 | 1 Welcome to PRTG Network Monitor |
 | 1.1 About this Document |
| 1.2 Key Features |
| 1.3 New in Version 8 |
| 1.4 Available Licenses |
| 1.5 System Requirements |
| 1.5.1 Detailed System Requirements |
| 2 Quick Start Guide |
| 2.1 ONE—Download and Installation |
| 2.2 TWO—Start-Up |
| 2.3 THREE—Auto-Discover Your Network |
| 3 Installing the Software |
| 3.1 Download PRTG |
| 3.2 Upgrade From Previous Versions to V8 |
| 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 Windows GUI |
| 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 |
| 5 Ajax Web Interface—Basic Procedures |
| 5.1 Login |
| 5.2 General Layout |
| 5.3 Sensor States |
| 5.4 Review Monitoring Data |
| 5.5 Historic Data Reports |
| 5.6 Object Settings |
| 5.7 Alarms |
| 5.8 Logs |
| 5.9 ToDos |
| 5.10 Working with Table Lists |
| 5.11 Object Selector |
| 5.12 Priority and Favorites |
| 5.13 Pause |
| 5.14 Context Menus |
| 5.15 Hover Popup |
| 5.16 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 Root Group Settings |
| 6.4 Probe Settings |
| 6.5 Group Settings |
| 6.6 Device Settings |
| 6.7 Sensor Settings |
| 6.7.1 List of Available Sensor Types |
| 6.7.2 ADO SQL Sensor |
| 6.7.3 Amazon CloudWatch Sensor |
| 6.7.4 Cisco IP SLA Sensor |
| 6.7.5 DNS Sensor |
| 6.7.6 Event Log (Windows API) Sensor |
| 6.7.7 EXE/Script Sensor |
| 6.7.8 File Sensor |
| 6.7.9 Folder Sensor |
| 6.7.10 FTP Sensor |
| 6.7.11 HDD Health Sensor |
| 6.7.12 HTTP Sensor |
| 6.7.13 HTTP Advanced Sensor |
| 6.7.14 HTTP Content Sensor |
| 6.7.15 HTTP Full Web Page Sensor |
| 6.7.16 HTTP Transaction Sensor |
| 6.7.17 Hyper-V Host Server Sensor |
| 6.7.18 Hyper-V Virtual Machine Sensor |
| 6.7.19 Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device Sensor |
| 6.7.20 IMAP Sensor |
| 6.7.21 LDAP Sensor |
| 6.7.22 Microsoft SQL Sensor |
| 6.7.23 MySQL Sensor |
| 6.7.24 NetFlow V5 Sensor |
| 6.7.25 NetFlow V5 (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.7.26 NetFlow V9 Sensor |
| 6.7.27 NetFlow V9 (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.7.28 NTP Sensor |
| 6.7.29 Oracle SQL Sensor |
| 6.7.30 Packet Sniffer (Content) Sensor |
| 6.7.31 Packet Sniffer (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.7.32 Packet Sniffer (Header) Sensor |
| 6.7.33 Ping Sensor |
| 6.7.34 POP3 Sensor |
| 6.7.35 Port Sensor |
| 6.7.36 Probe Health Sensor |
| 6.7.37 QoS (Quality of Service) Sensor |
| 6.7.38 RADIUS Sensor |
| 6.7.39 RDP (Remote Desktop) Sensor |
| 6.7.40 Sensor Factory Sensor |
| 6.7.41 sFlow Sensor |
| 6.7.42 sFlow (Custom) Sensor |
| 6.7.43 Share Disk Free Sensor |
| 6.7.44 SMTP Sensor |
| 6.7.45 SMTP&IMAP Round Trip Sensor |
| 6.7.46 SMTP&POP3 Round Trip Sensor |
| 6.7.47 SNMP Custom Sensor |
| 6.7.48 SNMP Custom String Sensor |
| 6.7.49 SNMP Library Sensor |
| 6.7.50 SNMP Linux Disk Free Sensor |
| 6.7.51 SNMP Linux Load Average Sensor |
| 6.7.52 SNMP Linux Meminfo Sensor |
| 6.7.53 SNMP Traffic Sensor |
| 6.7.54 SNMP Trap Receiver Sensor |
| 6.7.55 SNMP Uptime Sensor |
| 6.7.56 SSH Disk Free Sensor |
| 6.7.57 SSH Load Average Sensor |
