Notice: For a complete and up-to-date list of all deprecated sensors and their successors or alternatives, see Which sensors are deprecated and what are their successors or alternatives?
This article applies as of PRTG 16.x.23
The PRTG sensor cleanup
You know PRTG as a powerful yet easy-to-use network monitoring solution. When we implement new features, we always try to keep complexity as low as possible, so you can do what is important: monitor without configuration hassles. To keep PRTG usage simple for the future, we constantly analyze available features for their benefits and downsides.
We believe you prefer that we focus on features that the majority of PRTG customers use every day. Niche issues that only affect special use cases of PRTG distract this focus and spending our precious energy on such topics does not improve your overall user experience of PRTG. It is also ineffective when niche problems create substantial workload for both our technical support team and developers while other inquiries have to wait.
To be able to focus on important and popular topics, it is necessary that we reduce code complexity and currently available features like, for example, some sensor types. In this context, we recently evaluated the existing sensor types and discussed the following points for each one:
- Is it useful for many of our users or is the usage rate very low?
- Is it compatible with current systems or does it only support outdated target systems?
- Is it easy-to-use and do target systems work flawlessly with it, or does it create disproportional workload for you and our support team?
If a sensor type does not fulfill all of these requisites, then it is a potential candidate for removal from the software. Of course, whenever possible, we do not want to impair your monitoring experience, so we also considered options to provide alternatives for such sensor types.
As a result, starting with PRTG 16.x.23, we deprecated several sensor types (see below) and finally removed them in PRTG 16.x.25. Note that many of the sensors that we removed had already been deprecated in previous versions. However, some of them still existed (but you could not add new instances of them anymore).
Deprecation and removal of sensors
The approach for sensors that are deprecated as of PRTG 16.x.23 is the following:
- Deprecated sensors will be marked as such in your PRTG installation.
- You cannot add deprecated sensors to PRTG anymore, neither manually nor via Auto-Discovery.
- PRTG will additionally inform you about deprecated sensors with tickets.
- You can still use deprecated sensors that you added in versions previous to PRTG 16.x.23.
In PRTG 16.x.25, the deprecated sensors were removed from PRTG:
- If you still run deprecated sensors, these sensors will throw an error and show the Down status as of PRTG 16.x.25. They will not provide any monitoring data as of this version!
- You will get a ticket that notifies you about these removed sensors.
- Delete these sensors to avoid “false” alarms in your installation or pause them to keep historic monitoring data.
- Additionally, check if your maps, reports, and libraries include one of these sensor types. Manually delete them where necessary to avoid incorrect data.
Deprecated sensor types and alternatives
After analyzing the current sensor situation, we decided to remove the following sensor types from PRTG. If possible, we also provide an alternative so you can still monitor the desired data.
There are two categories of deprecated sensor types.
- There are sensors that we deprecated with PRTG 16.x.23. These are sensors that you could add until this version and run until PRTG 16.x.25.
- There are also older sensor types that were deprecated in previous versions (for example, in PRTG 12) and that you could not add anymore. These were removed from PRTG 16.x.25 as well.
Sensor types deprecated as of PRTG 16.x.23
The following sensor types are deprecated as of PRTG 16.x.23 and were removed with PRTG 16.x.25. See below for translations of deprecated sensor types into your PRTG language version.
Note: We offer a migration path for the deprecated SQL sensors. If possible, they should be replaced with SQL v2 sensors nonetheless. The migration path is intended to give you more time to create corresponding SQL v2 sensors if you use a large number of deprecated SQL sensors. For more detailed information, see I use a large number of SQL sensors, can I continue using the deprecated SQL sensors somehow?
Sensor types deprecated before PRTG 16.x.23
The following sensor types were deprecated in PRTG versions before 16.x.23.
