<%NUMBERING1%>.<%NUMBERING2%>.<%NUMBERING3%> PRTG Manual: List of Available Sensor Types

This chapter lists all available sensors, arranged both into different categories and in alphabetical order.

icon-i-roundIn the Add a Sensor assistant, PRTG offers you various options to filter for suitable sensors.

Categories

Description

All Sensors in Alphabetical Order

A list of all sensors, the PRTG version in which they were introduced, and their default tags.

General Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor the basic parameters of your network

Bandwidth Monitoring Sensors

Sensors that let you analyze your network bandwidth

Cloud Services Sensors

Sensors that let you get a quick overview of all cloud services

Custom Sensors

Sensors that let you enhance the monitoring task far beyond the standard sensor set

Database Servers Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor the most common databases

eHealth Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor medical equipment that communicates via the Health Level 7 (HL7) and Digital Imaging and Communications (DICOM) protocols

EXE Sensors

Sensors that let you carry out a wide range of different operations. See the EXE Sensors in the table for more information.

Hardware Parameters Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor the status of hardware components

IoT Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor IoT-capable devices (for example, Sigfox devices)

Linux/Unix/macOS Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor Linux-based networks

Mail Servers Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor different parameters of mail servers

PRTG Internal Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor internal parameters of PRTG

Script World Sensors

Sensors that let you use scripts, plugins, and add-ons from the PRTG Script World

SNMP Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor a wide range of devices over the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Storage and File Servers Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor different parameters of storage and file servers

Various Servers Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor a wide range of server parameters

Virtual Servers Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor your visualized IT infrastructure

VoIP and QoS Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor the Quality of Service (QoS) in a network and all VoIP-relevant network parameters

Web Servers (HTTP) Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor server parameters using HTTP

Windows WMI/Performance Counters Sensors

Sensors that let you monitor Windows systems via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Windows Performance Counters

More

Links to further information about sensors and monitoring in the PRTG Manual and the Knowledge Base

All Sensors in Alphabetical Order

The version numbers show when the respective sensor was originally introduced to PRTG. The default tags are automatically predefined in a sensor's settings when you add a sensor.

icon-book-arrowsFor more information, see section Tags.

Sensor

introduced in Version

Default Tags

Active Directory Replication Errors sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

ADO SQL v2 sensor

16.x.24

sqlsensor

Amazon CloudWatch Alarm sensor

16.x.22

cloudwatchsensor alarm

Amazon CloudWatch EBS sensor

15.x.19

cloudwatchsensor ebs

Amazon CloudWatch EC2 sensor

15.x.19

cloudwatchsensor ec2

Amazon CloudWatch ElastiCache sensor

15.x.19

cloudwatchsensor elasticache

Amazon CloudWatch ELB sensor

15.x.19

cloudwatchsensor elb

Amazon CloudWatch RDS sensor

15.x.19

cloudwatchsensor rds

Amazon CloudWatch SNS sensor

15.x.19

cloudwatchsensor sns

Amazon CloudWatch SQS sensor

15.x.19

cloudwatchsensor sqs

Business Process sensor

15.x.20

factorysensor businessprocesssensor

Cisco IP SLA sensor

7

ipslasensor

Citrix XenServer Host sensor

12.x.1

xenhostsensor

Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine sensor

8.1.0

xenhostsensor

Cloud HTTP sensor

14.x.14

httpsensor

Cloud Ping sensor

14.x.14

pingsensor

Cluster Health sensor

9.1.0

clusterhealthsensor

Common SaaS sensor

15.x.19

commonsaas saas

Core Health sensor

9.1.0

corehealthsensor

Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk sensor

12.x.1

powervault

Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor

14.x.13

powervault

DHCP sensor

8.2.0

dhcpsensor

DICOM Bandwidth sensor

18.1.38

dicom bandwidth

DICOM C-ECHO sensor

18.1.38

dicom cecho ping

DICOM Query/Retrieve sensor

18.1.38

dicom query retrieve

DNS sensor

7

dnssensor

Docker Container Status sensor

16.x.22

docker dockercontainer

Dropbox sensor

15.x.19

dropboxsensor cloudstorage

Enterprise Virtual Array sensor

13.x.6

eva

Event Log (Windows API) sensor

7

wmiapieventlogsensor

Exchange Backup (PowerShell) sensor

13.x.5

exchange powershell backup

Exchange Database (PowerShell) sensor

13.x.5

exchange powershell database

Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) sensor

15.x.18

exchange powershell database dag

Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) sensor

13.x.5

exchange powershell mailqueue

Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) sensor

13.x.5

exchange powershell mailbox

Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) sensor

13.x.5

exchange powershell publicfolder

EXE/Script sensor

7

xmlexesensor

EXE/Script Advanced sensor

7

exesensor

File sensor

7

filesensor

File Content sensor

7

filesensor

Folder sensor

7

foldersensor

FTP sensor

7

ftpsensor

FTP Server File Count sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

GitLab Build Status sensor

16.3.26

gitlab

Google Analytics sensor

15.x19

googleanalytics

Google Drive sensor

15.x.19

googledrive cloudstorage

HL7 sensor

18.1.38

dicom hl7

HTTP sensor

7

httpsensor

HTTP Advanced sensor

7

httpsensor

HTTP Apache ModStatus PerfStats sensor

12.x.3

httpsensor httpapachemodstatusperfstatssensor apache

HTTP Apache ModStatus Totals sensor

12.x.3

httpsensor httpapachemodstatustotalssensor apache

HTTP Content sensor

7

httpsensor

HTTP Data Advanced sensor

15.x.16

httpsensor

HTTP Full Web Page sensor

7

httpfullsensor

HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensor

18.3.43

pushsensor pushdata httppushsensor iot sigfox

HTTP Push Count sensor

13.4.8

pushsensor pushcount httppushsensor

HTTP Push Data sensor

14.1.9

pushsensor pushdata httppushsensor

HTTP Push Data Advanced sensor

14.1.10

pushsensor pushdata httppushsensor

HTTP Transaction sensor

7

httptransactionsensor

HTTP XML/REST Value sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free sensor

