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  • 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 Multi-Factor 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 AWS Alarm v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.4 AWS Cost Sensor
      • 7.8.5 AWS EBS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.6 AWS EC2 v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.7 AWS ELB v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.8 AWS RDS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.9 Beckhoff IPC System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.10 Business Process Sensor
      • 7.8.11 Cisco IP SLA Sensor
      • 7.8.12 Cisco Meraki License Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.13 Cisco Meraki Network Health Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.14 Citrix XenServer Host Sensor
      • 7.8.15 Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine Sensor
      • 7.8.16 Cloud HTTP v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.17 Cloud Ping v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.18 Cluster Health Sensor
      • 7.8.19 Common SaaS Sensor
      • 7.8.20 Core Health Sensor
      • 7.8.21 Core Health (Autonomous) Sensor
      • 7.8.22 Dell EMC Unity Enclosure Health v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.23 Dell EMC Unity File System v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.24 Dell EMC Unity Storage Capacity v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.25 Dell EMC Unity Storage LUN v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.26 Dell EMC Unity Storage Pool v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.27 Dell EMC Unity VMware Datastore v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.28 Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.29 Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.30 DHCP Sensor
      • 7.8.31 DICOM Bandwidth Sensor
      • 7.8.32 DICOM C-Echo Sensor
      • 7.8.33 DICOM Query/Retrieve Sensor
      • 7.8.34 DNS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.35 Docker Container Status Sensor
      • 7.8.36 Enterprise Virtual Array Sensor
      • 7.8.37 Event Log (Windows API) Sensor
      • 7.8.38 Exchange Backup (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.39 Exchange Database (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.40 Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.41 Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.42 Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.43 Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.44 EXE/Script Sensor
      • 7.8.45 EXE/Script Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.46 File Sensor
      • 7.8.47 File Content Sensor
      • 7.8.48 Folder Sensor
      • 7.8.49 FortiGate System Statistics Sensor
      • 7.8.50 FortiGate VPN Overview Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.51 FTP Sensor
      • 7.8.52 FTP Server File Count Sensor
      • 7.8.53 HL7 Sensor
      • 7.8.54 HPE 3PAR Common Provisioning Group Sensor
      • 7.8.55 HPE 3PAR Drive Enclosure Sensor
      • 7.8.56 HPE 3PAR Drive Enclosure Sensor
      • 7.8.57 HTTP Sensor
      • 7.8.58 HTTP v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.59 HTTP Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.60 HTTP Apache ModStatus PerfStats Sensor
      • 7.8.61 HTTP Apache ModStatus Totals Sensor
      • 7.8.62 HTTP Content Sensor
      • 7.8.63 HTTP Data Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.64 HTTP Full Web Page Sensor
      • 7.8.65 HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.66 HTTP Push Count Sensor
      • 7.8.67 HTTP Push Data Sensor
      • 7.8.68 HTTP Push Data Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.69 HTTP Transaction Sensor
      • 7.8.70 HTTP XML/REST Value Sensor
      • 7.8.71 Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.72 Hyper-V Host Server Sensor
      • 7.8.73 Hyper-V Virtual Machine Sensor
      • 7.8.74 Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter Sensor
      • 7.8.75 Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device Sensor
      • 7.8.76 IMAP Sensor
      • 7.8.77 IP on DNS Blacklist Sensor
      • 7.8.78 IPFIX Sensor
      • 7.8.79 IPFIX (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.80 IPMI System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.81 jFlow v5 Sensor
      • 7.8.82 jFlow v5 (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.83 LDAP Sensor
      • 7.8.84 Local Folder Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.85 Microsoft 365 Mailbox Sensor
      • 7.8.86 Microsoft 365 Service Status Sensor
      • 7.8.87 Microsoft 365 Service Status Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.88 Microsoft Azure SQL Database Sensor
      • 7.8.89 Microsoft Azure Storage Account Sensor
      • 7.8.90 Microsoft Azure Subscription Cost Sensor
      • 7.8.91 Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Sensor
      • 7.8.92 Microsoft SQL v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.93 Modbus RTU Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.94 Modbus TCP Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.95 MQTT Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.96 MQTT Statistics Sensor
      • 7.8.97 MQTT Subscribe Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.98 MySQL v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.99 NetApp Aggregate Sensor
      • 7.8.100 NetApp Aggregate v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.101 NetApp I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.102 NetApp I/O v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.103 NetApp LIF Sensor
      • 7.8.104 NetApp LIF v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.105 NetApp LUN Sensor
      • 7.8.106 NetApp LUN v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.107 NetApp NIC Sensor