Deprecated sensor | Deprecated since | Alternative | German designation |
Active Directory Replication Errors (original version) | 14.1.9 | Use the newer version of the Active Directory Replication Errors sensor as of PRTG 14.1.9. Add the sensor anew if you get the "deprecated" message for it. | Active Directory Replikationsfehler |
Amazon CloudWatch | 15.3.19 | Use CloudWatch service specific sensors instead: EBS, EC2, ElastiCache, ELB, RDS, SNS, SQS, alarm | Amazon CloudWatch |
AVM FRITZ!Box WAN Interface | 14.4.13 | Use the custom FRITZ!Box sensors by PRTG Tools Family instead. | AVM FRITZ!Box WAN Interface |
Google Analytics (original version) | 15.2.17 | Use the newer version of the Google Analytics sensor (available as of PRTG 15.3.19) instead. Add the sensor anew if you get the "deprecated" message for it. | Google Analytics |
HDD Health | 12.3.1 | Use the WMI HDD Health sensor instead. | Laufwerkszustand |
HTTP SSL Certificate Expiry | 15.3.19 | Use the SSL Certificate sensor instead. | Verfall des HTTP Zertifikats |
INI File Content Check | 9.1.4 | Use the custom INIFileValue sensor by PRTG Tools Family instead. | INI-Datei Inhaltsüberprüfung |
Logfile Content Check | before PRTG 12 | Use the custom LogfileReader sensor by PRTG Tools Family instead. | Datei-Inhalt |
Ping with Delayed Up | before PRTG 12 | Use the Ping Delay option of the Ping sensor in PRTG. Alternatively, you can use the custom PingDelayedUp sensor by PRTG Tools Family. | Ping mit verzögertem OK |
RADIUS | 15.2.16 | Use the RADIUS v2 sensor instead. | RADIUS |
SNMP Informant | 7.1 | Import the MIB file from SNMP Informant and set up an SNMP Library sensor. | SNMP-Informant |
SNMP Trap Receiver | 14.1.8 | Use the newer SNMP Trap Receiver sensor instead. Add the sensor anew if you get the "deprecated" message for it. | SNMP-Trap-Empfänger |
SSH VMware ESX(i) Disk (v1 and v2) | 15.3.19 | Use the VMware Datastore (SOAP) sensor instead. | SSH VMware ESX(i) Laufwerk |
Syslog Receiver (original version) | 14.1.8 | Use the newer Syslog Receiver sensor instead. Add the sensor anew if you get the "deprecated" message for it. | VMWare Hostserver Hardware-Zustand (SOAP) |
VMware Host Server (SOAP) | PRTG 12 | Use the VMware Host Performance (SOAP) sensor instead. | VMware Hostserver Leistung (SOAP) |
VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) | PRTG 12 | Use the current VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor instead. Add the sensor anew if you get the "deprecated" message for it. | VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) |
WMI Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 | 9.1 | Use the WMI Exchange Server sensor instead. | WMI Exchange-Server |
Xen Virtual Machine | PRTG 12 | Use the Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine sensor instead. | Citrix XenServer Virtuelle Maschine |
Translations
Please find translations of the original English names of deprecated sensor types below.
English | Deutsch | Português (Brasil) | Čeština |
ADO SQL | ADO SQL | SQL ADO | ADO SQL |
AVM FRITZ!Box WAN Interface v2 | FRITZ!box Internet-Schnittstelle V2 | Interface de WAN do AVM FRITZ!Box | AVM FRITZ!Box WAN Interface v2 |
INI File Content Check | INI-Datei Inhaltsüberprüfung | Verificação do conteúdo do arquivo INI | Kontrola obsahu INI souboru |
Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL |
MongoDB System Health | MongoDB Systemzustand | Funcionamento do sistema do MongoDB | MongoDB System Health |
MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL |
Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL |
Passive Application Performance | Performance von Anwendungen | Desempenho do aplicativo passivo | Pasivní aplikační výkon |
Pingdom | Pingdom | Pingdom | Pingdom |
POP3 Email Count | POP3 E-Mail-Anzahl | Contagem de e-mail POP3 | POP3 emailový součet |
SCVMM Host | SCVMM Host | Host SCVMM | SCVMM Hostitel |
SCVMM Virtual Machine | SCVMM Virtuelle Maschine | Máquina virtual SCVMM | SCVMM Virtuální stroj |
SNMP GSA System Health | SNMP GSA Systemzustand | Funcionamento do sistema GSA SNMP | SNMP GSA Zdraví Systému |
Virtuozzo Container Disk | Virtuozzo Container Laufwerksnutzung | Disco do recipiente Virtuozzo | Disk Virtuozzo kontejneru |
Virtuozzo Container Network | Virtuozzo Container Netzwerk | Rede de recipientes Virtuozzo | Virtuozzo kontejnerová síť |
WBEM Custom | WBEM (Benutzerdef.) | WBEM customizado | Vlastní WBEM |
Windows Last Update (Remote Registry) | Letztes Windows-Update (Remote-Registrierung) | Última atualização do Windows (Registro remoto) | Poslední aktualizace Windows (Vzdálený Registr) |
Windows Logged In Users | Angemeldete Windows-User | Usuários logados no Windows | Windows přihlášení uživatelé |
Windows Physical Disk | Windows Physikalischer Datenträger | Disco físico do Windows | Windows fyzický disk |
Windows Registry | Windows Registrierung | Registro do Windows | Registr Windows |