12.3.4

hyperv powershell diskfree

Hyper-V Host Server sensor

7

hypervserversensor

Hyper-V Virtual Machine sensor

7

wmihypervsensor

Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter sensor

9.1.0

wmihypervvirtualnetworkadapter

Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device sensor

12.4.4

wmihypervvirtualstoragesensor

IMAP sensor

7

imapsensor mailsensor

IP on DNS Blacklist sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

IPFIX sensor

13.x.7

bandwidthsensor netflowsensor

IPFIX (Custom) sensor

13.x.7

bandwidthsensor netflowsensor

IPMI System Health sensor

14.x.11

ipmi

jFlow V5 sensor

8.2.0

bandwidthsensor jflowsensor

jFlow V5 (Custom) sensor

8.2.0

bandwidthsensor jflowsensor

LDAP sensor

8.1.0

ldapsensor

Microsoft OneDrive sensor

15.x.19

msonedrivesensor cloudstorage

Microsoft SQL v2 sensor

14.x.12

sqlsensor

MQTT Round Trip sensor

19.x.50

IoT mqtt roundtrip

MySQL v2 sensor

14.x.12

sqlsensor

NetApp Aggregate sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp I/O sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp LIF sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp LUN sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp NIC sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp Physical Disk sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp SnapMirror sensor

17.4.35

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp System Health sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetApp Volume sensor

17.3.33

netapp cdot ontap soap

NetFlow V5 sensor

7

bandwidthsensor netflowsensor

NetFlow V5 (Custom) sensor

7

bandwidthsensor netflowsensor

NetFlow V9 sensor

7

bandwidthsensor netflowsensor

NetFlow V9 (Custom) sensor

7

bandwidthsensor netflowsensor

Oracle SQL v2 sensor

14.x.13

sqlsensor

Oracle Tablespace sensor

15.x.18

sqlsensor

Packet Sniffer sensor

7

bandwidthsensor sniffersensor

Packet Sniffer (Custom) sensor

7

bandwidthsensor sniffersensor

PerfCounter Custom sensor

12.x.3

performancecounter performancecountercustom

PerfCounter IIS Application Pool sensor

12.x.6

performancecounter pciisapppool

Ping sensor

7

pingsensor

Ping Jitter sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

POP3 sensor

7

pop3sensor mailsensor

Port sensor

7

portsensor

Port Range sensor

12.x.4

portrangesensor

PostgreSQL sensor

14.x.12

sqlsensor

Probe Health sensor

9.1.0

probehealthsensor

Python Script Advanced sensor

15.x.19

pythonxml python xml json script

QoS (Quality of Service) One Way sensor

7

qossensor

QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip sensor

9.1.0

qossensor

RADIUS v2 sensor

14.x.13

radiussensor

RDP (Remote Desktop) sensor

7

rdpsensor

REST Custom sensor

17.3.33

restcustomsensor restsensor

REST Dell EMC Capacity sensor

17.4.37

emccapacitysensor emcsensor restsensor

REST Dell EMC File System sensor

17.4.37

emcfilesystemsensor emcsensor restsensor

REST Dell EMC LUN sensor

17.4.37

emclunsensor emcsensor restsensor

REST Dell EMC Pool sensor

17.4.37

emcpoolsensor emcsensor restsensor

REST Dell EMC System Health sensor

17.4.37

emcsystemhealthsensor emcsensor restsensor

Sensor Factory sensor

7

factorysensor

sFlow sensor

7

bandwidthsensor sflowsensor

sFlow (Custom) sensor

7

bandwidthsensor sflowsensor

SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol sensor

12.x.6

sftpsensor

Share Disk Free sensor

7

diskspacesensor smbdiskspacesensor

SIP Options Ping sensor

12.x.1

pingsensor sipsensor

SMTP sensor

7

smtpsensor mailsensor

SMTP&IMAP Round Trip sensor

7

imapsensor roundtrip mailsensor

SMTP&POP3 Round Trip sensor

7

pop3sensor roundtrip mailsensor

SNMP APC Hardware sensor

9.1.0

apcups

SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor

17.1.29

snmpbuffalots buffalots systemhealth

SNMP Cisco ADSL sensor

12.x.1

snmpciscoadsl

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections sensor

12.x.1

snmpciscoasavpnsensor snmpciscoasavpnconnectionssensor

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic sensor

12.x.1

snmpciscoasavpnsensor snmpciscoasavpntrafficsensor

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users sensor

12.x.5

snmpciscoasavpnsensor snmpciscoasavpntrafficsensor

SNMP Cisco CBQoS sensor

13.x.5

cbqossensor

SNMP Cisco System Health sensor

12.x.4

snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth

SNMP Cisco UCS Blade sensor

14.x.14

snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth ucssystemhealth ucs blade

SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis sensor

13.x.8

snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth ucssystemhealth ucs chassis

SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk sensor

14.1.10

snmpciscophysicaldisksensor ucs snmp

SNMP Cisco UCS System Health sensor

13.x.8

snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth ucssystemhealth ucs

SNMP CPU Load sensor

12.x.4

snmp cpu cpuloadsensor

SNMP Custom sensor

7

snmpcustomsensor

SNMP Custom Advanced sensor

15.x.18

snmpcustomsensor snmpcustomadvanced

SNMP Custom String sensor

9.1.0

snmpcustomstringsensor

SNMP Custom String Lookup sensor

14.x.14

snmpcustomsensor

SNMP Custom Table sensor

15.x.18

snmpcustomsensor snmpcustomtable

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk sensor

16.x.24

dellequallogic snmpdell dell

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health sensor

16.x.24

dellequallogic snmpdell dell

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk sensor

16.x.24

dellequallogic snmpdell dell

SNMP Dell Hardware sensor

7

dell

SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor

12.x.4

snmpdellphysicaldisksensor physicaldisk snmpdell dell

SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health sensor

12.x.4

snmpdellsystemhealthsensor systemhealth snmpdell dell

SNMP Disk Free sensor

12.x.4

snmpdiskfreesensor diskspacesensor diskfree snmp

SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 sensor

19.x.53

snmpfujitsusystemhealthsensor snmp systemhealth fujitsu irmc

SNMP Hardware Status sensor

13.x.5

hardwarestatus

SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware sensor

9.1.0

hplaserjet

SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade sensor

15.x.18

snmp hpe blade bladesystem

SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure System Health sensor

15.x.18

snmp hpe blade bladesystem systemhealth health

SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk sensor

12.x.6

snmphpelogicaldisksensor logicaldisk snmphpe hpe

SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller sensor

12.x.6

snmphpememorycontrollersensor memorycontroller snmphpe hpe

SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface sensor

12.x.4

snmphpenetworkinterfacesensor snmphpe hpe

SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk sensor

12.x.6

snmphpephysicaldisksensor physicaldisk snmphpe hpe

SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health sensor

12.x.4

snmphpesystemhealthsensor systemhealth snmphpe hpe

SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk sensor

13.x.4

snmpibmlogicaldisksensor logicaldisk snmibm ibm

SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor

13.x.4

snmpibmphysicaldisksensor physicaldisk snmpibm ibm

SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory sensor

13.x.4

snmpibmphysicalmemorysensor memorycontroller snmpibm ibm

SNMP IBM System X System Health sensor

13.x.4

snmpibmsystemhealthsensor systemhealth

SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment sensor

14.1.10

interseptor environment

SNMP Juniper NS System Health sensor

15.2.16

snmpjuniper systemhealth

SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk sensor

13.x.8

snmplenovoemc lenovoemc physicaldisk

SNMP LenovoEMC System Health sensor

13.x.8

snmplenovoemc lenovoemc systemhealth

SNMP Library sensor

7

snmplibrarysensor

SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor

8.1.0

snmpdiskfreesensor diskspacesensor

SNMP Linux Load Average sensor

8.1.0

snmploadsensor

SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor

8.1.0

snmpmeminfosensor memorysensor

SNMP Linux Physical Disk sensor

13.x.5

snmpphysicaldisksensor physicaldisk

SNMP Memory sensor

12.x.4

snmpmemorysensor memory memorysensor snmp

SNMP NetApp Disk Free sensor

12.x.3

snmpdiskfreesensor snmpnetappdiskfreesensor snmpnetapp netapp

SNMP NetApp Enclosure sensor

12.x.4

snmpnetappenclosuresensor snmpnetapp netapp

SNMP NetApp I/O sensor

12.x.3

snmpnetappiosensor snmpnetapp netapp

SNMP NetApp License sensor

12.x.4

snmpnetapplicensesensor snmpnetapp netapp

SNMP NetApp Logical Unit sensor

13.x.7

snmpdiskfreesensor snmpnetappdiskfreesensor snmpnetapp netapp

SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor

12.x.3

snmpnetappnetworkinterfacesensor snmpnetapp netapp

SNMP NetApp System Health sensor

12.x.3

snmpnetappsystemhealthsensor snmpnetapp netapp

SNMP Nutanix Cluster Health sensor

20.1.55

snmpnutanixclusterhealthsensor snmp nutanix

SNMP Nutanix Hypervisor sensor

20.1.55

snmpnutanixhypervisorsensor snmp nutanix

SNMP Poseidon Environment sensor

13.x.5

apcups

SNMP Printer sensor

14.x.11

snmp printer

SNMP QNAP Logical Disk sensor

13.x.4

snmpqnap qnap logicaldisk

SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor

13.x.4

snmpqnap qnap physicaldisk

SNMP QNAP System Health sensor

13.x.4

snmpqnap qnap systemhealth

SNMP RMON sensor

12.x.1

snmprmon

SNMP SonicWall System Health sensor

13.x.5

snmpsonicwallsystemhealthsensor systemhealth

SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic sensor

13.x.6

snmpsonicwallvpntrafficsensor traffic

SNMP Synology Logical Disk sensor

13.x.4

snmpsynology synology logicaldisk

SNMP Synology Physical Disk sensor

13.x.4

snmpsynology synology physicaldisk

SNMP Synology System Health sensor

13.x.4

snmpsynology synology systemhealth

SNMP System Uptime sensor

7

snmpuptimesensor

SNMP Traffic sensor

7

bandwidthsensor snmptrafficsensor

SNMP Trap Receiver sensor

7

snmptrapsensor

SNMP Windows Service sensor

13.x.8

snmpservicesensor servicesensor

SNTP sensor

8.1.0

sntpsensor

SSH Disk Free sensor

8.1.0

sshdiskfreesensor diskfreesensor

SSH INodes Free sensor

8.1.1

sshinodesfreesensor

SSH Load Average sensor

8.1.0

sshloadavgsensor

SSH Meminfo sensor

8.1.0

sshmeminfosensor memorysensor

SSH Remote Ping sensor

12.x.1

sshremotepingsensor pingsensor remotepingsensor

SSH SAN Enclosure sensor

14.x.12

sshsanenclosure sshsan enclosure

SSH SAN Logical Disk sensor

14.1.9

sshsanlogicaldisk sshsan logicaldisk

SSH SAN Physical Disk sensor

14.1.9

sshsanphysicaldisk sshsan physicaldisk

SSH SAN System Health sensor

14.1.9

sshsansystemhealth sshsan systemhealth

SSH Script sensor

12.x.1

sshscript

SSH Script Advanced sensor

12.x.6

sshscript

SSL Certificate sensor

15.x.19

sslcertificate ssl certificate

SSL Security Check sensor

14.x.12

sslsensor

Syslog Receiver sensor

7

syslogsensor

System Health sensor

9.1.0

systemhealthsensor

TFTP sensor

8.1.0

trivialftpsensor

Traceroute Hop Count sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

VMware Datastore (SOAP) sensor

15.x.19

vmwaredatastoreexternsensor

VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) sensor

8.1.0

esxshealthsensor

VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) sensor

12.x.1

esxserverhosthealthsensor

VMware Host Performance (SOAP) sensor

12.x.1

esxserverhostsensor

VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor

7

esxservervmsensor

Windows CPU Load sensor

7

cpuloadsensor wmicpuloadsensor

Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Received sensor

8.1.0

wmiiissmtpreceivedsensor

Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent sensor

8.1.0

wmiiissmtpsentsensor

Windows IIS Application sensor

12.x.1

wmiiis

Windows MSMQ Queue Length sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

Windows Network Card sensor

7

bandwidthsensor wmibandwidthsensor

Windows Pagefile sensor

12.x.4

pagefilesensor wmipagefilesensor

Windows Physical Disk I/O sensor

16.x.24

wmiphysicaldisksensor

Windows Print Queue sensor

8.3.0

ptfsensor

Windows Process sensor

7

wmiprocesssensor

Windows System Uptime sensor

8.1.0

wmiuptimesensor

Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) sensor

13.x.6

windowsupdatesstatus

WMI Battery sensor

19.x.52

batterysensor wmibatterysensor

WMI Custom sensor

7

wmicustomsensor

WMI Custom String sensor

12.x.4

wmicustomsensor

WMI Disk Health sensor

19.4.54

wmidiskhealthsensor diskhealthsensor

WMI Event Log sensor

7

wmieventlogsensor

WMI Exchange Server sensor

9

wmiexchangeserversensor

WMI Exchange Transport Queue sensor

12.x.1

wmiexchangeservertransportqueuesensor

WMI File sensor

7

wmifilesensor

WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) sensor

7

diskspacesensor wmidiskspacesensor

WMI HDD Health sensor

