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Why don't my Hyper-V sensors work after changing names?

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After renaming my virtual machine, network card, or disk resource name, PRTG shows the Down status, indicating an error. I am sure my devices are up and running.

Why do my Hyper-V sensors show an error message?

hyper-v prtg virtual-machine vm wmi

Created on Feb 8, 2011 3:45:58 PM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]

Last change on Jan 4, 2023 9:21:16 AM by Brandy Greger [Paessler Support]



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This article applies as of PRTG 22

Hyper-V sensors and changing names

We recommend that you do not rename virtual machines once you have set up monitoring. If you have renamed a Hyper-V virtual machine, network card, or resource name, please perform the following steps to be able to monitor it again.

Note: Previously collected historic data will not be available in the new sensor's tables and graphs.

  1. Restart your Hyper-V host server.
  2. In PRTG, add the respective sensors again:

Note: You cannot monitor virtual machines if their names contain unsupported characters, for example, a number sign (#). In general, UTF-8 characters are supported.

Created on Feb 8, 2011 3:48:18 PM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]

Last change on Jun 28, 2022 2:00:59 PM by Brandy Greger [Paessler Support]




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