 | 1 Welcome to PRTG Network Monitor |
 | 1.1 About this Document |
| 1.2 Key Features |
| 1.3 New in Version 9 |
| 1.4 Available Licenses |
| 1.5 System Requirements |
| 1.5.1 Detailed System Requirements |
| 2 Quick Start Guide |
| 2.1 ONE—Download, Installation, and First Login |
| 2.2 TWO—Auto-Discover Your Network |
| 3 Installing the Software |
| 3.1 Download PRTG |
| 3.2 Update From Previous Versions to V9 |
| 3.3 Install a PRTG Core Server |
| 3.3.1 Setup Wizard |
| 3.3.2 Welcome Wizard |
| 3.4 Install a PRTG Cluster |
| 3.5 Enter a License Key |
| 3.6 Activate the Product |
| 3.7 Install a PRTG Remote Probe |
| 3.8 Install the Enterprise Console |
| 3.9 Uninstall PRTG Products |
| 4 Understanding Basic Concepts |
| 4.1 Architecture |
| 4.2 Clustering |
| 4.3 Object Hierarchy |
| 4.4 Inheritance of Settings |
| 4.5 Tags |
| 4.6 Dependencies |
| 4.7 Scheduling |
| 4.8 Notifying |
| 4.9 Data Reporting |
| 4.10 User Access Rights |
| 4.11 IPv6 |
| 5 Ajax Web Interface—Basic Procedures |
| 5.1 Login |
| 5.2 SSL Certificate Warning |
| 5.3 General Layout |
| 5.4 Sensor States |
| 5.5 Review Monitoring Data |
| 5.6 Object Settings |
| 5.7 Alarms |
| 5.8 Logs |
| 5.9 Historic Data Reports |
| 5.10 ToDos |
| 5.11 Working with Table Lists |
| 5.12 Object Selector |
| 5.13 Priority and Favorites |
| 5.14 Pause |
| 5.15 Context Menus |
| 5.16 Hover Popup |
| 5.17 Main Menu Structure |
| 6 Ajax Web Interface—Device and Sensor Setup |
| 6.1 Auto-Discovery |
| 6.2 Create Objects Manually |
| 6.2.1 Add a Group |
| 6.2.2 Add a Device |
| 6.2.3 Add a Sensor |
| 6.3 Manage Device Tree |
| 6.4 Root Group Settings |
| 6.5 Probe Settings |
| 6.6 Group Settings |
| 6.7 Device Settings |
| 6.8 Sensor Settings |
| 6.8.1 List of Available Sensor Types |
| 6.8.2 Active Directory Replication Errors Sensor |
| 6.8.3 ADO SQL Sensor |
| 6.8.4 Amazon CloudWatch Sensor |
| 6.8.5 Cisco IP SLA Sensor |
| 6.8.6 Cluster Probe Health Sensor |
| 6.8.7 Core/Probe Health Sensor |
| 6.8.8 DHCP Sensor |
| 6.8.9 DNS Sensor |
| 6.8.10 Event Log (Windows API) Sensor |
| 6.8.11 EXE/Script Sensor |
| 6.8.12 EXE/Script Advanced Sensor |
| 6.8.13 File Sensor |
| 6.8.14 File Content Sensor |
| 6.8.15 Folder Sensor |
| 6.8.16 FTP Sensor |
| 6.8.17 FTP Server File Count Sensor |
| 6.8.18 HDD Health Sensor |
| 6.8.19 HTTP Sensor |
| 6.8.20 HTTP Advanced Sensor |
| 6.8.21 HTTP Content Sensor |
| 6.8.22 HTTP Full Web Page Sensor |
| 6.8.23 HTTP SSL Certificate Expiry Sensor |
| 6.8.24 HTTP Transaction Sensor |
| 6.8.25 HTTP XML/REST Value Sensor |
| 6.8.26 Hyper-V Host Server Sensor |
| 6.8.27 Hyper-V Virtual Machine Sensor |
| 6.8.28 Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter Sensor |
| 6.8.29 Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device Sensor |
| 6.8.30 IMAP Sensor |
| 6.8.31 INI File Content Check Sensor |
| 6.8.32 IP on DNS Blacklist Sensor |
| 6.8.33 jFlow V5 Sensor |
| 6.8.34 jFlow V5 (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.8.35 LDAP Sensor |
| 6.8.36 Microsoft SQL Sensor |
| 6.8.37 MySQL Sensor |
