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Power channel in VMware Host Performance (SOAP) sensor is shown incorrectly in UI

Votes:

1

Prtg Version: 21.3.71.1416+

The channel is wrongly configured as watt unit does not exist (See: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/custom_sensors#advanced_elements)

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  <result>
    <channel>Power</channel>
    <unit>watt</unit>
    <float>0</float>
    <value>0</value>
  </result>

Full output of sensor:

PS C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Sensor System> .\VMWareSensor.exe -type=host -p="$env:ppp" -s='<IP> -u=root -o=ha-host -debug
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<prtg>
	<result>
		<channel>CPU usage</channel>
		<unit>CPU</unit>
		<float>1</float>
		<value>4.59</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Disk read</channel>
		<unit>SpeedDisk</unit>
		<VolumeSize>MegaBit</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>5120</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>CPU ready (Percent)</channel>
		<unit>Percent</unit>
		<float>1</float>
		<value>0.28</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Disk write</channel>
		<unit>SpeedDisk</unit>
		<VolumeSize>MegaBit</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>124928</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Datastore total ReadLatency</channel>
		<unit>TimeResponse</unit>
		<float>1</float>
		<value>0</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Network received</channel>
		<unit>SpeedNet</unit>
		<VolumeSize>KiloBit</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>3072</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>disk.deviceLatency</channel>
		<unit>TimeResponse</unit>
		<float>1</float>
		<value>0</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Network usage</channel>
		<unit>SpeedNet</unit>
		<VolumeSize>KiloBit</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>7168</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Memory consumed (Percent)</channel>
		<unit>Percent</unit>
		<float>1</float>
		<value>43.86</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Memory consumed</channel>
		<unit>BytesMemory</unit>
		<VolumeSize>KiloByte</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>15031189504</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Network transmitted</channel>
		<unit>SpeedNet</unit>
		<VolumeSize>KiloBit</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>3072</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>disk.kernelLatency</channel>
		<unit>TimeResponse</unit>
		<float>1</float>
		<value>0</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Disk usage</channel>
		<unit>SpeedDisk</unit>
		<VolumeSize>MegaBit</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>130048</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Power</channel>
		<unit>watt</unit>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>0</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Memory swap used</channel>
		<unit>BytesMemory</unit>
		<VolumeSize>KiloByte</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>0</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Memory active</channel>
		<unit>BytesMemory</unit>
		<VolumeSize>KiloByte</VolumeSize>
		<float>0</float>
		<value>7435624448</value>
	</result>
	<result>
		<channel>Datastore total WriteLatency</channel>
		<unit>TimeResponse</unit>
		<float>1</float>
		<value>0</value>
	</result>
	<text>Warning: DebugMode enabled! Log-files can be found at 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Sensor System'; Original message was: OK</text>
	<warning>1</warning>
</prtg>

sensor-issue vmware vmwarehost

Created on Oct 28, 2021 10:24:47 AM

Last change on May 5, 2022 12:39:08 PM by  Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]



1 Reply

Votes:

0

Hello Jakub,

Thanks for sharing your findings! I'll create a development case for this.


Kind regards,
Felix Saure, Tech Support Team

Created on Nov 1, 2021 9:25:34 AM by  Felix Saure [Paessler Support]




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