User Manual - Contents
  • 1 Welcome to PRTG
    • 1.1 About this Document
    • 1.2 Key Features
    • 1.3 New in this Version
    • 1.4 Available Licenses
    • 1.5 System Requirements
    • 1.6 Introduction: Monitoring with PRTG
  • 2 Quick Start Guide
    • 2.1 Step 1: Download, Installation, and First Login
    • 2.2 Step 2: Smart Setup
  • 3 Using PRTG Hosted Monitor
    • 3.1 Create a PRTG Hosted Monitor Instance
    • 3.2 Manage a PRTG Hosted Monitor Subscription
    • 3.3 Use Multifactor Authentication with PRTG Hosted Monitor
  • 4 Installing the Software
    • 4.1 Download PRTG
    • 4.2 Update From Previous Versions
    • 4.3 Install a PRTG Core Server
    • 4.4 Install a Cluster
    • 4.5 Enter a License Key
    • 4.6 Activate the Product
    • 4.7 Install a Remote Probe
    • 4.8 Uninstall PRTG Products
  • 5 Understanding Basic Concepts
    • 5.1 Architecture and User Interfaces
    • 5.2 Failover Cluster
    • 5.3 Object Hierarchy
    • 5.4 Inheritance of Settings
    • 5.5 Tags
    • 5.6 Dependencies
    • 5.7 Scheduling
    • 5.8 Notifying
    • 5.9 Access Rights Management
    • 5.10 Data Reporting
    • 5.11 IPv6 Support
  • 6 Basic Procedures
    • 6.1 Login
    • 6.2 Welcome Page
      • 6.2.1 Customer Service
    • 6.3 General Layout
    • 6.4 Sensor States
    • 6.5 Historic Data Reports
    • 6.6 Similar Sensors
    • 6.7 Recommended Sensors
    • 6.8 Object Settings
    • 6.9 Alarms
    • 6.10 System Information
    • 6.11 Logs
    • 6.12 Tickets
    • 6.13 Working with Table Lists
    • 6.14 Object Selector
    • 6.15 Priority and Favorites
    • 6.16 Pause
    • 6.17 Context Menus
    • 6.18 Hover Popup
    • 6.19 Main Menu Structure
  • 7 Device and Sensor Setup
    • 7.1 Auto-Discovery
    • 7.2 Create Objects Manually
      • 7.2.1 Add an Auto-Discovery Group
      • 7.2.2 Add a Group
      • 7.2.3 Add a Device
      • 7.2.4 Add a Sensor
    • 7.3 Manage Device Tree
    • 7.4 Root Group Settings
    • 7.5 Probe Settings
    • 7.6 Group Settings
    • 7.7 Device Settings
    • 7.8 Sensor Settings
      • 7.8.1 Active Directory Replication Errors Sensor
      • 7.8.2 ADO SQL v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.3 Application Server Health (Autonomous) Sensor
      • 7.8.4 AWS Alarm v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.5 AWS Cost Sensor
      • 7.8.6 AWS EBS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.7 AWS EC2 v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.8 AWS ELB v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.9 AWS RDS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.10 Beckhoff IPC System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.11 Business Process Sensor
      • 7.8.12 Cisco IP SLA Sensor
      • 7.8.13 Cisco Meraki License Sensor
      • 7.8.14 Cisco Meraki Network Health Sensor
      • 7.8.15 Cisco WLC Access Point Overview Sensor
      • 7.8.16 Citrix XenServer Host Sensor
      • 7.8.17 Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine Sensor
      • 7.8.18 Cloud HTTP v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.19 Cloud Ping v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.20 Cluster Health Sensor
      • 7.8.21 Core Health Sensor
      • 7.8.22 Core Health (Autonomous) Sensor
      • 7.8.23 Dell EMC Unity Enclosure Health v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.24 Dell EMC Unity File System v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.25 Dell EMC Unity Storage Capacity v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.26 Dell EMC Unity Storage LUN v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.27 Dell EMC Unity Storage Pool v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.28 Dell EMC Unity VMware Datastore v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.29 Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.30 Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.31 DHCP Sensor
      • 7.8.32 DICOM Bandwidth Sensor
      • 7.8.33 DICOM C-ECHO Sensor
      • 7.8.34 DICOM Query/Retrieve Sensor
      • 7.8.35 DNS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.36 Docker Container Status Sensor
      • 7.8.37 Enterprise Virtual Array Sensor
      • 7.8.38 Event Log (Windows API) Sensor
      • 7.8.39 Exchange Backup (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.40 Exchange Database (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.41 Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.42 Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.43 Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.44 Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.45 EXE/Script Sensor
      • 7.8.46 EXE/Script Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.47 File Sensor
      • 7.8.48 File Content Sensor
      • 7.8.49 Folder Sensor
      • 7.8.50 FortiGate System Statistics Sensor
      • 7.8.51 FortiGate VPN Overview Sensor
      • 7.8.52 FTP Sensor
      • 7.8.53 FTP Server File Count Sensor
      • 7.8.54 HL7 Sensor
