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Why are sensors missing in my auto-created device template?

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I have created a device template using the "Create device template" function in the device menu. However, not all of the sensors that were in the original device are created by the autodiscovery.

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Created on Jun 21, 2010 1:53:08 PM by Volker Uffelmann [Paessler Support]

Last change on Mar 24, 2011 9:50:12 AM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]

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For PRTG 8.2 or Later

Auto-discovery functionalities were extended as from version 8.2. Now most sensors and settings can be stored in a device template. For exceptions, please see the manual section Create Device Template, heading Settings That are Not Saved.

For PRTG Version 8.1 or Earlier (Deprecated)

This part of the article applies to PRTG Network Monitor up to version 8.1 only. Auto-discovery was extended as of PRTG version 8.2.

Due to internal reasons PRTG does not add every sensor type to auto-created device templates. Here's an overview what is added and what is not.

Sensor types that are added to device templates:

DNS
EXE
FTP
HTTP
HTTP Advanced
HTTP Full Web Page
Hyper-V Virtual Machine
IMAP
Ping
Pop3
Port
Remote Desktop
SMTP
SNMP Custom
SNMP Helper
SNMP Library
SNMP Traffic
WMI CPU Load
WMI Custom
WMI Disk Free
WMI Event Log
WMI File
WMI Memory
WMI Network Card
WMI Pagefile
WMI Process
WMI Service
WMI Vital System Data

Sensor types that are NOT added to device templates:

Amazon CloudWatch
DataLine Quality
ESX Server
File
Folder
HDD Health
HTTP Content
HTTP Transaction
Hyper-V Host Server
IPSLA
Microsoft SQL
MySQL
NetFlow 9
NetFlow 9 Custom
NetFlow
NetFlow Custom
Oracle SQL
Packet Sniffer Content
Packet Sniffer Custom
Packet Sniffer Header
Radius
Sensor Factory
SFlow
SFlow Custom
Share Disk Free
SMTP & IMAP Roundtrip
SMTP & Pop3 Roundtrip
SNMP Custom String
SNMP Trap Receiver
SNMP Uptime
Syslog Receiver
VMWare Virtual Machine
WMI Exchangeserver 2003
WMI Exchangeserver 2007
WMI Volume
Xen VM

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Created on Jun 21, 2010 2:31:39 PM by Volker Uffelmann [Paessler Support]

Last change on Dec 16, 2013 2:47:09 PM by Gerald Schoch [Paessler Support]