System health of an HPE ProLiant server via SNMP |
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A physical disk in an IBM server via SNMP |
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Memory modules in an IBM server via SNMP |
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System health of an IBM device via SNMP |
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System health of a Juniper NetScreen device via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP |
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The system health of a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP |
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A device via SNMP |
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Memory usage of a system via SNMP |
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Power supply and cooling of an enclosure that is part of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Input/output operations per second (IOPS) on a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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IOPS on a logical unit of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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A network card of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Status of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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Health values of a SonicWall NSA via SNMP |
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Traffic of an IPsec VPN on a SonicWall NSA via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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A SAN enclosure via SSH |
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A logical disk on a SAN via SSH |
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A physical disk on a SAN via SSH |
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System health of a SAN via SSH |
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I/O parameters of a hard disk on a Windows system via WMI |
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Available capacity and the state of connected batteries of a Windows-based device via WMI |
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Health of a physical disk on a Windows system via WMI |
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Health of IDE disk drives on the target system using S.M.A.R.T. |
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Vital system parameters (CPU, thread, memory, network, pagefile) via WMI |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Messages received from IoT-capable devices that are pushed via an HTTPS request to PRTG |
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Up to five values returned by a Modbus TCP server |
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Availability of an MQTT broker (server) |
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Received messages and payload from an MQTT topic |
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Up to five numeric values from the received JSON data |
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Certificate of an OPC UA server |
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Up to five numeric values returned by specific OPC UA node IDs |
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Server status, uptime, and diagnostic information of an OPC UA server |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A Python script on the probe system |
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FTP servers of a Linux/Unix system using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (FTP over SSH) |
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Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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System load average of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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I/O on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SSH |
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Free index nodes on disks of Linux/Unix and macOS systems via SSH |
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Load average of a Linux/Unix system via SSH |
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Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system via SSH |
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Connectivity between a system running Linux/macOS X and another device using ICMP echo requests and SSH |
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A SAN enclosure via SSH |
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A logical disk on a SAN via SSH |
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A physical disk on a SAN via SSH |
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System health of a SAN via SSH |
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One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time |
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Values returned by the script in multiple channels and execution time |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Backups of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Database information of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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DAG status of a database on an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Number of items in the outgoing mail queue of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Mailboxes of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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Public folders and subfolders of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell |
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An email server using IMAP |
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Listing of the IP address of the sensor's parent device on specific blacklist servers |
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An email server using POP3 |
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A mail server using SMTP |
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Time it takes for an email to reach an IMAP mailbox after being sent using SMTP |
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Time it takes for an email to reach a POP3 mailbox after being sent using SMTP |
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SSL/TLS connectivity to the port of a device |
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Number of received emails for a Microsoft IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Number of sent emails for a Microsoft IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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A Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later via WMI |
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Length of transport queues of a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later via WMI |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Health of the cluster |
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Status of the PRTG core server |
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Status of the PRTG core server |
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Status of the probe |
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Status of the probe system |
In addition to the built-in sensors, you can create your own sensors. You can write a script or a program and use it with a custom sensor. There are already many free, useful scripts, plugins, and add-ons for PRTG in the PRTG Sensor Hub. You can also directly open the PRTG Sensor Hub from the Add Sensor dialog in the PRTG web interface.
To use the sensors in the PRTG Sensor Hub, go to https://www.paessler.com/sensor-hub and follow the instructions there.
