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PRTG Traffic Grapher 6 User Manual

1. E Port 1 Vil on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Port 1 Vit on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT E Port Christisn amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT EXPAESSLER a V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 5128 refreshs On the left you can see the area used to select the current view followed by the taglist The list of sensors can be found in the middle and on the right you can see the area for the monitoring data Available Views There are six different views that you can select by clicking the corresponding icons on the left Custom Boy Reports 42 e Using the Windows GUI PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Data View This view shows the collected data of one or mores sensors in one graph PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg Beek File Edit View Tags Extras Help View Data of Selected Sensorts a 8 Graph Table 24 Hours Table 30 Days Table 365 Days Display Favorite No Tags Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 Port 1 V1 on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 12 Packet Sniffer PEPE a y 2 5 kbit second s s O SNMP Traffic 6 Groups CO 10 0 1 126 6 O Packet Sniffer 1 E Bandwidth Traffic IN B Bandwidth Traffi
2. PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 71 72 e Adding Sensors Add Sensor Wizard Netflow Collector Please select the netflow collector to use Sensor Name Please choose a netilow collector Pal Netflow Setup Netflow Collectors From the list check the device s you would like to monitor Then click the Next button This will open the Filter window Filter and Protocol Setup Please refer to the section Adding Packet Sniffer Sensors for detailed explanation of the filter and protocol setup Additional Settings Once you have made your desired settings for the new SNMP sensor click on the Next button This will bring up the Additional Settings window Add Sensor Wizard Additonal Settings Please select the sensor settings Insert Into Sensorlist Below All Sensors Create New Subgroup Packet Sniffer Scanning Interval s 5 Z Tags comma seperated PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Choose a group of the sensor list that you want to add the new sensor s to Optionally you can Create a New Subgroup Choose a group name that will help you to keep your sensors organized e g Firewall or LAN Also select the desired scanning interval in seconds In most cases 30 seconds should be fine Since NetFlow is a push technology this value is only important for the screen update Finally you can add tags for the new sensors which will help you to categorize your
3. MAC address Ra dd ee Combines Source and Destination in one column in and out traffic added Interface NetHow only Depending on the Sensor type you have various parameters at your disposal that you can use to build your Toplist After choosing your desired combination click OK to return to the Toplist dialog In the Toplist Settings group you can specify e Interval How long should data for a Toplist be gathered before a new Toplist is started e Items How many items do you want to see in your Toplist e Number of Intervals How many recent Toplists should PRTG keep in memory for access by the user Finally you have the option to have PRTG resolve all IP addresses that it comes across using reverse DNS requests PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Working with Custom Graphs In the Data View you have fast access to graphs and you can specify any combination of sensors to show in one graph by selecting several items from the sensor list using your mouse But you can not change the layout and look amp feel of the data individually for each sensor nor can you arrange your own layout of graphs and tables This is what Custom Panels are used for The Concept of Custom Panels For each panel you can specify the the layout of the grid and the content of each grid section And you can combine graphs and tables Finally panels can be viewed from the web interface with the same layout and you can give eac
4. Identification Settings This page covers the basic data about the sensor Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 g Identification cena am Counter Sensor Settini Traffic sor i nter P a Sa Port 10020 an Intemal ID 4 ASD4CBAE FD9E 4732 8F29 A74C7E427EC6 Copy 1D ing Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits SNMP identification Channels pote 10 0 1 126 Sensor Name Port C amp P on host Indicator Bandwidth Tags comma seperated workstations Last Message The sensor type is defined during the initial sensor setup and can not be edited except the OID for library and custom sensors In the Identification section of this window you can define the Sensor Name which will be used to identify the sensor You can also enter a value for the Indicator field as well as tags Comments Settings On this tab you can enter any comments regarding this sensor Use simple HTML for highlighting e g lt b gt for bold lt br gt for a new line etc You will see a preview of the rendered HTML on the right 78 e Editing Sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Sensor Settings PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Identification Comments Sensor Settings Advanced Billing Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits SNMP Channels Comments This text is a sensor comment lt br gt lt br gt lt b gt Bold Text lt b gt
5. Options x 88 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAPAESSLER User Accounts for Web Interface Access Users Comments Defaul admin user Change the default dirk password admin using the Edit button before enabling public access This user is a member of Administrators C admins Groups can be added on the Groups page Click on Add to create new accounts use Edit and Delete to work with the accounts You can also enter Comments for each user Make sure that each user is member of at least one group by checking the boxes to the left of the group names since you can only define the access on group level for sensors and panels Web Server Group Settings Use this screen to manage groups Options x 88 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAPAESSLER sx mie User Groups for Web Interface Access Billing Groups Comments Percentile 2 Web Server admins sensors and panels have this group Website enabled Users System Mail Server Tweaks Schedules Users can be added on the Users page Click on Add to create new groups use Edit and Delete to work with the groups You can also enter Comments for each group PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting Program Options e 127 System Settings 128 e Setting Program Options Options 88 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAPAESSLER g User Interface s EES Start With Windows System Service Billing C
6. lt br gt lt br gt lt i gt italic Text lt i gt use lt br gt for linebreaks C Show Comments on Webpages By enabling the Show Comments on Webpages checkbox you can also make this comment visible in the web interface In the Settings section you can define the scanning interval in seconds this interval defines at what rate the device is scanned for information Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Identification Comments Advanced Billing Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits SNMP Channels Settings Scanning Interval s Custom Graph Averages Schedule Z 54 mintes v All the time g Export C Write CSV File C Extended CSV format The Custom Graph Averages is used to determine the average value used for the custom graph type You can enter a value and then define the time span according to seconds minutes hours or days If you do not want to monitor the sensor all the time you can select a schedule from the list See the section Schedules Settings for more information To export the raw monitoring data into files checking the Write CSV File checkbox will enable the generation of one CSV file per sensor per day Extended CSV format dumps even more data into the CSV file These CSV files will then contain the results of each single request and can be used to import the data into other programs for further analysis See the section
7. Background Ll Frame Text Show Legend PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual The third tab allows you to change the Layout amp Colors amp Fonts displayed on the graph Please see the section Change Colors amp Layout for details Deleting a Graph or Table When selecting the Delete button El a confirmation dialog will appear asking whether you are certain you want to delete this graph Confirm Click Yes or No depending whether you want to delete the graph or not Using the Web Interface Concept In order to properly understand the following section please have a look at the Basic Concepts section at the beginning of this manual PRTG Traffic Grapher includes its own web server and allows the graphic information collected through the service to be accessed using a web browser from remote computers This feature can be used to give others in your LAN or even on the Internet access to you monitoring data Access to the monitoring data can be publicly accessible the default or can be limited to user accounts you can specify PRTG manages users in groups and for each sensor and each panel you can set specific access rights for these groups The access policy users and groups can be changed in the Extras Options dialog PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Web Interface e 105 Accessing the Web Interface You can access the web interface using the Browser view in the GUI of PRTG Traffic
8. 1 MS TCP Loopback interface Software Loopback Connected 10000 kb s Sensor already exists 2 Intel R PRO 1000 MT Netzwerkverbindung Paketplaner Miniport Ethemet Connected 100000 kb SAM 10 0 0 239 1 MS TCP Loopback interface Software Loopback Connected 10000 kb s Sensor already exists 16777219 Intel R PRO Adapter Ethemet Connected 100000 kb s Sensor already exists Choose the sensors you want to create by checking unchecking the check boxes and click on Finish In the sensor list you will find a new top level group with the title Auto Detection at the bottom of the list with one sub group for each device that contains all the sensors for this device HPCOLOR 10 0 0 232 Port 1 HP ETHERNET MULTI EN 3 kbit second Port 2 HP ETHERNET MULTI EN 0 kbit second B ROWLF 10 0 0 234 Fot 1 MS TCF Loopback interface 0 kbit second Port 2 Intel R PRO 1000 MT Netz 0 kbit second SAM 10 0 0 239 Fot 1 MS TCP Loopback interface 0 kbit second Port 16777219 Intel R PRO Adapt 0 kbit second Editing Sensors You can edit a sensor by double clicking its entry in the sensor list There are a number of settings that apply to all sensor types as well as individual settings for each sensor type PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Editing Sensors e 77 The settings are arranged on a number of pages and you can select the desired entry on the left hand side
9. 5 ZA megabyte Setting Program Options e 129 130 e Setting Program Options This section allows to enter the SNMP Timeout in seconds 5 to 20 seconds is recommended As with most other network protocols a sending device i e the computer running PRTG Traffic Grapher sends out a request to another device and waits to receive a response This definable value basically allows to configure a delay within which the SNMP response must be received Should a SNMP response not be received within this specified timeout value the SNMP sensor will be registered as not being measurable and the sensor will be shown in red to show the error status If your PC is a multi homed system with more than one IP address you may need to specify the IP address that PRTG uses to contact the devices in the Bind IP setting The checkbox High Compatibility Mode should be marked if you get coverage values below 100 although PRTG and the device are running continuously See next section Use the Memory Limit setting to limit the maximum memory that a toplist may use in RAM This is necessary because for high traffic networks e g the Top Connections list can grow quite large The default of 5 MB should be sufficient for most situations High Compatibility Mode It is a feature specifically designed for very sensitive routers and devices introducing a delay between scanning allowing these sensitive devices to function properly with PRTG Traffic Grapher Note
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12. What do the values in the exported CSV log file say for more information Editing Sensors e 79 80 e Editing Sensors Advanced Settings In the Units settings you can define what units to use for the volume as well as for the speed Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 E Identification Comments Sensor Settings Billing Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits SNMP Divide O Multiply Channels a A Please select the units from the drop down menu These units will affect the web view as well as the reports generated for this particular sensor In the Values settings you can define the Scale the raw result of the sensor 1s either divided or multiplied by this value select the appropriate radio button In the Chart Axis from to fields you can define a value to be used for the range of the vertical axis of the graph The standard value of 0 scales the vertical axis automatically If you want to filter spikes check the Spike Filter checkbox and enter a maximal value per second in the right field This will avoid the graphs spiking when erroneous values are reached Note Spike filter values must be entered with the default values of the sensor The Units fields do not affect this setting Billing Settings If you want to use PRTG s billing system you must first setup pricing models in the Extras Options dialog Then you can select the correct pr
13. pattern leaves 14 bits for the network portion of the address allowing for a maximum of 16 384 networks ranging from 128 0 0 0 181 255 0 0 Class C addresses have their first two bits set to 1 and their third bit set to 0 Since Class C addresses have a 24 bit network mask this leaves 21 bits for the network portion of the address allowing for a maximum of 2 097 152 network addresses ranging from 192 0 0 0 223 255 255 0 Class D addresses are used for multicasting applications Class D addresses have their first three bits set to 1 and their fourth bit set to 0 Class D addresses are 32 bit network addresses meaning that all the values within the range of 224 0 0 0 239 255 255 255 are used to uniquely identify multicast groups There are no host 16 e Networking Basics You Should Be Aware Of PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual addresses within the Class D address space since all the hosts within a group share the group s IP address for receiver purposes Class E addresses are defined as experimental and are reserved for future testing purposes They have never been documented or utilized in a standard way The Paessler network monitoring products PRTG Traffic Grapher and IPCheck Server Monitor use the IP address in order to connect to the respective machines they are intended to monitor graph SNMP Basics What is SNMP SNMP is short for Simple Network Management Protocol It is a set of
14. sensors later A tag consists of one or more words e g switch printer Ist floor 2nd floor remote office data center 1 data center 2 etc Use commas to separate tags When you are finished selecting your options click on Finish This will finalize setting up the sensor and will start the monitoring of the sensor Adding Aggregation Sensors Before you start All the individual sensors must be properly set up before you can combine their readings into a new aggregation sensor please see prior chapters on how to do this Starting the Add Sensor Wizard In order to add aggregation sensors click on the Add Sensor button in the sensor list s toolbar or select Add New Sensor from the Edit menu This will launch the Add Sensor Wizard Add Sensor Wizard Welcome to the Add Sensor Wizard This wizard will guide you step by step through the setup of new sensors for monitoring with PRTG Traffic Grapher Creating new sensors involves three main steps 1 Selecting the data acquisition technology SNMP packet sniffing or NetFlow 2 Selecting the device server and scanning it for available sensors 3 Selecting the new sensors and choosing a group as well as an interval Note F you want PRTG Traffic Grapher to scan your network automatically for SNMP enabled devices please use the Automatic Network Discovery to create SNMP based Sensors Please click Net to continue E PAESSLER Click Next to proceed to the select
15. 1 error 2 paused 10 0 1 126 Port 1 M11 on 10 0 1 126 kbit second 10 0 1 126 30sec Traffic Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 10 kbit second 10 0 1 126 30sec Traffic Port Arbeitsplatz Dirk on 10 0 1 126 17 kbit second 10 0 1 126 30sec Traffic Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 251 kbitsecond 10 0 1 126 30sec Traffic Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 12 272 kbt second 10 0 1 126 30sec Traffic Pot 10501 NuO on 10 0 1 126 Eror 10 0 1 126 30sec Traffic 10 0 0 128 1 paused Port 10n 10 0 0 128 1 kbit second 10 0 0 123 30sec Traffic Port 2 on 10 0 0 128 2 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 3 on 10 0 0 128 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 4on 10 0 0 128 Paused 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 6 on 10 0 0 128 11 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 7 on 10 0 0 128 165 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 9 on 10 0 0 128 11 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 12 0n 10 0 0 128 1 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 16 0n 10 0 0 128 17 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 17 on 10 0 0 128 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port 21 on 10 0 0 128 kbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port DEFAULT_VLAN on 10 0 0 128 Okbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic Port lol on 10 0 0 128 Okbit second 10 0 0 128 30sec Traffic 10 0 0 127 1 paused Sensors are organized in groups and you can rearrange the order of the sensors using drag amp drop Graphs and Charts One Gra
16. 5 sec Sniffer Each sensor in the list is shown with its name and the current reading as well as the IP address interval sensor type and comment Sensors that can not be accessed e g due to misconfiguration network problems or outage of the device are shown with a red background A yellow background symbolizes a paused state paused by the user or by licensing PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI e 47 Using the toolbar you can add new sensors as well as delete or edit the existing sensors Use Start and Stop to pause and resume monitoring of a sensor or a group Using drag amp drop you can change the order of the sensors or drag a sensor from one group into another one Use CTRL and SHIFT while clicking a sensor to select more than one sensor at once Double click a sensor to edit it Editing the different sensor types is described a little later in this manual To edit the settings of several sensors at once select the sensors and click on Edit There is also a context menu for the sensors that enables you to work with the Sensors Add Sensor Delete Edit Start stop Working With Charts 48 e Using the Windows GUI Working with graphs is very similar in the Data and Custom views Graph Context Menu A right click on a graph brings up a context menu that enables you to open the graph in its own window View Details see next section change the colors and the layout You can
