In the case of the Veeam PRTG Sensor Reloaded PowerShell script, an XML is returned. The return value of this sensor must be valid Extensible Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). dll) or a script (batch file, VBScript, PowerShell) on the probe system. The EXE/Script Advanced sensor runs an executable file (.exe. The Veeam Enterprise Manager was n longer required.īasically, the PRTG concept for Advanced Sensors is quite ingenious. The new version was based on the PowerShell Snap-In for Veeam Backup & Replication. Thanks to extensive feedback and the Veeam Reports from Shawn Masterson I was able the create the first version of the new PRTG Veeam Sensor. However, it quickly became apparent that this was not the optimal solution. The first version of the PRTG Veeam Sensor (Translated version: Monitoring Veeam Backup & Replication using Veeam Enterprise Manager) was designed to use the RESTful API of Veeam Enterprise Manager to gather basic backup statistics.

And against all expectations, the PRTG Veeam Sensor has continued until today.

I was then as now surprised by this attention. But even shortly after the release of the two blog posts there was a surprise, Paessler, the Vendor behind PRTG, asked me if they could translate my article and publish it on their site. In 2016 I never thought that almost four years later I would still be working on my PowerShell script for a PRTG Veeam Sensor.

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