Tag Archives: PRTG

SQL Script to show available space for all Databases

Quick little script to return the space available on all databases. I linked this into PRTG Network Monitor to make sure that none of them were too low.

Powershell Script to check all Automatic Services with PRTG Network Monitor

I can check specified services with PTRG, but also wanted a a way to make sure all automatic services were running on a remote server. My first attempt at a script for this was: $machinename=$args[0] $sscount = 0 $ss = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter “StartMode=’Auto’ AND State=’Stopped’” -computer $machinename foreach ($objItem in $ss) { $sscount++ …

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Error Connecting to TMG server with PRTG

When attempting to add a TMG server to PRTG, the following error was thrown up: “RPC Server not accessible” To resolve this, in TMG add a new rule for TMG Access from the monitoring server. Select it and go to “Configure …

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Monitoring a scheduled task in PTRG Network Monitor

In PRTG (this was in version 9) you can add a sensor for a “Windows Scheduled Task” Adding the sensor is straight forward but I wanted to check that it was returning a good result, 0×0. To do this, go in to …

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web.config Connection String Monitoring with PRTG Network Monitor

I use PRTG Network monitor to check all our websites, and I generally just check the homepage for certain words to make sure it’s loaded ok. I also have checks on the SQL Server to make sure the service is …

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PowerShell Script to Monitor Server Date and Time using PRTG Network Monitor

I had an issue this morning when a hosted server was randomly 1 day out. All the date and time settings were correct, but as a lot of the web sites running on this box depend heaivily on system time, …

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Toner OID’s for Konica-Minolta BizHub C451

Having recently upgraded to PRTG Network Monitor 8, I had questioned how I might then also check the toner levels in my Konica-Minolta Bizhub C451 printer and also the RAID arrays in my HP Servers. Patrick from Paessler pointed me …

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PRTG Network Monitor 8 Review

The other day I was checking my emails and amongst the mundane rubbish of people trying to flog me Viagra or robots spamming my blog, I spotted an interesting mail from a person at the PR company for Paessler, the …

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Creating Maps with PRTG Network Monitor 7

I use PRTG Network Monitor to monitor pretty much everything, and it works very well. I get email alerts when anything critical happens and can also monitor the status of everything from both the  windows GUI or the web interface. …

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