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Monitoring Veeam Backup & Replication without Veeam Enterprise Manager
A custom sensor for monitoring Veeam Backup & Recovery (B&R) with PRTG, created by mycloudrevolution.com. It solves integration issues between Veeam's 64-bit PowerShell Plugin and PRTG's 32-bit environment using the PSx64 tool. Th...
Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 12:35 PM
How can I show the name of a received OID in PRTG?
I would like to see MIB entries like the name value of an OID in PRTG instead of just the address with the dot separated numbers. How can I map raw OIDs, that devices return to PRTG, to more expressive OID names? This article applies to PRTG...
Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Monitoring LSI/Broadcom RAID Controllers
How to set up monitoring for hardware RAID. This article applies to PRTG Network Monitor 16.3.25 or later Monitoring LSI/Broadcom RAID Drives (Physical and Logical) While there are no physical/virtual drive sensors in PRTG for LSI powered ...
Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What sensors are deprecated and what are their successors or alternatives?
Note: If a deprecated sensor has no successor or alternative sensor listed, you can try to use a custom sensor. For more information, see the PRTG Manual: Custom Sensors. This article applies as of PRTG 25 List of deprecated sensors and t...
Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 11:26 AM
SNMP free Memory Issue
Update: The SNMP Linux Meminfo v2 sensor is available as of PRTG 25.3.108. The channels better align with how free and available memory is calculated in Linux and accounts for buffered and cached memory as well. Hello community, maybe you can ...
Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 11:25 AM
SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor: Problem w/ memory buffers/cache
Update: The SNMP Linux Meminfo v2 sensor is available as of PRTG 25.3.108. The channels better align with how free and available memory is calculated in Linux as accounts for buffered and cached memory as well. I just installed an SNMP Linux M...
Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Value interpretation of Lookups
Is it possible to interpret integer values with a description using Lookups?  Example:  OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.3.2.5.0 of APC UPS systems. 1 No events 2 High line voltage 3 Brownout 4 Loss of mains power 5 Small temporary power dr...
Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What can I monitor with the SNMP Custom Table sensor?
PRTG has a so-called SNMP Custom Table sensor.  What can I do with it? What are the differences to the SNMP Custom sensor or the SNMP Custom Advanced sensor? How can I set up this sensor? This article applies to PRTG Network Monit...
Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 9:43 AM
How and where does PRTG store its data?
This article applies as of PRTG 20 Important: The following article will no longer be updated. For up-to-date information, see the PRTG Manual: Data Storage and the respective section in the PRTG MultiBoard & PRTG app for desktop Manu...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Why do I see a “License not found” error message in PRTG?
This article applies to our products, such as PRTG Network Monitor and PRTG Enterprise Monitor.  If you receive a License not found error message in PRTG, it is most likely one of the following:  1.  An error in the entered license key. It...
Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 2:37 PM