      • 7.8.108 NetApp NIC v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.109 NetApp Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.110 NetApp Physical Disk v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.111 NetApp SnapMirror Sensor
      • 7.8.112 NetApp SnapMirror v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.113 NetApp System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.114 NetApp System Health v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.115 NetApp Volume Sensor
      • 7.8.116 NetApp Volume v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.117 NetFlow v5 Sensor
      • 7.8.118 NetFlow v5 (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.119 NetFlow v9 Sensor
      • 7.8.120 NetFlow v9 (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.121 Network Share Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.122 OPC UA Certificate Sensor
      • 7.8.123 OPC UA Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.124 OPC UA Server Status Sensor
      • 7.8.125 Oracle SQL v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.126 Oracle Tablespace Sensor
      • 7.8.127 Packet Sniffer Sensor
      • 7.8.128 Packet Sniffer (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.129 PerfCounter Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.130 PerfCounter IIS Application Pool Sensor
      • 7.8.131 Ping Sensor
      • 7.8.132 Ping v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.133 Ping Jitter Sensor
      • 7.8.134 POP3 Sensor
      • 7.8.135 Port Sensor
      • 7.8.136 Port v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.137 Port Range Sensor
      • 7.8.138 PostgreSQL Sensor
      • 7.8.139 Probe Health Sensor
      • 7.8.140 Python Script Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.141 QoS (Quality of Service) One Way Sensor
      • 7.8.142 QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.143 RADIUS v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.144 RDP (Remote Desktop) Sensor
      • 7.8.145 Redfish Power Supply Sensor
      • 7.8.146 Redfish System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.147 Redfish Virtual Disk Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.148 REST Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.149 REST Custom v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.150 Script v2 Sensor (BETA)
      • 7.8.151 Sensor Factory Sensor
      • 7.8.152 sFlow Sensor
      • 7.8.153 sFlow (Custom) Sensor
      • 7.8.154 SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol Sensor
      • 7.8.155 Share Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.156 SIP Options Ping Sensor
      • 7.8.157 SMTP Sensor
      • 7.8.158 SMTP&IMAP Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.159 SMTP&POP3 Round Trip Sensor
      • 7.8.160 SNMP APC Hardware Sensor
      • 7.8.161 SNMP Buffalo TS System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.162 SNMP Cisco ADSL Sensor
      • 7.8.163 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections Sensor
      • 7.8.164 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic Sensor
      • 7.8.165 SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users Sensor
      • 7.8.166 SNMP Cisco CBQoS Sensor
      • 7.8.167 SNMP Cisco System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.168 SNMP Cisco UCS Blade Sensor
      • 7.8.169 SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis Sensor
      • 7.8.170 SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.171 SNMP Cisco UCS System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.172 SNMP CPU Load Sensor
      • 7.8.173 SNMP Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.174 SNMP Custom Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.175 SNMP Custom String Sensor
      • 7.8.176 SNMP Custom String Lookup Sensor
      • 7.8.177 SNMP Custom Table Sensor
      • 7.8.178 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.179 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health Sensor
      • 7.8.180 SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.181 SNMP Dell Hardware Sensor
      • 7.8.182 SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.183 SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.184 SNMP Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.185 SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.186 SNMP Hardware Status Sensor
      • 7.8.187 SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware Sensor
      • 7.8.188 SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade Sensor
      • 7.8.189 SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.190 SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.191 SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller Sensor
      • 7.8.192 SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface Sensor
      • 7.8.193 SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.194 SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.195 SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.196 SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.197 SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory Sensor
      • 7.8.198 SNMP IBM System X System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.199 SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment Sensor
      • 7.8.200 SNMP Juniper NS System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.201 SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.202 SNMP LenovoEMC System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.203 SNMP Library Sensor
      • 7.8.204 SNMP Linux Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.205 SNMP Linux Load Average Sensor
      • 7.8.206 SNMP Linux Meminfo Sensor
      • 7.8.207 SNMP Linux Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.208 SNMP Memory Sensor
      • 7.8.209 SNMP NetApp Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.210 SNMP NetApp Enclosure Sensor
