From Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM) version 9.6, you can enable and disable a probe using the pemworker utility using the --probe-display-name, --probe-internal-name, or --probe-id options.
Examples
On Linux
This example shows how to disable a probe using the probe display name:
export PEM_SERVER_PASSWORD=edb ./pemworker --pem-user enterprisedb --disable-probe --probe-display-name "cpu usage"
Output
Wed Mar 27 01:43:40 2024 INFO: Probe status updated for agent (id: 1)
This example shows how to enable a probe using the probe display name:
export PEM_SERVER_PASSWORD=edb ./pemworker --pem-user enterprisedb --enable-probe --probe-display-name "database size"
Output
Wed Mar 27 02:02:20 2024 INFO: Probe status updated for server (id: 1)
On Windows
This example shows how to disable a probe using the probe display name:
set PEM_SERVER_PASSWORD=edb ./pemworker.exe DISABLE-PROBE --pem-user postgres --probe-display-name "CPU usage"
Output
INFO: Probe status updated for agent (id: 1)
This example shows how to enable a probe using the probe display name:
set PEM_SERVER_PASSWORD=edb ./pemworker.exe ENABLE-PROBE --pem-user postgres --probe-display-name "CPU usage"
Output
INFO: Probe status updated for agent (id: 1)