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News From PaesslerMonitoring Distributed Control Systems with PRTGIn recent times, I?ve written a lot about how Paessler PRTG monitoring software is well-suited to monitoring OT (Operational Technology) components in industrial environments. We?ve covered using PRTG to monitor everything from OPC UA servers to SCADA systems. And in this article, I?ll take a look at another common element of OT: the DCS, or Distributed Control System. I?ll go into how PRTG can be used to monitor a DCS. But first, let?s get a definition of DCS. Monitoring availability and energy efficiency in large data centersAvailability is not just a buzzword when talking about monitoring large or distributed data centers, but is one of the most important aspects of it. Every IT administrator or IT responsible person has the goal of avoiding downtime at all costs. Not only does downtime mean annoyed users, it can also quickly lead to financial losses for a company. Today, the availability of business services goes hand in hand with the availability of IT services. Especially for MSPs, customer satisfaction is critical, so there is no room for unavailable or non-functioning business environments. For this reason, any interruption of services needs to be a thing of the past! ?? Quit playing games with the heart of your IT Exchange Online and Paessler PRTG: From basic to modern authentication?? Read this article if you use Paessler PRTG to monitor a Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online mailbox. Remote monitoring from the cloud: the future of our industry?Software as a Service is an important topic for me and a recurring theme in my career. Before joining Paessler in the role of CTO, I held leading positions at EMC Corporation and Trend Micro, most recently as VP Technology Solutions Europe. There, I was able to address exciting questions, such as how networked threat defense makes cloud computing and virtual data centers future-proof and scalable. At Paessler, it was again one of my first tasks to expand our off-premises monitoring solution, PRTG Hosted Monitor, and to show appropriate cross-connections from our existing product portfolio. I am immensely proud of our powerful on-premises monitoring, which is the tool of choice for so many customers. Today, however, I am specifically addressing monitoring from the cloud, which can be powerful, scalable, secure, and extremely flexible. Let's dig deeper. Have you already tried the Multi-Platform Probe?In December 2021, we introduced the Multi-Platform Probe, which can be installed on Windows and Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS) as well as on ARM-based devices and Docker. This allows the native monitoring function of PRTG to be extended to other platforms. Although the Multi-Platform Probe is still in an early alpha phase, I would like to encourage you to install it, test it, and give us your valuable feedback!Our goal is to involve you in the development process from the very beginning to understand your needs and what features you would like to see. We would therefore be very pleased if you would take a few minutes of your time and participate in our survey: {{cta('9e2e784d-9a04-4210-ba24-e86911411717','justifycenter')}} Quit playing games with the heart of your ITThe larger IT environments are, the more important it is to have holistic monitoring and an overview of the entire IT infrastructure in one central place. This includes the entire network, especially its performance, storage systems, bandwidth utilization, power supply and applications. Regardless of the size of the data center, whether its a single location or distributed data centers, or if there are hundreds or even thousands of devices, it all must be comprehensively monitored. But how can this be realized in such large infrastructures? Condition monitoring ? a glance behind the buzzword jungleThe Internet of Things ? abbreviated IoT ? has been following us around for about 10 years as an increasingly popular buzzword. Despite all the hype, especially in recent years, the essence behind the term is a functioning technology that has become indispensable in both the private and business sectors. Research institutes such as Statista predict that there will be over 75 billion networked devices in the year 2025. So, we are talking about a substantial number of "things" that collect numerous, sometimes simple, sometimes more complex data and information. This opens up many opportunities for those who recognize the potential. The focus continues to be on ROI as well as helpful, everyday use cases in the business world. In this context, let's take a look at the term condition monitoring ? what are the different levels of meaning behind this buzzword and what are condition monitoring solutions all about? Monitor IBM System X servers with PRTGFrom 2006 to 2018, IBM?s System X architecture has provided the highest performance and reliability out of any x86 servers in the industry. In 2005, IBM sold its x86 server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion.We at Paessler still have customers using IBM System X, so this article definitely makes sense. PRTG provides you with four native sensors to monitor the health state of your IBM System X servers. You can monitor the overall