A detailed look at changes in PRTG Version 6
Since the last version 5.x we have applied so many changes to PRTG when working on version 6 that I can not mention them down to the last detail. I already mentioned the most notable changes in Thursday’s posting.
We know that many users are interested in a more detailed list, so here we go: Here is a list of most of the smaller, but still notable changes:
- New: sensor wizard: hide ports with existing sensors
- New: showing a wait-screen while initializing packet sniffer libary
- New: gui remembers compact mode
- New: added high compatibility option: force 32bit
- New: added an “XP manifest” in order to apply full XP and Vista skinning to the Windows GUI
- New: url is shown in the integrated webbrowser
- New: added “advanced port name” in snmp tweaks
- New: added latency for error notifications
- New: order of toplists can be changed
- Changed: standard system menu for taskbar popup
- Changed: more export formats for reports
- Changed: sensor edit dialog redesigned
- Changed: custom sensors with negative results
- Changed: Better error messages for snmp results 128, 129, 130
- Changed: oid can be changed for library sensors
- Bugfix: speed values in csv file
- Bugfix: billing for sensors with byte units only
- Bugfix: fixed scanning for snmp helper extension for ms sql server
- Bugfix: right click in sensor tree below a node
- Bugfix: display of a group with only one sensor
- Bugfix: black lines for sensors with only one channel and “filled” enabled
- Bugfix: width in webgraphs
- Bugfix: hide legend menu for toplist
- Bugfix: clear reportlist on loading of .prtg file
- Bugfix: min/max axis value did not work on first right axis
- Bugfix: in rare cases a program restart could cause peaks for packet sniffer sensors
And remember: There are even more bugfixes and smaller changes scattered throughout the whole program. Version 6 is definitely taking the PRTG product to a new level and everyone at Paessler is quite excited about it!