- 1 Welcome to PRTG Network Monitor
- 2 Quick Start Guide
- 3 Using PRTG Hosted by Paessler
- 4 Installing the Software
- 5 Understanding Basic Concepts
- 6 Ajax Web Interface—Basic Procedures
- 6.1 Login
- 6.2 SSL Certificate Warning
- 6.3 Welcome Page
- 6.4 General Layout
- 6.5 Sensor States
- 6.6 Review Monitoring Data
- 6.7 Historic Data Reports
- 6.8 Similar Sensors
- 6.9 Recommended Sensors
- 6.10 Object Settings
- 6.11 Alarms
- 6.12 System Information
- 6.13 Logs
- 6.14 Tickets
- 6.15 Working with Table Lists
- 6.16 Object Selector
- 6.17 Priority and Favorites
- 6.18 Pause
- 6.19 Context Menus
- 6.20 Hover Popup
- 6.21 Main Menu Structure
- 7 Ajax Web Interface—Device and Sensor Setup
- 7.1 Auto-Discovery
- 7.2 Create Objects Manually
- 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 List of Available Sensor Types
- 7.8.2 Active Directory Replication Errors Sensor
- 7.8.3 ADO SQL v2 Sensor
- 7.8.4 Amazon CloudWatch Alarm Sensor
- 7.8.5 Amazon CloudWatch EBS Sensor
- 7.8.6 Amazon CloudWatch EC2 Sensor
- 7.8.7 Amazon CloudWatch ElastiCache Sensor
- 7.8.8 Amazon CloudWatch ELB Sensor
- 7.8.9 Amazon CloudWatch RDS Sensor
- 7.8.10 Amazon CloudWatch SNS Sensor
- 7.8.11 Amazon CloudWatch SQS Sensor
- 7.8.12 Business Process Sensor
- 7.8.13 Cisco IP SLA Sensor
- 7.8.14 Citrix XenServer Host Sensor
- 7.8.15 Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine Sensor
- 7.8.16 Cloud HTTP Sensor
- 7.8.17 Cloud Ping Sensor
- 7.8.18 Cluster Health Sensor
- 7.8.19 Common SaaS Sensor
- 7.8.20 Core Health Sensor
- 7.8.21 Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.22 Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.23 DHCP Sensor
- 7.8.24 DICOM Bandwidth Sensor
- 7.8.25 DICOM C-ECHO Sensor
- 7.8.26 DICOM Query/Retrieve Sensor
- 7.8.27 DNS Sensor
- 7.8.28 Docker Container Status Sensor
- 7.8.29 Dropbox Sensor
- 7.8.30 Enterprise Virtual Array Sensor
- 7.8.31 Event Log (Windows API) Sensor
- 7.8.32 Exchange Backup (PowerShell) Sensor
- 7.8.33 Exchange Database (PowerShell) Sensor
- 7.8.34 Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) Sensor
- 7.8.35 Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) Sensor
- 7.8.36 Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) Sensor
- 7.8.37 Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) Sensor
- 7.8.38 EXE/Script Sensor
- 7.8.39 EXE/Script Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.40 File Sensor
- 7.8.41 File Content Sensor
- 7.8.42 Folder Sensor
- 7.8.43 FTP Sensor
- 7.8.44 FTP Server File Count Sensor
- 7.8.45 GitLab Build Status Sensor
- 7.8.46 Google Analytics Sensor
- 7.8.47 Google Drive Sensor
- 7.8.48 HL7 Sensor
- 7.8.49 HTTP Sensor
- 7.8.50 HTTP Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.51 HTTP Apache ModStatus PerfStats Sensor
- 7.8.52 HTTP Apache ModStatus Totals Sensor
- 7.8.53 HTTP Content Sensor
- 7.8.54 HTTP Data Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.55 HTTP Full Web Page Sensor
- 7.8.56 HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.57 HTTP Push Count Sensor
- 7.8.58 HTTP Push Data Sensor
- 7.8.59 HTTP Push Data Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.60 HTTP Transaction Sensor
- 7.8.61 HTTP XML/REST Value Sensor
- 7.8.62 Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free Sensor
- 7.8.63 Hyper-V Host Server Sensor
- 7.8.64 Hyper-V Virtual Machine Sensor
- 7.8.65 Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter Sensor
- 7.8.66 Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device Sensor