12.x.1

smartsensor

WMI Logical Disk I/O sensor

16.x.24

wmilogicalsensor

WMI Memory sensor

7

memorysensor wmimemorysensor

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 sensor

8.1.0

wmisqlserversensor

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 sensor

8.1.0

wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2008

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 sensor

12.x.6

wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2012

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 sensor

14.x.13

wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2014

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 sensor

16.x.26

wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2016

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 sensor

18.x.42

wmisqlserversensor wmisqlserversensor2017

WMI Remote Ping sensor

12.x.1

pingsensor wmisensor wmipingsensor remotepingsensor

WMI Security Center sensor

9

WMISecurityCenter

WMI Service sensor

7

wmiservicesensor servicesensor

WMI Share sensor

8.1.0

wmisharesensor

WMI SharePoint Process sensor

12.x.1

wmiprocesssensor wmisharepointprocesssensor

WMI Storage Pool sensor

19.4.54

wmistoragepoolsensor storagepoolsensor

WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) sensor

8.1.0

wmiterminalservicessensor

WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) sensor

8.1.0

wmiterminalservicessensor

WMI UTC Time sensor

9.2.0

wmiutctimesensor

WMI Vital System Data v2 sensor

7

wmivitalsystemdatasensor

WMI Volume sensor

7

wmivolumesensor diskspacesensor

WSUS Statistics sensor

9.1.0

ptfsensor

General Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Cloud HTTP sensor

Response time and response code of the target server

Cloud Ping sensor

Response times of the target server

HTTP sensor

Loading time of a web page or element

Ping sensor

Ping time and packet loss

Port sensor

Time until a request to a port is accepted

Port Range sensor

A network service by connecting to various TCP/IP ports

SNMP Traffic sensor

Traffic on a device using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SSL Certificate sensor

Certificate of a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection

SSL Security Check sensor

SSL connectivity to the port of a device

Windows Network Card sensor

Bandwidth usage and traffic of a network interface using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or performance counters

Bandwidth Monitoring Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

IPFIX sensor

Traffic data from an Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (IPFIX) compatible device

IPFIX (Custom) sensor

Traffic data from an IPFIX-compatible device

jFlow V5 sensor

Traffic data from a jFlow V5-compatible device

jFlow V5 (Custom) sensor

Traffic data from a jFlow V5-compatible device

NetFlow V5 sensor

Traffic data from a NetFlow V5-compatible device

NetFlow V5 (Custom) sensor

Traffic data from a NetFlow V5-compatible device

NetFlow V9 sensor

Traffic data from a NetFlow V9-compatible device

NetFlow V9 (Custom) sensor

Traffic data from a NetFlow V9-compatible device

Packet Sniffer sensor

Headers of data packets that pass a local network card

Packet Sniffer (Custom) sensor

Headers of data packets that pass a local network card

sFlow sensor

Traffic data from an sFlow V5-compatible device

sFlow (Custom) sensor

Traffic data from an sFlow V5-compatible device

SNMP Cisco ADSL sensor

Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) statistics of a Cisco router

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic sensor

Traffic of an IPsec VPN connection on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance

SNMP Library sensor

A device via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor

A network card of a NetApp storage system

SNMP RMON sensor

Traffic on a device using the Remote Monitoring (RMON) standard

SNMP Traffic sensor

Traffic on a device

Windows Network Card sensor

Bandwidth usage and traffic of a network interface

Cloud Services Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Amazon CloudWatch Alarm sensor

Status of an Amazon CloudWatch alarm

Amazon CloudWatch EBS sensor

Performance of the Amazon Cloud service Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Amazon CloudWatch EC2 sensor

Performance of the Amazon Cloud service Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Amazon CloudWatch ElastiCache sensor

Performance of the Amazon Cloud service ElastiCache

Amazon CloudWatch ELB sensor

Performance of the Amazon Cloud service Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Amazon CloudWatch RDS sensor

Performance of the Amazon Cloud service Relational Database Service (RDS)

Amazon CloudWatch SNS sensor

Performance of the Amazon Cloud service Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Amazon CloudWatch SQS sensor

Performance of the Amazon Cloud service Simple Queue Service (SQS)

Common SaaS sensor

Availability of several software as a service (SaaS) providers

Dropbox sensor

A Dropbox account using the Dropbox application programming interface (API) and Open Authorization 2 (OAuth2)

GitLab Build Status sensor

Status of the latest build on one specific branch

Google Analytics sensor

Several metrics from a Google Analytics account using the Google API and OAuth2

Google Drive sensor

A Google Drive account using the Google API and OAuth2

Microsoft OneDrive sensor

A Microsoft OneDrive Personal account using the OneDrive API and OAuth2

Custom Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Business Process sensor

A summarized status of entire business processes while monitoring several process components

EXE/Script sensor

One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time

EXE/Script Advanced sensor

Values returned by the executable file or script in multiple channels

IPFIX (Custom) sensor

Traffic by type according to your needs

jFlow V5 (Custom) sensor

Traffic by type according to your needs

NetFlow V5 (Custom) sensor

Traffic by type according to your needs

NetFlow V9 (Custom) sensor

Traffic by type according to your needs

Packet Sniffer (Custom) sensor

Traffic by type according to your needs

Python Script Advanced sensor

Values returned by the Python script in multiple channels

REST Custom sensor

Values returned by a Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interface (API) in multiple channels

Sensor Factory sensor

Entire business processes that involve several components

sFlow (Custom) sensor

Traffic by type according to your needs

SNMP Custom sensor

A single parameter that is returned by a specific object identifier (OID) using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SNMP Custom Advanced sensor

Numerical values returned for OIDs using SNMP

SNMP Custom String sensor

A string returned by a specific OID using SNMP

SNMP Custom String Lookup sensor

A string returned by a specific OID using SNMP directly mapped to a sensor status

SNMP Custom Table sensor

Entries from a table that is provided via SNMP

SSH Script sensor

One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time

SSH Script Advanced sensor

Values returned by the script in multiple channels and the execution time

WMI Custom sensor

Retrieved value of a custom query via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

WMI Custom String sensor

Retrieved string value in the sensor message and the response time

Database Servers Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

ADO SQL v2 sensor

A database using an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) connection

Microsoft SQL v2 sensor

A database on a Microsoft SQL server

MySQL v2 sensor

A database on a MySQL server

Oracle SQL v2 sensor

A database on an Oracle server

Oracle Tablespace sensor

A tablespace on an Oracle server

PostgreSQL sensor

A database on a PostgreSQL server

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

eHealth Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

DICOM Bandwidth sensor

Bandwidth usage of a C-STORE request to a Digital Imaging and Communications (DICOM) capable device

DICOM C-ECHO sensor

Availability of DICOM-capable systems and devices by sending C-ECHO requests to the target system