| 6.7.58 SSH Meminfo Sensor |
| 6.7.59 Syslog Receiver Sensor |
| 6.7.60 TFTP Sensor |
| 6.7.61 VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) |
| 6.7.62 VMware Host Server (SOAP) Sensor |
| 6.7.63 VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) Sensor |
| 6.7.64 WBEM Custom Sensor |
| 6.7.65 WMI CPU Load Sensor |
| 6.7.66 WMI Custom Sensor |
| 6.7.67 WMI Event Log Sensor |
| 6.7.68 WMI Exchange Server 2003 Sensor |
| 6.7.69 WMI Exchange Server 2007 Sensor |
| 6.7.70 WMI File Sensor |
| 6.7.71 WMI Free Disk Space (Single Disk) Sensor |
| 6.7.72 WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Drive) Sensor |
| 6.7.73 WMI IIS 6.0 SMTP Received Sensor |
| 6.7.74 WMI IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent Sensor |
| 6.7.75 WMI Memory Sensor |
| 6.7.76 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Sensor |
| 6.7.77 WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Sensor |
| 6.7.78 WMI Network Card Sensor |
| 6.7.79 WMI Pagefile Sensor |
| 6.7.80 WMI Process Sensor |
| 6.7.81 WMI Service Sensor |
| 6.7.82 WMI Share Sensor |
| 6.7.83 WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008) Sensor |
| 6.7.84 WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) Sensor |
| 6.7.85 WMI Uptime Sensor |
| 6.7.86 WMI Vital System Data Sensor |
| 6.7.87 Xen Virtual Machine Sensor |
| 6.8 Sensor Channels Settings |
| 6.9 Sensor Notifications Settings |
| 7 Ajax Web Interface—Advanced Procedures |
| 7.1 Toplists |
| 7.2 Arrange Objects |
| 7.3 Multi-Edit Lists |
| 7.4 Compare Sensors |
| 7.5 Show Dependencies |
| 7.6 Geo Maps |
| 7.7 Notifications |
| 7.8 Reports |
| 7.8.1 Reports Step By Step |
| 7.8.2 View and Run Reports |
| 7.8.3 Reports Settings |
| 7.9 Maps |
| 7.9.1 Maps Step By Step |
| 7.9.2 Maps Designer |
| 7.9.3 Maps Other Settings |
| 7.10 Setup |
| 7.10.1 Account Settings—My Account |
| 7.10.2 Account Settings—Notifications |
| 7.10.3 Account Settings—Schedules |
| 7.10.4 System Administration—System and Website |
| 7.10.5 System Administration—Notification Delivery |
| 7.10.6 System Administration—Probes |
| 7.10.7 System Administration—Cluster |
| 7.10.8 System Administration—User Accounts |
| 7.10.9 System Administration—User Groups |
| 7.10.10 PRTG Status—System Status |
| 7.10.11 Downloads |
| 8 Other User Interfaces |
| 8.1 HTML GUI (Low bandwidth) |
| 8.2 Windows GUI |
| 8.3 iPhone Interface |
| 9 Sensor Technologies |
| 9.1 Monitoring via SNMP |
| 9.2 Monitoring via WMI |
| 9.3 Bandwidth Monitoring Comparison |
| 9.4 Monitoring Bandwidth via Flows |
| 10 System Administration Programs |
| 10.1 PRTG Server Administrator |
| 10.2 PRTG Probe Administrator |
| 11 Advanced Topics |
| 11.1 Application Programming Interface (API) Definition |
| 11.2 Filter Rules for xFlow and Packet Sniffer Sensors |
| 11.3 Channel Definitions for xFlow and Packet Sniffer Sensors |
| 11.4 Multiple Probes and Remote Probes |
| 11.5 Calculating Percentiles |
| 12 Appendix |
| 12.1 Glossary |
| 12.2 List of Abbreviations |
| 12.3 Support and Troubleshooting |
| 12.4 Legal Notices |