17. 59 06 09 2006 12 40 12 45 444 486 12 154 E 4 155 06 09 2006 12 35 12 324 557 8 875 940 06 09 2006 12 30 12 221 110 6 046 7794 izja 06 09 2006 12 25 12 328 680 1 157 06 09 2006 12 20 12 7 521 149 205 624 9 955 06 09 2006 12 15 12 9 718 188 265 672 20 627 06 09 2006 12 10 12 15 17 796 032 486 550 25 310 06 09 2006 12 05 12 10 133 407 690 3 647 053 7 703 o 7 7 7 7 7 P gt 12 10 12 20 12 30 12 40 12 50 V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 132309 refreshs 8 CPU Load 7 This second screenshot shows the same panel in the Web interface it shows the same layout and data PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Working with Custom Graphs e 93 1 PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg File View Tags Extras Help View Web Browser Back Forward Home Refresh http 10 0 0 200 Panel_1 panel htm timeout 608 68 PRTG Traffic Grapher EI PAESSLER i Logged in as admin Refresh Off 15s O60s Smin View PRTG Demo Website gt Custom Graphs gt Panel_1 Sensor List Custom Graphs Panel_1 Events Sensor Data Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Top Protocols PEPE Live Graph 5 Minutes 5 sec Interval Admin Contact 06 09 2006 12 58 45 TM Port CAP on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Port CAP on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT Top Connections PEPE MB Por A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth
18. Adding Sensors e 59 60 e Adding Sensors SNMP Helper Sensors Sensor Selection After entering the device s IP address in the Add Sensor Wizard clicking the Next button will bring up the Sensor Selection window Add Sensor Wizard Sensor Selection Please select the sensors to create E SNMP Helper Freeware memory E memory available bytes C memory available kbytes C memory available mbytes C memory cache bytes C memory cache bytes peak memory committed bytes C memory page faults per sec F memory pages input per sec C memory pages output per sec C memor pages per sec C memor pool nonpaged bytes l C memory pool paged bytes Connected to Hardware x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4 AT AT COMPATIBLE Software Windows 2000 Version 5 0 Build 2195 Uniprocessor Free Name SAM Contact support paessler com l E me In this window you will find a tree listing of all of the readings that PRTG has found on the device and that can be monitored Here you can select any number of entries to be monitored In order to select an entry unfold the relevant tree branch and check the checkbox in front of the desired entries one or more Once you have made your selections click on the Next button This will bring up the Additional Settings window OIDLIB MIB Library Sensors Sensor Selection After entering the device s IP address in the Add Sensor Wizard clicking the Next button will bring up
19. Custom 0 SNMP Library 0 SNMP Traffic 12 Groups Auto detection 6 Cisco Routers 1 Main Switch 6 Packet Sniffer 1 Printer ColorLaser 2 server ROWLF 2 server SAM 2 No Tags Click one or more tags in the list and you will only get the sensors that have these tags associated in the list Click on No Tags to return to the complete list You can also choose 4 different display options for the taglist Tag Display Categories Alphabetically By Count Favorites Note Tag Favorites can be defined in the Windows GUI See the section Tags for details Custom Graphs View Choose Custom Graphs in the Navigation bar to access the data of the custom panels through the web 110 e Using the Web Interface PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual PRTG Demo Website Monitoring Results PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev Mozilla HRs E B File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help del icio us gt lt a gt X 3 amp A ca wn a E http 10 0 0 200 customgraphs htm timeout 15 8 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAESSLER Logged in as admin Refresh 6 Off 15s 60s 5min View PRTG Demo Website gt Custom Graphs Sensor List Custom Graphs PRTG Demo Website Custom Graphs Events Sensor Data Overview Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Table Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 24 Hours 5 min Averages Top Protocols PEPE Admin Contact Top Connections PEPE Homepage Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 0
20. Grapher or you can use a standard web browser to access it 106 e Using the Web Interface In order to access the web view with a web browser one must enter the appropriate URL on a remote computer Note The URL depends on the IP and port you have chosen in the web server settings in the Extras Options dialog Note You can also open the URL using the menu item View Open Web View in Browser When switching to the Web Browser view in PRTG you will be taken to the homepage 1 PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg File View Views Data Reports Browser EIPAESSLER Tags Extras Help l View Web Browser G Back Home Refresh http 10 0 0 200 sensorist htm 68 PRTG Traffic Grapher View Sensor List Custom Graphs Display Mode Live Graphs Custom Intervals Hourly Averages Daily Averages Show All Graphs El PAESSLER eres Logout cue O Me Sem AESI ft PRTG Demo Website gt All Sensors PRTG Demo Website All Sensors E 10 0 1 126 E Port 1 V11 on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 126 Hide All Graphs Tag Filter Custom Tags A printers 2 switches 1 workstations 3 States Error 0 Ok 14 Paused 0 Types Latency 0 Netflow 1 Packet Sniffer 1 SNMP Custom 0 SNMP Library 0 SNMP Traffic 12 Groups 10
21. ROWALF 10 0 0 234 2 SAM 10 0 0 239 2 __HideallGraphs NoTags Homepage In this area you can control what data is shown e Data Area The rest of the page contains the actual data which changes according to your settings in the navigation area In this area of the web interface you have the following controls 68 PRTG Traffic Grapher EI PAESSLER Logged in as admin Refresh Off 153 060s 5min If you have selected password protected access for the web server you will see the name of the user that is currently logged in Click on Logout to log out and return to the login page To refresh the page click on the corresponding button By default the page refreshes automatically every 60 seconds Using the radio buttons you can also choose other intervals or deactivate automatic refreshes Note If you want to use a refresh interval of your own choice please append the timeout parameter to the url with a value of the desired number of seconds e g http yourprtgserver sensorlist htm timeout 240 PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Sensor List View Choose Sensor List in the navigation area to see the list of sensors All Sensors m E 10 0 1 126 m Port 1 vi on 10 0 1 126 10 kbivsecond BEE Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 kbit second HEA Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 371 kbitfsecond MAE Port A amp P on 10 0 1 128 39 kbit second HE Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 619 kbitsecond BEE HP Procurve 1 015 kbitsecond WEI E Pac
22. Run as Service Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 only Percentile For the best monitoring coverage it is recommended to run PRTG Traffic Grapher as a so called E Web Server service This way the monitoring engine will always be active whenever the machine is Website powered up even when nobody is logged in And whenever the engine is running you can Users access the current monitoring data through the web interface Groups B Database Backup amp Maintenance Mail Server p _ Backup yesterday s monitoring data files into one ZIP file at midnight Schedules Folder for Backups aa i Se _ Purge data after ZA days Purge events after 14 ZA days Recalculate Data Cache In the Start with Windows section you can define whether the program is to run as a service under Windows 2000 XP 2003 only Running a program as a service means that the program is always run when the computer is powered on regardless of somebody being logged on or not Only this way can it be ensured that monitoring is running all the time which is necessary to cover 24 hours each day If this checkbox is checked the program will continue operating as a service even when you close the Windows GUI or log off from your Windows machine It will also start monitoring immediately after powering on your machine It is strongly recommended to use this feature to ensure 100 coverage of your monitoring In the Database Backup amp Maintenance secti
23. Traffic IN E 1263 D Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT A 2 1 63 E 3 151 Table Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 24 Hours 5 E 4 1 47 min Averages Bandwidth Trafi ce IP kbyte kbit 06 09 2006 12 55 13 00 145 453 06 09 2006 12 50 12 55 224 617 06 09 2006 12 45 12 50 348 712 06 09 2006 12 40 12 45 444 436 06 09 2006 12 35 12 40 324 557 06 09 2006 12 30 12 35 221 110 06 09 2006 12 25 12 30 328 680 06 09 2006 12 20 12 25 7 521 149 06 09 2006 12 15 12 20 9 718 188 s mi 10 0 0 222 10 0 0 200 10 0 0 230 138 10 0 0 255 NETBIOS NETBIOS 10 0 0 200 2208 10 0 0 222 1272 64 182 122 76 80 HTTP 10 0 0 200 1979 140 aes 166 95 80 ee 10 0 0 200 1025 an ann nna nan nnna Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 5 min Averages 60 Minutes TS Aa A PA a A N ee __V7 1 0 217 Netfiow Edition LocalDev 132408 refreshs 33 CPULoad Panels In order to keep a better overview of your monitoring results PRTG offers the concept of Panels Each panel can show one or more Graphs and Tables see below with various layout options Panels are shown as tabs in the Custom Graphs view of the main window of PRTG Traffic Grapher View Custom Graph Layout Using Customizable Panels oe F E S Add Delete Edit Arange Overview WANConnections LANConnections DataCenter DataCenter Also for the web interface Panels are used for grouping the monitoring data to cont
24. Users Groups Website Access Control is System Tors ee ee ee eee CS Unlimited Access The web interface is not protected use with caution Tweaks Limited Access Access is only allowed for users defined on the Users page Schedules C Hide custom group tags and tag favorites in webserver You can enable disable the internal web server by checking unchecking the Enable Internal Webserver checkbox You can also define the Local IP address as well as the Port Usually port 80 is used for web server but if this port is already used on your machine the second choice would be port 8080 Of course any other desired port can be selected as long as it is not already being used by other applications If you also have other web servers running on the machine that you run PRTG Traffic Grapher on you must keep in mind that each port number can only be used by one server The option Write webserver access logfile generates a subdirectory entitled weblog in the data folder which contains an log file with the data access information of the web server in W3C format see http www w3 org TR WD logfile html For Website Access Control you have two options e Unlimited Access All data in the web interface can be accessed without any login etc e Limited Access Only users defined on the users page can log into the website For each sensor and each panel you can define what user groups can access their data Websit
25. and enabled on the device see configuration of the device Does your machine running PRTG Traffic Grapher have access to the SNMP connection on that device see device s security settings Double check the SNMP Community String this value is case sensitive Check the SNMP Port usually it is 161 Firewall issues If the device and the monitoring machine are on two different sides of a firewall make sure that UDP access to port 161 SNMP is allowed and you will also need the return path open SNMP uses UDP not TCP so SNMP requires the use of UDP ports gt 1023 to the PRTG client side so that the results can be sent back from the device to the machine running PRTG If you have verified the issues above also check the SNMP Tweaks in the Extras Options dialog Support and License Support Please visit http www paessler com support for support options 146 e Support and License PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Copyright Copyright for this software 1998 2007 Paessler AG Paessler AG Hornschuchpromenade 7 D 90762 Furth Germany E Mail info paessler com Company Homepage http www paessler com PRTG and Paessler are registered trademarks of Paessler Consulting and Custom Software Paessler offers consulting and development of custom software Please inquire via email to sales paessler com License Usage Terms PLEASE READ THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY 1 TERRITORY These Ge
26. cards in this case that you want to monitor and finish the wizard Now you will get graphs of traffic for each network card D3 Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using Packet Sniffing Create one new Packet Sniffer sensor for each network card to be monitored E3 Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using Packet Sniffing Create one new Packet Sniffer sensor for each IP protocol and for each network card to be monitored and apply a filter based on the corresponding IP port for each item you want to monitor Or If you do not need long term accounting data for each IP or protocol and only want to know the current and recent traffic by IP or protocol you can create just one Packet Sniffer sensor and enable the Toplist feature based on IP or protocol F1 Monitoring total Network traffic of a shared Internet connection or leased line using a switch router with SNMP support PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Enable SNMP on the switch or router or device and also set the security feature to allow PRTG to access the device Find out which port 1 e port number the shared connection is attached to Start the Add Sensor wizard choose SNMP enter the IP and the SNMP login data of the router switch In the checkbox list check the box of the port the shared connection 1s attached to and finish the wizard Now you will get a graph of traffic of the shared line How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition e
27. e g show the maximum speed of the data line Such a graph looks like this Arr r LJ L uh kbitf second 12 29 12 30 12 31 12 32 12 33 We have added a gray line for 30 MBit s and a blue line for 70 MBit s to this chart and have additionally set the sensor s maximum vertical axis to 100 Mbit s Click on Add Limit Line to add such a line 84 e Editing Sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Limit Line Using this option PRTG can draw a colored line into the graph to visualize limits Line Data Name postin D pe Please choose a name position and color and click OK Common Settings for Notifications For all notification types you have the option to send an email send a HTTP request to a web server or to run an external program or batch file Notification E Email HTTP E EXE E Background The first notification option is Email An email is sent to an address that you specify using an SMTP server Note The configuration for the SMTP server is done under the Extras Options dialog v Send Email Address test company com Template D projects prtg6 maitemplates maitemplate_error bet Note In orderto send emails the SMTP server must be configured in the Extras Options dialog This option can be enabled by the Send Email checkbox Please provide the e mail address to send the email to If you want the email to go to multiple addresses please separate these addres
28. email with the report immediately Enable Save Report to File and you will get a new report every day month year depending on the Reporting Period Setting in the folder that you specify You can choose between various file formats Click on Save Now to write a report to the folder immediately PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Creating Reports e 115 Viewing Reports To view a report select the report and click View or double click a report Now you have to define the point in time that should be used for the report Report Period Step 1 Choose a date First use the calendar to choose a date then select a interval in the lower list Finally click OK After a few moments the report will show up I Preview i Seles 462 BOBBs B Yy a3 ee eee Sak hat rw Os aig fle ee Dga a ed at eae cme EE ad GS ne tee eee peed oe ee a miat ee en ee ee megs ae mmn Using the toolbar you can print and export the report change the zoom factor use the full screen for viewing edit the layout settings and change the current page 116 e Creating Reports PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Click on Cancel to close the report Exporting Reports to PDF HTML Excel RTF and TIFF Click on the Export Logo and then choose the file format of your choice mA BBE POF file a a Excel table XML RTF file TIFF image Depending on the file format you have several options You may want to change some of the
29. give the device a chance to recover If you do not want to be notified at all times you can select a schedule from the list See the section Schedules Settings for more information PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Threshold Notifications Using the Add Threshold Notification it is possible to add a notification which will alert when a sensor has reached a certain threshold value Using this option PRTG can notify you if a certain threshold value is over or underun for a given time span e g more than 200 kbit s for more than 2 minutes Name Threshold Notification Schedule All the time Bandwidth Traffic IN If you do not want to be notified at all times you can select a schedule from the list See the section Schedules Settings for more information The Channel setting allows you to select from the IN OUT or the SUM of both in order to base the threshold calculation on this value Under the Threshold entry you will find four drop downs These allow you to set whether the threshold is to be defined over or under a specific value This value is defined in units per time as set by the last drop downs The third row allows you to define the time span for which these measurements are to be considered Note Make sure that the time span used is greater than the polling interval set for this sensor As such if you want a threshold notification to be sent when the inbound bandwidth reading goes over 1000 kbit se
30. is enabled for this report and if there is a pricing scheme set for the sensor in the sensor s settings Summary kbyte _ kbit second kbyte kbit second kbyte _ kbit second Total Volume _ 70 501606 61 __ 19 629 533 48 131140 09 q Average 2279 989 97 216 17 634 795 40 619 1 457 358 18 276 36 100 95th Perc 5 min 964 o o s o o o Sasa o Base Charge J Joo o ooo ee Oas ee Percentile Charge es oos Volume Charge oo d BSG CS SumCharge Oo 67 118 e Creating Reports PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting Program Options Selecting the menu item Extras Options opens the Options dialog From here you have the ability to select one of the tabs to change the settings for various parts of the program The following sections will cover these individual settings in detail User Interface Settings Options Ge PRTG Traffic Grapher BUPAESSLER i Ea i Reporting Visible Charts for Single and aa Graphs S Biling Live Data 5 minutes Percentile r Web Server Website C 1 Hour Averages 30 days Users T cot C 1 Day Averages 365 days System Mail Server Advanced Windows GUI Settings Custom Averages 24 hours wae Oe ee ee e Columns 12 amp 4 Rows Decimal Digits in Tables 3 Z On this tab you can select which charts with what time frame are shown throughout the program and the web interface except for the Custom Panels To a