DICOM Query/Retrieve sensor

C-FIND capability of DICOM-capable systems and devices

HL7 sensor

Availability of Health Level 7 (HL7) interfaces

EXE Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Active Directory Replication Errors sensor

A Windows domain controller (DC) for replication errors

ADO SQL v2 sensor

A database using an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) connection

Citrix XenServer Host sensor

A Xen host server via HTTP

Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine sensor

A virtual machine (VM) on a Xen server via HTTP

Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk sensor

A virtual disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i

Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, or MD3620f

DICOM Bandwidth sensor

Bandwidth usage of a C-STORE request to a Digital Imaging and Communications (DICOM) capable device

DICOM C-ECHO sensor

Availability of DICOM-capable systems and devices by sending C-ECHO requests to the target system

DICOM Query/Retrieve sensor

C-FIND capability of DICOM-capable systems and devices

Enterprise Virtual Array sensor

An HPE Storage Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) using the sssu.exe from HPE P6000 Command View Software

Exchange Backup (PowerShell) sensor

Backups of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Database (PowerShell) sensor

Database information of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) sensor

Database Availability Group (DAG) status of a database on an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) sensor

Number of items in the outgoing mail queue of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) sensor

Mailboxes of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) sensor

Public folders and subfolders of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

EXE/Script Advanced sensor

Values returned by the executable file or script in multiple channels

EXE/Script sensor

One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time

FTP Server File Count sensor

Number of files available in the directory listing

HL7 sensor

Availability of Health Level 7 (HL7) interfaces

HTTP Full Web Page sensor

Full download time of a web page including assets such as images

HTTP XML/REST Value sensor

An .xml file from a specified URL

Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free sensor

A Microsoft Hyper-V cluster shared volume via PowerShell

IP on DNS Blacklist sensor

Listing of an IP address on specific blacklist servers

IPMI System Health sensor

Status of a system via Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

Microsoft SQL v2 sensor

A database on a Microsoft SQL server

NetApp Physical Disk sensor

Disks of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the application programming interface (API) via Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

Oracle SQL v2 sensor

A database on an Oracle server

Oracle Tablespace sensor

A tablespace on an Oracle server

Ping Jitter sensor

A statistical jitter value and execution time

RADIUS v2 sensor

A Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server according to RFC 2865

REST Custom sensor

A Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoint

REST Dell EMC Capacity sensor

Disk usage on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

REST Dell EMC File System sensor

Health of a file system on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

REST Dell EMC LUN sensor

A logical unit number (LUN) on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

REST Dell EMC Pool sensor

A storage pool on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

REST Dell EMC System Health sensor

Health status of a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

SIP Options Ping sensor

Connectivity for a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server using SIP options "Ping"

Traceroute Hop Count sensor

Number of hops needed from the probe system that the sensor runs on to the IP address/Domain Name System (DNS) name defined in the sensor's parent device

VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) sensor

Hardware status of a VMware host server using SOAP

VMware Host Performance (SOAP) sensor

A VMware host server using SOAP

VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor

A virtual machine (VM) on a VMware host server using SOAP

Windows MSMQ Queue Length sensor

Number of messages in a message queue of the parent device

Windows Print Queue sensor

Print queue on the sensor's parent device

Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) sensor

Status of Windows updates on a computer, either from Microsoft or from the local Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server

WSUS Statistics sensor

Various statistics on a WSUS server using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Hardware Parameters Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk sensor

A virtual disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i

Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, or MD3620f

Enterprise Virtual Array sensor

An HPE Storage Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) using the sssu.exe from HPE P6000 Command View Software

NetApp Aggregate sensor

Status of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage aggregate accessing the application programming interface (API) via Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

NetApp I/O sensor

Input and output operations of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp LIF sensor

Logical interfaces of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp LUN sensor

Logical unit number (LUN) of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp NIC sensor

Network interface card (NIC) of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp Physical Disk sensor

Disks of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp SnapMirror sensor

SnapMirror relationships of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp System Health sensor

Health of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp Volume sensor

Volumes on a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

SNMP APC Hardware sensor

Performance counters on an APC UPS device using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor

System health of a Buffalo TeraStation network-attached storage (NAS) using SNMP

SNMP Cisco System Health sensor

System health of a Cisco device via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS Blade sensor

Health status of a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) blade server via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis sensor

Health status of the chassis of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS System Health sensor

System health of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP

SNMP CPU Load sensor

System load using SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk sensor

A volume of a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health sensor

Health of an array member of an EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk sensor

A disk in a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell Hardware sensor

Performance counters on a Dell hardware device using SNMP

SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server using SNMP

SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health sensor

System health of a Dell PowerEdge server using SNMP

SNMP Disk Free sensor

A logical disk via SNMP

SNMP Hardware Status sensor

Status of a hardware component of a server via SNMP

SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware sensor

Performance counters on an HP LaserJet hardware device using SNMP

SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade sensor

Status of an HPE BladeSystem via SNMP

SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure System Health sensor

System health of an HPE BladeSystem device via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller sensor

A memory controller in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface sensor

A network interface in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health sensor

System health of an HPE ProLiant server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in an IBM server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory sensor

Memory modules in an IBM server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X System Health sensor

System health of an IBM device via SNMP

SNMP Juniper NS System Health sensor

System health of a Juniper NetScreen device using SNMP

SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP

SNMP LenovoEMC System Health sensor

The system health of a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP

SNMP Library sensor

A device via SNMP

SNMP Memory sensor

Memory usage of a system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Enclosure sensor

Power supply and cooling of an enclosure that is part of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp I/O sensor

Input/output operations per second (IOPS) on a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Logical Unit sensor

IOPS on a logical unit of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor

A network card of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp System Health sensor

Status of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a Quality Network Appliance Provider (QNAP) NAS via SNMP

SNMP QNAP System Health sensor

System health of a QNAP NAS via SNMP

SNMP SonicWall System Health sensor

Health values of a SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) via SNMP

SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic sensor

Traffic of an IPsec VPN on a SonicWall NSA via SNMP

SNMP Synology Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP

SNMP Synology System Health sensor

System health of a Synology NAS via SNMP

SSH SAN Enclosure sensor

A storage area network (SAN) enclosure via Secure Shell (SSH)

SSH SAN Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk on a SAN via SSH

SSH SAN Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk on a SAN via SSH

SSH SAN System Health sensor

System health of a SAN via SSH

WMI HDD Health sensor

Health of integrated development environment (IDE) disk drives on the target system using Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)

IoT Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensor

Messages received from IoT-capable devices that are pushed via an HTTPS request to PRTG

MQTT Round Trip sensor

Availability of a Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) broker (server)

Linux/Unix/macOS Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Python Script Advanced sensor

