Hi,
Any one please tell me whether we can monitor printers in SAM monitoring tool so that we come to know that the print service is going fine or to a hang state.
The answer is 'probably'. Does the printer support any MIBs? If it does and you know the OID to poll that shows the 'service' status, you can add an SNMP component monitor
If you are talking about the Hardware Health feature then the answer is no.
However you can try the SNMP component monitor as HolyGuacamole suggested.
Providing a bit more guidance to what DONDERKA posted
If it is a network printer, then you could use the standard OIDs hrPrinterStatus = 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.5.1.1 and hrPrinterDetectedErrorState = 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.5.1.2 from the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB
The problem arises when you try to identify the actual problem from the returned octet string. The values are indicated as the bit values of the octet string.
So while you could easily identify if it's a pass or fail state (ie != 0), it would require a manual check on the bits to identify the problem. See the bit values from the link.
HOST-RESOURCES-MIB: RFC Host Resources
Hi all,
Thank you for the valuable comments also update me on the same if you get more details on this
