Sensor of the Week: Hyper-V Host Server Sensor

Published by Florian Staffort
Last updated on January 23, 2024 • 5 minute read

In the last few years the tasks of system administrators have changed quite a lot. Today networks are more than their physical layout of servers, routers, and switches reveals. With virtualization and cloud applications also the task of maintaining the network has grown more complex.

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Whether you use VMware or Hyper-V for virtualization, monitoring your virtual environments, and especially the host servers, is an absolute necessity when it comes to gaining a comprehensive view of your entire network structure.

 

With this week's featured Hyper-V Host Server sensor you can monitor a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via Windows Performance Counters or Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), as configured in the "Windows Compatibility Options" of the parent device. The sensor displays the following values, giving you a good impression of the Hyper-V host server's condition:

  • CPU usage in percent of guests, hypervisor, and total,
  • Host health critical values,
  • The number of deposited pages, and
  • Network traffic.

If you're working with virtual environments, your users need be able to rely on a functioning infrastructure as much as if they were using physical workstations. Although virtualization is a big, complex field, knowing the host servers are running smoothly is an important first step.

For more detailed information on the Hyper-V Host Server sensor please have a look at the PRTG manual. Why don't you give it a try?

 

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