I have a server that's reporting SNMP stats of a number of other devices. The server is the only IP that is responding with SNMP. In its MIB file, there are number of tables. For example:

  • device entries - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.1 [the 66666 isn't the real OID, of course]
    • device1 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.1.12341 - 12341
    • device2 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.1.12342 - 12342
    • device3 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.1.12343 - 12343
  • device CPU - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.2
    • device1 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.2.12341 - 10%
    • device2 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.2.12342 - 12%
    • device3 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.2.12343 - 99%
  • device name - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.3
    • device1 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.3.12341 - name1
    • device2 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.3.12342 - another_name
    • device3 - 1.3.6.1.4.1.66666.1.1.3.12343 - third_name

I want to monitor each device separately, even though all are reported through one server/IP address. I'm able to do it manually by creating a new device with the IP of the server, and adding custom OIDs for each of the things I want to poll. The problem is that there are a lot more of these table entries, so it's a long process.

Is there any way to automate any of this process? For example, somehow creating a device that would have a device ID (e.g 12342), and that device ID would be populated in the different OIDs? Maybe duplicate the hosts search+replace the specific device IDs?

Thanks!

Article Comments

Dear Arkady

The PRTG auto-discovery only works per IP, it cannot create multiple devices depending on SNMP information.

However you can create a sensor with multiple channels using an iftable OID as source, the SNMP Custom Table sensor.


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