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32. megabyte Amount kA per Delete gigabyte To make the first 100GB free we create a new item by clicking New and entering a name for the new item New price range Hame up to 100 GE free For this new item we change the Up To value to the value of 100 GB and enter the value of 0 for the Amount PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting Program Options e 121 122 e Setting Program Options Volume Based Fees Use 1 for no limit nen velo 2 a Amount P t i Delete z He megabyte That s all Now you must edit all sensors and choose this pricing model billing on the Billing tab of the edit sensor dialog If all these steps are done you can create new reports and they will contain the billing data when you enable billing for a report Percentile Settings If you want to use percentile calculation you must enter your desired values here Options 88 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAPAESSLER User Interf s as i s Percentile Calculations Billing Percent 95 00 ZA Percentile _ Web Server chao 5 24 min intervals Website Coverage limit 75 ZAI Users n Groups Use Continuous Percentile interpolate between discrete values recommended System Use Discrete Percentile choose the next smaller discrete value Mail Server Tweaks Schedules Please enter your values for Percent and your desired intervals The coverage limit should also be set to avoid th
33. of the managed object within the device to be managed such as a router switch etc Each managed device keeps a database of values for each of the definitions written in the MIB As such it is not actually database but implementation dependant Each vendor of SNMP equipment has an exclusive section of the MIB tree structure under their control Using the Paessler MIB Importer you can convert MIB files into OIDLIB files which PRTG can use to create sensors In order for all of this to be properly organized all of the manageable features of all products from each vendor are arranged in this tree Each branch of this tree has a number and a name and the complete path from the top of the tree down to the point of interest forms the name of that point This is the OID Nodes near the top of the tree are extremely general in nature For example to get to the Internet one has to reach to the fourth tier As one moves further down the names get more and more specific until one gets to the bottom where each node represents a particular feature on a specific device or agent PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Networking Basics You Should Be Aware Of e 19 Here is a sample structure of an OID Iso 1 org 3 dod 6 internet 1 private 4 transition 868 products 2 chassis 4 card 1 slotCps 2 cpsSlotSummary 1 cpsModuleTable 1 cpsModuleEntry 1 cpsModule Model 3 3562 3 or 1 3 6 1 4 868 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 3562 3 These numb
34. only supports 32bit counters which is not enough for bandwidth monitoring with high loads of some gigabits second e SNMP Version 2c Adds 64 bit counters e Pros Supports 64 bit counters to monitor bandwidth usage in networks with gigabits second loads e Cons Limited security same situation as with SNMP V1 e SNMP Version 3 Adds authentication and encryption PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Networking Basics You Should Be Aware Of e 17 e Pros Offers user accounts and authentication for multiple users and optional encryption of the data packets which makes it much more secure plus all advantages of Version 2c e Cons none It is important to know that if you select an SNMP version which is not supported by the server or device that you want to monitor you will receive an error message Unfortunately most of the time these error messages are not explicitly telling you about the incorrect SNMP version they say only something like cannot connect or similar The same situation exists if community string usernames and passwords are incorrect What is an SNMP Community String The SNMP Community string is like a user id or password that allows access to a router s or other device s statistics PRTG sends the community string along with all SNMP requests If the community string 1s correct the device responds with the requested information If the community string is incorrect the device simply discards the requ
35. paessler com support we have compiled a list of recommended performance counters that you can monitor using SNMP Helper SNMP Helper Freeware Edition The Freeware Edition supports about 80 performance counters and is part of PRTG Traffic Grapher and IPCheck Server Monitor You must install SNMP Helper on the machine s you want to monitor After installation of PRTG or IPCheck you will find the SNMP Helper Freeware setup files in a subfolder Run this setup on all the systems you want to monitor Afterwards you can monitor the additional system parameters by simply adding new sensors SNMP Helper Pro Edition and its Extensions The Pro Edition of SNMP Helper offers the ability to monitor more than 2000 counters for Windows 2000 XP and 2003 With the optional SNMP Helper Extensions you can additionally monitor the following Microsoft Server applications e MS Exchange Server more than 1726 performance counters e MS SQL Server more than 511 performance counters e MS Biztalk Server 32 performance counters e MSISA Server 149 performance counters Detailed lists of supported counters are available at www paessler com snmphelper To use SNMP Helper Pro you must either purchase a license or you must request a Free 30 Day Trial License Either way you will receive a license key and the installation files via email Please install the software on the server that you want to monitor and enter the license key that comes with it Afterwards you can
36. sensor you can also configure additional customized toplists Top Protocols PEPE 790 kbytes Other 110 kbytes SNMP 45887 bytes NETBIOS 5619 bytes DNS 2844 bytes FTP 572 bytes RDP 206 bytes ICMP 148 bytes ae Tags A tag 1s a keyword or descriptive term associated with a sensor as means of classification Tags will especially help you if you have a large number of sensors After sorting sensors into groups the method of tagging 1s a second way to categorize your sensors For example you can group the sensors in your sensorlist by device Switch 1 Switch 2 and Switch 3 Now you can associate the tag printers to all switch ports that are connected to printers Now you can click on printers in the taglist and PRTG will only show the sensors which are associated with the printers tag 34 e First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual i Tags lt 6 E Display Favorite No Tags Categories Custom Tags printers 3 O switches 1 O workstations 3 States O Eror 1 O Ok 6 O Faused 0 Types O Latency 0 O Netflow 0 O Packet Sniffer 0 O SNMP Custom 0 O SNMP Library 0 LI SNMP Traffic 7 O 10 0 1 126 7 Tags are created by the user you can enter any number of tags for one or more sensors and automatically created by PRTG e g the tag OK for a sensor that works fine or Error for a sensor tha
37. settings here but for most situations the presets should be fine Click OK and then specify a folder and a filename A few moments later your default file viewer will start and show the report Reading Reports Reports can include the data of one or more sensors For each sensor the report consists of several sections e Graph if enabled e Detailed data table if enabled e Summary All pages show a logo in the top left corner and the name of the report and the name of the sensor Note The top left logo the footer line and the report font can be changed in the Extras Options dialog Graph The graph section shows the graph for one sensor and uses the standard graph settings as set in the Extras Options dialog PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Creating Reports e 117 My Daily Report PRTG Trattic Grapher Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Mittwoch 6 September 2006 kbit second a Sum Bsndw idth Traffic IN Bandw idth Traffic OUT T y T T T y T y T y T wO 5 oO 06 0 OF vw 08 00 8 00 Detail Data The detail data section shows the data of the sensor with various columns If percentile is enabled in the report s setting then also a column is shown with these values 2 THO Tt j Sumi ai tLe i 06 09 2006 12 00 13 00 aaa aaf sara ara sass aso Summary and Billing Data The last section of a report for a sensor is the summary which also includes the billing data if billing
38. similar on Windows NT 4 e Click on Start Settings Control Panel PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual e Double click on Add Remove Programs e Click on Add Remove Windows Components e Click on Management and Monitoring Tools and click on Details e Check Simple Network Management Protocol and click OK e Click on Next and let the install process complete e Double click on Administrative Tools inside Control Panel e Double click on Computer Management e Expand the Services and Applications tree on the left frame e Click on Services on the left frame e Locate SNMP Service in the right frame and double click on it e On the General tab select Automatic for Startup Type e On the Security tab you can leave the default community name public or choose your own which is more secure To choose your own click on Add for Accepted community names leave Community Rights to Read Only and pick a secure Community Name Click on OK Remove the public entry e On the Security tab in the lower half you can choose which IP addresses are allowed to access the SNMP service You must at least choose the IP address of the machine running PRTG e On the Agent tab fill out all edit fields and enable all check boxes to make all SNMP values available e For added flexibility we recommend to install Paessler SNMP Helper that comes included with the PRTG Traffic Grapher files see Paessler SNMP Helper The following links may als
39. the PRTG Watchdog service e The Select Additional Tasks Window allows you to Enable or Disable the access to PRTG s web server in the Windows Firewall You must enable this configuration to access the monitoring results in the web interface from a remote computer If you do not choose to enable this configuration here you must later add the necessary firewall exception in the Windows Firewall settings manually e You can also choose to install the PRTG Watchdog service recommended which restarts the PRTG service in case you forget to start it manually or in case of an unrecoverable failure e The Installation Window displays PRTG Traffic Grapher s installation progress After installation you can optionally start the program immediately When the installation is complete the computer may ask you to restart the machine to finish the installation Although you can choose to reboot later it is strongly recommended to reboot the machine right now to fully complete the installation Uninstalling PRTG Traffic Grapher To uninstall PRTG Traffic Grapher e On your computer go to your Control Panel e Select the Add Remove Programs option This will open the Add Remove Programs Window e Select PRTG Traffic Grapher from the list of programs 14 e Installation PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual e Click the Remove button to uninstall the program Or select the Uninstall icon from the PRTG Traffic Grapher group in the Start Progra
40. the Port Sensor window PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Add Sensor Wizard Sensor Selection Please select the sensors to create E Basic Linux Library UCD SNMP MIB memory ie C mem avail real mem avail swap C mem buffer C mem cached O mem minimum swap _ mem shared _ mem swap eror _ mem total free C mem total real C mem total swap system stats _ ss cpu idle deprecated ss cou raw idle Info Connected to Linux debiantest 2 6 8 2 386 1 Tue Aug 16 12 46 35 UTC 2005 i686 Name debiantest Contact Root lt root localhost gt configure etc snmp snmpd local conf Location Unknown configure etc snmp snmpd Jocal conf In this window you will find a tree listing of all of the readings that PRTG has found on the device and that can be monitored Here you can select any number of entries to be monitored In order to select an entry unfold the relevant tree branch and check the checkbox in front of the desired entries one or more Once you have made your selections click on the Next button This will bring up the Additional Settings window Custom SNMP Sensors OID Entry Note In order to set up custom OIDs you must know the OID code of the value you want to monitor If you do not know the OID value already you may need to find it out using an SNMP Walker After entering the device s IP address in the Add Sensor Wizard clickin
41. this field Simply copy the license key s into the edit field and click OK You should now see the corresponding number of NetFlow Collectors in the Licenses List Click on Add to create a new NetFlow Collector PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 69 70 e Adding Sensors Netflow Collector Name Netflow Local IP loca Pot Active flows timeout minutes The Active flows timeout is set in the router configuration Data display is delayed by this value since until the timout is reached flows can be cached on the device f this value is too low data is lost Add one minute to the value on the router to make sure to catch all flows ox ce Here one can define the name of the collector the local IP address the local port and the active flows timeout value Except for the name these settings must exactly match the configuration of your router Please see the section Configuration Tips for Cisco Routers and PRTG NetFlow SNMP for more information Have a special look at the last value Active Flows Timeout For non high traffic situations lt 10 MBit a recommended value is 5 minutes for higher traffic scenarios higher values of up to 30 minutes are recommended This value has to be configured in the router Starting the Add Sensor Wizard In order to add a new sensor click on the Add Sensor button in the sensor list s toolbar or select Add New Sensor from the Edit menu This wi
42. to use PRTG to calculate bills for your customers you must set up the pricing models here The price can consist out of three parameters e Base Fee This value is charged once per timespan e Percentile Based Fees Based on the percentile you can enter several charge steps 120 e Setting Program Options PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual e Volume Based Fees Based on the transferred volume of data you can enter several charge steps Note You must select a pricing model for each sensor in the sensor settings How to Set up a Pricing Model In this sample we create a billing model with the following parameters e Monthly base fee 30 e Volume of 100 GB included e 2 50 per GB for volume exceeding 100 GB First you need to create a new pricing model Click on New In the Calendar Based Fees section enter the monthly base fee of 30 in the Base Fee field and set your desired currency string Calender Based Fees Base Fee 30 VA Currency E Timespan Month Since we do not want percentile based billing we enter an amount of 0 in the Percentile Based Fees section Use 1 for no limit New Up to jl kbyte s Delete Amount 0 34 per kbyte s In the Volume Based Fees section we need to make the following changes To charge 2 50 per GB we need to enter 2 50 for the Amount of the unlimited setting and we need to choose per gigabyte Volume Based Fees Use 1 for no limit l a l t megabyi New Up to A
43. try The Freeware Edition 1s limited to monitoring up to three sensors e g one reading on three devices or three interfaces on one device If you want to monitor more devices you must purchase a commercial license Prices start at 99 95 79 95 and ordering is quick and simple If you pay online with your credit card your license key is usually delivered to your email address in a matter of minutes And we make ordering totally risk free with our 30 day Money Back Guarantee Ordering PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Editions PRTG Traffic Grapher is developed and sold by Paessler AG Hornschuchpromande 7 90762 Fuerth Germany Fax 49 911 7399031 To order licenses please visit our website http www paessler com order To contact our sales department send an email to sales paessler com You can order online by fax or by purchase order Choosing the right software PRTG Traffic Grapher vs IPCheck Server Monitor While PRTG is specialized in bandwidth and traffic monitoring but also monitors any other value accessible by SNMP its sister product IPCheck Server Monitor is more specialized in monitoring uptimes downtimes and notifying the administrators in case of failures Since both products can do some similar tasks the following matrix will help you to choose the right software PRTG Traffic IPCheck Server Grapher Monitor Monitoring bandwidth specialized only basic functionality usage using SNMP Monitoring
44. use the following placeholders eroup Name of the sensor s group Sensor Name of the sensor message The message of the notification info The state of the sensor UP DOWN etc error Detailed error message date Current date time Current time Here is a sample for a mail template using placeholders PRTG Notification info sensor Date date time Group group Sensor sensor message Communication Settings In this tab you can control the communication of the sensor Depending on the sensor type there are different settings Communication Settings for SNMP Sensors Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Identification Comments Prot Sensor Settings SNMP Version V1 Most commonly used Try this one if your are not sure Advanced V2c Supports 64 bit counters use this e g for Gigabit links Billing V3 Supports authentication and or encryption Webserver Access ela Notifications amp Limits Device Communication SNMP Device Name Alias 10 0 1 126 Channel 7 s IP Address DNS Name 10 0 1 126 SNMP User public Security Authentication Mode MD5 SHA Authentication Password Data Encryption Key DES In the Protocol section you can choose between SNMP Version 1 2c and 3 Under the Device Communication settings you can define a Device Name Alias for the sensor In the field IP Address you can configure the device s IP addre
