PRTG Manual: Libraries

With the Libraries feature, you can create additional, customized views of your device tree.

For more information, see the video tutorial: Libraries in PRTG

Example of a Library

In this section:

Introduction

With libraries, you can create custom device tree views of your network's status and monitoring data. PRTG updates these views in the same interval as your device tree. The library views display the same monitoring data, but arranged the way you want, for example, based on target groups or a specific use case. For example, you can create a library that contains an overview of all your bandwidth monitoring sensors, regardless of the device that they run on.

The Libraries feature includes the following options:

Create libraries that contain library nodes with objects from your entire configuration.
Show data from different probes in one library.
Show different branches of your device tree right next to each other.
Arrange sensors in a tree-like view regardless of the device that they run on.
Filter your entire device tree or parts of it by sensor type, status, or tag, and only show matching sensors.

Preconfigured Libraries

PRTG provides several preconfigured libraries that you can also edit or delete.

Preconfigured libraries are only visible to administrators.

Preconfigured Libraries

The following libraries are automatically created when you install PRTG for the first time. Some of these libraries are initially empty, but as you add more sensors, PRTG automatically fills them according to the filter settings defined for the library nodes:

All bandwidth sensors
All CPU load sensors
All diskspace sensors
All memory sensors
All sensors grouped by state
All VMware sensors
Sensors grouped by priority

Sensors that you add to libraries do not count against the maximum number of sensors of your license.

Libraries Menu

Click Libraries in the main menu bar to open an overview list of all libraries. Hover over Libraries to show other options.

Option	Description
All	Open the Libraries list where you can view or add custom device tree views of your network status and monitoring data.
Add Library	Open a dialog to create a new library.
Select Library	Open a library. Hover over Select Library to show more options. Follow the alphabetical menu path that is specific to your setup to view your libraries. Click a library to open it.

Libraries List

In the All view, you see a list of all libraries. Enable the check box next to a library and use the quick action buttons to perform the following actions:

Used by (): Show which objects use this library.
Clone (): Create a clone of this library.
Delete (): Delete this library.
Settings (): Open this library and change the settings of the library and its library nodes.