A Python script on the probe system

SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor

Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SNMP Linux Load Average sensor

System load average of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor

Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP Linux Physical Disk sensor

Input/output (I/O) on disks of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SSH Disk Free sensor

Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system using Secure Shell (SSH)

SSH INodes Free sensor

Free index nodes on disks of Linux/Unix and macOS systems via SSH

SSH Load Average sensor

Load average of a Linux/Unix system using SSH

SSH Meminfo sensor

Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system using SSH

SSH Remote Ping sensor

Connectivity between a system running Linux/Mac OS X and another device using Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo requests and SSH

SSH SAN Enclosure sensor

A storage area network (SAN) enclosure via SSH

SSH SAN Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk on a SAN via SSH

SSH SAN Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk on a SAN via SSH

SSH SAN System Health sensor

System health of a SAN via SSH

SSH Script sensor

One value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time

SSH Script Advanced sensor

Values returned by the script in multiple channels and execution time

Mail Servers Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Exchange Backup (PowerShell) sensor

Backups of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Database (PowerShell) sensor

Database information of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) sensor

Database Availability Group (DAG) status of a database on an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) sensor

Number of items in the outgoing mail queue of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) sensor

Mailboxes of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) sensor

Public folders and subfolders of an Exchange server using Remote PowerShell

IMAP sensor

An email server using Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

IP on DNS Blacklist sensor

Listing of the IP address of the sensor's parent device on specific blacklist servers

POP3 sensor

An email server using Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3)

SMTP sensor

A mail server using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

SMTP&IMAP Round Trip sensor

Time it takes for an email to reach an IMAP mailbox after being sent using SMTP

SMTP&POP3 Round Trip sensor

Time it takes for an email to reach a POP3 mailbox after being sent using SMTP

SSL Security Check sensor

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connectivity to the port of a device

Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Received sensor

Number of received emails for a Microsoft Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or Windows performance counters

Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent sensor

Number of sent emails for a Microsoft IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) using WMI or Windows performance counters

WMI Exchange Server sensor

A Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later WMI

WMI Exchange Transport Queue sensor

Length of transport queues of a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later using WMI

PRTG Internal Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Cluster Health sensor

Health of a PRTG cluster

Core Health sensor

Status of the PRTG core server

Probe Health sensor

Status of the PRTG probe

System Health sensor

Status of the system on which a probe runs

Script World Sensors

In addition to the built-in sensors, you can create your own sensors. Just write a script or a program and use it with a custom sensor. There are already many free, useful scripts, plugins, and add-ons for PRTG in the PRTG Script World. You can directly open the Script World from the Add Sensor dialog in the PRTG web interface.

Sensors

Active Fileshare Sessions

Active Lync Users, Inbound/Outbound Calls

Active Windows Users

AD Group Membership

Advanced Exchange Server Metrics

Age of McAfee Anti-Virus Signatures

AllNet UPS

Altaro Hyper-V Backup Monitoring

Amazon AWS Costs

APC Battery Replacement

Aruba Wireless Controller Device Template

Atlantis ILIO

Automatic Services

AWS Costs Sensor

BGP Peer Status

bMS Endpoint Sensor

bMS Endpoint Summary Sensor

bMS Job Summary Sensor

Brocade Switch Device Template

BulkSMS Remaining Credits Sensor

Ceph Cluster Storage Python Sensor

Certain HTTP Response Code

Citrix Environments

Citrix NetScaler

Configured Remote Probes

DICOM and HL7

Dynamic Windows Processes

Exim Queue Length

Find Groups and Devices with Auto-Discovery Enabled

Google Search Appliance

Historic Windows Events

HP 3Par Enterprise Storage

HP ProCurve Switch Version and Model

HTTP Return Codes

Hyper-V Replication

iDirect Modem Sensor

IP Addresses of Hops

Kemp Load Balancer

Linux Distributions that are Incompatible with the SSH Disk Free Sensor

Linux Services

Locked AD Users

Microsoft Active Cluster Nodes

Microsoft Teams

Mounted Windows Volumes

MySQL Replication

MySQL Table Fragmentation

NetApp Snapshot Age

Nimble Storage Device Template

PHP-FPM Status Page

Processed MailScanner Mails

PRTG Pester

PRTG Uptime SLA Sensors

Pure Storage FlashArray

Quota Exceeding Exchange Mailboxes

RabbitMQ Queues & Exchanges

Resume All Paused Sensors

SAP and SAP Database Monitoring

SCVMM - Hyper-V and Virtual Machines

Seatel Antenna Sensor

Sensor Uptime Extractor

Shadow Copy Age

Slack

SNMP Debug Log Checking

Subscriptions Monitoring with PRTG

TXT DNS Records Monitoring

Usernames Configured in PRTG

Users Logged in to PRTG

Veeam Backup and Replication

VMware Horizon 7

WatchGuard Firewall (Cluster or Non-Cluster) – Status Multi-WAN

Website Login

Windows DHCP Scope Status

Windows Registry Value

Workaround for Scripts Running Longer than 900 Seconds

YUM Update Check

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SNMP Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Cisco IP SLA sensor

Voice over IP (VoIP) network parameters using IP service level agreements (SLA) from Cisco via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SNMP APC Hardware sensor

Performance counters on an APC UPS device using SNMP

SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor

System health of a Buffalo TeraStation network-attached storage (NAS) using SNMP

SNMP Cisco ADSL sensor

Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) statistics of a Cisco router using SNMP

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections sensor

VPN connections on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance using SNMP

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic sensor

Traffic of an IPsec VPN connection on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance using SNMP

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users sensor

Account connections to a VPN on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance via SNMP

SNMP Cisco CBQoS sensor

Network parameters using Cisco's Class Based Quality of Service (CBQoS) via SNMP

SNMP Cisco System Health sensor

System health of a Cisco device via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS Blade sensor

Health status of a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) blade server via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis sensor

Health status of the chassis of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP

SNMP Cisco UCS System Health sensor

System health of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP

SNMP CPU Load sensor

System load using SNMP

SNMP Custom sensor

A single parameter returned by a specific object identifier (OID) using SNMP

SNMP Custom Advanced sensor

Numerical values returned for OIDs using SNMP

SNMP Custom String sensor

A string returned by a specific OID using SNMP

SNMP Custom String Lookup sensor

A string returned by a specific OID via SNMP directly mapped to a sensor status

SNMP Custom Table sensor

Entries from a table that is provided via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk sensor

A volume of a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health sensor

Health of an array member of an EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk sensor

Health of an array member of an EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell Hardware sensor