45. used Netflow Can be complex e g the switch must be configured Yes Yes Yes Yes No Higher depends on the amount of traffic Depends on the traffic PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual How to Set Up Traffic Monitoring for Various Network Infrastructures This section explains the various options you have to monitor the network traffic that occurs inside LANs or that goes over a shared Internet connection or leased line With PRTG s data acquisition technologies and the various infrastructure options in use today it can sometimes get complicated to decide which monitoring technology is right for your problem The easiest configuration is to monitor the local traffic of one PC by installing PRTG directly on it This scenario is used to monitor a single PC in a LAN network or to monitor a PC connected to the Internet via DSL modem or cable see AO For other network configurations use the following table to find your situation or task and follow the corresponding instructions below Step 1 Select Your LAN infrastructure Network switch Managed switch Router with gies Unmanaged router or other E with monitoring s Netflow E switch or device with SNMP EER port option or a oa support nai hub cae Technology Technology Technology Technology oot SNMP NETFLOW Packet Sniffing g Sniffing Step 2 Choose what to monitor Option Centralized LAN Traffic Monitoring Total Network a AZ AS oO Traffic Tr
46. various Yes Yes network parameters using SNMP e g CPU Loads disk usage temperatures Analyzing network Yes No packets passing through local network cards Analyzing Cisco NetFlow Yes No data streams 6 e Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Monitoring network for only basic functionality specialized uptimes and downtimes Sending notifications for only email EXE BAT Lots of options slow or failing devices file execution and HTTP configuration of delays downtimes etc Request notifications via email ICQ SMS Pager HTTP NETSEND etc Daily Monthly bandwidth Yes No usage reports and billing system Number of sensors that Hundreds and thousands Hundreds and thousands can be monitored simultaneously 2000 XP 2003 NT 2000 XP 2003 Type of remote access Built in web server in web Built in web server Freeware Edition or Free Trial available X percentile calculation More about IPCheck Server Monitor This Windows based software makes it easy and affordable to detect network and website failures early minimizing downtime and avoiding economic impact IPCheck Server Monitor helps organizations monitor critical network resources and immediately detect system failures or performance problems Here is a short list of features e Reliable monitoring using Paessler s IPCheck Technology e Fast and easy installation e Runs as a server software
47. with a background in various shades of a red to make it easy to see sudden changes The pie or bar chart you can choose the type in the View Colors amp Layout dialog always shows the data volume of the top 10 entries Events View PRTG records an event everytime a sensor shows an error and becomes available again or a custom notification is triggered You can review the list of these events in the Events view View Events Time Kind Sensor Message 05 09 2006 15 56 40 Eror Por A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Emor Notification UP 05 09 2006 15 56 20 Eror Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Eror Notification DOWN Unknown user name 05 09 2006 15 56 15 Emor Fot A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Emor Notification UP 05 09 2006 15 55 46 Emor Por A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Eror Notification DOWN Unknown user name 05 09 7006 15 50 48 Eror PEPE Eror Notification DOWN 05 09 2006 14 54 34 Eror lt deleted gt Eror Notification DOWN No such instance 05 09 7006 13 50 08 Eror lt deleted gt Eror Notification DOWN No such instance 24 08 7006 17 03 36 Emor lt deleted gt Eror Notification DOWN No such instance In order to see all events of all sensors go to the Events view and select the topmost node All Sensors from the sensorlist By selecting a group or a single sensor you can filter out the events for the selected sensors Sensors View In this view you can see the list of sensors only without any graphs or data tables which could slow down the inte
48. 0 Error 193 1 is not a valid Win32 application is written to the system log This issue may occur if the path of the executable file for the service contains spaces Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support Automated License Key Installation for PRTG Traffic Grapher In some situations e g for automated software distribution it may be desirable to enter and store a license key for PRTG automatically There are two options to do this Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support What do the values in the exported CSV log file say Please see the Paessler Knowledge Base at www paessler com support Howto Installing SNMP Service on Windows NT 2000 XP 144 e Appendix Please note You need to install the SNMP service only on those Windows machines that you want to monitor using SNMP It is not necessary to install the SNMP service on the machine you run PRTG Traffic Grapher on if you do not intend to monitor it with PRTG The best moment to install the SNMP service is immediately after or as part of the installation of the operating system because there are some applications that check for the availability of the SNMP service to install their own SNMP files There are some applications i e IS and MS SQL Server that will not install SNMP support if the service 1s not installed and in some cases running To install the SNMP on Windows 2000 XP perform the following note the process is very
49. 0 1 126 6 Packet Sniffer PEPE Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols Auto detection HPCOLOR 10 0 0 232 Port 1 HP ETHERNET MULTLENVIRONMENT ROM R 22 01 JETDIRECT JD95 EEPROM R 24 08 on HPCOLOR 10 0 0 232 E Port 2 HP ETHERNET MULTLENVIRONMENT ROM R 22 01 JETDIRECT JD95 EEPROM R 24 08 on HPCOLOR 10 0 0 232 E ROWLF 10 0 0 234 E Port 1 MS TCP Loopback interface on ROWLF 10 0 0 234 Port 2 Intel R PRO 1000 MT Netzwerkverbindung Paketplaner Miniport on ROWLF 10 0 0 234 E SAM 10 0 0 239 4 Port 1 MS TCP Loopback interface on SAM 10 0 0 239 Port 16777219 Intel R PRO Adapter on SAM 10 0 0 239 Netflow E Netflow Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols H AEEA m E 13 kbit second BEA 3 kbit second BEA 74 kbit second BEH 9 kbisecond BEA 204 kbisecond BEH 118 kbt second BEW m 7 kbt second BEH m m 2 kbivsecond BE 2 kbivsecond HEA oO 127 kbi second HEH 124 kbit second BEW m 26 kbit second BE 47 kbivsecond BE oO 0 kbitsecond BEI V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual 1033 refreshs You may need to enter a username and password if you have enabled password protection Note You must enable cookies in your browser in order to log in PRTG Demo Website Monitoring Results PRTG Traffic Grapher V 7 1 0 21 7 Netflow Edition LocalDeyv Ba a ee F
50. 0 MB disk space for installation e between 25kb and 300kb disk space per sensor per day for the monitoring data database e TCP IP Network Connection Please also refer to the section Planning large installations of PRTG Traffic Grapher if you plan an installation with more than some 50 100 sensors System Requirements for the Web Interface To access the web interface of PRTG Traffic Grapher one of the following web browsers is required others may also work but have not been tested e Internet Explorer 6 0 or later e FireFox 1 0 or later System Requirements for SNMP Monitoring The monitored device s must be equipped with SNMP Version 1 2c or 3 i e an SNMP compatible software must be installed on the device SNMP must be enabled on the device and the machine running PRTG must be allowed access to the SNMP interface PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual System Requirements for NetFlow Monitoring The device must be configured to send NetFlow data packets NetFlow Version 5 to the machine running PRTG and a NetFlow Collector must be set up in PRTG System Requirements for Packet Sniffing Only data packets passing the local machine s network card can be analyzed For network wide monitoring in switched networks the use of switches with so called monitoring ports 1s necessary Download Please download the latest version of PRTG Traffic Grapher from the Paessler Website There are two different installer
51. 29 G2 Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol of a shared Internet connection or leased line Monitoring with NetFlow e See C2 but select filtering to exclude the LAN IPs G3 Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol of a shared Internet connection or leased line Monitoring with Packet Sniffing e See C3 but select filtering to exclude the LAN IPs First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher Please read the following Basic Concepts section in order to get a clear overview of the basic premises required for the proper operation of PRTG Traffic Grapher Basic Concepts Understanding Views Sensors Graphs Charts Tables and Tags To understand the concepts of PRTG Traffic Grapher please be aware of following phrases Views PRTG offers various ways to look at the collected data We call these views There are six different views You can switch between the views on the left of the main window 30 e First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual e Data Shows the collected data of one or more sensors in graphs and tables e Events Shows a list of events for all sensors or the selected sensors e Sensors This view is perfect for organizing your continuously growing list of sensors e Custom In this view you can create your own custom layout of graphs charts and tables e Reports PRTG includes a powerful reporting pena z F Sais oO engine which also i
52. 3 on 10 0 1 126 157 kbit second 1 Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 12 168 kbit second 1 SNMP Custom 0 SNMP Library 0 C SNMP Traffic 6 Groups 10 0 1 126 6 E Port 1 Vit on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Port 1 Vlt on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT WM Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT I Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT E Port Arbeitsplatz Dirk on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Por Arbeitsplatz Dirk on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT WB Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN Port 10023 F223 on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN PXPAESSLER Porn HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT V7 1 0 217 Netfiow Edition LocalDev 4726 refreshs From left to right the main window consists of four areas e Views e Tags e Sensors e Data of selected Sensors On the left you can switch between PRTG s six different views of the data In the sensor list you can choose one sensor several sensors hold down CTRL and or shift while selecting more than one entry or groups of sensors Double click a sensor to edit the sensor Also various context sensitive pop up menus can be brought u
53. 365 days v The first panel Graph is broken up into two sections Title and Charts In the Title section you can define the title given to the graph You can either choose to use the name of the first sensor in the graph which is the default setting or enter a name of your choice that will replace the default In the Charts section you can define the times you would like to use to display the graph information The options are e Live this will display real time data capture based on the time span defined in the drop down menu to the right e x Minute s Averages this will display information based on 5 minute averages over a time period defined in the drop down menu to the right the timespan depends on the custom intervals of the selected sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Working with Custom Graphs e 101 e Hourly Averages this will display information based on an hourly average over a time period defined in the drop down menu to the right e Daily Averages this will display information based on a daily average over a period defined in the drop down menu to the right Edit Graph Graph Sensors Layout amp Colors amp Fonts El Bandwidth Traffic IN Bandwidth Traffic OUT Port HP Procurve Kiiche on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Trafic IN Bandwidth Traffic OUT al Sum The second tab Sensors is broken up in various sections The first sectio
54. 6 074 28 325 05 09 2006 16 15 16 20 446 636 12 210 1 644 596 44 959 2 091 231 57 169 05 09 2006 16 10 16 15 187 665 5 130 508 046 13 889 695 711 19 019 05 09 2006 16 05 16 10 738 146 20 180 1 165 299 31 857 1 903 444 52 036 05 09 2006 16 00 16 05 3 302 269 90 273 4 592505 125 544 7 894 773 215 817 05 09 2006 15 55 16 00 538 246 14 715 1 053 502 28 801 1 591 748 43 516 05 09 2006 15 50 15 55 1 450 008 49 674 1 991 818 68 232 3 441 826 117 906 05 09 2006 15 45 15 50 32 242 14 551 1 492 104 40 793 2 024 347 55 345 05 09 2006 15 40 15 45 710 937 19 439 1 571497 42 967 2 282 434 62 406 05 09 2006 15 35 15 40 309 796 8 783 1 579 833 44787 1 889 629 53 569 05 09 2006 15 30 15 35 320 970 8 773 1 319 524 36 065 1 640 494 44 838 05 09 2006 15 25 15 30 314 357 6 596 1 132 739 30 972 1 447 097 39 567 V Show Legend C Auto Refresh In the case of traffic sensors information about the Bandwidth Traffic IN the Bandwidth Traffic OUT the SUM of the traffic as well as the coverage value is included This value tells you whether the monitoring was on all the time and covered the complete time period At the bottom of this graph you will find a section which represents the total sums and averages Totals for 04 09 2006 16 35 05 09 2006 16 35 Total Volume 12 325 771 20 160 036 40 404 606 Average 665 629 17 000 1 505 796 38 294 1 085 712 55 294 7 The Table 30 Days tab displays a table listing pe
55. 6 09 2006 15 21 15 LANConnections Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 DataCenter1 Table Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 24 Hours 5 min Averages DataCenter2 Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocaiDev 2003 2006 Paessier AG Images 9 9 Loaded 17 KB 72 34 KB s Time 0 00 Done You will see a list of all panels defined in the Windows GUI Click on a panel name to access the panel or click an item below that to directly jump to a graph or table See the section Working with Custom Graphs for details Events View Choosing the option Events in the navigation bar will show you the list of all events PRTG Demo Website Monitoring Results PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDey Mozilla Firefox K DSR File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help del icio us amp Sa 5 gt X my amp A cS a RRA iii dicate sede Seaman 8 PRTG Traffic Grapher EI PAESSLER Logged in as admin Refresh Off O15s 60s 5min View PRTG Demo Website gt Events Sensor List Se e All Events for PRTG Demo Website e Events Sensor Data show only system events 06 09 2006 12 57 25 Error Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP 06 09 2006 00 00 02 Error System Error generating report My Daily Report 5 7 1 Unable to relay for dailyreport company com 05 09 2006 18 21 35 Error Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification DOWN Unknown user name 09 58 Error Port C amp P
56. 65 Days Daily Averages Firewall 1 WAH Bandwidth Traffic OUT kbit second kbit second Coverage 1 590 935 672 255 544 363 350 722 58432 1954 286 394 313 976 59 1 825 517 925 174458 698151553 66 743 2 523 669 478 241 201 9g 1 225 069 249 116173 353 269010 33 500 1 578 338 259 149 673 100 1 519 496 342 144 094 377 989 941 35 845 1 897 486 283 179 939 100 1 537 227 927 145774 377717331 35819 1914 945258 181 593 100 1 861 678975 176 541 553071148 52 447 2414750123 228 988 100 2 259 422 099 214 413 658 636 034 62 459 2918 058 133 276 872 100 1 776 060 626 168 422 6807746873 57 632 2383 807 499 226 054 100 1 491 731 3384 141 461 592 905 593 56 225 2 084 636 927 197 686 100 1 437 853 377 136 351 395 779 397 37531 1833 632774 173 882 100 1 124 183 282 106 606 367 286 397 34830 1491 469680 141 436 100 1 737 681 511 164783 1133 839 894 107 521 2 871 521 404 272 304 100 1679 935509 159 418 1 528 126 099 144911 3 208 061 607 304 329 100 1 789 462 974 169 696 626 317 743 59 394 2 415 780 717 229 090 100 1 546 241 351 146 629 721 698 024 68 438 2 267 939 375 215 067 100 1 698 488 488 161 087 1 175 477 087 111 471 2873 965575 272 538 100 1 265 230 707 119 982 328 425205 31145 1593655912 151 127 100 1 366 728 544 129606 817925854 77 564 2184654398 207 170 100 For Packet Sniffer and NetFlow Sensors you will also see so called Toplists with lists of the Top Talkers Top Protocols and Top Connections For each
57. Afterwards you can choose one of the templates here to create the same set of sensors for another device From the dropdown you choose one of your device templates Click Next and enter the IP address of the new device Add Sensor Wizard Device Selection Please enter the device connection data Device Name Alias 10 0 0 127 IP Address DNS Name 10 0 0 127 SNMP Version V1 Most commonly used Try this one if your are not sure V2c Supports 64 bit counters use this e g for Gigabit links C W3 Supports authentication and or encryption SNMP Port 161 A SNMP Community String public Complete the wizard and you will find a new group of sensors for the newly added device Initially these sensors are paused to give you a chance to edit the sensors e g to enter a different password etc If you are done with the configuration select the new sensors and click the start button PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Advanced Usage e 137 Accessing Logfiles PRTG Traffic Grapher creates two log files The first is PRTG Traffic Grapher Logfile application log and 1s written while the program runs in GUI mode The second file is PRTG Traffic Grapher Logfile service log and is written while the program runs as a service Both files are stored in the folder where the INI file is stored usually C Documents and Settings All Users Documents PRTG Traffic Grapher log While using P
58. Afterwards you can choose one of the templates here to create the same set of sensors for another device For SNMP Helper Sensors and OIB MIB Library Sensors you can either leave the selection in the dropdown to All which will cause PRTG to scan the device with all available libraries and can take some time Or you can specifically choose on of the entries For more Information about SNMP Helper and OIDLIBs please see the sections Paessler SNMP Helper and Importing MIBs using Paessler MIB Importer and Converter The individual types of sensors are discussed below Please choose the desired type and click Next PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual All SNMP Sensor Types Device Selection After choosing the SNMP Sensor type clicking the Next button will bring up the Device Selection window Add Sensor Wizard Device Selection Please enter the device connection data Device Name Alias 10 0 1 126 IP Address DNS Name 10 0 1 126 SNMP Version C WI Most commonly used Try this one if your are not sure f Ve Supports 64 bit counters use this e g for Gigabit links C W3 Supports authentication andor encryption SNMP Part w KH SNMP Community String public In the Device Selection window you have the options to enter the following information e Device Name Alias e IP Address DNS Name e SNMP Version e SNMP Port e SNMP Community String or Account Information In the Devi
