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I am trying to add a WMI service monitor

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When I try to add a service monitor, It times out before I get a list of services. I have had this issue before but can't remember what the fix is. I would greatly appreciate any help out there.

services windows wmi-sensors

Created on Jan 9, 2018 7:42:27 PM



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Hi there,

Is the device not in the same network as the PRTG server/remote probe? WMI does not work that well over long range WAN/MPLS connections. What you can do is raising the timeout with a "registry hack" that needs to be applied on the according probe system (PRTG server itself or remote probe if applicable):

  1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\Probe\
  2. Add DWORD: MetaScanTimeout
  3. Possible decimal value (in seconds): 1-2147483647
  4. Restart service "PRTG Probe" for the change to take effect.

Kind regards,

Erhard

Created on Jan 10, 2018 3:51:21 PM by Erhard Mikulik [Paessler Support]



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It is on the same network. When I do the service add to other servers on the network, I do get a list of services back pretty quickly. The server is a Virtual and it was moved to a different storage device but the IP address is the same. The services I am trying to monitor are running.

Thanks for you reply.... If you can think of anything else please let me know.

Thanks,

John

Created on Jan 10, 2018 6:25:03 PM



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Hi John,

Have you tried the registry hack? Can you add other WMI sensors successfully? Also run our WMI Tester on the PRTG server/remote probe that is supposed to monitor the target device. On tab "Basic" configure the device and credentials, on tab "Advanced" select option "Custom" and run this query: SELECT Started,State,Status,ProcessID FROM Win32_Service

Do you get a result? If so, how long does it take?

Kind regards,

Erhard

Created on Jan 11, 2018 2:20:11 PM by Erhard Mikulik [Paessler Support]




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