      • 7.8.211 SNMP NetApp I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.212 SNMP NetApp License Sensor
      • 7.8.213 SNMP NetApp Logical Unit Sensor
      • 7.8.214 SNMP NetApp Network Interface Sensor
      • 7.8.215 SNMP NetApp System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.216 SNMP Nutanix Cluster Health Sensor
      • 7.8.217 SNMP Nutanix Hypervisor Sensor
      • 7.8.218 SNMP Poseidon Environment Sensor
      • 7.8.219 SNMP Printer Sensor
      • 7.8.220 SNMP QNAP Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.221 SNMP QNAP Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.222 SNMP QNAP System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.223 SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status Sensor
      • 7.8.224 SNMP RMON Sensor
      • 7.8.225 SNMP SonicWall System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.226 SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic Sensor
      • 7.8.227 SNMP Synology Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.228 SNMP Synology Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.229 SNMP Synology System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.230 SNMP System Uptime Sensor
      • 7.8.231 SNMP Traffic Sensor
      • 7.8.232 SNMP Trap Receiver Sensor
      • 7.8.233 SNMP Windows Service Sensor
      • 7.8.234 SNTP Sensor
      • 7.8.235 Soffico Orchestra Channel Health Sensor
      • 7.8.236 SSH Disk Free Sensor
      • 7.8.237 SSH INodes Free Sensor
      • 7.8.238 SSH Load Average Sensor
      • 7.8.239 SSH Meminfo Sensor
      • 7.8.240 SSH Remote Ping Sensor
      • 7.8.241 SSH SAN Enclosure Sensor
      • 7.8.242 SSH SAN Logical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.243 SSH SAN Physical Disk Sensor
      • 7.8.244 SSH SAN System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.245 SSH Script Sensor
      • 7.8.246 SSH Script Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.247 SSL Certificate Sensor
      • 7.8.248 SSL Security Check Sensor
      • 7.8.249 Syslog Receiver Sensor
      • 7.8.250 System Health Sensor
      • 7.8.251 TFTP Sensor
      • 7.8.252 Traceroute Hop Count Sensor
      • 7.8.253 Veeam Backup Job Status Sensor
      • 7.8.254 Veeam Backup Job Status Advanced Sensor
      • 7.8.255 VMware Datastore (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.256 VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) Sensor
      • 7.8.257 VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.258 VMware Host Performance (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.259 VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) Sensor
      • 7.8.260 Windows CPU Load Sensor
      • 7.8.261 Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Received Sensor
      • 7.8.262 Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent Sensor
      • 7.8.263 Windows IIS Application Sensor
      • 7.8.264 Windows MSMQ Queue Length Sensor
      • 7.8.265 Windows Network Card Sensor
      • 7.8.266 Windows Pagefile Sensor
      • 7.8.267 Windows Physical Disk I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.268 Windows Print Queue Sensor
      • 7.8.269 Windows Process Sensor
      • 7.8.270 Windows System Uptime Sensor
      • 7.8.271 Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) Sensor
      • 7.8.272 WMI Battery Sensor
      • 7.8.273 WMI Custom Sensor
      • 7.8.274 WMI Custom String Sensor
      • 7.8.275 WMI Disk Health Sensor
      • 7.8.276 WMI Event Log Sensor
      • 7.8.277 WMI Exchange Server Sensor
      • 7.8.278 WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor
      • 7.8.279 WMI File Sensor
      • 7.8.280 WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) Sensor
      • 7.8.281 WMI HDD Health Sensor
      • 7.8.282 WMI Logical Disk I/O Sensor
      • 7.8.283 WMI Memory Sensor
      • 7.8.284 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Sensor (Deprecated)
      • 7.8.285 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Sensor
      • 7.8.286 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Sensor
      • 7.8.287 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Sensor
      • 7.8.288 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Sensor
      • 7.8.289 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Sensor
      • 7.8.290 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Sensor
      • 7.8.291 WMI Remote Ping Sensor
      • 7.8.292 WMI Security Center Sensor
      • 7.8.293 WMI Service Sensor
      • 7.8.294 WMI Share Sensor
      • 7.8.295 WMI SharePoint Process Sensor
      • 7.8.296 WMI Storage Pool Sensor
      • 7.8.297 WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) Sensor
      • 7.8.298 WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) Sensor
      • 7.8.299 WMI UTC Time Sensor
      • 7.8.300 WMI Vital System Data v2 Sensor
      • 7.8.301 WMI Volume Sensor
      • 7.8.302 WSUS Statistics Sensor
      • 7.8.303 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 Desktop
  • 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 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
    • 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 Remote Probe Setup via Device Tools
    • 14.10 Failover Cluster Configuration
      • 14.10.1 Failover Cluster Step by Step
    • 14.11 Data Storage
    • 14.12 Using Your Own SSL Certificate with the PRTG Web Server
  • 15 Appendix
    • 15.1 Differences between PRTG Network Monitor and PRTG Hosted Monitor
    • 15.2 Glossary
    • 15.3 Legal Notices
    • 15.4 List of Abbreviations
    • 15.5 List of Available Sensor Types
    • 15.6 List of Default Ports
    • 15.7 List of Icons
    • 15.8 List of Placeholders for Notifications
    • 15.9 List of Standard Lookup Files
    • 15.10 List of Supported AWS Regions and their Codes


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