Windows Scheduled Task | Windows: Geplante Aufgabe | Tarefa planejada do Windows | Naplánované úlohy Windows |
WMI Logical Disk | WMI Logischer Datenträger | Disco lógico de WMI | WMI logický disk |
WMI Volume Fragmentation | WMI Laufwerksfragmentierung | Fragmentação de volume de WMI | WMI Hondota Fragmentace |
WMI Windows Version | WMI Windows Version | Versão do Windows WMI | WMI Windows verze |
English | Nederlands | Français | 日本語 (Japanese) |
ADO SQL | ADO SQL | SQL ADO | ADO SQL |
AVM FRITZ!Box WAN Interface v2 | AVM FRITZ!Box WAN Interface v2 | Interface WAN Fritz!Box AVM v2 | AVM FRITZ!Box WAN インターフェース v2 |
INI File Content Check | INI-Bestand Inhoud Controle | Vérification du contenu du fichier INI | INI ファイルの設定値チェック |
Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL |
MongoDB System Health | MongoDB Systeem Status | État du système MongoDB | MongoDB システムヘルス |
MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL |
Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL |
Passive Application Performance | Passieve toepassingsprestaties | Performance des applications | パッシブアプリケーションパフォーマンス |
Pingdom | Pingdom | Pingdom | Pingdom |
POP3 Email Count | POP3 Email aantal | Nombre d'e-mail POP3 | POP3 メール数 |
SCVMM Host | SCVMM Host | Hôtes SCVMM | SCVMM ホスト |
SCVMM Virtual Machine | SCVMM Virtuele Machine | Ordinateur virtuel SCVMM | SCVMM 仮想マシン |
SNMP GSA System Health | SNMP GSA System Health | État du système SNMP GSA | SNMP GSA システムヘルス |
Virtuozzo Container Disk | Virtuozzo Container Schijf | Utilisation disque Virtuozzo Container | Virtuozzoコンテナ ディスク使用状況 |
Virtuozzo Container Network | Virtuozzo Container Netwerk | Réseau Virtuozzo Container | Virtuozzoコンテナ ネットワーク |
WBEM Custom | WBEM Aangepast | WBEM (personnalisé) | WBEMカスタム |
Windows Last Update (Remote Registry) | Windows Laatste Update (Remote Registry) | Dernière mise à jour Windows (Registre à distance) | Windows 最新アップデート(Remote Registry) |
Windows Logged In Users | Windows Ingelogde Gebruikers | Utilisateurs Windows enregistrés | Windows ログインユーザー数 |
Windows Physical Disk | WMI Fysieke Schijf | Disque physique de Windows | Windows 物理ディスク |
Windows Registry | Windows Registry | Registre Windows | Windowsのレジストリ |
Windows Scheduled Task | Windows Geplande Taken | Tâche planifiée Windows | Windows スケジュールタスク |
WMI Logical Disk | WMI Logische Schijf | Disque logique WMI | WMI 論理ディスク |
WMI Volume Fragmentation | WMI Volume fragmentatie | Fragmentation de volume WMI | WMI ボリュームフラグメンテーション |
WMI Windows Version | WMI Windows Versie | Version Windows WMI | WMI Windows バージョン |
English | Español | Pyсский (Russian) | 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) |
ADO SQL | ADO SQL | ADO SQL | ADO SQL |
AVM FRITZ!Box WAN Interface v2 | Interfaz AVM FRITZ!Box WAN v2 | Интерфейс WAN устройства AVM FRITZ!Box v2 | AVM FRITZ!Box WAN 接口 v2 |
INI File Content Check | Revisión de contenido de archivo INI | Проверка содержимого файла INI | INI 文件内容检查 |
Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL | Microsoft SQL |
MongoDB System Health | Estado del sistema de MongoDB | Работоспособность системы MongoDB | MongoDB 系统健康状况 |
MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL |
Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL | Oracle SQL |
Passive Application Performance | Rendimiento de aplicación pasiva | Пассивная производительность приложений | 被动的应用程序性能 |
Pingdom | Pingdom | Pingdom | Pingdom |
POP3 Email Count | Cuenta de correo electrónico POP3 | Количество электронных писем POP3 | POP3 电子邮件计数 |
SCVMM Host | Host de SCVMM | Узел SCVMM | SCVMM 主机 |
SCVMM Virtual Machine | Equipo virtual SCVMM | Виртуальная машина SCVMM | SCVMM 虚拟机 |
SNMP GSA System Health | Salud del sistema de GSA con SNMP | Работоспособность системы GSA по SNMP | SNMP GSA 系统健康状况 |
Virtuozzo Container Disk | Uso de disco de contenedor Virtuozzo | Диск контейнера Virtuozzo | Virtuozzo 容器磁盘 |
Virtuozzo Container Network | Red de contenedor Virtuozzo | Сеть контейнеров Virtuozzo | Virtuozzo 容器网络 |
WBEM Custom | WBEM Personalizado | Нестандартный запрос WBEM | WBEM 自定义 |
Windows Last Update (Remote Registry) | Última actualización de Windows (Registro remoto) | Последнее обновление Windows (удаленный реестр) | Windows 上次更新 (远程注册表) |
Windows Logged In Users | Usuarios registrados en Windows | Вошедшие в Windows пользователи | 已登录 Windows 用户 |
Windows Physical Disk | WMI disco físico | Физический диск Windows | Windows 物理磁盘 |
Windows Registry | Registro del sistema de Windows | Реестр Windows | Windows 注册表 |
Windows Scheduled Task | Tarea programada Windows | Запланированная задача Windows | Windows 计划任务 |
WMI Logical Disk | WMI disco lógico | Логический диск WMI | WMI 逻辑磁盘 |
WMI Volume Fragmentation | Fragmentación de volumen WMI | Фрагментация тома WMI | WMI 卷碎片 |
WMI Windows Version | WMI Version de Windows | Версия WMI Windows | WMI Windows 版本 |
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