      • 7.8.55 HPE 3PAR Common Provisioning Group Sensor
      • 7.8.56 HPE 3PAR Drive Enclosure Sensor
      • 7.8.57 HPE 3PAR Virtual Volume Sensor
      • 7.8.58 HTTP Sensor
      • 7.8.59 HTTP v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.60 HTTP Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.61 HTTP Apache ModStatus PerfStats Sensor
      • 7.8.62 HTTP Apache ModStatus Totals Sensor
      • 7.8.63 HTTP Content Sensor
      • 7.8.64 HTTP Data Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.65 HTTP Full Web Page Sensor
      • 7.8.66 HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.67 HTTP Push Count Sensor
      • 7.8.68 HTTP Push Data Sensor
      • 7.8.69 HTTP Push Data Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.70 HTTP Transaction Sensor
      • 7.8.71 HTTP XML/REST Value Sensor
      • 7.8.72 Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.73 Hyper-V Host Server Sensor
      • 7.8.74 Hyper-V Virtual Machine Sensor
      • 7.8.75 Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter Sensor
      • 7.8.76 Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device Sensor
      • 7.8.77 IMAP Sensor
      • 7.8.78 IP on DNS Blacklist Sensor
      • 7.8.79 IPFIX Sensor
      • 7.8.80 IPFIX (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.81 IPMI System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.82 jFlow v5 Sensor
      • 7.8.83 jFlow v5 (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.84 LDAP Sensor
      • 7.8.85 Local Folder Sensor
      • 7.8.86 Microsoft 365 Mailbox Sensor
      • 7.8.87 Microsoft 365 Service Status Sensor
      • 7.8.88 Microsoft 365 Service Status Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.89 Microsoft Azure SQL Database Sensor
      • 7.8.90 Microsoft Azure Storage Account Sensor
      • 7.8.91 Microsoft Azure Subscription Cost Sensor
      • 7.8.92 Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Sensor
      • 7.8.93 Microsoft SQL v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.94 Modbus RTU Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.95 Modbus TCP Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.96 MQTT Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.97 MQTT Statistics Sensor
      • 7.8.98 MQTT Subscribe Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.99 Multi-Platform Probe Connection Health (Autonomous) Sensor
      • 7.8.100 Multi-Platform Probe Health Sensor
      • 7.8.101 MySQL v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.102 NATS Server Overview Sensor
      • 7.8.103 NetApp Aggregate Sensor
      • 7.8.104 NetApp Aggregate v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.105 NetApp I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.106 NetApp I/O v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.107 NetApp LIF Sensor
      • 7.8.108 NetApp LIF v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.109 NetApp LUN Sensor
      • 7.8.110 NetApp LUN v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.111 NetApp NIC Sensor
      • 7.8.112 NetApp NIC v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.113 NetApp Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.114 NetApp Physical Disk v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.115 NetApp SnapMirror Sensor
      • 7.8.116 NetApp SnapMirror v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.117 NetApp System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.118 NetApp System Health v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.119 NetApp Volume Sensor
      • 7.8.120 NetApp Volume v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.121 NetFlow v5 Sensor
      • 7.8.122 NetFlow v5 (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.123 NetFlow v9 Sensor
      • 7.8.124 NetFlow v9 (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.125 Network Share Sensor
      • 7.8.126 OPC UA Certificate Sensor
      • 7.8.127 OPC UA Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.128 OPC UA Server Status Sensor
      • 7.8.129 Oracle SQL v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.130 Oracle Tablespace Sensor
      • 7.8.131 Packet Sniffer Sensor
      • 7.8.132 Packet Sniffer (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.133 PerfCounter Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.134 PerfCounter IIS Application Pool Sensor
      • 7.8.135 Ping Sensor
      • 7.8.136 Ping v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.137 Ping Jitter Sensor
      • 7.8.138 POP3 Sensor
      • 7.8.139 Port Sensor
      • 7.8.140 Port v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.141 Port Range Sensor
      • 7.8.142 PostgreSQL Sensor
      • 7.8.143 Probe Health Sensor
      • 7.8.144 PRTG Data Hub Process Sensor
      • 7.8.145 PRTG Data Hub Rule Sensor
      • 7.8.146 PRTG Data Hub Traffic Sensor
      • 7.8.147 QoS (Quality of Service) One Way Sensor
      • 7.8.148 QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.149 RADIUS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.150 RDP (Remote Desktop) Sensor
