PRTG – The only virtual machine monitoring software you'll ever need
- Monitor your whole virtual environment from one place
- Receive custom alerts in the event of errors and proactively fix issues
- Compatible with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and others
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PRTG virtual machine monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes virtual infrastructure monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualizations make it easy to identify and prevent availability and performance issues of your virtual network devices.
Virtual machines. Real impacts
They're the multi-tools of enterprise networks. Flexible. Versatile. Multifunctional.
And, because they're isolated from each other by design, a single virtual machine's failure won't bring the network down.
Accurate, highly customizable, and compatible with most major virtualization platforms, Paessler PRTG makes sure all your virtual servers work smoothly, and lets you know the second there's a risk something might go wrong so you can fix it double quick.
Because when your virtual machines are working as they should, your colleagues are happy… and so are you.
PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems
Virtually the best: 3 reasons to use PRTG as your virtual machine monitoring tool
All-in-one monitoring
Managing an enterprise network is complicated enough, without having to continually flip between multiple monitoring environments. With the ability to monitor every hardware and software component, PRTG streamlines your workflow (and makes your life that much easier).
Automatic alerts
Get on with your day and let PRTG do the worrying. Once you pick your preferred warning and error thresholds, PRTG will watch them like a hawk and let you know if something's not right. Which means nothing will fall through the cracks, no matter how busy you are.
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Proactive planning
Is your IT infrastructure reaching capacity? Are there components that are past their prime? PRTG puts key VM performance data at your fingertips, so you can spot where you're under or over-resourced, and make better-informed decisions for the short, medium, and long term.
Start VM monitoring with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
What virtual machine monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously the performance of virtual machines as well as the health of the physical hosts. Show availability, memory usage, CPU load, uptime, network data transfer speeds, and other key performance metrics in real time. Visualize collected data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the visibility you need to troubleshoot all issues with your virtual IT environments.
Sunburst view of the entire monitoring setup
VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor in PRTG
Custom PRTG dashboard for monitoring virtualized environments
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Easily find the source of the problem with our PRTG virtual machine monitoring solution
Real-time alerts and custom notifications make it easy to solve issues with your virtual machines and the hardware they run on
Virtual machine performance monitoring with PRTG in action
With preconfigured sensor types for most major virtualization platforms such as VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, or Microsoft Azure, monitoring the availability and performance of your virtual machines, hypervisors, and the physical servers they run on in PRTG couldn't be simpler. Discover some of our sensors for virtual machine monitoring here.
Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine
The Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine sensor monitors a VM on a XenServer via HTTP. It can show the following:
- CPU usage
- Available memory
- Used memory
- Balloon driver target size
Hyper-V Virtual Machine
The Hyper-V Virtual Machine sensor monitors a VM that runs on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters. It can show the following:
- CPU usage of guests and hypervisors
- Total CPU usage
- Disk read and write speed of the IDE
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine
The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine sensor monitors the status of a VM in a Microsoft Azure subscription. It can show the following:
- Average CPU load
- Number of consumed and remaining CPU credits
- Overall VM status
VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP)
The VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor monitors a VM on a VMware host server via SOAP. It can show the following:
- CPU readiness and usage
- Datastore total read and write latency
- Disk usage, read and write speed
- Active and consumed memory
- Total network and average host power usage
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PRTG makes virtual machine monitoring easy
Custom alerts and data visualizations make it easy to monitor, identify, and prevent availability and performance issues.
Monitor VMs: FAQ
What is a virtual machine?
A virtual machine (VM) is a software simulation of a physical computer that runs on a host system. It allows multiple operating systems to operate simultaneously on a single physical machine. Each VM functions as if it were an independent computer, with its own virtual hardware including CPU, memory, storage, and network interfaces. This isolation ensures that activities within one VM do not affect others, providing a secure and flexible environment for testing, development, and running multiple applications.
What is a virtual machine monitor?
A VM monitor – or hypervisor – is a virtualization layer installed on a host system. This system usually corresponds to a hardware environment. The virtualization layer allows IT managers to control virtual machines running on the hypervisor as guest systems. Hypervisors make it possible to run multiple virtual machines on one main system and help manage the allocation of resources.
What is PRTG virtual machine monitoring?
Paessler PRTG is proprietary software that tracks and analyzes the availability and performance of your virtual machines, hypervisors, and the servers they run on. Compatible with most major virtualization platforms, PRTG brings together memory usage and CPU load information, network data transfer speeds, and other key stats in one place, so you can easily monitor your virtual environments' health and ensure they run smoothly.
What other network components can PRTG monitor?
Any component you can think of. No, really. If it's connected to your network, PRTG probably has a sensor type (or more than one) you can use to keep an eye on it: routers, switches, applications, bandwidth, network traffic… With more than 250 preconfigured sensor types and the ability to create custom sensors, PRTG can monitor your organization's entire IT infrastructure, no matter how complex.
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
More than just a monitoring tool:
Reasons our customers love PRTG
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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PRTG |
Network Monitoring Software - Version 24.4.102.1351 (November 12th, 2024) |
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Hosting |
Download for Windows and cloud-based version PRTG Hosted Monitor available |
Languages |
English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese |
Pricing |
Up to 100 sensors for free (Price List) |
Unified Monitoring |
Network devices, bandwidth, servers, applications, virtual environments, remote systems, IoT, and more |
Supported Vendors & Applications |
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