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
VoIP network parameters using IP SLAs from Cisco via SNMP |
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Performance counters on an APC UPS device via SNMP |
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System health of a Buffalo TeraStation NAS via SNMP |
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Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) statistics of a Cisco router via SNMP |
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VPN connections on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance viang SNMP |
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Traffic of an IPsec VPN connection on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance via SNMP |
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Account connections to a VPN on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance via SNMP |
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Network parameters using Cisco's CBQoS via SNMP |
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System health of a Cisco device via SNMP |
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Health status of a Cisco UCS blade server via SNMP |
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Health status of the chassis of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP |
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A physical disk of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP |
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System health of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP |
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System load via SNMP |
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A single parameter returned by a specific OID via SNMP |
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Numeric values returned for OIDs via SNMP |
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A string returned by a specific OID via SNMP |
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A string returned by a specific OID via SNMP directly mapped to a sensor status |
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Entries from a table that is provided via SNMP |
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A volume of a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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Health of an array member of an Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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A disk in a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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Performance counters on a Dell hardware device via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server via SNMP |
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System health of a Dell PowerEdge server via SNMP |
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Free disk space on a logical disk via SNMP |
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Status of a Fujitsu PRIMERGY server via the iRMC and SNMP |
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Status of a hardware component of a server via SNMP |
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Performance counters on an HP LaserJet hardware device via SNMP |
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Status of an HPE BladeSystem via SNMP |
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System health of an HPE BladeSystem device via SNMP |
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A logical disk in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A memory controller in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A network interface in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A physical disk in an HPE server via SNMP |
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System health of an HPE ProLiant server via SNMP |
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A logical disk in an IBM server via SNMP |
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A physical disk in an IBM server via SNMP |
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Memory modules in an IBM server via SNMP |
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System health of an IBM device via SNMP |
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Data from a Jacarta interSeptor Pro environmental monitoring system via SNMP |
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System health of a Juniper NetScreen device via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP |
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A device via SNMP |
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Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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System load average of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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Input/output (I/O) on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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Memory usage of a system via SNMP |
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Free space on disks of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Power supply and cooling of an enclosure that is part of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Input/output operations per second (IOPS) on a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Licenses for the services of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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IOPS on a logical unit of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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A network card of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Status of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Status and performance of a Nutanix cluster via SNMP |
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A Nutanix hypervisor via SNMP |
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Performance counters for environmental measurements on Poseidon hardware via SNMP |
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Various types of printers via SNMP |
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A logical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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Traffic on a device using the RMON standard via SNMP |
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Health values of a SonicWall NSA via SNMP |
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Traffic of an IPsec VPN on a SonicWall NSA via SNMP |
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A logical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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A logical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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Time a device runs via SNMP |
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Traffic on a device via SNMP |
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SNMP traps |
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A Windows service via SNMP |
Storage and File Server Sensors
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Health of an enclosure on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API |
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A file system on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API |
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Storage capacity of a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API |
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A LUN on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API |
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A storage pool on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API |
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A VMware datastore on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API |
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A virtual disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i |
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A physical disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, or MD3620f |
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An HPE Storage EVA using the sssu.exe from HPE P6000 Command View Software |
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Changes to file content and file time stamp |
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Text files (for example, logfiles) for certain strings |
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A folder using SMB |
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File servers using FTP and FTPS |
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Changes to files |
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A Microsoft Hyper-V cluster shared volume via PowerShell |
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A virtual storage device running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows Performance Counters |
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Status of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage aggregate accessing the API via SOAP |
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Input and output operations of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Logical interfaces of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP |
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A LUN of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Network interface card (NIC) of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP |
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Disks of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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SnapMirror relationships of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Health of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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Volumes on a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP |
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FTP servers of a Linux/Unix system using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (FTP over SSH) |
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Free disk space of a share (Windows/Samba) using SMB |
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System health of a Buffalo TeraStation NAS via SNMP |
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A physical disk of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP |
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Volume of a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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Health of an array member of an EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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A disk in a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server via SNMP |
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A logical disk in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A physical disk in an HPE server via SNMP |
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A logical disk in an IBM server via SNMP |
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A physical disk in an IBM server via SNMP |
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Physical disk in a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP |
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Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
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Input/output (I/O) on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP |
|
Free space on disks of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Power supply and cooling of an enclosure that is part of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Input/output operations per second (IOPS) on a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Licenses for the services of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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IOPS on a logical unit of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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A network card of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Status of a NetApp storage system via SNMP |
