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WMI Sensors grossly under reporting RAM and CPU usage

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I am trying to monitor a primarily virtual network, with about 15+ VM's. After getting complaints that the system was going slow, I checked PRTG.

The CPU sensors reported roughly 10%, yet on the server the usage was well over 98% Same with the memory sensor, 2gb available while the server had over 20gb

Why are the sensors to inaccurate?

cpu-load prtg ram wmi

Created on Nov 14, 2017 3:44:06 AM



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Dear kadeh,

measuring VM metrics depends on the method used, as a VM can be evaluated in different ways. Which sensor types exactly are you using to measure CPU load and memory usage?

Created on Nov 14, 2017 4:25:08 PM by Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]

Last change on Nov 14, 2017 4:26:36 PM by Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]




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