PRTG Manual: WMI Share Sensor

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.