59. I and in the web interface Sort Panels Arange the elements by using the buttons or by using drag amp drop Overview LANConnections DataCenter1 DataCenter abetical PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Working with Custom Graphs e 97 Use the buttons to move panels up and down You can also sort the panels alphabetically by clicking on the Alphabetical button Adding Custom Graphs and Tables to a Panel After creating a new panel you will see the button Click here to add a new graph or table Click this button to create a new graph or table A wizard will show up New Graph or Table Welcome to the Add Graph or Table Wizard This wizard will guide you through the setup of a new graph or a new table that shows monitoring data of one or more sensors You will first have to choose one or more sensor s and then decide whether you want to create a chart or a table Then you can change the options for this new item Please click Next to continue BIPAESSLER Click Next and you will see a list of all sensors New Graph or Table Sensor Selection Please select the sensor s you want to use and select what kind you want to create E All Sensors i 10 0 1 126 o O Port 1 M1 on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 i PO One 10 CH an 14d ie IIL New Graph Shows the monitoring data of one or more sensors in graphical charts O New Tab
60. Integrated web server for remote access no external web server necessary e Results are shown in various graphs and tables e live data for last 5 60 minutes e x minute average for up to 48h e hourly averages for up to 60 days e daily averages for up to 365 days e Top Talkers Top Protocols Top Connections e Events e Graphs and tables are always generated on the fly for live reporting Monitoring Database e Internal database system optimized for fast and efficient storage of historic data e Optional export of monitoring results into CSV files for custom reporting e Database offers optional zipped backup and purging of old data Internal Web Server e Easy to use navigation allows to drill into the live monitoring results e Fully skinable web interface using HTML templates several default skins included e Web server supports public access anyone can view the data as well as authenticated access username password required with multiple user account 4 e Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Reports Configurable reports graphs and data tables in HTML RTF XLS TIFF or PDF format can be created on schedule or on demand Reports can be exported via email or saved to file x percentile calculation for any percentile value any interval and any time frame Includes a billing system for bandwidth based billing Notifications For each sensor individual email notifica
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62. OID is extended with x for the port number Example 1 To get a similar result to the default but always use the description field use the following string Port port i1fdescr The on host is always automatically added Example 2 Cisco routers provide a interface name in the OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 9 2 2 1 1 28 which stands for iso org dod internet private enterprises cisco local linter faces lifTable lifEntry locIfDescr You can use this name with this Advanced port name by entering the following string Port perc L 3 0s leda sou Zee lod Ze Schedules Settings Using schedules you can limit the time for monitoring or for notifications PRTG comes with a number of pre defined schedules that you can edit or you can add your own schedules Options Gg PRTG Traffic Grapher EIPAESSLER User Interface Weekdays Nights 20 00 08 00 Weekdays Nights 17 00 09 00 ae 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 132 e Setting Program Options PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Use the Add Rename and Delete buttons to work with the schedules A schedule is active of the corresponding square in the graph is marked in blue Each square symbolizes one hour By clicking each square once with the mouse you can activate deactivate the schedule for this hour After you have defined a schedule here you can select it in the sensor settings and the notific
63. Packet Sniffer Tag Filter i PEPE Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols 10 kbit second Custom Tags Auto detection printers 2 Cisco Routers switches 1 i Netflow Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols o kbit second workstations 3 Images 49 49 Loaded 65 KB 34 67KB s Time 0 01 Done The Web Interface Graph Settings section allows you to enter the graph width and the graph height as they will be shown in the web view Keep in mind if you enter very high values the graphs may spread beyond the limits of the web browser s window size However you will still be able to scroll the extents of the graphs albeit rendering the graphs and transferring the data will take much longer than with normal values The checkbox Enable Graphics Smoothing experimental will allow to anti alias smooth the jaggy edges of the graph and fonts in the web view As such a clearer image without annoying steps will appear see images below It is a very subjective question whether to use Graphics Smoothing or not Please note that using Graphics Smoothing creates a higher CPU load when graphs are computed 0 2i 0 13 00 20 00 Without smoothing zoomed to 200 41 20 D i 00 2000 With smoothing zoomed to 200 PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Web Server User Settings Here you can edit the user accounts that can access the web interface if you disable public access
64. RTG in GUI mode you can view the files using the menu item Help View Logfiles You can switch between Application Log and Service Log View Logs 07 09 2006 15 07 12 Start PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 99999 sensors 07 09 2006 15 02 04 Stop PRTG 07 09 2006 15 00 40 Start PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 99999 sensors 07 09 2006 12 22 18 Start PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 99999 sensors 07 09 2006 00 00 13 Eror Could not send report 5 7 1 Unable to relay for dailyreport company com 06 09 2006 16 37 23 Start PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 99999 sensors 06 09 2006 16 37 16 Stop PRTG 06 09 2006 16 24 34 Start PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 99999 sensors 06 09 2006 16 24 25 Stop PRTG 06 09 2006 13 43 11 Start PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 99999 sensors 06 09 2006 13 41 11 Stop PRTG 06 09 2006 13 40 46 Start PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 99999 sensors 06 09 2006 13 40 39 Stop PRTG LI LO I I Cim ONTO Tre a SARA A A PIN al si cs ct ORR Importing MIBs using Paessler MIB Importer and Converter 138 e Advanced Usage In order to import MIB files from third parties usually the vendor of a device into PRTG you must convert the files into OIDLIB files The MIB Importer and Converter Tool is available free of charge on th
65. The High Compatibility Mode may reduce the performance by a small amount The High Compatibility Mode also features advanced functionality accessible via the Advanced button PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Compatibility Mode Details Some devices have problems with a fast sequence of SNMP requests This option increases the delay time between SNMP requests from 10 to 100 ms Retry SNMP Requests fa SNMP request fails PRTG ties again This helps with devices that Fail to answer at times Ignore Overflow Value Some devices handle overflows incomecth This can cause false peaks in regular intervals Ignore values in delta sensor Some devices send sometimes wrong 0 values causing peaks The interface scan will only seach for 32bit traffic counters even if the device reports Mbit counters Does NOT affect existing sensors e Increase Delays In certain cases devices may have trouble or a security mechanism that denies fast sequences of SNMP requests which PRTG Traffic Grapher sometimes may send With this checkbox checked the delay time between SNMP requests is increased from 10 to 500 ms for proper functionality with such devices This may slow down monitoring for large networks though e Retry SNMP Requests Should an SNMP request fail checking this checkbox will cause PRTG Traffic Grapher to try the request again This is useful for devices that fail to respond at times to certain requests e I
66. Traffic Grapher View Sensor List Custom Graphs Events Sensor Data Display Mode PAESSLER Logged in as admin Refresh Off 15s O60s 5min PRTG Demo Website gt All Sensors PRTG Demo Website All Sensors Main Switch Port 1 VI1 on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 HP Procurve Packet Sniffer PEPE Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols Auto detection Cisco Routers Netflow Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols Live Graphs Custom Intervals Hourly Averages Daily Averages Show All Graphs Hide All Graphs Tag Filter Custom Tags printers 2 switches 1 Loaded 59 KB 11 48KB s Time 0 05 Done Skin 2 looks a little heavier and features rounded corners It is not well suited for more than 50 100 sensors File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help del icio us gt 8 amp 0 8O S38 amp e eg PRTG Traffic Grapher PAESSLER eee es Logout Mie Me Ame Si elt Bt View PRTG Demo Website gt All Sensors Sensor List Custom Graphs Events Sensor Data PRTG Demo Website All Sensors Main Switch Port 1 VI1 on 10 0 1 126 0 kbit second Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 NIA E Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 0 kbit second E Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 0 kbit second E Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 NIA HP Procurve NIA Display Mode Live Graphs Custom Intervals Hourly A
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69. able 365 Days Table Port 1 VI1 on 10 0 1 126 24 Hours 5 min Averages 147 198 132 375 279 573 05 09 2006 15 20 15 25 149 278 4082 132 550 3 624 281 828 7 706 100 05 09 2006 15 15 15 20 159 926 4372 143 359 3 919 303 285 8 292 100 05 09 2006 15 10 15 15 158 764 4 341 143 404 3 921 302 168 8 251 100 05 09 2006 15 05 15 10 156 252 4272 142 873 3 906 299 125 8 178 100 05 09 2006 15 00 15 05 158 960 4 346 142 132 3 885 301 092 8 231 100 05 09 2006 14 55 15 00 155 683 4 255 141 266 3 862 296 948 8 117 100 05 09 2006 14 50 14 55 15 225 4664 13 945 4277 29 170 8 941 9 Please note the special column coverage This value tells you if the monitoring was actually working all the time and has covered the complete time period E g if PRTG is shut down for 15 minutes of an hour you will see a value of 75 of coverage for the remaining 45 minutes that were covered by monitoring If you need reliable and full data from your monitoring this value should always be 100 or close to 100 If the coverage is below 100 but PRTG was running all the time then there is a technical problem with the sensor PRTG was not able to get all the data it needs to completely calculate the traffic over time Most common reasons are network problems e g packet loss connectivity issues and device problems e g some devices limit the number of SNMP request per minute so if they are scanned too frequently a number of requ
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71. affic per Bi B2 B3 Oo PC Oo EI Traffic per IP or O C2 C3 protocol Option Il Monitoring just one PC on which PRTG runs on Traffic of D1 0 DS local PE E Boo Traffic per IF or 0 oO E3 protocol Option Ill Monitonng usage of a shared Internet connection or leased line Total Leased Fi O o O Line Traffic Traffic per PC IP or oO G2 G3 a protocol PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition e 25 A0 Monitoring Network traffic for a single PC connected to the Internet via DSL cable ora modem Simply create one new Packet Sniffer sensor and select the PC s network card during the Add Sensor wizard and you will get the total network traffic If you need traffic information for specific IPs or protocols apply a filter based on the corresponding IP port for each item you want to monitor Or If you do not need long term accounting data and only want to know the current and recent traffic by IP or protocol you can create just one Packet Sniffer sensor and enable the Toplist feature based on IP or protocol A2 Monitoring Total Network traffic with NetFlow Configure NetFlow protocol on the router to send NetFlow packets to the computer running PRTG see corresponding knowledge base article Purchase and install Network Connector License also works with 30 day trial license Configure a NetFlow collector in PRTG Create a new NetFlow sensor without any filtering to monitor net
72. affic that passes through this device default setting The other option is to Filter Traffic by various parameters Note Filtering traffic can become quite complex and is only recommended for experienced users For most users simply choosing Monitor All Traffic should be fine PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 65 66 e Adding Sensors When enabling filtering you must supply two rulesets for inclusion and exclusion of traffic For this reason the window is divided into two sections Include Ruleset and Exclude Ruleset Include means that data packets that meet the settings of this filter will be included in PRTG s monitoring as long as they are not filtered by an Exclude rule Click on Help for detailed description of the various rules that can be used Filter Help Each line in a ruleset is a rule Each rule consists of one or more items seperated by a space All items of a rule have to match for the rule to match logical and F any of the rules Hines matches the whole ruleset matches logical or A single item can be inverted by prefixing it with a minus logical not The following items can be used in a ruleset Click for more info on the item doubleclick to insert and close Source P SourcePort Source IP of the data Source MAC SourceAS Fommi Destination P Source P a a 2 a Destination Port SourcelP dns name Destination MAC SourcelP b b b b c DestinationAS Source P b b b
73. ally you can define horizontal limit lines Add Limit Line that are shown in the graphs Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Identification ne ERE V Sensor Settings Advanced Billing Webserver Access SNMP Channels H z plell EE fx For more advanced uptime downtime monitoring and more notification options please check out PRTG s sister product IPCheck Server Monitor Using the Add buttons you can add new notifications and limit lines see below Clicking the Edit button will open up the notifications dialog and allow you to edit its settings The Delete button will delete the notification entirely Click the Test button to send a test notification In order to select deselect a notification simply click on the checkbox in front of it to enable or disable the notification Error Notifications Using the Add Error Notification button you can set up notifications that will be triggered as soon as an error is encountered for a sensor Using this option PRTG Traffic Grapher can notify you if the sensor reports an eror fe g due to a network failure and if it recovers later Name Eror Notification Schedule All the time Latency 6 PRTG will optionally wait for the number of seconds you set in the latency setting before sending out the notification in order to
74. alog says Publisher Paessler AG you can be sure that you are about to install the original files from the vendor On Windows Vista you will now see another notification which tells you that a setup program has been started Please click on Continue User Qccount Control A program needs your permission to continue User Account Control stops unauthorized changes to your computer If you started this program please continue PRTG Traffic Grapher Paessler AG Details Continue Continue Cancel If you are installing an upgrade of PRTG you may see a notice that the PRTG Service is currently running Please click Yes in order to continue the setup process Walking through the installation Wizard e The Installation Wizard Welcome Screen will show up PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Installation e 11 Setup PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition Ea f EW Welcome to the PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition Setup Wizard This will install PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition on your Computer tis recommended that you close all other applications before Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup PAESSLER Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terns of this agreement before continuing with the installation Paessler License Terms ATTENTION ou will find these General T
75. also select the graphs to show View Details Change Colors amp Layout w Show Live Graph Show Custom Averages Show 1 Hour Averages Show 1 Day Averages w Show Legend Graph Details Dialog By double clicking a graph or by clicking the button located on the top right side of the graph it is possible to open the graph details dialog The View Graph Details dialog offers seven tabs 4 for graph information and 3 for table information PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Graph 5 Minutes Graph 24 Hours Graph 30 Days Graph 365 Days Table 24 Hours Table 30 Days Table 365 Days 5 min Averages 24 Hours W Bandwidth Traffic IN I Bandwidth Traffic OUT C Auto Refresh At the bottom of the window it is possible to define whether to show the legend or not and to enable auto refreshing for the graphs which can slow down the usage for graphs with many sensors The Graph 5 Minutes tab displays standard graphing information for the last five minutes according to the set interval The Graph 24 Hours tab displays standard graphing information for the last 24 hours in 5 minute averages The Graph 30 days tab displays standard graphing information for the last 30 days in hourly averages The Graph 365 days displays standard graphing information for the last year in daily averages Zooming is done by dragging the mouse while keeping the left mo
76. an editing the actual HTML code of the file All images used in the web view can also be changed These files can be found under the appropriate skin in the webtemplates folder under the subdirectory images You can generate additional skins by merely generating a new folder this will be available as a skin in the drop down menu of the web interface skin selection Any name can be used However do make sure that all relevant files are to be found in the respective folder Note To edit the HTML files please do not use an HTML editor that actively changes the HTML code e g FrontPage because very often the code for the placeholders are changed and IPCheck Server Monitor will not work with these files We recommend to use Windows Notepad or any other plain text editor Also always make a backup copy of the original files before changing them Restoring Lost Sensor Settings From DAT files The configuration data for the sensorlist is normally stored in the prtg file If this file is lost and no backup is available but the dat files of the historic monitoring database are still there PRTG Traffic Grapher can recreate the sensorlist from these files PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Advanced Usage e 141 Important This only works with files created by Version 5 or later Each dat file contains the sensor configuration from the time the dat file was created The dat file does not contain user group settings and the