Performance counters on a Dell hardware device using SNMP

SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server using SNMP

SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health sensor

System health of a Dell PowerEdge server using SNMP

SNMP Disk Free sensor

Free disk space on a logical disk via SNMP

SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 sensor

Status of a Fujitsu PRIMERGY server via the integrated Remote Management Controller (iRMC) and SNMP

SNMP Hardware Status sensor

Status of a hardware component of a server via SNMP

SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware sensor

Performance counters on an HP LaserJet hardware device using SNMP

SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade sensor

Status of an HPE BladeSystem via SNMP

SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure System Health sensor

System health of an HPE BladeSystem device via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller sensor

A memory controller in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface sensor

A network interface in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health sensor

System health of an HPE ProLiant server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in an IBM server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in an IBM server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory sensor

Memory modules in an IBM server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X System Health sensor

System health of an IBM device via SNMP

SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment sensor

Data from a Jacarta interSeptor Pro environmental monitoring system via SNMP

SNMP Juniper NS System Health sensor

System health of a Juniper NetScreen device using SNMP

SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a LenovoEMC network-attached storage (NAS) via SNMP

SNMP LenovoEMC System Health sensor

System health of a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP

SNMP Library sensor

A device via SNMP

SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor

Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP Linux Load Average sensor

System load average of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor

Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP Linux Physical Disk sensor

Input/output (I/O) on disks of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP Memory sensor

Memory usage of a system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Disk Free sensor

Free space on disks of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Enclosure sensor

Power supply and cooling of an enclosure that is part of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp I/O sensor

Input/output operations per second (IOPS) on a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp License sensor

Licenses for the services of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Logical Unit sensor

IOPS on a logical unit of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor

A network card of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp System Health sensor

Status of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP Nutanix Cluster Health sensor

Status and performance of a Nutanix cluster via SNMP

SNMP Nutanix Hypervisor sensor

A Nutanix hypervisor via SNMP

SNMP Poseidon Environment sensor

Performance counters for environmental measurements on Poseidon hardware via SNMP

SNMP Printer sensor

Various types of printers via SNMP

SNMP QNAP Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in a Quality Network Appliance Provider (QNAP) network-attached storage (NAS) via SNMP

SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP

SNMP QNAP System Health sensor

System health of a QNAP NAS via SNMP

SNMP RMON sensor

Traffic on a device using the Remote Monitoring (RMON) standard via SNMP

SNMP SonicWall System Health sensor

Health values of a SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) via SNMP

SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic sensor

Traffic of an IPsec VPN on a SonicWall NSA via SNMP

SNMP Synology Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP

SNMP Synology Physical Disk sensor

A logical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP

SNMP Synology System Health sensor

System health of a Synology NAS via SNMP

SNMP System Uptime sensor

Time a device runs via SNMP

SNMP Traffic sensor

Traffic on a device using SNMP

SNMP Trap Receiver sensor

SNMP traps

SNMP Windows Service sensor

A Windows service via SNMP

Storage and File Servers Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk sensor

A virtual disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i

Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, or MD3620f

Enterprise Virtual Array sensor

An HPE Storage Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) using the sssu.exe from HPE P6000 Command View Software

File sensor

Changes to file content and file time stamp

File Content sensor

Text files (for example, logfiles) for certain strings

Folder sensor

A folder using server message block (SMB)

FTP sensor

File servers using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and FTP over SSL (FTPS)

FTP Server File Count sensor

Changes to files

Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free sensor

A Microsoft Hyper-V cluster shared volume via PowerShell

Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device sensor

A virtual storage device running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or Windows Performance Counters

NetApp Aggregate sensor

Status of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage aggregate accessing the application programming interface (API) via Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

NetApp I/O sensor

Input and output operations of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp LIF sensor

Logical interfaces of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp LUN sensor

Logical unit number (LUN) of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp NIC sensor

Network interface card (NIC) of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp Physical Disk sensor

Disks of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp SnapMirror sensor

SnapMirror relationships of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp System Health sensor

Health of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

NetApp Volume sensor

Volumes on a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP

REST Dell EMC Capacity sensor

Disk usage on a Dell EMC storage system via the Representational State Transfer (REST) API

REST Dell EMC File System sensor

Health of a file system on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

REST Dell EMC LUN sensor

A LUN on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

REST Dell EMC Pool sensor

Storage pool on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

REST Dell EMC System Health sensor

Health status of a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API

SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol sensor

FTP servers of a Linux/Unix system using Secure Shell (SSH) File Transfer Protocol (FTP over SSH)

Share Disk Free sensor

Free disk space of a share (Windows/Samba) using SMB

SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor

System health of a Buffalo TeraStation network-attached storage (NAS) using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk of a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) device via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk sensor

Volume of a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health sensor

Health of an array member of an EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk sensor

A disk in a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP

SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server using SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in an HPE server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in an IBM server via SNMP

SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in an IBM server via SNMP

SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk sensor

Physical disk in a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP

SNMP LenovoEMC System Health sensor

System health of a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP

SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor

Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP Linux Physical Disk sensor

Input/output (I/O) on disks of a Linux/Unix system using SNMP

SNMP NetApp Disk Free sensor

Free space on disks of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Enclosure sensor

Power supply and cooling of an enclosure that is part of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp I/O sensor

Input/output operations per second (IOPS) on a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp License sensor

Licenses for the services of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Logical Unit sensor

IOPS on a logical unit of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor

A network card of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP NetApp System Health sensor

Status of a NetApp storage system via SNMP

SNMP QNAP Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in a Quality Network Appliance Provider (QNAP) network-attached storage (NAS) via SNMP

SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP

SNMP QNAP System Health sensor

System health of a QNAP NAS via SNMP

SNMP Synology Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP

SNMP Synology Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP

SNMP Synology System Health sensor

System health of a Synology NAS via SNMP

SSH SAN Enclosure sensor

A storage area network (SAN) enclosure via Secure Shell (SSH)

SSH SAN Logical Disk sensor

A logical disk on a SAN via SSH

SSH SAN Physical Disk sensor

A physical disk on a SAN via SSH

SSH SAN System Health sensor

System health of a SAN via SSH

TFTP sensor

A Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server to check if a certain file is available for download

VMware Datastore (SOAP) sensor

Disk usage of a VMware datastore using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

Windows Physical Disk I/O sensor

Input/output parameters of a hard disk on a Windows system via WMI or Windows performance counters

