Hey guys,

Im doing an evaluation between PRTG and solar winds and I have a couple questions about SNMP and WMI

1) What is the best way for me to prepare a server for monitoring. Is there any SNMP installs from Microsoft that updates SNMP/WMI to latest versions.

2) Ive noticed a distinct difference between what SNMP pulls from a server and WMI pulls from a server. Since WMI is so heavy on the monitoring systems, is there a way to duplicate some of the WMI tests and make them SNMP tests by adding extra capability to the servers?

3) Would installing WinRM add capabilities to PRTG's monitoring?

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Hello,

thank you very much for your KB-Post.

  1. ) For WMI you can try the basic suggestion (and links) in our general WMI Troubleshooting Guide. For SNMP, usually it's necessary to install / enable the SNMP Service on Windows, and also configure it.
  2. ) Most WMI Sensors have equivalents in SNMP, but it might be necessary to use third party tools like SNMP Informant to be able to access them.
  3. ) WinRM is only necessary for certain Windows Sensors, but normal WMI / Performance Counter Sensors do not benefit from it.

best regards.


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