- 7.8.67 IMAP Sensor
- 7.8.68 IP on DNS Blacklist Sensor
- 7.8.69 IPFIX Sensor
- 7.8.70 IPFIX (Custom) Sensor
- 7.8.71 IPMI System Health Sensor
- 7.8.72 jFlow V5 Sensor
- 7.8.73 jFlow V5 (Custom) Sensor
- 7.8.74 LDAP Sensor
- 7.8.75 Microsoft OneDrive Sensor
- 7.8.76 Microsoft SQL v2 Sensor
- 7.8.77 MQTT Round Trip Sensor
- 7.8.78 MySQL v2 Sensor
- 7.8.79 NetApp Aggregate Sensor
- 7.8.80 NetApp I/O Sensor
- 7.8.81 NetApp LIF Sensor
- 7.8.82 NetApp LUN Sensor
- 7.8.83 NetApp NIC Sensor
- 7.8.84 NetApp Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.85 NetApp SnapMirror Sensor
- 7.8.86 NetApp System Health Sensor
- 7.8.87 NetApp Volume Sensor
- 7.8.88 NetFlow V5 Sensor
- 7.8.89 NetFlow V5 (Custom) Sensor
- 7.8.90 NetFlow V9 Sensor
- 7.8.91 NetFlow V9 (Custom) Sensor
- 7.8.92 Oracle SQL v2 Sensor
- 7.8.93 Oracle Tablespace Sensor
- 7.8.94 Packet Sniffer Sensor
- 7.8.95 Packet Sniffer (Custom) Sensor
- 7.8.96 PerfCounter Custom Sensor
- 7.8.97 PerfCounter IIS Application Pool Sensor
- 7.8.98 Ping Sensor
- 7.8.99 Ping Jitter Sensor
- 7.8.100 POP3 Sensor
- 7.8.101 Port Sensor
- 7.8.102 Port Range Sensor
- 7.8.103 PostgreSQL Sensor
- 7.8.104 Probe Health Sensor
- 7.8.105 Python Script Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.106 QoS (Quality of Service) One Way Sensor
- 7.8.107 QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip Sensor
- 7.8.108 RADIUS v2 Sensor
- 7.8.109 RDP (Remote Desktop) Sensor
- 7.8.110 REST Custom Sensor
- 7.8.111 REST Dell EMC Capacity Sensor
- 7.8.112 REST Dell EMC File System Sensor
- 7.8.113 REST Dell EMC LUN Sensor
- 7.8.114 REST Dell EMC Pool Sensor
- 7.8.115 REST Dell EMC System Health Sensor
- 7.8.116 Sensor Factory Sensor
- 7.8.117 sFlow Sensor
- 7.8.118 sFlow (Custom) Sensor
- 7.8.119 SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol Sensor
- 7.8.120 Share Disk Free Sensor
- 7.8.121 SIP Options Ping Sensor
- 7.8.122 SMTP Sensor
- 7.8.123 SMTP&IMAP Round Trip Sensor
- 7.8.124 SMTP&POP3 Round Trip Sensor
- 7.8.125 SNMP APC Hardware Sensor
- 7.8.126 SNMP Buffalo TS System Health Sensor
- 7.8.127 SNMP Cisco ADSL Sensor
- 7.8.128 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections Sensor
- 7.8.129 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic Sensor
- 7.8.130 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users Sensor
- 7.8.131 SNMP Cisco CBQoS Sensor
- 7.8.132 SNMP Cisco System Health Sensor
- 7.8.133 SNMP Cisco UCS Blade Sensor
- 7.8.134 SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis Sensor
- 7.8.135 SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.136 SNMP Cisco UCS System Health Sensor
- 7.8.137 SNMP CPU Load Sensor
- 7.8.138 SNMP Custom Sensor
- 7.8.139 SNMP Custom Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.140 SNMP Custom String Sensor
- 7.8.141 SNMP Custom String Lookup Sensor
- 7.8.142 SNMP Custom Table Sensor
- 7.8.143 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.144 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health Sensor
- 7.8.145 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.146 SNMP Dell Hardware Sensor
- 7.8.147 SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.148 SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health Sensor
- 7.8.149 SNMP Disk Free Sensor
- 7.8.150 SNMP Fujitsu System Health Sensor
- 7.8.151 SNMP Hardware Status Sensor
- 7.8.152 SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware Sensor
- 7.8.153 SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade Sensor