WMI File sensor

A file using WMI

WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) sensor

Free disk space of one or more drives using WMI

WMI Logical Disk I/O sensor

Disk usage of a logical disk or mount point on a Windows system using WMI

WMI Volume sensor

Free disk space on a drive, logical volume, or mount point using WMI

Various Servers Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

DHCP sensor

A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server

DNS sensor

A Domain Name System (DNS) server

IPMI System Health sensor

Status of a system via the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

LDAP sensor

Directory services using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

Ping sensor

Availability of a device

Ping Jitter sensor

A statistical jitter value and the execution time

Port sensor

A network service by connecting to the sensor's port

Port Range sensor

A network service by connecting to various TCP/IP ports

RADIUS v2 sensor

A Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server according to RFC 2865

RDP (Remote Desktop) sensor

Remote desktop services (Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Terminal Services Client)

SNMP Trap Receiver sensor

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps

SNTP sensor

A Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server

SSL Security Check sensor

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connectivity to the port of a device

Syslog Receiver sensor

Syslog messages

Traceroute Hop Count sensor

Number of hops needed from the probe system that the sensor runs on to the IP Address/DNS Name defined in the sensor's parent device

Virtual Servers Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Citrix XenServer Host sensor

A Xen host server via HTTP

Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine sensor

A virtual machine (VM) on a Xen server via HTTP

Docker Container Status sensor

Status of a Docker container

Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free sensor

A Microsoft Hyper-V cluster shared volume via PowerShell

Hyper-V Host Server sensor

A Microsoft Hyper-V host server via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or Windows performance counters

Hyper-V Virtual Machine sensor

A VM running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters

Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter sensor

Virtual network adapters running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters

Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device sensor

A virtual storage device running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters

VMware Datastore (SOAP) sensor

Disk usage of a VMware datastore using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) sensor

Hardware information of an ESXi server using Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM)

VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) sensor

Hardware status of a VMware host server using SOAP

VMware Host Performance (SOAP) sensor

A VMware host server using SOAP

VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor

A VM on a VMware host server using SOAP

VoIP and QoS Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Cisco IP SLA sensor

Voice over IP (VoIP) network parameters using IP service level agreements (SLA) from Cisco via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

QoS (Quality of Service) One Way sensor

Parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between two probes

QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip sensor

Parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between two probes

SIP Options Ping sensor

Connectivity for a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server using SIP options "Ping"

SNMP Cisco CBQoS sensor

Network parameters using Cisco's Class Based Quality of Service (CBQoS) via SNMP

Web Servers (HTTP) Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Cloud HTTP sensor

Loading time of a web server via HTTP from different locations worldwide

Common SaaS sensor

Availability of several software as a service (SaaS) providers

HTTP sensor

A web server using HTTP

HTTP Advanced sensor

Source code of a web page using HTTP

HTTP Apache ModStatus PerfStats sensor

Performance statistics of an Apache web server using mod_status over HTTP

HTTP Apache ModStatus Totals sensor

Activity of an Apache web server using mod_status over HTTP

HTTP Content sensor

A numerical value returned by an HTTP request

HTTP Data Advanced sensor

Values returned by the web server in multiple channels

HTTP Full Web Page sensor

Full download time of a web page including assets such as images

HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensor

Received values and a message encoded in valid Extensible Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) in multiple channels

HTTP Push Count sensor

Received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG

HTTP Push Data sensor

Numerical values from received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG

HTTP Push Data Advanced sensor

Data from received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG

HTTP Transaction sensor

An interactive website by performing a transaction using a set of HTTP URLs

HTTP XML/REST Value sensor

An .xml file from a specified URL

REST Custom sensor

Values returned by a Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interface (API) in multiple channels

SSL Certificate sensor

Certificate of a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection

SSL Security Check sensor

SSL connectivity to the port of a device

Windows IIS Application sensor

A Microsoft Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Windows WMI/Performance Counters Sensors

Sensors

What it monitors

Active Directory Replication Errors sensor

A Windows domain controller (DC) for replication errors

Event Log (Windows API) sensor

Event Log entries using the Windows application programming interface (API)

PerfCounter Custom sensor

A configured set of Windows performance counters

PerfCounter IIS Application Pool sensor

A Microsoft Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) application pool using Windows performance counters

Windows CPU Load sensor

CPU load on a computer via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or Windows performance counters

Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Received sensor

Number of received emails for a IIS 6.0 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service (Exchange 2003) using WMI or Windows performance counters

Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent sensor

Number of sent emails for a IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) using WMI or Windows performance counters

Windows IIS Application sensor

A Microsoft IIS application pool using Windows performance counters

Windows MSMQ Queue Length sensor

Number of messages in a message queue of the parent device

Windows Network Card sensor

Bandwidth usage and traffic of a network interface using WMI or Windows performance counters

Windows Pagefile sensor

Windows pagefile usage via Windows WMI or Windows performance counters

Windows Physical Disk I/O sensor

Input/output parameters of a hard disk on a Windows system via WMI or Windows performance counters

Windows Print Queue sensor

Print queue on the sensor's parent device

Windows Process sensor

A Windows process using WMI or Windows performance counters

Windows System Uptime sensor

Uptime of a Windows system using WMI or Windows performance counters

Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) sensor

Status of Windows updates on a computer

WMI Battery sensor

Available capacity and state of connected batteries of a Windows-based device using WMI

WMI Custom sensor

Numerical values (integers and floats)

WMI Custom String sensor

Retrieved string value in the sensor message and response time

WMI Event Log sensor

A specific Windows logfile using WMI

WMI Exchange Server sensor

A Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later using WMI

WMI Exchange Transport Queue sensor

Length of transport queues of a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later using WMI

WMI File sensor

A file using WMI

WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) sensor

Free disk space of one or more drives using WMI

WMI HDD Health sensor

Health of integrated development environment (IDE) disk drives on the target system using Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)

WMI Logical Disk I/O sensor

Disk usage of a logical disk or mount point on a Windows system using WMI

WMI Memory sensor

Available (free) system memory on Windows systems using WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 sensor

Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI

WMI Remote Ping sensor

Ping time from the remote device to the target device that is being pinged

WMI Security Center sensor

Security status of a Windows client computer using WMI

WMI Service sensor

A Windows service using WMI

WMI Share sensor

A shared resource on a Windows system using WMI

WMI SharePoint Process sensor

A Microsoft SharePoint server using WMI

WMI Storage Pool sensor

A storage pool using WMI

WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) sensor

Number of sessions on a Windows Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services) server using WMI

WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) sensor

Number of sessions on a Windows Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services) server using WMI

WMI UTC Time sensor

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time of a target device using WMI

WMI Vital System Data v2 sensor

Vital system parameters (CPU, thread, memory, network, pagefile) using WMI

WMI Volume sensor

Free disk space on a drive, logical volume, or mount point using WMI

WSUS Statistics sensor

Various statistics on a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server using WMI

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PRTG Manual:

Knowledge Base: What SNMP sensors does PRTG offer?

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