| 6.8.38 NetFlow V5 Sensor |
| 6.8.39 NetFlow V5 (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.8.40 NetFlow V9 Sensor |
| 6.8.41 NetFlow V9 (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.8.42 Oracle SQL Sensor |
| 6.8.43 Packet Sniffer Sensor |
| 6.8.44 Packet Sniffer (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.8.45 Ping Sensor |
| 6.8.46 Ping Jitter Sensor |
| 6.8.47 Pingdom Sensor |
| 6.8.48 POP3 Sensor |
| 6.8.49 POP3 Email Count Sensor |
| 6.8.50 Port Sensor |
| 6.8.51 QoS (Quality of Service) One Way Sensor |
| 6.8.52 QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip Sensor |
| 6.8.53 RADIUS Sensor |
| 6.8.54 RDP (Remote Desktop) Sensor |
| 6.8.55 Sensor Factory Sensor |
| 6.8.56 sFlow Sensor |
| 6.8.57 sFlow (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.8.58 Share Disk Free Sensor |
| 6.8.59 SMTP Sensor |
| 6.8.60 SMTP&IMAP Round Trip Sensor |
| 6.8.61 SMTP&POP3 Round Trip Sensor |
| 6.8.62 SNMP APC Hardware Sensor |
| 6.8.63 SNMP Custom Sensor |
| 6.8.64 SNMP Custom String Sensor |
| 6.8.65 SNMP Dell Hardware Sensor |
| 6.8.66 SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware Sensor |
| 6.8.67 SNMP Library Sensor |
| 6.8.68 SNMP Linux Disk Free Sensor |
| 6.8.69 SNMP Linux Load Average Sensor |
| 6.8.70 SNMP Linux Meminfo Sensor |
| 6.8.71 SNMP System Uptime Sensor |
| 6.8.72 SNMP Traffic Sensor |
| 6.8.73 SNMP Trap Receiver Sensor |
| 6.8.74 SNTP Sensor |
| 6.8.75 SSH Disk Free Sensor |
| 6.8.76 SSH INodes Free Sensor |
| 6.8.77 SSH Load Average Sensor |
| 6.8.78 SSH Meminfo Sensor |
| 6.8.79 SSH VMWare ESX(i) Disk Sensor |
| 6.8.80 Syslog Receiver Sensor |
| 6.8.81 TFTP Sensor |
| 6.8.82 Traceroute Hop Count Sensor |
| 6.8.83 Virtuozzo Container Disk Sensor |
| 6.8.84 Virtuozzo Container Network Sensor |
| 6.8.85 VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) |
| 6.8.86 VMware Host Server (SOAP) Sensor |
| 6.8.87 VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) Sensor |
| 6.8.88 WBEM Custom Sensor |
| 6.8.89 Windows Last Update Sensor |
| 6.8.90 Windows Logged In Users Sensor |
| 6.8.91 Windows MSMQ Queue Length Sensor |
| 6.8.92 Windows Print Queue Sensor |
| 6.8.93 Windows Registry Sensor |
| 6.8.94 Windows Scheduled Task Sensor |
| 6.8.95 WMI CPU Load Sensor |
| 6.8.96 WMI Custom Sensor |
| 6.8.97 WMI Event Log Sensor |
| 6.8.98 WMI Exchange Server Sensor |
| 6.8.99 WMI File Sensor |
| 6.8.100 WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Drive) Sensor |
| 6.8.101 WMI IIS 6.0 SMTP Received Sensor |
| 6.8.102 WMI IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent Sensor |
| 6.8.103 WMI Logical Disk Sensor |
| 6.8.104 WMI Memory Sensor |
| 6.8.105 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Sensor |
| 6.8.106 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Sensor |
| 6.8.107 WMI Network Card Sensor |
| 6.8.108 WMI Pagefile Sensor |
| 6.8.109 WMI Physical Disk Sensor |
| 6.8.110 WMI Process Sensor |
| 6.8.111 WMI Security Center Sensor |
| 6.8.112 WMI Service Sensor |
| 6.8.113 WMI Share Sensor |