      • 7.8.151 Redfish Power Supply Sensor
      • 7.8.152 Redfish System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.153 Redfish Virtual Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.154 REST Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.155 REST Custom v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.156 REST JSON Data Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.157 Script v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.158 Sensor Factory Sensor
      • 7.8.159 sFlow Sensor
      • 7.8.160 sFlow (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.161 Share Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.162 SIP Options Ping Sensor
      • 7.8.163 SMTP Sensor
      • 7.8.164 SMTP&IMAP Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.165 SMTP&POP3 Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.166 SNMP APC Hardware Sensor
      • 7.8.167 SNMP Buffalo TS System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.168 SNMP Cisco ADSL Sensor
      • 7.8.169 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections Sensor
      • 7.8.170 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic Sensor
      • 7.8.171 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users Sensor
      • 7.8.172 SNMP Cisco CBQoS Sensor
      • 7.8.173 SNMP Cisco System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.174 SNMP Cisco UCS Blade Sensor
      • 7.8.175 SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis Sensor
      • 7.8.176 SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.177 SNMP Cisco UCS System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.178 SNMP CPU Load Sensor
      • 7.8.179 SNMP CPU Usage Sensor
      • 7.8.180 SNMP Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.181 SNMP Custom Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.182 SNMP Custom String Sensor
      • 7.8.183 SNMP Custom String Lookup Sensor
      • 7.8.184 SNMP Custom Table Sensor
      • 7.8.185 SNMP Custom v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.186 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.187 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health Sensor
      • 7.8.188 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.189 SNMP Dell Hardware Sensor
      • 7.8.190 SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.191 SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.192 SNMP Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.193 SNMP Disk Free v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.194 SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.195 SNMP Hardware Status Sensor
      • 7.8.196 SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware Sensor
      • 7.8.197 SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade Sensor
      • 7.8.198 SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure Health Sensor
      • 7.8.199 SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.200 SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller Sensor
      • 7.8.201 SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface Sensor
      • 7.8.202 SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.203 SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.204 SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.205 SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.206 SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory Sensor
      • 7.8.207 SNMP IBM System X System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.208 SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment Sensor
      • 7.8.209 SNMP Juniper NS System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.210 SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.211 SNMP LenovoEMC System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.212 SNMP Library Sensor
      • 7.8.213 SNMP Linux Block Device I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.214 SNMP Linux Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.215 SNMP Linux Load Average Sensor
      • 7.8.216 SNMP Linux Load Average v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.217 SNMP Linux Meminfo Sensor
      • 7.8.218 SNMP Linux Meminfo v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.219 SNMP Linux Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.220 SNMP Memory Sensor
      • 7.8.221 SNMP Memory v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.222 SNMP NetApp Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.223 SNMP NetApp Enclosure Sensor
      • 7.8.224 SNMP NetApp I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.225 SNMP NetApp License Sensor
      • 7.8.226 SNMP NetApp Logical Unit Sensor
      • 7.8.227 SNMP NetApp Network Interface Sensor
      • 7.8.228 SNMP NetApp System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.229 SNMP Nutanix Cluster Health Sensor
      • 7.8.230 SNMP Nutanix Hypervisor Sensor
      • 7.8.231 SNMP Poseidon Environment Sensor
