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PRTG Manual: WMI Share Sensor

The WMI Share sensor monitors a shared resource on a Windows system via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

You can set the sensor to the Down status for different share status messages.

For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

Dutch: WMI Share
French: Partage (WMI)
German: WMI Freigabe
Japanese: WMI 共有
Portuguese: Compartilhamento (WMI)
Russian: Ресурс WMI
Simplified Chinese: WMI 共享
Spanish: Recurso compartido (WMI)

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark	Description
Performance impact	This sensor has a high performance impact. Stay below 200 WMI sensors per probe. Above this number, consider using multiple remote probes for load balancing.
WoW64	This sensor requires WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) for target systems that run Windows Server 2016.
Credentials	This sensor requires credentials for Windows systems.
LanmanServer service	To provide any shares, the LanmanServer "Server" Windows service must run on the target system. If it does not run, there are no shares and you see a No Share available message.
IPv6	This sensor supports IPv6.
Hosted probe	You cannot add this sensor to the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. If you want to use this sensor, add it to a remote probe device.

Basic Sensor Settings

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

wmisharesensor

For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.

WMI Shared Resource

Setting	Description
Shared Resource	Information about the shared resource that this sensor monitors.
Description	The description of the shared resource that this sensor monitors.
Type	The type of the shared resource that this sensor monitors.
TypeID	The typeID of the shared resource that this sensor monitors.

Trigger Down Status on Following Conditions

Select under which conditions the sensor shows the Down status. As long as the share returns OK, the sensor status shows the Up status. Enable the check box in front of the respective line to select a Down condition. Select none, one, or several of the following conditions.

If the sensor is in the Down status, it does not record any data in any of its channels.

Trigger Down Status on Following Conditions

Condition	Description
Error	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns an error status. A share in this status is not operational. This condition is enabled by default.
Degraded	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a degraded status. A share in this status is still operational. This condition is enabled by default.
Unknown	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns an unknown status.
Pred Fail	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a predicted fail status. This indicates that an element works properly but predicts a failure (for example, a SMART-enabled hard drive). A share in this status is still operational. This condition is enabled by default.
Starting	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a starting status. A share in this status is not operational.
Stopping	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a stopping status. A share in this status is not operational.
Service	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a service status. This can apply during disk mirror-resilvering, reloading a user permissions list, or other administrative work on the device that this sensor monitors. Not all such work is done online, but the managed element is neither OK nor has one of the other states. A share in this status is not operational.
Stressed	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a stressed status.
Nonrecover	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a non recover status. This condition is enabled by default.
NoContact	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a no contact status. This condition is enabled by default.
LostComm	Set the sensor to the Down status if the share returns a lost communication status. This condition is enabled by default.

Debug Options

Setting	Description
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].Data.txt. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval. In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Setting

Description

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].Data.txt. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

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

Sensor Display

Setting	Description
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.

Setting

Description

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.

Inherited Settings

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.

Channel List

Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

Channel	Description
Available	The availability of the share This channel is the primary channel by default.
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.

Channel

Description

Available

The availability of the share

This channel is the primary channel by default.

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.

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