- 7.8.154 SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure System Health Sensor
- 7.8.155 SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.156 SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller Sensor
- 7.8.157 SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface Sensor
- 7.8.158 SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.159 SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health Sensor
- 7.8.160 SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.161 SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.162 SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory Sensor
- 7.8.163 SNMP IBM System X System Health Sensor
- 7.8.164 SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment Sensor
- 7.8.165 SNMP Juniper NS System Health Sensor
- 7.8.166 SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.167 SNMP LenovoEMC System Health Sensor
- 7.8.168 SNMP Library Sensor
- 7.8.169 SNMP Linux Disk Free Sensor
- 7.8.170 SNMP Linux Load Average Sensor
- 7.8.171 SNMP Linux Meminfo Sensor
- 7.8.172 SNMP Linux Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.173 SNMP Memory Sensor
- 7.8.174 SNMP NetApp Disk Free Sensor
- 7.8.175 SNMP NetApp Enclosure Sensor
- 7.8.176 SNMP NetApp I/O Sensor
- 7.8.177 SNMP NetApp License Sensor
- 7.8.178 SNMP NetApp Logical Unit Sensor
- 7.8.179 SNMP NetApp Network Interface Sensor
- 7.8.180 SNMP NetApp System Health Sensor
- 7.8.181 SNMP Poseidon Environment Sensor
- 7.8.182 SNMP Printer Sensor
- 7.8.183 SNMP QNAP Logical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.184 SNMP QNAP Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.185 SNMP QNAP System Health Sensor
- 7.8.186 SNMP RMON Sensor
- 7.8.187 SNMP SonicWall System Health Sensor
- 7.8.188 SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic Sensor
- 7.8.189 SNMP Synology Logical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.190 SNMP Synology Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.191 SNMP Synology System Health Sensor
- 7.8.192 SNMP System Uptime Sensor
- 7.8.193 SNMP Traffic Sensor
- 7.8.194 SNMP Trap Receiver Sensor
- 7.8.195 SNMP Windows Service Sensor
- 7.8.196 SNTP Sensor
- 7.8.197 SSH Disk Free Sensor
- 7.8.198 SSH INodes Free Sensor
- 7.8.199 SSH Load Average Sensor
- 7.8.200 SSH Meminfo Sensor
- 7.8.201 SSH Remote Ping Sensor
- 7.8.202 SSH SAN Enclosure Sensor
- 7.8.203 SSH SAN Logical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.204 SSH SAN Physical Disk Sensor
- 7.8.205 SSH SAN System Health Sensor
- 7.8.206 SSH Script Sensor
- 7.8.207 SSH Script Advanced Sensor
- 7.8.208 SSL Certificate Sensor
- 7.8.209 SSL Security Check Sensor
- 7.8.210 Syslog Receiver Sensor
- 7.8.211 System Health Sensor
- 7.8.212 TFTP Sensor
- 7.8.213 Traceroute Hop Count Sensor
- 7.8.214 VMware Datastore (SOAP) Sensor
- 7.8.215 VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) Sensor
- 7.8.216 VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) Sensor
- 7.8.217 VMware Host Performance (SOAP) Sensor
- 7.8.218 VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) Sensor
- 7.8.219 Windows CPU Load Sensor
- 7.8.220 Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Received Sensor
- 7.8.221 Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent Sensor
- 7.8.222 Windows IIS Application Sensor
- 7.8.223 Windows MSMQ Queue Length Sensor
- 7.8.224 Windows Network Card Sensor
- 7.8.225 Windows Pagefile Sensor
- 7.8.226 Windows Physical Disk I/O Sensor
- 7.8.227 Windows Print Queue Sensor
