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Ross Dargan edited this page Dec 6, 2015 · 5 revisions

#Drobo Sensor [ALPHA]

This sensor allows you to view your drobo dashboard: Drobos View inside PRTG: Sensor View

##Known limitations/bugs

  • Currently if you have more than one drobo only the first will be displayed
  • This is an early alpha and I have not yet ensured error conditions are correctly reported to PRTG. Please use this in parallel with the drobo dashboard software for now.

##Install Instructions ###Pre-requisites

  • Ensure you have the sensor host service application installed, and configured correctly (follow the guide here).
  • Ensure the server you have the sensor host installed on has the drobo dashboard installed, and that you can see your drobo from there.
  • This has only been tested on a drobo FS. I believe it will work on drobos of a simmilar age but I'm not sure about newer drobos yet (please help test it!)

###Step 1 Build the project located here: DroboSensor

There are currently no binaries available - but ping me a message here http://twitter.com/@rossdargan and I'll send some to you.

##Step 2 Stop the sensor host, then copy the files 'DroboSensor.dll' and 'DevelopingTrends.DroboInterface.dll' to the sensors hosts sensor folder.

##Step 3 Copy the values lookups file 'developingtrends.drobosensor.drivestatus.ovl' to the PRTG probes custom lookups folder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\lookups\custom'.

##Step 4 Restart the sensor host and browse to http://url:port/DroboSensor. You should initially just see

Wait a few minutes and refresh the page, ensure it correctly displays your drobos data.

##Step 5 Add a 'Http Data Advanced' sensor to your prtg install, and set the url to the microservice address

##Step 6 Wait for the probe to update, and check again that the data matches the dashboard correctly

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