PRTG - Specific Time of Day Handling

Hello,

thank you very much for your KB-Post. May I ask, what exact sensor type are we talking about here? What does the sensor do in case of a successful / failed scan? In which case do you want a notifications? Can you also please send us a screenshot showing the trigger definition?

best regards.

See https://kb.paessler.com/knowledgebase/en/topic/59759-prtg-combining-triggers It is the standard file sensor, e.g. exists, time last modified.

regards

>> Scanning Interval - I have set this to 24 hours but is this academic as to what it is as the schedule only has 5am ticked ?

I'm afraid in that combination, there is no guarantee that the sensor would scan in the one-hour window from 5-6am.

>> For the trigger under "for at least" i have added 1 (for one second), what should i be adding here when you are just after the one value ?

0 Seconds. With "at least 1 second" it might require a second scan, which is not done with the above settings.

>> I find there is a delay on the notification email of 1 hr between the checking time and the email, does anyone know what this is about ?

Please provide screenshots for this.

Hi

https://kb.paessler.com/knowledgebase/en/topic/59759-prtg-combining-triggers has the screenshot references. I have now found the person who registered the product and created a support ticket, PAE384103, i will post back info so others can benefit once this task is resolved.

Thanks

I would highly recommend to pause the sensor only when the backups run, so 12-4am. And then leave it running with a 5 or 10 minute scanning interval the rest of the day. This will mean more scans, yes, but also a better understanding of what is going on. And a guarantee of scans, which is not guaranteed with a schedule of 1 hour activity and a scanning interval of 24 hours.

Thanks Since my last reply and picture at http://sdrv.ms/1eY8CgD

I changed the scan to be 5 minutes and the 1s of time in the rule to 0 seconds Can be seen in the Word document at http://sdrv.ms/1dNv9ji

No change in behaviour.

Also it is not clear to me how the pause is done you are thinking of, e.g. a completely ticked schedule with the 12 to 4am unticked or via some other mechanism?

I am not a PRTG expert yet so

For the Threshold Trigger the sensor needs a value below the Threshold again (after each scan above the Thresold), otherwise the Trigger might be activated once, and then never again.