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Business process monitoring with PRTG Enterprise Monitor
Business process monitoring is the proactive monitoring of the core business processes of a company, including the observation of all technical and application-related functions. Any business activity is up for optimization through business process monitoring. Let us show you why Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor is the perfect solution for performing business process monitoring in every aspect of contemporary business process management.
Paessler PRTG offers a brand new Restful API alongside a new UI
👆 Disclaimer | Please read first Please note that both the new UI and the new API are alpha versions whose development is not yet complete, and offer only a limited set of features. This means that there may still be errors and things may not go as planned. The alpha versions of the new UI and new API currently include the following features: Read: Probes, groups, devices, sensors, and channel data Pause, Resume, Scan: Probes, groups, devices, sensors Acknowledge: Sensors Check the PRTG Release notes for newly added features. Nevertheless, it is very important for us to share the status with you as soon as possible, because you work with PRTG every day and you deserve to know what's coming. This gives you the opportunity to influence further development and feature implementation by giving us valuable feedback at an early stage of development. Of course, you can use both the existing and the new UI side by side and easily switch back and forth between them. A few days ago on the blog, I gave you a sneak peek of the shiny new user interface of Paessler PRTG here on the blog. If you didn't catch it, be sure to check out the article "Paessler PRTG brings an entirely new user experience with a brand new UI". My colleagues can't wait for your feedback on the new interface.
Paessler PRTG brings an entirely new user experience with a brand new UI
👆 Disclaimer | Please read first Please note that the new UI is an alpha version whose development is not yet complete, and offers only a limited set of features. This means that there may still be errors and things may not go as planned. The alpha versions of the new UI and new API currently include the following features: Read: Probes, groups, devices, sensors, and channel data Pause, Resume, Scan: Probes, groups, devices, sensors Acknowledge: Sensors Check the PRTG Release notes for newly added features. Nevertheless, it is very important for us to share the status with you as soon as possible, because you work with PRTG every day and you deserve to know what's coming. This gives you the opportunity to influence further development and feature implementation by giving us valuable feedback at an early stage of development. Of course, you can use both the existing and the new UI side by side and easily switch back and forth between them. After updating Paessler PRTG to version 21.4.73, you will be able to test and enjoy a shiny brand new user interface.
PRTG v. 21.4.73 comes with a new user interface, API and a new probe
With the release of PRTG Network Monitor version 21.4.73, which has been available since December 1st, we are happy to announce a lot of great news at once: A new, modern web interface A brand-new RESTful API A new multi-platform probe New OPC UA notification options 4 more sensors in experimental states 👆 Please note that all new additions are early alpha versions whose development is not yet complete, and thus not all features are included. Let's take a look at the details!
How well do you know your OT network?
For a long time “Security through obscurity” was the mantra of the OT Engineer. If a device or network can’t be accessed, it can’t be attacked. Unfortunately, with today’s push towards convergence, this can no longer be relied upon. Actually knowing what assets are in the network can be a big problem in the OT world.
Monitor bandwidth consumption in a PRTG Enterprise Monitor environment
I recently wrote an article that explains how much bandwidth is consumed between the PRTG core server and remote probes. For the sake of context, a few years ago our reseller Omicron AG from Switzerland set up an installation of PRTG with 10,000 SNMP sensors for one of their customers. Within minutes, they could see that they were only generating 400 kbit/s of network traffic for 10,000 sensors with a one-minute scanning interval (which is less than 3 kbit/s per switch)! If you missed it, you can read it here.
LNA Santé uses PRTG for monitoring the IT of its 72 nursing homes and health care institutions
Okay, two things are probably clear. We publish outstanding use cases on our blog every now and then – and both PRTG Network Monitor and PRTG Enterprise Monitor are, to varying degrees, made to monitor large IT environments, providing a simple way to gain visibility and control over increasingly complex infrastructures. This is the last part of a four-part series. Are you proudly old school, don't like this newfangled blogging, and would prefer to have your use case as a proper PDF? Who could blame you? You will find the linked PDF on this use case page. iAbout LNA Santé With 30 years of experience, LNA Santé focuses on improving the quality of life for people of any age who are dealing with temporary or permanent medical conditions by providing a welcoming and caring environment. Committed to providing quality services and guided by its mission to "cure and take care", LNA Santé has seen growth in its various undertakings. As of June 30, 2020, the organization has more than 6,500 employees in 72 establishments: 45 nursing homes (called EHPAD in French) with 4,631 beds in France, 4 nursing homes in Belgium (with 555 beds) for the long-term care sector, 15 follow-up care and rehabilitation centers (2,286 beds), a psychiatric clinic (211 beds) and 7 home hospitalization facilities (473 places) for the medium-stay sector.
