Can I import devices from file (csv, txt, etc.) to PRTG?

Hello,

I'm afraid such an import is not possible. Please use the Auto-Discovery in steps with each one Class-C-Net.

Best Regards.

Is the above still valid ? I have to add/import ca. 150 devices and they are distributed or spread over a Class-A-net. So doing a autodiscover doesn't make any sense. So is there a possibility to import devices - at least with IP-address and hostname ? Many thanks and best regards.

I'm afraid that CSV import is not available in PRTG. Sorry!

Hi there
I have a list that contains some "device name"s and their "IP"s and wanna import them all at once for monitoring their ping only.
So i created an Auto-Discovery Group and configure it as below:

• Automatic sensor creation using "Generic Device (PING only)" device template
• List of individual IPs and DNS names (IPv4) (and imported all the DNS names and IPs in server's hosts file and wrote down the DNS names in the "list box" here, also tried with IPs list)
• Name resolution: i tried both (IP or DNS name)
• Device Rescan: i tried both (skip or perform)
  
  And the result was that: the "Device Name" and the "IPv4 Address/DNS Name" in the device setting are the same. I mean depending on the above settings, both of them show IP or DNS Name.
  
  But i want have an Auto-Discovery that results in Devices that showing device name in "Device Name" box and IP address in "IPv4 Address/DNS Name" box. Is it possible?

Thanks for your reply on this one. You may want to check out PRTGapi, as it allows for programmatic creation of objects within PRTG. Using it, you could do something like this in an administrative PowerShell :

# setup PRTG api
Install-Module prtgapi
Import-Module prtgapi
# connect to your server
Connect-PRTGServer -Server "fqdn of the server" -IgnoreSSL
# enter credentials
$devices = (Get-Content C:\devices.csv | ConvertFrom-CSV -Delimiter ";")
# enter the ID of the probe where you'd like to add the device, default is local probe
$probe = (Get-Probe -Id 1)
# add the devices from your csv file to PRTG 
$devices | % { $probe | Add-Device -Probe $probe -Name $_.Name -host $_.Address -Template "Generic Device (Ping only)" -AutoDiscover }

Make sure to configure the delimiter accordingly, if you're not using ;. The code assumes that your CSV looks like this:

Hi Stephen,

I was looking for a similar solution using a script. I have tried using yours but unable to get the desired results. I have formatted my data according to sample CSV but when I run the script I get this error. Can you kindly help as what I am doing wrong.

Add-Device : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Probe'. At C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\AddServers_example\AddServers.ps1:8 char:36 + $devices | % { $probe | Add-Device -Probe $probe -Name $_.Name -host ... + ~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Add-Device], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,PrtgAPI.PowerShell.Cmdlets.AddDevice

PRTGapi that Stephan mentioned is actually a third party program that is not developed by us. I would recommend that you check it's GitHub page for more information about it.

Kind regards,
Sasa Ignjatovic, Tech Support Team