      • 7.8.232 SNMP Printer Sensor
      • 7.8.233 SNMP QNAP Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.234 SNMP QNAP Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.235 SNMP QNAP System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.236 SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status Sensor
      • 7.8.237 SNMP RMON Sensor
      • 7.8.238 SNMP SonicWall System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.239 SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic Sensor
      • 7.8.240 SNMP Synology Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.241 SNMP Synology Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.242 SNMP Synology System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.243 SNMP System Uptime Sensor
      • 7.8.244 SNMP Traffic Sensor
      • 7.8.245 SNMP Traffic v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.246 SNMP Trap Receiver Sensor
      • 7.8.247 SNMP UPS Status Sensor
      • 7.8.248 SNMP Uptime v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.249 SNMP Windows Service Sensor
      • 7.8.250 SNTP Sensor
      • 7.8.251 Soffico Orchestra Channel Health Sensor
      • 7.8.252 Soffico Orchestra Scenario Sensor
      • 7.8.253 SSH Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.254 SSH Disk Free v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.255 SSH INodes Free v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.256 SSH Load Average v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.257 SSH Meminfo v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.258 SSH Remote Ping v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.259 SSH SAN Enclosure Sensor
      • 7.8.260 SSH SAN Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.261 SSH SAN Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.262 SSH SAN System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.263 SSH Script Sensor
      • 7.8.264 SSH Script v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.265 SSH Script Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.266 SSL Certificate Sensor
      • 7.8.267 SSL Security Check Sensor
      • 7.8.268 Syslog Receiver Sensor
      • 7.8.269 System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.270 System Health v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.271 TFTP Sensor
      • 7.8.272 Traceroute Hop Count Sensor
      • 7.8.273 Veeam Backup Job Status Sensor
      • 7.8.274 Veeam Backup Job Status Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.275 VMware Datastore (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.276 VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) Sensor
      • 7.8.277 VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.278 VMware Host Performance (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.279 VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.280 Windows CPU Load Sensor
      • 7.8.281 Windows IIS Application Sensor
      • 7.8.282 Windows MSMQ Queue Length Sensor
      • 7.8.283 Windows Network Card Sensor
      • 7.8.284 Windows Pagefile Sensor
      • 7.8.285 Windows Physical Disk I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.286 Windows Print Queue Sensor
      • 7.8.287 Windows Process Sensor
      • 7.8.288 Windows SMTP Service Received Sensor
      • 7.8.289 Windows SMTP Service Sent Sensor
      • 7.8.290 Windows System Uptime Sensor
      • 7.8.291 Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.292 WMI Battery Sensor
      • 7.8.293 WMI Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.294 WMI Custom String Sensor
      • 7.8.295 WMI Disk Health Sensor
      • 7.8.296 WMI Event Log Sensor
      • 7.8.297 WMI Exchange Server Sensor
      • 7.8.298 WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor
      • 7.8.299 WMI File Sensor
      • 7.8.300 WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) Sensor
      • 7.8.301 WMI HDD Health Sensor
      • 7.8.302 WMI Logical Disk I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.303 WMI Memory Sensor
      • 7.8.304 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Sensor (Deprecated)
      • 7.8.305 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Sensor
      • 7.8.306 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Sensor
      • 7.8.307 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Sensor
      • 7.8.308 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Sensor
      • 7.8.309 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Sensor
      • 7.8.310 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Sensor
      • 7.8.311 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Sensor
      • 7.8.312 WMI Remote Ping Sensor
      • 7.8.313 WMI Security Center Sensor
      • 7.8.314 WMI Service Sensor
      • 7.8.315 WMI Share Sensor
      • 7.8.316 WMI SharePoint Process Sensor
      • 7.8.317 WMI Storage Pool Sensor
      • 7.8.318 WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) Sensor
