The dynamic nature of cloud computing seldom creates situations when yesterdays' shiny and cool resources are no longer in use and are automatically decommissioned. Sometimes, certain resources are not functioning well due to various temporary technical issues.
In such situations, the AutoMonX Sensor Pack for Azure will display an error message that such resources are no longer available or some technical error message.
To automatically handle such situations that clutter your monitoring dashboard, you can use our built-in Automatic Pause function.
Here is a short explanation how to configure and use the automatic pause feature:
1. Configure a file called "pause_sensors_filter.ini". It should be located in the EXEXML\AutoMonX\Common directory
Write down the sensor error messages that you want to trigger the automatic pause action line by line. Partial text can be used - make sure to be precise that other sensor messages will not be caught by the algorithm of the automatic pause.
2. Configure a Scheduled task with the following parameters:
Program: "C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Custom Sensors\EXEXML\AutoMonX\Common\AutoMonX_PRTG_Automation.exe"
Arguments: -pause_sensors -grouplist "<name of your main group or list of groups separated by commas"
Start in: C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Custom Sensors\EXEXML\AutoMonX\Common
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