Virtualization monitoring with PRTG
Avoid downtime and boost productivity of your virtual infrastructure
- Monitor all aspects of your virtualized environment
- Capture the performance data of your virtual machines
- Supports virtualization software from top vendors
Our users give top ratings for monitoring with Paessler PRTG
PRTG virtualization monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes virtualization management and monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent all kinds of issues with your virtual resources.
3 reasons why to choose PRTG as your virtualization monitoring tool
It’s no big secret that consolidating different virtual machines, applications, operating systems, and other components on a physical server results in a single point of failure. And if the physical system fails, it will affect the entire virtual system. This is where Paessler PRTG comes to the rescue. Our network monitoring tool monitors both your virtual infrastructure and the hardware that is running your virtual system – in real time.
Central, comprehensive overview
PRTG gives you the most complete overview of your entire virtualization environment, from the host hardware server to applications running on your virtual machines.
Ensure the stability of your virtualized environment by monitoring CPU load, data traffic, network utilization, and other performance data of your physical servers and virtual servers.
Custom alerts and notifications
Detect problems in advance and counteract system failures or service interruptions with PRTG’s customizable alerts – for more proactive troubleshooting.
If your preset warning or error thresholds are breached, PRTG sends you a notification by SMS, email, in-app push notification, or other methods. So you can step in and save the day.
Cost-efficient licensing and pricing
No matter which PRTG subscription you choose after your free trial, you get all the functions for monitoring your entire IT infrastructure – including your virtual environment – in a single monitoring solution.
Upgrade your license at any time, based on the number of sensors you need. This flexible pricing ensures that you never pay for more than you need.
What virtual system observability looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking your physical and virtual servers, hypervisors, and VMs. Show uptime, bandwidth and resource usage, CPU load, application performance, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot performance issues with your virtual infrastructure.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Custom PRTG dashboard that lets you check your physical and virtual environment at a glance
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Start monitoring virtual environments with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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Why is virtualization monitoring with PRTG so important?
With virtualization, there can be a higher risk of having lower computing performance and reduced network throughput. This is because the more virtual machines run on a host system, the less CPU or RAM is available for the individual virtual machines.
Virtualization monitoring with PRTG gives you detailed insights into the status of the virtualized environment and makes it possible for you to analyze the collected data in real time. This allows you to identify issues related to several aspects at an early stage, such as:
- Availability
- Resource utilization
- Packet loss
- Bandwidth
- Read and write speed
Avoid downtime and boost productivity with PRTG virtual machine monitoring.
Your virtualization monitor at a glance – even on the go
Set up PRTG in minutes and use it on almost any mobile device.
Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG virtual performance monitoring solution
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems
How virtual infrastructure monitoring with PRTG works
Our comprehensive monitoring software makes your life easier by supporting the virtualization software from many well-known vendors, including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and Nutanix.
Included in its set of more than 250 preconfigured sensor types, you will also find different sensors for monitoring your virtual IT ecosystem, for example:
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UVnetworks
“Excellent tool for detailed monitoring. Alarms and notifications work greatly. Equipment addition is straight forward and server initial setup is very easy. ...feel safe to purchase it if you intend to monitor a large networking landscape.”
Infrastructure and Operations Engineer in the Communications Industry, firm size 10B - 30B USD
PRTG makes virtualization management and monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent all kinds of issues with your virtual resources.
Monitoring virtualized infrastructure: FAQ
What is virtualization?
Virtualization is the process of creating virtual versions of physical resources such as servers, storage devices, networks, or operating systems. Instead of relying on dedicated hardware, virtualization allows multiple virtual environments to run on a single physical system, each functioning as though it were an independent, isolated system.
Virtualization involves creating virtual machines (VM), which are software-defined representations of physical computers. Each VM runs its own operating system and applications independently, even though it's sharing physical hardware with other VMs.
A hypervisor, also known as a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM), is the software layer that enables virtualization. It abstracts the physical hardware and allocates resources like CPU, memory, and storage to the virtual machines.
What is virtualization monitoring?
In virtualization, hardware, software, network functions, and thus also servers, operating systems, and applications are replicated virtually. This means that in virtualized environments, several servers are consolidated on a small amount of hardware, for example. This way, several virtual servers can run on one physical system, which saves energy costs and space, as the data center can be kept small.
However, virtualization has even more advantages: With network, operating system, and server virtualization, resources such as storage capacities (for example hard disk space) and computing capacities (for example RAM) are allocated dynamically. This allows virtual machines to be better utilized because they share physical resources. This way, you can provision capacity more quickly and without much effort.
What are the benefits of virtualization?
Virtualization offers a range of benefits, especially in terms of optimizing resource usage, improving efficiency, and reducing costs. Here are some key advantages:
- Reduced hardware costs: By running multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical server, organizations can reduce the number of physical machines needed, leading to lower hardware acquisition costs.
- Energy efficiency: Fewer physical servers mean lower power and cooling requirements, which translates to significant energy savings.
- Better resource utilization: Virtualization allows better utilization of computing resources by distributing workloads across multiple VMs on a single physical server. This prevents the under-utilization common with dedicated servers.
- High scalability: Virtual environments can be easily scaled up or down based on business needs. Virtual machines can be created, modified, or deleted quickly, enabling rapid deployment of new services or applications.
- Dynamic resource allocation: Resources like CPU, memory, and storage can be allocated or reallocated to VMs in real-time, based on changing workload demands.
- Isolation: Each virtual machine is isolated from others, so issues in one VM (e.g., crashes, security breaches) do not affect others. This containment increases security and stability.
- High availability (HA): Virtualization supports features like live migration, which allows moving running VMs from one physical host to another without downtime. This is useful for maintenance and disaster recovery.
- Cross-platform compatibility: Virtualization allows different operating systems (e.g., Windows, Linux) to run on the same physical server, increasing flexibility for running diverse applications in a heterogeneous environment.
How does PRTG virtualization monitoring work?
For your virtualization monitoring with PRTG, a variety of preconfigured sensors for the most popular vendors and systems (VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Azure) are available to instantly monitor all aspects of your virtualization environment such as CPU usage, memory capacity, data traffic, network speed, or host status. What's more, PRTG’s virtual machine monitoring lets you collect and analyze application and performance data from your VMs.
What is a sensor in PRTG?
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive.
On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
PRTG: The multi-tool for sysadmins
Adapt PRTG individually and dynamically to your needs and rely on a strong API:- HTTP API: Access monitoring data and manipulate monitoring objects via HTTP requests
- Custom sensors: Create your own PRTG sensors for customized monitoring
- Custom notifications: Create your own notifications and send action triggers to external systems
- REST Custom sensor: Monitor almost everything that provides data in XML or JSON format
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. We asked: would you recommend PRTG?
Over 95% of our customers say yes!
The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier. Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network. Everyone has different monitoring needs. That’s why we let you try PRTG for free.Still not convinced?
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Up to 100 sensors for free (Price List) |
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Network devices, bandwidth, servers, applications, virtual environments, remote systems, IoT, and more |
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