      • 7.8.319 WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) Sensor
      • 7.8.320 WMI UTC Time Sensor
      • 7.8.321 WMI Vital System Data v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.322 WMI Volume Sensor
      • 7.8.323 WSUS Statistics Sensor
      • 7.8.324 Zoom Service Status Sensor
    • 7.9 Additional Sensor Types (Custom Sensors)
    • 7.10 Channel Settings
    • 7.11 Notification Triggers Settings
  • 8 Advanced Procedures
    • 8.1 Toplists
    • 8.2 Move Objects
    • 8.3 Clone Object
    • 8.4 Multi-Edit
    • 8.5 Create Device Template
    • 8.6 Show Dependencies
    • 8.7 Geo Maps
    • 8.8 Notifications
    • 8.9 Libraries
      • 8.9.1 Library Management
      • 8.9.2 Libraries and Node Settings
      • 8.9.3 Library Context Menus
    • 8.10 Reports
      • 8.10.1 Run Reports
      • 8.10.2 Report Settings
    • 8.11 Maps
      • 8.11.1 Map Designer
      • 8.11.2 Maps Settings
      • 8.11.3 Map Rotation
    • 8.12 Setup
      • 8.12.1 Account Settings
        • 8.12.1.1 My Account
        • 8.12.1.2 Notification Templates
        • 8.12.1.3 Notification Contacts
        • 8.12.1.4 Schedules
        • 8.12.1.5 API Keys
      • 8.12.2 System Administration
        • 8.12.2.1 User Interface
        • 8.12.2.2 Monitoring
        • 8.12.2.3 Notification Delivery
        • 8.12.2.4 Core & Probes
        • 8.12.2.5 User Accounts
        • 8.12.2.6 User Groups
        • 8.12.2.7 Administrative Tools
        • 8.12.2.8 Cluster
        • 8.12.2.9 Single Sign-On
        • 8.12.2.10 Maintainer Mode
      • 8.12.3 PRTG Status
        • 8.12.3.1 System Status
        • 8.12.3.2 Cluster Status
      • 8.12.4 License Information
      • 8.12.5 Auto-Update
      • 8.12.6 Optional Downloads
      • 8.12.7 Help and Support Center
      • 8.12.8 Contact Support
  • 9 PRTG MultiBoard
  • 10 PRTG Apps for Mobile Network Monitoring
  • 11 Desktop Notifications
  • 12 Sensor Technologies
    • 12.1 Monitoring via SNMP
    • 12.2 Monitoring via WMI
    • 12.3 Monitoring via SSH
    • 12.4 Monitoring Bandwidth via Packet Sniffing
    • 12.5 Monitoring Bandwidth via Flows
    • 12.6 Bandwidth Monitoring Comparison
    • 12.7 Monitoring Quality of Service
    • 12.8 Monitoring Backups
    • 12.9 Monitoring Virtual Environments
    • 12.10 Monitoring Databases
    • 12.11 Monitoring via HTTP
  • 13 PRTG Administration Tool
    • 13.1 PRTG Administration Tool on PRTG Core Server Systems
    • 13.2 PRTG Administration Tool on Remote Probe Systems
  • 14 Advanced Topics
    • 14.1 Active Directory Integration
    • 14.2 Application Programming Interface (API) Definition
      • 14.2.1 HTTP API
      • 14.2.2 Live Data
        • 14.2.2.1 Single Object Property
        • 14.2.2.2 Single Object Status
        • 14.2.2.3 Multiple Object Property or Status
        • 14.2.2.4 System Information
      • 14.2.3 Live Graphs
      • 14.2.4 Historic Data
      • 14.2.5 Object Manipulation
      • 14.2.6 Custom Sensors
      • 14.2.7 Custom Notifications
      • 14.2.8 Mini Probe API
    • 14.3 Filter Rules for Flow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors
    • 14.4 Channel Definitions for Flow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors
    • 14.5 Define IP Address Ranges
    • 14.6 Define Lookups
    • 14.7 Regular Expressions
    • 14.8 Calculating Percentiles
    • 14.9 Add Remote Probe
      • 14.9.1 Remote Probes and Multiple Probes
      • 14.9.2 Classic Remote Probe Setup via Device Tools
    • 14.10 Failover Cluster Configuration
    • 14.11 Data Storage
  • 15 Appendix
    • 15.1 Abbreviations
    • 15.2 Available Sensor Types
    • 15.3 Default Ports
    • 15.4 Differences between PRTG Network Monitor and PRTG Hosted Monitor
    • 15.5 Escape Special Characters and Whitespaces in Parameters
    • 15.6 Glossary
    • 15.7 Icons
    • 15.8 Legal Notices
    • 15.9 Placeholders for Notifications
    • 15.10 Standard Lookup Files
    • 15.11 Supported AWS Regions and Their Codes
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PRTG Manual: Advanced Topics

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In this section, we cover more advanced topics. If you already have some experience with PRTG, you might want to learn more about the following topics.

In this section:

  • Active Directory Integration
  • Application Programming Interface (API) Definition
    • HTTP API
    • Live Data
    • Live Graphs
    • Historic Data
    • Object Manipulation
    • Custom Sensors
    • Custom Notifications
    • Mini Probe API
  • Filter Rules for Flow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors
  • Channel Definitions for Flow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors
  • Define IP Address Ranges
  • Define Lookups
  • Regular Expressions
  • Calculating Percentiles
  • Add Remote Probe
    • Remote Probes and Multiple Probes
    • Classic Remote Probe Setup via Device Tools
  • Failover Cluster Configuration
  • Data Storage
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