PRTG Manual: Proxmox VE Node Performance Sensor

Enabled Beta Sensors experimental feature

This sensor requires that the Beta Sensors experimental feature is enabled.

For more information, see the Knowledge Base: What are beta sensors and how can I use them?

Credentials

This sensor requires credentials for Proxmox VE in settings that are higher in the object hierarchy.

Meta-scan

This sensor uses the meta-scan feature. After sensor creation, some settings might appear for reference purposes only.

Parent device

• Requires that the parent device is a Proxmox VE node in a Proxmox VE cluster.
• This sensor requires that the parent device runs as of Proxmox VE 6.2.

Multi-platform probe

You can add this sensor to a multi-platform probe.

IPv6

This sensor supports IPv6.

Performance impact

This sensor has a very low performance impact.

Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base: https://helpdesk.paessler.com/en/support/solutions/articles/76000087437

Node Name

Select the node that you want to monitor. PRTG creates one sensor for each node that you select.

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

• Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
• Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
  You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit 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.

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

• Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.
• Store result: Store the sensor result and the last response in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance.

In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Available Disk Space

The available disk space

This is the disk space available to non-root users, as reported by the Proxmox API. This excludes system-reserved blocks.

Available Memory

The available memory

CPU Usage

The CPU usage

Disk Usage

The disk usage

PRTG calculates this value from the disk space in use and the total disk space. The disk space in use includes system-reserved blocks.

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.

Load Average

The load average

This channel is the primary channel by default.

Memory Usage

The memory usage (%)

Total Disk Space

The total disk space

Total Memory

The total memory

Uptime

The uptime