77. an error message In this case please follow the instructions on the screen Add Sensor Wizard Sensor Selection Please select the sensors to create Connection Failed PRTG reads the traffic data and other values from your routers devices using SNMP Simple Network Management Protecall which must be installed and enabled on your device Please go through the following checklist ls SNMP installed and enabled on the device see configuration of the device Are you using the corect IP Port Community String and SNMP Version Does your machine running PRTG have access to SNMP see device s secunty settings Double check the SNMP Community String andor passwords these values are case sensitive and also the SNMP Tik All parameters mentioned will show a connection failed message if set incorrectly Firewall issues f the device and the monitoring machine are on two diferent sides of a firewall make sure that UDP access to port 167 SNMP is allowed and you will also need the retum path open SNMP uses UDP not TCP so SNMP requires the use of UDP ports 1023 to the PRTG client side so that the results can be sent back from the device to the machine running PRTG Not Connected Unknown user name Depending on the type of SNMP sensor you have chosen above please refer to the corresponding sections below SNMP Traffic Sensors Port Selection After entering the device s IP address in the Add Sensor Wizard click
78. and you can import MIBs to create your own OID Library files see manual Please choose an item from the list of OID Libraries O Custom SNMP Sensor With this option you can enter custom OlDs to monitor almost any SNMP counter for advanced users Device Template You can create your own set of device templates by saving groups of sensors to device template files in the main window Afterwards you can choose one of the templates here to create the same set of sensors for another device cee ter Here you can select the type of SNMP sensor you would like to monitor The options are Standard Traffic Sensor e SNMP Helper Sensor e From OID MIB Library e Custom SNMP Sensor e Device Template For this tutorial we will create a Standard Traffic Sensor you need to have a compatible device in your network Select the appropriate type of sensor from the list and click Next to continue This will launch the Device Selection screen PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher e 37 Add Sensor Wizard Device Selection Please enter the device connection data Device Name Alias 10 0 1 126 IP Address DNS Name 10 0 1 126 SNMP Version V1 Most commonly used Try this one if your are not sure V2c Supports 64 bit counters use this e g for Gigabit links C W3 Supports authentication and or encryption SNMP Pott 161 ea SNMP Community String public H
79. ase at www paessler com support Using live graphs from PRTG in other webpages using static image URLs If you want to include live graphs from PRTG into your own webpages e g Intranet that always show the recent traffic pattern you must encode the date in the graphs URLs in a relative manner This article explains the parameters of PRTG s graph URLs Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support How to find out OIDs for PRTG s custom SNMP sensors Out of the box PRTG Traffic Grapher offers various sensors defined within the various provided libraries However sometimes these included libraries do not suffice and it is necessary to access devices by directly providing Object Identifiers OIDs Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Appendix e 143 Upgrading from PRTG Version 3 to Version 5 6 PRTG Traffic Grapher version 6 can not import historic monitoring data from version 3 You must first upgrade to V4 Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support Why PRTG may stop recording data as soon as the Windows GUI is closed This article lists reasons why PRTG Traffic Grapher may stop recording data as soon as the WindowsGUIL is closed Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support PRTG service is not started Event ID 7000 Error 193 in system log On some systems the PRTG service is not started automatically and Event 700
80. ase visit www paessler com support How to set up traffic monitoring with PRTG for various infrastructures This article explains the various options you have to monitor the network traffic that occurs inside LAN or that goes over a shared Internet connection or leased line PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support Configuration Tips for Cisco Routers and PRTG NetFlow SNMP This article includes several tips amp tricks for your Cisco router configuration when using PRTG Traffic Grapher with SNMP or NetFlow Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support Netflow 5 Filter Parameters supported by PRTG Traffic Grapher This article explains the traffic parameters that can be used to filter traffic when NetFlow based bandwidth monitoring is used Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support Planning large installations of PRTG Traffic Grapher When planning large installations of PRTG Traffic Grapher with many sensors gt 100 or with high traffic gt 10 Mbit there are several parameters to take into account that influence the maximum number of sensors that can be monitored using one single PRTG instance Please see the Knowledge Base at www paessler com support How PRTG Traffic Grapher stores its data A short description what files and folders PRTG Traffic Grapher uses where they are located and what they do Please see the Knowledge B
81. ast 60 Minutes 30 sec Interval Last 46 Hours 5 Minutes Averages 1 000 soo ia Lf li oe Mala Ba deel eae a MLL Lab P ea iy ee Weer i Metar I a MANA ALN A abe L Pe cee g eee EE Meee m aT kbitfsecond Aug 21 00 00 Aug 21 12 00 Aug 22 00 00 Aug 22 Lest Last 30 Days Hourly Awerages 1 500 1 000 kbitfsecoand 5 i moth ai k a ry oar Lobe i eS Aug OF Aug 10 ug 13 Aug 16 Aug 19 Aug 22 Aia l Aug 04 Last 365 Days Daily Averages 2005 Ckt 2005 Dez 2006 Feb 2006 4 pr 2006 Jun 2006 4 WB Bandwidth Trafic IM Dewice Uptime 4 dawis 19 hourts E Bandwidth Trafic GUT Device Uptime 4 dayi 19 hourts The recorded monitoring statistics can be viewed in the Windows GUI of PRTG Traffic Grapher Also all aspects of the configuration of the sensors is done using the Windows GUI For remote access to the monitoring results PRTG Traffic Grapher comes with a built in web server for easy access to graphs and tables using a web browser For data acquisition the three most common methods for bandwidth monitoring are supported e Using SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol to access traffic counters or other readings from SNMP enabled devices most common e Looking at incoming outgoing network packets that pass through a network card of a computer so called packet sniffing 2 e Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Analyzing Cisco NetFlow packe
82. at the calculation is incorrect in the case PRTG s monitoring is stopped for a short time Continuous percentile interpolates between discrete values this is the recommended setting whereas discrete percentile chooses the next smaller discrete value Continuous percentile basically means that the measurements are treated as a statistical population and the value is determined by interpolating a value when it isn t present This means that values are interpolated between actual measurements that are varying around the perfect center of the measurements Discrete percentile means that the value must be a member of the data set For this kind of calculation you require a discrete distribution The median of a discrete distribution can not be defined as such meaning that the 50th discrete percentile may not necessarily be the median if the value does not belong to an odd number of measurements Discrete percentiles as such should not be used for billing applications A good source for more information regarding these percentiles can be found on this page http www servicelevel net rating _matters newsletters issue13 htm PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Web Server Settings The Web Server tab allows to set up the web server functionality Options x ge PRTG Traffic Grapher BAPAESSLER 4 User Interface Reporting Billing Local IP 10 0 0 200 Percentile re oa Pot oa Website C Write webserver access logfile
83. ation settings Advanced Usage Paessler SNMP Helper Paessler SNMP Helper enables PRTG Traffic Grapher or its sister product IPCheck Server Monitor to collect in depth performance information from Windows servers and workstations Up to several thousands parameters and performance counters of a PC can be monitored with just a few mouse clicks SNMP Helper License Options There are three different flavors available e Freeware Edition Supports monitoring of memory disks network and processors and comes free with the downloads of PRTG Traffic Grapher and IPCheck Server Monitor e Pro Edition Adds more than 2000 performance counters for servers and workstations running Windows 2000 XP or 2003 e Pro Extensions Are available for in depth monitoring of MS Exchange Server MS ISA Server MS SQL Server and MS Biztalk Server PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Advanced Usage e 133 134 e Advanced Usage Fully Integrated Into Paessler s Monitoring Products Simply install SNMP Helper on Windows 2000 XP or 2003 systems and you can monitor numerous performance counters using PRTG Traffic Grapher and IPCheck Server Monitor simply by adding new sensors Both our monitoring products have built in support for the additional counters Within a few minutes you will be able to monitor values like disk writes s DHCP Server Requests s Exchange Server Messages s SQL Server Requests s and many more In our knowledge base at www
84. b m m m m Protocol a number 0 255 or range x y or InboundInterface Outboundinterface b m number ToS a c bits in network mask 1 32 Source P 255 0 0 0 8 loopback as private PrivateLanNetworks Examples SourcelP 10 0 0 130 gt All data from 10 0 0 130 SourcePort 80 DestinationPort 80 gt All data send from orto port 80 SourcePort 1024 DestinationPort 1025 gt All data send from port 1024 to port 1025 Protocol TCP gt All traffic that is not TCP Valid values for the IP field include 10 0 0 100 10 0 0 50 80 10 0 0 www paessier com 10 0 0 0 8 10 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 Note The items from the Filter Library can be edited using the Extras menu Click Next in order to go to the Protocol selection screen PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Protocol Setup Add Sensor Wizard Protocols Please select the protocols to monitor Select Protocols Channels iv DNS W FTP W HTTP W HTTPS W ICMP Select All Edit Port Filter Library PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual W IMAP W IRC lw myHTTP W NETBIOS i POPS W RDF W SMTP W SNMP W TELNET Here you can select what protocols to monitor Check the checkbox es of the protocol s you want to monitor or use the buttons on the right in order to Select All or Select None The Edit Port Filter Library button allows you to enter the port specification window Channel Library P
85. c OUT V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 740 refreshs To visualize the data of more than one sensor you can select several sensors from the list of sensors Simply use CTRL while clicking an item to select disjointed items from the list or use SHIFT while clicking an icon to select several sensors Or select a group If a group or more than one sensor are selected you can switch between Single Graph the data of all sensors is shown in one chart shown on the left and Multiple Graphs one graph for the data of each sensor on the right Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Q M Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 OM kbit secon 00 00 MM Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN I Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT HB Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT MM Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT If only one sensor is selected you can choose between graphs and three data tables on the right View Data of Selected Sensors Port 1 VI1 on 10 0 1 126 These data tables show the data for the last 24 or 48 hours last 30 days or last 365 days these periods can be changed in the options PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI e 43 View Data of Selected Senzor s Graph Table 24 Hours Table 30 Days T
86. can activate the percentile calculation setting only available when using delta sensors e g Traffic sensors Here you can define the percentage to be used as well as the time interval the calculation is to be based on Upon clicking OK the report is generated and displayed The report is generated both as a graph and as a table the view of which can be selected by pressing the appropriate tab Click on Edit to change the channels colors etc This is the same dialog as all detailed graphs windows offer Compact Mode and Always On Top View Compact Mode will remove the toolbar as well as other GUI information Only the sensor list and the panels will remain PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI e 53 Always on Top will cause PRTG Traffic Grapher to remain on top i e over any other window you might be working with A combination of Compact Mode and Always on Top allows you when the window is reduced to move the PRTG window to a corner of your screen to be visible without being obtrusive Also note that the PRTG Traffic Grapher window will snap to a position when brought to the edge of the active monitor area Open Web View in Browser Choose this menu item to open your standard web browser with the homepage of PRTG s web interface Adding Sensors Available Sensor Types To monitor bandwidth usage PRTG offers the four common data acquisition methods e SNMP e Packet Sn
87. ce Name Alias field you can enter the desired name with which to identify this device In the IP address DNS name field please enter the specific IP address e g 10 0 0 1 DNS name e g router corp com for the device you would like to monitor Make sure that the information entered is accurate as otherwise PRTG Traffic Grapher will not be able to access the device In the SNMP Port field define the port number for the device you want to monitor You can use the arrow keys to change the value or you can enter it directly in the field provided The standard default value is 161 In the SNMP Community String field only for SNMP V1 and 2c enter the information required for the community string in order to allow PRTG Traffic Grapher to access the device The standard default value for this is public If you are using SNMP V3 you also have to the SNMP User Authentication Mode and Password as well as the optional Data Encryption key PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 57 58 e Adding Sensors SNMP Version C WI Most commonly used Try this one if your are not sure We Supports 64 bit counters use this e g for Gigabit links SNMP Fort SNMP User Authentication Mode Miine O bassoon O Click Next to continue Now PRTG Traffic Grapher tries to contact the device for the first time Scanning 10 0 1 126 Ge PRTG Traffic Grapher EXPAESSLER If the connection fails you will get
88. cel Use the checkboxes to enable and disable the display of a channel data is still collected Use the buttons to add edit or delete channels Or sort them using the arrow buttons to the right See the section Protocol Setup for more details Log raw data on the bottom right captures data in a file in the CSV format Bear in mind that this captures one entry per packet and as such the csv file grows very large This is mainly to help in setting up and debugging configurations Note this file is stored in the folder c documents and settings all users prtg traffic grapher Note You can only define 255 channels for one sensor Deleting older channels from the channel list will NOT increase the amount of remaining slots available because in the historic data the old channels still require their previously allotted slots Toplists Settings Note 1 When working with Toplists be aware that privacy issues can come up for certain configurations of this feature Using Toplists you can track all single connections of an individual PC to the outside world and you as the administrator must make sure that it is legal for you to configure PRTG like this Note 2 Keep in mind that Toplists are also shown in the web interface You may not want to show lists of domains used in your network to others In this case protect your PRTG webserver using passwords For Packet Sniffer and NetFlow sensors you can enable and edit one or more Toplis
89. citly telling you about the incorrect SNMP version they say only something like cannot connect or similar The same situation exists 1f community string usernames and passwords are incorrect If the connection works you will be shown the Port Selection Add Sensor Wizard Sensor Selection Please select the sensors to create __ 10013 Fa13 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter __ 10014 Fa14 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter _ 10015 Fa15 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter C 10016 Fa16 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter C 10017 Fa17 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter _ 10018 Fa18 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter C Christian amp Patrick Ethemet Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter __ BChristian amp Patrick Ethemet Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter __ Arbeitsplatz Dirk Ethemet Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter __ 10022 Fa22 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter 10023 Fa23 Ethemet Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter __ 10024 Fa24 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter _ HHP Procurve K che Ethemet Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter 10102 Gi2 Ethemet Not Connected 1000000 kb s 64bit Counter _ 10501 Nu0 Unknown type Connected 0 kb s 64bit Counter _ Hide ports with existing sensors Select the value to monit
90. cond for a time span of more than 10 minutes the settings would look like this Channel Bandwidth Traffic IN Tt C e ow sn Time span 10 Volume Notifications Using the Add Volume Notification it is possible to add a notification which will alert whenever a sensor has reached a certain volume PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Editing Sensors e 83 Using this option PRTG Traffic Grapher notify you if a certain volume is reached for a given time span e g more than 1 gigabyte month Name Volume Notification Schedule All the time Channel Bandwidth Traffic IN Volume kbyte Time span hour If you do not want to be notified at all times you can select a schedule from the list See the section Schedules Settings for more information The Channel option will allow you to select the desired channel for the sensor from the drop down menu In the Volume fields enter the amount as well as the unit for which the notification is to be sent once this volume has accumulated In the time span field define for which time span this volume notification shall be sent Basically you can set up a sensor so as to send out a notification if for example a sensor reaches 2 Gigabyte in a day This setup would look like this Channel Bandwidth Traffic IN ki Limit Lines To make it easier to judge the load of a data line or any other measured value it is a good idea to add horizontal lines to the graph which