- 7.8.228 Windows Process Sensor
- 7.8.229 Windows System Uptime Sensor
- 7.8.230 Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) Sensor
- 7.8.231 WMI Custom Sensor
- 7.8.232 WMI Custom String Sensor
- 7.8.233 WMI Event Log Sensor
- 7.8.234 WMI Exchange Server Sensor
- 7.8.235 WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor
- 7.8.236 WMI File Sensor
- 7.8.237 WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) Sensor
- 7.8.238 WMI HDD Health Sensor
- 7.8.239 WMI Logical Disk I/O Sensor
- 7.8.240 WMI Memory Sensor
- 7.8.241 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Sensor (Deprecated)
- 7.8.242 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Sensor
- 7.8.243 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Sensor
- 7.8.244 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Sensor
- 7.8.245 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Sensor
- 7.8.246 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Sensor
- 7.8.247 WMI Remote Ping Sensor
- 7.8.248 WMI Security Center Sensor
- 7.8.249 WMI Service Sensor
- 7.8.250 WMI Share Sensor
- 7.8.251 WMI SharePoint Process Sensor
- 7.8.252 WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) Sensor
- 7.8.253 WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) Sensor
- 7.8.254 WMI UTC Time Sensor
- 7.8.255 WMI Vital System Data (V2) Sensor
- 7.8.256 WMI Volume Sensor
- 7.8.257 WSUS Statistics Sensor
- 7.9 Additional Sensor Types (Custom Sensors)
- 7.10 Sensor Channel Settings
- 7.11 Sensor Notification Triggers Settings
- 8 Ajax Web Interface—Advanced Procedures
- 8.1 Toplists
- 8.2 Arrange 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
- 8.10 Reports
- 8.11 Maps
- 8.12 Setup
- 8.12.1 Account Settings—My Account
- 8.12.2 Account Settings—Notification Templates
- 8.12.3 Account Settings—Notification Contacts
- 8.12.4 Account Settings—Schedules
- 8.12.5 System Administration—User Interface
- 8.12.6 System Administration—Monitoring
- 8.12.7 System Administration—Notification Delivery
- 8.12.8 System Administration—Core & Probes
- 8.12.9 System Administration—User Accounts
- 8.12.10 System Administration—User Groups
- 8.12.11 System Administration—Administrative Tools
- 8.12.12 System Administration—Cluster
- 8.12.13 PRTG Status—System Status
- 8.12.14 PRTG Status—Auto-Update
- 8.12.15 PRTG Status—Cluster Status
- 8.12.16 PRTG Status—Licensing Status and Settings
- 8.12.17 Optional Downloads and Tools
- 8.12.18 Desktop Notifications
- 8.12.19 Support—Help and Support Center
- 8.12.20 Support—Contact Support
- 9 Enterprise Console
- 10 PRTG Desktop
- 11 PRTG Apps for Mobile Network Monitoring
- 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 and VoIP
- 12.8 Monitoring Email Round Trip
- 12.9 Monitoring Backups
- 12.10 Monitoring Virtual Environments
- 12.11 Monitoring Databases
- 12.12 Monitoring Syslogs and SNMP Traps
- 12.13 Monitoring via Push
- 12.14 Monitoring via HTTP
- 13 PRTG Administration Tool
- 14 Advanced Topics
- 14.1 Active Directory Integration
- 14.2 Application Programming Interface (API) Definition
- 14.3 Filter Rules for xFlow, IPFIX and Packet Sniffer Sensors
- 14.4 Channel Definitions for xFlow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors
- 14.5 Define IP Ranges
- 14.6 Define Lookups
- 14.7 Regular Expressions
- 14.8 Calculating Percentiles
- 14.9 Add Remote Probe
- 14.10 Failover Cluster Configuration
- 14.11 Data Storage
- 14.12 Using Your Own SSL Certificate with PRTG's Web Server
- 15 Appendix