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Does PRTG support Juniper J-Flow?

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Do you support Juniper SRX J-Flow with PRTG?

export j-flow jflow juniper netflow netflow-v5 prtg xflow

Created on Oct 27, 2010 5:37:31 PM

Last change on Jan 17, 2011 2:21:34 PM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]



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As of PRTG version 8.2, there is a jFlow sensor type which supports jFlow V5, as well as a jFlow v5 (Custom) Sensor.

The J-flow export of Juniper devices can be set to NetFlow 5 format which PRTG can process. This KB article on the Juniper website describes how to enable it:

Quote: Refer to the following steps for an example of configuring J-flow. It should also work with NetFlow versions 5 and 9.

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB16677

Important for users of PRTG 8.x (deprecated): J-flow usually uses sampling (i.e. only every n-th packet is being exported). PRTG's NetFlow and jFlow sensors do not support sampling yet, so you must either disable sampling on the Juniper device (which can affect performance due to increased processing load) or you must multiply the values shown by PRTG with the sampling rate. A sampling rate of 100 means that PRTG will show traffic to be 1 kbit/s while it actually is 100 kbit/s. PRTG 9 or later supports sampling.

Created on Oct 28, 2010 8:57:58 AM by Dirk Paessler [Founder Paessler AG] (11,025) ●3 ●6

Last change on Jan 10, 2014 2:54:21 PM by Gerald Schoch [Paessler Support]



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Is there a way to make PRTG automatically multiply the incoming data by the sample rate so that we get correct data in the toplists?

Also these are the setup instructions for a J-Series Router with j-flow (and netflow)

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB12512

Created on Jan 11, 2011 8:16:32 PM



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At the moment there is no possibility to apply a sampling rate for JFlow sensors in PRTG (this feature will come soon). Until then, please disable sampling on the device/router.

Created on Jan 13, 2011 9:57:07 AM by Tobias Lange [Paessler Support]

Last change on Jan 13, 2011 10:01:07 AM by Dirk Paessler [Founder Paessler AG] (11,025) ●3 ●6



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Do we have an ETA on the j-flow sampling?

Created on Mar 11, 2011 2:13:39 AM



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not yet, sorry.

Created on Mar 13, 2011 8:17:34 AM by Aurelio Lombardi [Paessler Support]



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Hi There, is there any ETA on this yet?

Created on Jul 25, 2011 10:41:10 PM



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A public beta of version 9 will be available in August. Please keep an eye on our blog at https://www.paessler.com/blog

Created on Jul 27, 2011 7:22:47 AM by Dirk Paessler [Founder Paessler AG] (11,025) ●3 ●6



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Hello,

Is Jflow V9 supported?

Thanks.

Created on Mar 28, 2016 6:24:04 AM



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Hi there,

Still no update, PRTG only support jFlow v5 at the moment, sorry.

Best regards, Felix

Created on Mar 28, 2016 7:01:38 AM by Felix Saure [Paessler Support]



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Is still only jFlow v5 supported? Do you have any plans for v9 support in the future?

Created on Feb 5, 2021 8:20:01 AM



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Hello Jonathan,

No, unfortunately there are no plans to support jFlow v9 in near future.

If this is something that you like to see in PRTG and that others might also benefit from, consider raising a feature request on our knowledge base.
The approach to do so, is described here:
How can I propose new features or sensors for PRTG?

Best,
Sebastian

Created on Feb 10, 2021 4:37:46 AM by Sebastian Kniege [Paessler Support]




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