Heya. I would like to monitor some backup jobs with the file sensor. All good so far.
Now what's breaking me is that some backups run 4 times a week.. and guess what - The week has 7 days! I would like to define custom times when the sensor actually checks if the job is done or not. And no - the schedule is not an option - it pauses the sensor and I can't see possible errors. the sensor NEEDS to be running all the time but only check at certain times.
Any ideas experience or solutions to this?
Kind regards
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Heya Felix
Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately this solution does not fit my needs.
The Problem with the Schedule is following: If a Backup fails during the weekend I want to see it on Monday. But I won't. Because the Sensor is paused at that time (and won't show errors from the past). I do NOT want to rely on mail notification. I need to configure a manual sensor check interval - not a manual sensor uptime interval. Is there any way I can do it with PRTG?
Kind regards
Jan, 2023 - Permalink
Hi Benji,
The other way around like you want to do this can indeed not be achieved via schedules. The closest you can probably get is to set up custom sensor intervals, as described here.
Kind regards,
Felix Saure, Technical Support Team
Jan, 2023 - Permalink
That is exactly what I am looking for! Can't believe I didn't see those instructions. Is there any way to increase the limit of 50 entries?
Thank you!
Jan, 2023 - Permalink
Hi Benji,
Great to hear that this works out!
50 entries is the current max I'm afraid and there is no way to tweak this, pardon.
Kind regards,
Felix Saure, Technical Support Team
Jan, 2023 - Permalink
Hi Benjim
This works by configuring custom schedules. Here you can define the exact days and minutes when the sensors should be active.
You can then add the schedule to the device or group in question via the settings page > Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
Kind regards,
Felix Saure, Technical Support Team
Jan, 2023 - Permalink