health state, the physical and logical disk, and physical memory.I?ll guide you through how to enable SNMP on your IBM System X, configure PRTG and start monitoring.In my previous article, I explained how to enable SNMP on Dell PowerEdge and monitor your server with PRTG. This post covers the same thing, but this time for IBM System X servers. Let's dig into it. The ultimate guide to monitoring your cloud IT and hybrid IT infrastructure 6/6Before you start reading the article: This is part six of a six-part blog series. If you already know the previous parts, feel free to read on below. Otherwise, let me briefly explain the structure. Digitalization has changed manufacturing ? and industrial monitoringDigitalization is changing the world in ways people a few decades ago would never have imagined. You book cars to take you to the best restaurant in town using your smartphone. Your doorbell calls you when the shopping item you ordered just yesterday gets delivered to your home. The list goes on and on. The technologies that have enabled these changes are also being introduced into new areas like manufacturing, automation, and energy. And these technologies all have one thing in common: data. What's new in PRTG since Q1 2022Writing this article feels a bit like watching Groundhog Day... 3 OT components you can bring into your IT monitoring right now (plus: WIN a consulting day!)If you?re using Paessler PRTG to monitor your IT, then you already know the benefits: alerts and notifications when things go wrong, customizable dashboards to show the status of your infrastructure, and the ability to monitor a wide range of devices from all kinds of manufacturers are just a few examples of what PRTG offers. But if you have OT components in your environment (for example, a factory floor or a warehouse), then you?re probably also responsible for at least part of that. Don?t forget about the OT side of things for your monitoring! PRTG version 22.3.78 is now available in the stable release channelThe latest version of PRTG comes with the new AWS RDS v2 sensor, which leaves beta status and is now fully supported, and the experimental Microsoft 365 Mailbox sensor, which is compatible with OAuth2. Let's have a look at some more details! The ultimate guide to monitoring your Cloud IT and Hybrid IT infrastructure 5/6Before you start reading the article: This is part five of a six-part blog series. If you already know the previous parts, feel free to read on below. Otherwise, let me briefly explain the structure. How Paessler PRTG transforms VID UniversityWith over 6,000 combined employees and students across multiple locations, VID?s small team of network engineers faced several challenges. Firstly, the team operated reactively to user-raised complaints without the necessary tools to provide proactive network maintenance. This meant the team was always on the back foot, unaware of issues until users raised complaints. This inevitably led to frustration ? both for users but also for IT who felt they were always playing catch-up. |
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You are using the Freeware version of PRTG Network Monitor so you can already cover all aspects of state-of-the-art network monitoring: . This enables you to monitor uptime , traffic and bandwidth usage with only one tool. You can also create comprehensive reports with the integrated reporting and analysis features. This makes PRTG one clear and simple monitoring solution for your entire network. The software runs 24/7 to monitor your network. All you need is a computer with a Windows operating system. PRTG includes everything that you need in one installater so you can start monitoring your network right away. The Software records bandwidth and network usage and stores the data in an integrated high-performance database. Add all the network devices which you want to monitor via an easy-to-use web-based user interface and configure sensors that retrieve the desired data. You can create usage reports and provide colleagues and customers access to data graphs and tables. PRTG supports all common protocols to get network data: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Packet Sniffing, Cisco NetFlow as well as other vendor specific flow protocols, SSH, SOAP, and many other network protocols. PRTG Network Monitor provides about 200 sensor types so you can start monitoring your standard systems directly after installation. These include monitoring Ping times, HTTP pages, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP mail servers, FTP servers, Linux systems, and many other hardware components and network services. You can easily monitor the performance of your network permanently to recognize imminent outages before they occur. In the case of an error, you will receive emails, SMS, or push messages immediately. PRTG constantly records performance data and downtimes in the database so you can compile reports about performance, downtimes, and SLAs at any time. The Freeware Edition of PRTG Network Monitor is completely free for personal and commercial use. Licenses of the Commercial Editions are required if you want to monitor more than 30 sensors. More about PRTG Network Monitor and Paessler - The Network Monitoring Company. |
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