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Status and performance of a Nutanix cluster via SNMP |
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A Nutanix hypervisor via SNMP |
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A logical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a QNAP NAS via SNMP |
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A logical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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A physical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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System health of a Synology NAS via SNMP |
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A SAN enclosure via SSH |
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A logical disk on a SAN via SSH |
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A physical disk on a SAN via SSH |
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System health of a SAN via SSH |
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A TFTP server to check if a certain file is available for download |
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Disk usage of a VMware datastore via SOAP |
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Input/output parameters of a hard disk on a Windows system via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Health of a physical disk on a Windows system via WMI |
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A file via WMI |
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Free disk space of one or more drives via WMI |
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Disk usage of a logical disk or mount point on a Windows system via WMI |
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A storage pool via WMI |
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Free disk space on a drive, logical volume, or mount point via WMI |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A DHCP server |
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A DNS server, resolves domain name records, and compares them to a filter |
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Status of a system via the IPMI |
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Directory services using the LDAP |
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Certificate of an OPC UA server |
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Up to five numeric values returned by specific OPC UA node IDs |
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Server status, uptime, and diagnostic information of an OPC UA server |
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Availability of a device |
|
A statistical jitter value and the execution time |
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A network service by connecting to the sensor's port |
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A network service by connecting to various TCP/IP ports |
|
A RADIUS server according to RFC 2865 |
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Remote desktop services (RDP, Terminal Services Client) |
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SNMP traps |
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An SNTP server |
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SSL/TLS connectivity to the port of a device |
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Syslog messages |
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Number of hops needed from the probe system that the sensor runs on to the IP Address/DNS Name defined in the sensor's parent device |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A Xen host server via HTTP |
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A VM on a Citrix XenServer via HTTP |
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A VMware datastore on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API |
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Status of a Docker container |
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A Microsoft Hyper-V cluster shared volume via PowerShell |
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A Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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A VM running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Virtual network adapters running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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A virtual storage device running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Status of a virtual machine in a Microsoft Azure subscription |
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Status and performance of a Nutanix cluster via SNMP |
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A Nutanix hypervisor via SNMP |
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Disk usage of a VMware datastore via SOAP |
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Hardware information of an ESXi server using WBEM |
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Hardware status of a VMware host server via SOAP |
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A VMware host server via SOAP |
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A VM on a VMware host server via SOAP |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
VoIP network parameters using IP SLAs from Cisco via SNMP |
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Parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between two probes |
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Parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between a probe and a target device at the endpoint of the connection |
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Connectivity for a SIP server using SIP options "Ping" |
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VoIP network parameters using Cisco's CBQoS via SNMP |
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
Loading time of a web server via HTTP from different locations worldwide |
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Loading time of a web server via HTTP from different locations worldwide |
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Availability of several SaaS providers |
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A web server using HTTP |
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Source code of a web page using HTTP |
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Performance statistics of an Apache web server using mod_status over HTTP |
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Activity of an Apache web server using mod_status over HTTP |
|
A numeric value returned by an HTTP request |
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Values returned by the web server in multiple channels |
|
Full download time of a web page including assets such as images |
|
Received values and a message encoded in valid XML or JSON in multiple channels |
|
Received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG |
|
Numeric values from received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG |
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Data from received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG |
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An interactive website by performing a transaction using a set of HTTP URLs |
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An .xml file from a specified URL |
|
Values returned by a REST API in multiple channels |
|
Certificate of an SSL/TLS connection |
|
SSL connectivity to the port of a device |
|
A Microsoft IIS server via WMI |
Windows WMI/Performance Counter Sensors
Sensor |
What It Monitors |
|---|---|
A Windows DC for replication errors |
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Event Log entries using the Windows API |
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A configured set of Windows performance counters |
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A Microsoft IIS application pool using Windows performance counters |
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CPU load on a computer via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Number of received emails for a IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Number of sent emails for a IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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A Microsoft IIS application pool using Windows performance counters |
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Number of messages in a message queue of the parent device |
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Bandwidth usage and traffic of a network interface via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Windows pagefile usage via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Input/output parameters of a hard disk on a Windows system via WMI or Windows performance counters |
|
Print queue on the sensor's parent device |
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A Windows process via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Uptime of a Windows system via WMI or Windows performance counters |
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Status of Windows updates on a computer |
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Available capacity and state of connected batteries of a Windows-based device via WMI |
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Numeric values (integers and floats) |
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Retrieved string value in the sensor message and response time |
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Health of a physical disk on a Windows system via WMI |
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A specific Windows logfile via WMI |
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A Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later via WMI |
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Length of transport queues of a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later via WMI |
|
A file via WMI |
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Free disk space of one or more drives via WMI |
|
Health of IDE disk drives on the target system using S.M.A.R.T. |
|
Disk usage of a logical disk or mount point on a Windows system via WMI |
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Available (free) system memory on Windows systems via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI |
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Ping time from the remote device to the target device that is being pinged |
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Security status of a Windows client computer via WMI |
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A Windows service via WMI |
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A shared resource on a Windows system via WMI |
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A Microsoft SharePoint server via WMI |
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A storage pool via WMI |
|
Number of sessions on a Windows Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services) server via WMI |
|
Number of sessions on a Windows Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services) server via WMI |
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UTC time of a target device via WMI |
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Vital system parameters (CPU, thread, memory, network, pagefile) via WMI |
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Free disk space on a drive, logical volume, or mount point via WMI |
|
Various statistics on a WSUS server via WMI |
- Differences between PRTG on premises and PRTG Hosted Monitor
- Glossary
- Legal Notices
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Available Sensor Types
- List of Default Ports
- List of Icons
- List of New Sensors
- List of Notification Triggers and Supported Sensors
- List of Placeholders for Notifications
- List of Sensors by Performance Impact
- List of Sensors with IPv6 Support
- List of Standard Lookup Files
- Support and Troubleshooting