| 6.8.114 WMI System Uptime Sensor |
| 6.8.115 WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008) Sensor |
| 6.8.116 WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) Sensor |
| 6.8.117 WMI Vital System Data (V2) Sensor |
| 6.8.118 WMI Volume Sensor |
| 6.8.119 WMI Windows Version Sensor |
| 6.8.120 WSUS Statistics Sensor |
| 6.8.121 Xen Virtual Machine Sensor |
| 6.9 Additional Sensor Types (Custom Sensors) |
| 6.10 Sensor Channels Settings |
| 6.11 Sensor Notifications Settings |
| 7 Ajax Web Interface—Advanced Procedures |
| 7.1 Toplists |
| 7.2 Arrange Objects |
| 7.3 Clone Object |
| 7.4 Multi-Edit Lists |
| 7.5 Create Device Template |
| 7.6 Compare Sensors |
| 7.7 Show Dependencies |
| 7.8 Geo Maps |
| 7.9 Notifications |
| 7.10 Libraries |
| 7.10.1 Libraries Step By Step |
| 7.10.2 Management |
| 7.10.3 Libraries and Node Settings |
| 7.10.4 Context Menus |
| 7.11 Reports |
| 7.11.1 Reports Step By Step |
| 7.11.2 View and Run Reports |
| 7.11.3 Reports Settings |
| 7.12 Maps |
| 7.12.1 Maps Step By Step |
| 7.12.2 Maps Designer |
| 7.12.3 Maps Settings |
| 7.13 Setup |
| 7.13.1 Account Settings—My Account |
| 7.13.2 Account Settings—Notifications |
| 7.13.3 Account Settings—Schedules |
| 7.13.4 System Administration—System and Website |
| 7.13.5 System Administration—Notification Delivery |
| 7.13.6 System Administration—Probes |
| 7.13.7 System Administration—Cluster |
| 7.13.8 System Administration—User Accounts |
| 7.13.9 System Administration—User Groups |
| 7.13.10 PRTG Status—System Status |
| 7.13.11 PRTG Status—Auto Update |
| 7.13.12 Downloads |
| 8 Enterprise Console |
| 8.1 First Start |
| 8.2 General Layout |
| 8.3 Menu Tabs and Page Content |
| 8.3.1 Devices |
| 8.3.2 Libraries |
| 8.3.3 Sensors |
| 8.3.4 Alarms |
| 8.3.5 Maps |
| 8.3.6 Reports |
| 8.3.7 Logs |
| 8.3.8 ToDos |
| 8.3.9 Setup |
| 8.3.10 Search Results |
| 8.4 PRTG Servers |
| 8.5 Options |
| 8.6 Windows Menu Structure |
| 8.7 Context Menus |
| 8.8 Shortcuts Overview |
| 9 Other User Interfaces |
| 9.1 HTML GUI (Low bandwidth) |
| 9.2 Smartphone Apps |
| 10 Sensor Technologies |
| 10.1 Monitoring via SNMP |
| 10.2 Monitoring via WMI |
| 10.3 Monitoring Bandwidth via Packet Sniffing |
| 10.4 Monitoring Bandwidth via Flows |
| 10.5 Bandwidth Monitoring Comparison |
| 10.6 Monitoring Quality of Service |
| 10.7 Monitoring Email Round Trip |
| 11 System Administration Tools |
| 11.1 PRTG Server Administrator |
| 11.2 PRTG Probe Administrator |
| 12 Advanced Topics |
| 12.1 Active Directory Integration |
| 12.2 Application Programming Interface (API) Definition |
| 12.3 Filter Rules for xFlow and Packet Sniffer Sensors |
| 12.4 Channel Definitions for xFlow and Packet Sniffer Sensors |
| 12.5 Define IP Ranges |
| 12.6 Regular Expressions |
| 12.7 Add Remote Probe |
| 12.7.1 Remote Probes and Multiple Probes |
| 12.7.2 Remote Probe Setup |
| 12.8 Data Storage |
| 12.9 Calculating Percentiles |
| 13 Appendix |
| 13.1 Glossary |
| 13.2 List of Abbreviations |
| 13.3 Support and Troubleshooting |
| 13.4 Legal Notices |
