I need to monitor multiple licenses on several Hosts (like firewall appliances, antivirus servers, etc.). How can I do that with PRTG?
Created on May 27, 2014 8:39:26 AM by
Last change on May 27, 2014 8:39:55 AM by
How can I monitor licenses in my network?
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To monitor the licenses that are used in your network, regardless of the appliance or software, please create an EXE/Script Advanced sensor which uses the PowerShell script given below.
Set up Monitoring of license status
- Open a text editor.
- Copy the following code and paste it into the editor:
Param([string]$ExpirationDate)
$DateDifference = New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date) -End $ExpirationDate
$Days = $DateDifference.Days
$DaysPassed = ($Days * -1)
if($Days -gt 0){
Write-Host "$($Days):License expires in $($Days) day(s)."
exit 0 }
if($Days -eq 0){
Write-Host "$($Days):The license expires today!";
exit 1
}
if($Days -lt 0){
Write-Host "0:License expired for $($DaysPassed) days!"
exit 1
}
- Save the file and name it, e.g., license_status.ps1
- Place the script in the \Custom Sensors\EXE sub-directory of your PRTG installation to ensure that the EXE/Script Advanced sensor can pick up the same.
- Create a new EXE/Script Sensor .
- Choose license_status.ps1 as executable.
- As Parameter, pass the following: ExpirationDate="2015-31-12"
- Please note that the date format must suit your system default (i.e. DD.MM.YYYY for german)
The sensor will show you the remaining days of your license. It also shows how many days the license is already expired if that is the case. Please don't forget to set lower limits in the channel settings to get notified a few days earlier.
Best regards.
Created on May 27, 2014 8:53:00 AM by
Last change on Sep 27, 2018 10:03:31 AM by
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It should work properly. How are you passing the parameters?
Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team
Created on Jul 17, 2018 12:49:34 PM by
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It should work properly. How are you passing the parameters?
Created on Jul 24, 2018 1:09:25 PM by
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Thomas is correct here, make sure the date notation matches the region of the PRTG server (i.e. the Windows setting). Otherwise, it'll probably error. Regardless of PRTG's version :) Thanks for chiming in, Thomas!
Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team
Created on Jul 25, 2018 8:47:35 AM by
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What's your server region and what does the end date look like?
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Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team
Created on Mar 20, 2019 3:41:45 PM by
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Try MM/DD/YYYY instead :) That should work with that region.
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Created on Mar 21, 2019 7:47:40 AM by
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@aojari thanks for the update, glad it's working now. The proper syntax would be the following
-ExpirationDate '16-12-2019'
Created on Mar 25, 2019 11:06:03 AM by
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Hi ToyRazee,
you are right. If you want to use a custom script on a Remote Probe you need to store the script there. The Remote Probe will only send the results of the sensor scans to the Core Server. This means that all sensors scans are executed by the Probe itself.
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Felix Wiesneth - Team Tech Support
Created on Jan 10, 2022 8:16:45 AM by
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Hi Travis,
If you change the exit code, you can change the state of the sensor. This means that you will need to adjust the script at following point:
...
exit 1
...
I would recommend to take a look in our manual about the different exit codes here. In addition you will find the codes below:
| exit code | status |
|---|---|
| 0 | OK |
| 1 | WARNING |
| 2 | System Error |
| 3 | Protocol Error |
| 4 | Content Error |
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Felix Wiesneth - Team Technical Support
Created on Oct 4, 2022 6:30:24 AM by
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To try to help, in case someone has the same problem as me. I used the script above in PRTG version 22.3.79.2108+ with various combinations of parameters, but it always returned an error.
I did some research on the internet and in a similar case, I saw that inside the script, the "Write-Host" syntax should be changed to "write-output".
And when creating the sensor, in "parameters", only the date should be placed exactly like this: "28/04/2024".
In my case, the PRTG and server are in Brazilian Portuguese, so the date is dd/MM/aaaa.
Last change on Jan 25, 2023 6:55:05 AM by
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Hi,
Thank you for all the inputs.
You are right, you will need to store your custom scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Custom Sensors on the corresponding Probe, since the sensors (and also custom scripts) will be executed on the Probe and only the results will be forwarded to the Core Server.
Kind regards
Felix Wiesneth - Team Technical Support
Created on Jan 30, 2023 10:15:41 AM by
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