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SNMP Linux Meminfo

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Hello,

I am starting with PRTG and have a few questions regarding Mac OS X.

I would like to monitor memory total memory usage and memory usage by the process if that is possible. I enabled SNMP and SSH on Mac OS X 10.10.5

SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor shows error: "0 % (Swap Free Percent) is below the error limit of 10 % in Swap Free Percent - 0 % (Physical Free Percent) is below the error limit of 10 % in Physical Free Percent - 0 % (Total Free Percent) is below the error limit of 10 % in Total Free Percent"

Only Available Memory shows correct measurement.

What should I do to correct this? Also is there a way to get a list of processes and their memory usage?

Thank you.

mac memory prtg snmp ssh

Created on Dec 1, 2016 1:04:49 PM



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Hi there,

I'm afraid that there's no native sensor to poll the memory usage per process on MacOS / Linux, the Windows-only "Windows Process" sensor uses WMI, which is Microsoft-specific.

Which exact sensor are you using for memory? The sensor's name can be spotted in the sensor's overview.

Best Regards,

Created on Dec 2, 2016 11:56:36 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]



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I see... Would there be a script that can do this kind of thing? For memory overview I am using SNMP Linux Meminfo since I saw that SSH isn't supported on the Mac OS X.

Created on Dec 2, 2016 5:45:10 PM



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You might want to try the SNMP Memory Sensor which is "vendor neutral" since it polls the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB. If you're unable to use SSH you won't be able to use scripts I'm afraid.

Best Regards,

Created on Dec 5, 2016 1:10:58 PM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]




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