91. d holding down the mouse button you can drag and drop a graph from one position of the panel to another or even onto another panel If you drop a graph onto another graph both will be swapped with each other At the top right of the graphs one will find the buttons Edit Details and Delete Opening Graph s or Table s Details With a double click onto a graph or table or a click on the AJ icon you can open a new window with detailed information Please refer to the Working With Charts section Editing a Graph or Table With a click on the a icon located on the top right side of the graph you can edit a Graph or Table Another method to select this functionality is by selecting the Edit Graph option from the right click menu 100 e Working with Custom Graphs PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Edit Graph View Graph Details Delete Graph Edit Panel Choose Panel Layout w Show Live Graph w Show 5 Minute s Averages Show 1 Hour Averages Show 1 Day Averages The Edit Graph window allows for multiple changes to be made as regards the graphing function and its display The Edit Graph window contains three panels e Graph e Sensors e Layout amp Colors amp Fonts Edit Graph Graph Sensors Layout amp Colors amp Fonts Title Name of first sensor in graph Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Charts Live 5 Minute s Averages 24 hours st C Hourly Averages 30 days Ww Daily Averages
92. distribution of the layout selected will also be mirrored by the information displayed on the web pages use lt br gt for linebreaks Show Comments as Panel hint Show Comments on Webpages Finally the Comments tab enables you to enter a comment about this panel which can optionally be shown in the web interface and the windows GUI 96 e Working with Custom Graphs PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Use simple HTML for highlighting e g lt b gt for bold and lt br gt for line breaks In order to set up the new panel and its layout please click the OK button A new panel tab should appear among the existing panel tabs Now you can create custom graphs by clicking on Click here to add a new graph or table as described later in the manual Editing Panels The Edit button allows you to edit the settings of the panel The options of this dialog are explained in the Adding Panels section Deleting Panels Selecting the Delete button will open a dialog asking whether the panel should be deleted or not Once you delete a panel you can not recover it Confirm P All graphs of TANConnections will be deleted we Are you sure to delete the panel Should you wish to permanently delete this panel click on Yes Should you wish to keep the active panel click on No Arranging Panels The Arrange button allows you to manually sort the order of the panels and thus the sequence they will appear in the windows GU
93. e Paessler website at www paessler com PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual E Paessler MIB Importer 1 1 File Edit Import Help Q BRIDGE MIB Identification dotig base dotig gvrp status L nn dotig max supported vlans Group dotig fdb 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 7 1 2 1 1 1 dotig max vlan id dotig num vlans dotig vlan version number dotig fdb 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 7 1 2 1 1 1 Source dotig Fdb dynamic count dotig Fdb id dotig learning constraints 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 7 1 4 8 1 1 OID 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 7 1 2 1 1 2 dotiq port vlan 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 1 4 1 1 dotig tp fdb 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 7 1 2 1 1 1 WEA Deta dotig vlan Junsigned C 64bit C float dotig vlan current 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 7 1 4 2 1 1 dotiq vlan static 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 7 1 4 2 1 4 alue l Unit Custom bd Agent Q BRIDGE MIB Name dotig Fdb dynamic count Kind Table Indicator dotig Fdb dynamic count Scale 1 Divide i Description The current number of dynamic entries in this Filtering Database Editing Filter Libraries You can set up libraries from the Extras menu Select Filter Library and the following window will open Filter Library SourcelP 255 0 0 0 8 loopback private private 10 private 172 private 192 PrivateLAN_10 PrivateLAN_172_16 PrivateLAN_192_168 PrivateLanNetworks Here you can add and rename filters When selecting these o
94. e Settings The Web Site tab allows to specify certain functions as regards the web interface PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting Program Options e 123 Options x 88 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAPAESSLER Website Customization Site Name PRTG Demo Website Admin Email dirk p de Homepage URL http www paessler com prtg banner prig4 Website Skin Skin1 Website Graph Settings cach wath 4006 00o S00 recommend _ Enable Graphics Smoothing experimental This will affect the way that the web view will be displayed It is possible to define a Site name this will be displayed at the start of the web view where one can select the monitored sensors an Admin email and a Homepage URL The administrator email as well as the defined homepage URL will be available as links in the bottom left hand of the web view Admin Contact Homepage You can also select one of various skins to change the look and feel of the web interface Please use the drop down menu to select the desired skin PRTG comes with three pre defined skins You can also edit the skins see the appendix for details Skin 1 is the default skin 124 e Setting Program Options PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual PRTG Demo Website Monitoring Results PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflowki 5 3 File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help delicio us gt BO BOD BB fac O woooonope v 68 PRTG
95. e Toplist feature Note If you have several switches routers you may not see all traffic if you only monitor one device B3 Monitoring Network traffic for each PC using a switch with monitoring port PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual See A3 for monitoring port basics Configure the switch es to send a copy of all network packets to the IP of the machine running PRTG How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition e 27 Create one new Packet Sniffer sensor for each PC to be monitored and apply a filter based on the MAC address or IP of each PC you want to monitor Or If you do not need long term accounting data for each PC and only want to know the current and recent traffic by IP you can create just one Packet Sniffer sensor and enable the Toplist feature based on IP Note If you have several switches routers you may not see all traffic if you only monitor one device C2 Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol with NetFlow Configure NetFlow protocol on the router to send NetFlow packets to the computer running PRTG see corresponding knowledge base article Purchase and install Netflowk Collector License also works with trial license Configure a Netflow collector in PRTG Create one new NetFlow sensor for each IP or protocol to be monitored and apply a filter based on the IP or protocol for each item you want to monitor Or If you do not need long term accounting data for each PC and only want to know t
96. e reading you want to monitor Device Template You can create your own device templates A device template can be use to create the same set of sensors for a number of devices See the section Working with Device Templates All SNMP Sensor Types Starting the Add Sensor Wizard In order to add a new sensor click on the Add Sensor button in the sensor list s toolbar or select Add New Sensor from the Edit menu This will launch the Add Sensor Wizard Add Sensor Wizard Welcome to the Add Sensor Wizard This wizard will guide you step by step through the setup of new sensors for monitoring with PRTG Traffic Grapher Creating new sensors involves three main steps 1 Selecting the data acquisition technology SNMP packet sniffing or NetFlow 2 Selecting the device server and scanning it for available sensors 3 Selecting the new sensors and choosing a group as well as an interval Note F you want PRTG Traffic Grapher to scan your network automatically for SNMP enabled devices please use the Automatic Network Discovery to create SNMP based Sensors Please click Next to continue PE PAESSLER Click Next to proceed to the selection of the data acquisition PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 55 56 e Adding Sensors Add Sensor Wizard Data Acquisition Type Please select the desired technology to acquire monitoring data SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Packet Sniffing Netf
97. e than 2 different vertical units are shown in one graph this option will enable displaying all axis on the right side with the specified units This can sometimes take a lot of space and is not enabled by default Here is a sample Live Graph Last 60 Minutes 30 sec Interval 60 000 000 55 000 000 50 000 000 60 80 7 45 000 000 55 Fro 6 2 1 200 y S 35 000 000 pr 5 a 5 100 30 000 000 Fas f 42 oOo 800 25 000 000 x fao 600 20 000 000 30 3 15 000 000 f 15 feo h F E 10 000 000 F 200 M eer as 10 1 k Ti 4 AB 5 000 000 P 16 10 16 20 16 30 16 40 16 50 17 00 e Show max last value this will display the maximum and the last measured value below a graph Here is a sample Bandwidth Trafic OUT Max 839 438 Last 3 612 kbitfsecond Bandwidth Trafic IM Max 2 072 09 Last 65 223 kbitfsecond e Show first sensor with filled area this will enable the graph for the first sensor to be displayed with a filled area making it easier to judge the graph information In the Legend section you can change the look and information of the legend shown below the graphs Here you are able to define colors for the background the frame and the text that appears in the legend You can also define a font for the text as well as its size In order for the legend to be displayed the Show Legend checkbox has to be selected The Show device uptime checkbox can be selected in order to have the upt
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99. econds should be fine Note Small intervals create higher network load but will give you a more current view of the measured data Longer intervals will cause smaller network load but the measured data will be more averaged Finally you can add tags for the new sensors which will help you to categorize your sensors later A tag can be one or more words e g switch printer 1st floor 2nd floor remote office data center 1 data center 2 etc Use commas to separate tags Once you have selected your preferences click on Finish and PRTG Traffic Grapher will begin monitoring your newly defined sensor s in a few seconds A First Look at The Main Window As soon as you have created one or more sensors you will see this layout of the main Window 40 e First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg DE Edit View Tags Extras Help m Senso O f ew Daia ot Selected Sensori E Q E Single Graph Multiple Graphs Display Favorite No Tags Add Delete Edit Stat Pause 10 0 1 126 em Categories Name Status Custom Tags All Sensors Live Graph 5 Minutes 5 sec Interval z pintere a SIRT Ree eee oid Lace Port 1 V1 on 10 0 1 126 8 kbit second 1C C workstations 3 Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 2 kbit second 1C Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 4kbit second 1 Port Arbeitsplatz Dirk on 10 0 1 126 16 kbit second 1C Port 10023 Fa2
100. ed from the SNMP sensor is either divided or multiplied You can select which one of the two to perform by clicking on the appropriate radio button to the right The Indicator field can be used to enter information that will be shown in the legend as the name for the information of the sensor In the Unit field you can enter any string that shall be used as units when displaying the graphs Once you have made your selections click on the Next button This will bring up the Additional Settings window All SNMP Sensor Types Additional Settings Once you have made your desired settings for the new SNMP sensor click on the Next button This will bring up the Additional Settings window PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Add Sensor Wizard Additonal Settings Please select the sensor settings Insert Into Sensorlist Below All Sensors Create New Subgroup 10 0 0 175 Scanning Interval s 5 ZA Tags comma seperated Choose a group from the sensor list that you want to add the new sensor s to Optionally you can Create a New Subgroup Choose a group name that will help you to keep your sensors organized e g Firewall or LAN Also select the desired scanning interval in seconds In most cases 30 seconds should be fine For installation with hundreds or even thousands of sensors it is recommended to increase the interval to 5 15 minutes to minimize system load Finally you can add tags for the new senso
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102. ency Monitoring Sensor Aggregation Help SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol ecommended for most standard situations SNMP Helper Learn More Here you can select which type of sensor you would like to monitor from the choices provided e SNMP 36 e First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual e Packet Sniffing e NetFlow Collector e Latency Monitoring e Sensor Aggregation All types are explained in depth later in this manual For this sample we will create an SNMP sensor since this is the most common option Please select SNMP and click Next Add Sensor Wizard SNMP Sensor Type Selection Please select the desired sensor type 35 I Standard Traffic Sensor Choose this option to monitor the bandwidth going in and out of a network device Uses MIB I Standard SNMP Helper Sensor Al Monitors thousands of Windows performance counters Simply install the SNMP Helper software on a server PC running Windows XP 2000 2003 and choose this sensor type to monitor values like disk wrtes s DHCP Server Requests s Eechange Server Messages s SQL Server Requests s and many more The freeware edition 20 sensors comes free with your PRTG installation The commercial edition 4000 sensors optionally supports MS SQL Exchange Biztalk and ISA Server More information about SNMP Helper From OID MIB Library Al a PRTG includes a database of commonly used OlDs
103. er for remote access to the monitoring results Supported Data Acquisition Methods All common methods for network usage data acquisition are supported PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is the basic method of gathering bandwidth and network usage data It can be used to monitor bandwidth usage of routers and switches port by port as well as device readings like memory CPU load etc Packet Sniffing The Packet Sniffer inspects all network data packets passing the PC s network card s and is able to classify network traffic by IP address protocol and other parameters NetFlow The NetFlow protocol is supported by most Cisco routers to measure bandwidth usage Although being the most complex type to set Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher e 3 up it is also the most powerful method suitable for high traffic networks and can also classify network traffic by IP address protocol and other parameters e Note Only with Packet Sniffer and NetFlow based monitoring it is possible to measure the traffic by IP address and or protocol SNMP based traffic measurement is port based only Additionally you can monitor latencies using PINGs e g to monitor the jitter and packet loss of a data line Windows and Web Based User Interface e Monitoring data can be accessed via a Windows GUI and a web based front end e Intuitive Windows user interface for data retrieval and configuration e
104. er running version 6 once you can not go back to version 4 because the file formats are not backward compatible If you are using panel based authentication in the web server please check the converted new web server user accounts after upgrading Since the reporting system was completely changed the V4 email reports are not supported anymore and you must create new reports If Versions 1 x 2 x or 3 x are installed There is no direct upgrade path for older installations before version 4 to version 6 There is an article in the Paessler knowledge base that explains what you can do Installing the software is similar to other Windows based applications PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Starting the Setup Routine To install the application please insert your PRTG Traffic Grapher CD ROM into your computer or open the installation setup routine from the ZIP file that you have downloaded On Windows XP 2003 Vista and later operating systems you may see a security information screen like this Open File Security Warning Do you want to run this file Name rapher 6 0 0 Publisher Paessler AG Type Application From n ii While files from the Intemet can be useful this file type can ty potentially harm your computer Only run software from publishers you trust What s the isk Your computer has just checked the downloaded file e g to make sure it has not been tampered by a malicious software If this di
105. ere you will need to enter a Device Name Alias for the sensor you would like to set up Next you will need to enter the IP Address DNS Name of the device you would like to monitor If you want to use SNMP Version 1 or 2c you may also need to update the SNMP community string as well as the SNMP port Usually it should be fine to keep the defaults public for the SNMP Community String and 161 for the SNMP port Contact your network admin if you are not sure If you are using SNMP V3 you also have to enter the SNMP User Authentication Mode and Password as well as the optional Data Encryption key SNMP Version WI Most commonly used Try this one if your are not sure SNMP Port 161 HA Standard is 1617 Authentication Mode f MDS SHA Authentication Password er ie SS ee Click Next to continue Now PRTG Traffic Grapher tries to contact the device for the first time scanning 10 0 1 126 88 PRTG Traffic Grapher BAPAESSLER If the connection fails you will get an error message In this case please follow the instructions on the screen 38 e First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Add Sensor Wizard Sensor Selection Please select the sensors to create Connection Failed PRTG reads the traffic data and other values from your routers devices using SNMP Simple Network Management Protocoll which must be installed and enabled on your device Please go through the followi
106. erms and Conditions within the Paessler Software that you download and these General Terms and Conditions govern the use of the Paessler Software To complete the installation of and to use the Paessler Software you will be required to agree to the terms defined below PLEASE READ THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY O accept the agreement do not accept the agreement e You must accept this agreement to install the software e Then click Next to continue This opens the Select Destination Window 12 e Installation PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setup PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition a olf Select Destination Location Where should PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition be installed Setup will install PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition into the following Folder To continue click Next you would like to select a diferent folder click Browse At least 23 0 MB of free disk space is required C oe e The Select Destination Window allows you to install PRTG Traffic Grapher at the default location C Program Files PRTG Traffic Grapher or allows you to choose another location from the list When you have selected a destination click the Next Button This will bring up the Select Additional Tasks Window e Note When installing for the first time selecting a location other than the default location will not interfere with the program s operation If you install an upda