How to get monitoring data from REST interfaces
These days, REST APIs are just about everywhere. Everything from gateways and firewalls through to ticket systems and weather sites offer REST APIs that let you query information. This represents an opportunity to bring even more data into your monitoring concept. Think of examples like monitoring weather conditions using APIs of online weather sites, or the number of open tickets in your ticket system. To help you harness the flexibility that REST offers, Paessler PRTG provides you with the REST Custom Sensor V2 as part of its monitoring solution.
PRTG 21.4.72 with AWS Alarm v2 sensor and various fixes & improvements
Compared to the last releases of PRTG Network Monitor, this update does not contain many new sensors, but features several fixes and improvements. It comes with the experimental AWS Alarm v2 sensor and security improvements for SQL v2 sensors.
School District of Pickens County uses PRTG to keep students and teachers productive
Okay, two things are probably clear. We publish outstanding use cases on our blog every now and then – and both PRTG Network Monitor and PRTG Enterprise Monitor are, to varying degrees, made to monitor large IT environments, providing a simple way to gain visibility and control over increasingly complex infrastructures. This is part 3 of a four-part series. Are you proudly old school, don't like this newfangled blogging, and would prefer to have your use case as a proper PDF? Who could blame you? You will find the linked PDF on this use case page. iThe School District of Pickens County (SDPC) is located in the northwestern region of South Carolina. SDPC includes 14 elementary schools, five middle schools, four high schools, and a state-of-the-art career and technology center. There are over 16,000 students enrolled in SDPC schools and over 2,000 employees. SDPC strives to provide a quality 21st century education that prepares all students for success beyond the classroom.
Get alerted about data center outages with Slack
With 12 million active users daily and 156,000 organizations subscribed to the app (in 2021), Slack is one of the most popular and rapidly growing apps to connect teams, unify their systems, and drive their business forward. It is integrated into the Paessler PRTG monitoring notification system, which means, in the case of data center outages, PRTG can trigger notifications and send them directly to the Slack channel(s) you want. This sounds convenient, doesn't it? There are also many other notification types you can try, which we covered in other articles that are listed at the end of this article.
Monitoring Modbus in industrial environments
Modbus. It’s a fieldbus protocol that’s been around longer than many of the engineers and technicians who use it. And yet it isn’t going away. Even in 2021, the two common variants of Modbus – Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU – make up 10% of the industrial network market. This is one of the reasons why we included Modbus functionality in our Paessler PRTG monitoring software. We previously wrote about how you can use Modbus TCP as part of your industrial monitoring with PRTG; since then, we also added Modbus RTU capability to PRTG. But what advantages does monitoring with Modbus bring? We’ll get to that. But first, let’s take a look at examples of how you’d use Modbus in your monitoring concept.
A review for PRTG, $25 for you!
Update October 2021: It’s that time again – there are new VISA cards available. Each worth $25, for every published and accepted review at the Gartner Peer Insights for IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools. If you would like to write a review, please use the following link: 👉 https://gtnr.io/lceiYDIPE Thanks for your support! ---
Top sensors in PRTG to monitor your Dell, HPE and IBM server hardware
To ensure the smooth operation of a data center, your first priority is to avoid errors and problems with the server hardware. In the age of virtualization, it is crucial to keep an eye on the hypervisors and to eliminate incipient problems before they lead to malfunctions or even failures - regardless of which manufacturer your server hardware is made by.
Monitor your server hardware (system health) with the Redfish protocol
If you monitor your server hardware in your data center with PRTG, you are probably familiar with the System Health Sensor for hardware like Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc., which allows you to monitor the status of the CPU fan, the battery, and also overall system status, among other things. Each sensor includes numerous channels that let you keep a detailed eye on your hardware. But did you know that PRTG also lets you monitor the system health of your server hardware via the Redfish protocol?
