PRTG Manual: WMI Security Center Sensor
The WMI Security Center sensor monitors the security status of a Windows client system via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). It can monitor all security products that are controlled by Windows Security Center / Windows Action Center.
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
- Dutch: WMI Security Center
- French: Centre de sécurité (WMI)
- German: WMI Sicherheits-Center
- Japanese: WMI セキュリティーセンター
- Portuguese: Centro de segurança (WMI)
- Russian: Центр безопасности WMI
- Simplified Chinese: WMI 安全中心
- Spanish: Centro de seguridad (WMI)
Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:
Remark |
Description |
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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. |
Windows version |
This sensor requires at least Windows Vista on the target system. This sensor does not run on Windows Server operating systems because the Windows Security Center / Windows Action Center is only available on client Windows versions. |
Credentials |
This sensor requires credentials for Windows systems. |
IPv6 |
This sensor supports IPv6. |
Lookups |
This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels. |
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. |
WMI Security Center Specific
Setting |
Description |
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Security Center Product |
Select the security center products that you want to monitor. PRTG creates one sensor for each product that you select. You see a list showing the Name and Type of all security products that the sensor finds in the Windows Security Center on the target device. If there are no products, you see a corresponding message. |
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
- WMISecurityCenter
For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.
Setting |
Description |
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Display Name |
The display name of the security center product that this sensor monitors. |
Type |
The type of the security center product that this sensor monitors. |
Setting |
Description |
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Result Handling |
Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:
In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node. |
Setting |
Description |
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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:
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Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. 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. |
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.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel |
Description |
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Downtime |
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status |
Status |
The status code of the security product
This channel is the primary channel by default. |
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