How can I monitor components like web servers, databases, and middleware with PRTG if they don't support WMI or SNMP? Are there agents or alternative methods available?
Please note that PRTG does not use agents that are typical for some other monitoring solutions.
Instead, PRTG is agentless and has probe(s) - their purpose is to send monitoring requests, to collect responses from the target devices and to forward them to the PRTG core server for further data processing. The main probe is called a local probe and it is installed together with the core server on the PRTG host. That probe is sufficient to send monitoring requests to all devices in it's network - there is no need to install a probe on each device. If some devices are unreachable from the main probe due to network settings, then you can install a remote probe in a separate network.
If some devices or components do not support monitoring protocols and technologies such as SNMP or WMI, there is a variety of other options - e.g. database sensors, web server sensors, EXE script sensors, etc.
On this page you can find a list of all available sensor types: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/available_sensor_types
Besides that, as PRTG version 21.4.73, we introduced the multi-platform probe to extend the native monitoring capabilities on non-Windows platforms, for example Linux, Raspberry Pi, or NATs systems: Multi-Platform Probe for PRTG manual.
Disclaimer:
The information in the Paessler Knowledge Base comes without warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk. Before applying any instructions please exercise proper system administrator housekeeping. You must make sure that a proper backup of all your data is available.
