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Can we change the PRTG Service to use another port?

8080 port prtg service webserver

Views: 42043, on Jun 23, 2010 5:37:41 PM

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How can I use a status icon of a device in Maps which only considers specific sensors?

custom-map customize html library maps prtg sunburst

By Gerald Schoch [Paessler Support]
Views: 41548, on Feb 21, 2014 4:48:42 PM

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How can I customize ports for core-probe connections used by PRTG?

core-probe-connection port prtg reghack registry

By Martina Wittmann [Paessler Support]
Views: 41535, on Jun 25, 2015 3:22:31 PM

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Why do I get the message "The flow processor has dropped flows."?

jflow netflow prtg sflow xflow

By Torsten Lindner [Paessler Support]
Views: 41327, on Sep 16, 2011 11:09:06 AM

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Windows Server 2012 - Event error

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Views: 41307, on Dec 5, 2012 3:41:44 PM

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WMI Sensor - RPC server is unavailable

800706ba rpc wmi-sensors

Views: 40945, on Mar 18, 2015 8:47:00 PM

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PRTG Core Server Service could not be started

10061 core-server enterprise-console prtg service socket-error toctdata

Views: 40933, on Jul 24, 2010 4:57:19 PM

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3 replies

Where is root\cimv2 pointing to?

namespace wmi wmitest

Views: 40297, on Apr 6, 2011 8:24:06 AM

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Connection could not be established (code: PE015)

windows-process windows-services wmi-process-sensor

Views: 40241, on Jul 3, 2018 10:07:14 AM

2 votes
16 replies

I want to use the new UI and API v2. What do I need to know?

api prtg web-interface

Views: 40199, on Oct 4, 2021 7:55:21 AM

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My VMware sensor shows the message 'An unknown error occured'. What can I do?

hardware health host performance prtg sensor unknown vm vmware vmwaresensor

By Dieter Loskarn [Paessler Support]
Views: 40198, on Aug 9, 2013 8:33:52 AM

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5 replies

How to monitor Vcenter

esx esxi vcenter

Views: 39875, on Mar 18, 2011 10:35:21 AM

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No such object (SNMP error # 222)

error#222 linux snmp

Views: 39822, on Dec 9, 2014 4:44:26 AM

1 vote
12 replies

How can I get PRTG to recognize Cisco switches in stack that utilize only 1 IP address?

cisco-2960 devicetemplate paetemplate prtg stack

Views: 39592, on Sep 12, 2012 3:54:14 PM

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Monitoring IBM Server Hardware

director hardware ibm snmp

Views: 39296, on Aug 17, 2012 10:02:14 AM