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.
- 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)
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. |
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. |
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.
Setting |
Description |
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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.
Condition |
Description |
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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. |
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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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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