107. ers are the ones used in PRTG when setting up custom sensors in order to access the appropriate elements of the device desired to be monitored OIDs are generally provided by the hardware manufacturers or can be found in so called OID repositories where collections of MIB trees and the respective OIDs can be accessed PRTG reads these OIDs and appoints them to the pertinent device respectively monitoring the selected device and its OID specific How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition Who should read this section This section explains the available methods of data acquisition It is strongly recommended to all users to read this section as it will help you to understand how the program works Available Methods of Data Acquisition Depending on your infrastructure you can monitor the usage of your network using different methods supported by PRTG Traffic Grapher You can choose between four common methods for bandwidth monitoring e SNMP Using SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol to access traffic counters or other readings from SNMP enabled devices most common e Sniffing Looking at incoming outgoing network packets that pass through a network card of a computer so called packet sniffing e NetFlow Analyzing Cisco NetFlow packets sent by Cisco routers 20 e How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual e Latency Monitoring performance of a data line or a device by measuring PING ti
108. est and does not respond Note SNMP Community strings are used only by devices which support SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c protocol SNMPv3 uses username password authentication along with an encryption key By convention most SNMPv1 v2c equipment ships from the factory with a read only community string set to public It is standard practice for network managers to change all the community strings to customized values in the device setup How PRTG works with SNMP For traffic and bandwidth monitoring PRTG Traffic Grapher logs the amount of data flowing in and out of an SNMP see above enabled network component To do this PRTG Traffic Grapher constantly reads the traffic counters Internet MIB 2 from the device To monitor other SNMP values PRTG Traffic Grapher reads the current values from the device using an OID from its own OID library or by using an OID entered by the user PRTG Traffic Grapher keeps track of the historic monitoring data in its database SNMP uses UDP UDP stands for User Datagram Protocol and is the opposite of TCP Transmission Control Protocol User Datagram Protocol defined by RFC 768 is very low overhead fast and unreliable while TCP 1s a very reliable and high overhead protocol The unreliability comes in the form of checks and balances whereas if TCP sends something it waits for an acknowledgment and if it doesn t hear back it will resend Since logging of devices usually happens within a time period t
109. ests remain unanswered For Packet Sniffer and NetFlow Sensors you will also see tabs for the so called Toplists e g with lists of the Top Talkers Top Protocols and Top Connections For each sensor you can also configure additional customized toplists Trend 11 a 10 0 0 200 251 kbytes 2 10 0 0 129 272 kbytes 3 10 0 1 126 82 kbytes en 10 0 1 200 82 kbytes 1 Ea 10 0 0 222 25256 bytes e 10 0 0 255 8546 bytes 7 10 0 0 230 6442 bytes s 774 168 168 168 3600 bytes 2 a 10 0 0 14 1848 bytes F 10 10 0 0 225 1132 bytes 43 m 1 10 0 0 200 35 48 Sof te 10 0 0 129 32 27 10 0 1 128 11 92 4 10 0 1 200 11 92 Mf 10 0 0 222 34 6 10 0 0 255 1 16 f 7 10 0 0 230 0 87 f Toplists can be computed based on source or destination IP and Port as well as other parameters 44 e Using the Windows GUI PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual In the lists you will see a number of columns for the selected values e g source IP PRTG tries to resolve the IP addresses into DNS names if possible IP addresses shown in brackets could not be resolved by reverse DNS The Trend column shows a value that is calculated by subtracting the current position in the list with the position of the previous toplist interval A value of zero 0 means that an entry is at the same position in the list as in the previous interval 5 means that the entry has climbed 5 positions PRTG shows big changes in the list position
110. ets aa Copyright c 1986 2005 by Cisco Systems Inc Compiled Fri 09 Sep 05 11 49 by antonino te In the Port Selection window you will find a listing of all the defined device s ports that can be monitored Here you can select any number of ports to be monitored In order to select a port check the checkbox before the port definition The shortcut buttons All None and Connected all ports that currently have a connection can also be used to select ports Clicking the Hide ports with existing sensors checkbox will remove all ports that have already a sensor from the list to prevent duplicate monitoring At the bottom of this window you will find a drop down menu that allows you to define what kind of value you want to monitor For 32bit counters the options are e Bandwidth e Number of Unicast Packets e Number of Non Unicast Packets e Number of Errors For 64bit counters e Bandwidth e Number of Unicast Packets e Number of Multicast Packets e Number of Broadcast Packets Advanced Tip If you prefer to use 32bit counters with SNMP V3 e g to get the error counters you can activate the Force 32bit traffic counters option in the advanced high compatibility mode on the tweaks page of the options otherwise SNMP V3 will always use 64bit counters Once you have made your desired settings for the new SNMP sensor click on the Next button This will bring up the Additional Settings window PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual
111. filter channel libraries If you restore a packet sniffer or NetFlow sensor make sure that your libraries contain all the required entries It is better to use a backup of the prtg file to restore a configuration use the automatic backup option to create a copy every day The dat import is only intended as last resort to get sensors or data back if only the dat files are left To import a single dat file click File Import Prtg 5 6 dat file Now select the dat file PRTG automatically copies the file to the correct location and adds a group Imported Sensors with the restored sensor To import multiple dat files of a single sensor one dat file per day First copy all dat files to the monitoring database subfolder of your current prtg file and then import the latest dat file as described above Importing Configuration Files from MRTG Appendix PRTG Traffic Grapher allows you to import MRTG configuration files In order to do so use the File menu and select the function Import A drop down will open From here select MRTG Configuration File and follow the instructions Please note that PRTG only understands a subset of MRTG features but for standard SNMP sensors most settings should be imported fine Articles from the Paessler Knowledge Base 142 e Appendix This section lists selected articles for PRTG Traffic Grapher from the Paessler Knowledge Base For additional articles and the most recent and updated information ple
112. for a PC running PRTG using SNMP 29 D3 Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using Packet Sniffing 29 E3 Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using Packet Sniffing 29 F1 Monitoring total Network traffic of a shared Internet connection or leased line using a switch router with SNMP Support ccccccssssesesseeeeeecececeeeceeceeeeseaeeaesseneees 29 G2 Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol of a shared Internet connection or leased line Monitoring with NetFlOW ccccccsssesssseeseseeeeeeceeeeees 30 G3 Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol of a shared Internet connection or leased line Monitoring with Packet Sniffing cccccccccccceeeeees 30 First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher 30 Basic Concepts Understanding Views Sensors Graphs Charts Tables and Tags 30 OV TW EEA E T O nee tees A T EEEREN OS tae nanan E TE ead E A A 30 SE 1S ONS e S oan dee 31 Graphs and C Rar Soora EAE EA TO 32 MEAN LCS os shasta A E A A T A a G 33 E o AIE E I IAIA EEN E AEI ETIE SEA EAEN EEN EE EI See 34 Staron PRI Gr LOL Tie Tirs NE ae E E A N moa gaaeeaaaceveneeiens 35 Adding New Sensors using the Add Sensor W1zard ccccceeseeeesecescecececeeeeceeeeeeaaaaeeeeeeees 36 A Bitst Look at The Main Widow isc anieciaealien a dead Oe ciae hone aa Salata 40 iv e Contents PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI 41
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114. g the Next button will bring up the SNMP Custom Sensor window PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 61 62 e Adding Sensors Add Sensor Wizard SNMP Custom Sensor Please enter the required SNMP configuration data Connected to Connected to Cisco IOS Software CE500 Software CE500 LANBASE M Version 12 2 25 FY RELEASE SOFTWARE ffc3 Copyright c 1986 2005 by Cisco Systems Inc Compiled Fri 09 Sep 05 11 49 by antonino OID Test this OID Value lt click Test this OID gt Delta difference per period w _ Flat value 1 00 Divide Multiply You must use the Test this OID Button to verify your OID before you can go to the next page First you have to enter an OID OID Object IDentifiers are number codes used by SNMP to identify specific readings They usually look like this 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Please remove any leading In order to test the OID for validity you have to click on the Test this OID button to continue If the OID is valid the value on the right hand side will change from lt click Test this OID gt to a numerical value You can then define the type of measuring you want to do Your options are e Gauge absolute value e Delta difference per period Check the Float value box if the returned value is a float with a decimal point The Scale function is a floating point value through which the value deliver
115. gnore Overflow Value Some devices handle device overflows incorrectly This can cause false peaks at regular intervals Checking this checkbox causes PRTG Traffic Grapher to ignore these overflow values and thus eliminate errors caused by this problem e Ignore Zero Values in delta Sensors This setting may be necessary for some devices e Force 32bit traffic counters There are some devices that offer non working 64bit counters when scanned initially With this setting PRTG will always use 32 bit counters which may be more reliable Advanced Port Name With this option it is possible to change the way the traffic sensor names are created by default while a new device is scanned PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting Program Options e 131 The default is Port X on host If PRTG finds a interface alias ifalias or a description ifdescr the text is added after the port number with the alias preferred If you want to change this behavior you can activate the Advanced Port Name option Enter any custom text with placeholders for dynamic content in brackets e port the port number e g 1 2 or 99 etc e ifalias the interface alias read from the OID 1 3 6 1 2 1 31 1 1 1 18 x with x as the port number e ifdescr the interface description read from the OID 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 x with x as the port number e custom oid any custom oid e g 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 for the same as the ifdescr placeholder The
116. h panel different access policies for users accessing the Web interface This screenshot shows a panel with graphs and tables f PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg File Edit View Tags Extras Help 8 fF 8 Add Delete Edt Arange Panel_1 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 06 09 2006 12 45 00 06 09 2006 13 00 00 Note Doubleclick the list to access previous intervalls Channel Volume Trend 86 Other 1121 kbytes SNMP 807 kbytes HTTP 392 kbytes NETBIOS I Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN m r z m EI Port CRP on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT 06 09 2006 12 45 00 06 09 2006 13 00 00 Note Doubleclick the list to access previous intervall E Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN Source IP Source Port DestinationIP Destination Port Protocol Volume Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT 10 0 0 222 1272 10 0 0 200 2208 65 Table Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 24 Hours 5 min Average 2 M E 10 0 0 230 138 NETBIOS 10 0 0 255 138 NETBIOS 3937 Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 10 0 0 200 2208 10 0 0 222 1272 3919 Bandwidth Trafficin Bandwidt y 6418212275 80 HTTP 10 0 0 200 1979 3864 oe kbivsecond kbyte 140 211 166 95 80 HTTP 10 0 0 200 1025 3705 06 09 2006 12 55 13 00 116 853 5 458 3576 x 09 12 50 12 4 617 4 K 06 09 2006 12 50 12 55 224 61 6 142 628 i TE 06 09 2006 12 45 12 50 348 712 9 536 936 D E 2 1 59 3 1
117. hat 1s cyclic in nature it s common sense that you missed the event and you ll catch it next time the tradeoff being that the low overhead protocol is simple to use and doesn t eat up all your bandwidth like TCP based applications going across your WAN 18 e Networking Basics You Should Be Aware Of PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual SNMP MIBs and OIDs an Overview SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol and consists of three key components managed devices agents and network management systems NMSs A managed device is a node that has an SNMP agent and resides on a managed network These devices can be routers and access server switches and bridges hubs computer hosts or printers An agent is a software module residing within a device This agent translates information into a compatible format with SNMP An NMS runs monitoring applications They provide the bulk of processing and memory resources required for network management MIB stands for Management Information Base and is a collection of information organized hierarchically These are accessed using a protocol such as SNMP There are two types of MIBs scalar and tabular Scalar objects define a single object instance whereas tabular objects define multiple related object instances grouped in MIB tables OIDs or Object Identifiers uniquely identify managed objects in a MIB hierarchy This can be depicted as a tree the levels of which are assigned by diffe
118. he current and recent traffic by IP or protocol you can create just one NetFlow sensor and enable the Toplist feature based on IP or protocol Note If you have several switches routers you may not see all traffic if you only monitor one device C3 Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol using a switch with monitoring port See A3 for monitoring port basics Configure the switch es to send a copy of all network packets to the IP of the machine running PRTG Create one new Packet Sniffer sensor for each IP protocol to be monitored and apply a filter based on the corresponding IP port for each item you want to monitor Or If you do not need long term accounting data for each PC and only want to know the current and recent traffic by IP or protocol you can create just one Packet Sniffer sensor and enable the Toplist feature based on IP or protocol Note If you have several switches routers you may not see all traffic if you only monitor one device 28 e How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual D1 Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using SNMP Install and enable generic SNMP software from the Windows CD see corresponding knowledge base article Set the security feature to allow PRTG to access the device Start the Add Sensor wizard choose SNMP enter the local PC s IP and the SNMP login data In the checkbox list check the ports which correspond to the network
119. ices etc are to be drawn up exclusively in the German or English language Communications by means of e mail or fax need to fulfill the requirement of being in writing 6 Severability If provisions of these General Terms and Conditions should be or become partly or wholy void the remaining conditions continue to apply Please contact sales paessler com for information on other available license models and volume discounts Acknowledgements 152 e Support and License Build using Indy Internet Direct http www indyproject org This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com Uses the net SNMP library see netsnmp license txt Uses the DelphiZip library distributed under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE http www delphizip net Uses the Info Zip library license info in the provided info zip license txt PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Support and License e 153
120. ich respectively identify the network and the host to the network with an imaginary boundary separating the two PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Networking Basics You Should Be Aware Of e 15 An IP address is as such generally shown as 4 octets of numbers from 0 255 represented in decimal form instead of binary form For example the address 168 212 226 204 represents the 32 bit binary number 10101000 11010100 11100010 11001100 The binary number is important because that will determine which class of network the IP address belongs to The Class of the address determines which part belongs to the network address and which part belongs to the node address see IP address Classes further on The location of the boundary between the network and host portions of an IP address is determined through the use of a subnet mask This is another 32 bit binary number which acts like a filter when it is applied to the 32 bit IP address By comparing a subnet mask with an IP address systems can determine which portion of the IP address relates to the network and which portion relates to the host Anywhere the subnet mask has a bit set to 1 the underlying bit in the IP address is part of the network address Anywhere the subnet mask is set to 0 the related bit in the IP address is part of the host address The size of a network 1s a function of the number of bits used to identify the host portion of the address If a subnet mask shows
121. icing model for this sensor here See the Billing section for more details PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Identification es Enable Billing Sensor Settings Please select your pricing model You can edit pricing models in the options dialog Advanced Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits SNMP Channels Access Settings On this tab you can specify what user groups may access this sensor s data in the web interface Users and groups are managed in the Extras Options dialog Edit Sensor Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Identification Comments Sensor Settings v Administrators Advanced admins Billing Notifications amp Limits SNMP Channels Please check all groups who may access this sensor s data in the web interface Notifications amp Limits Settings PRTG can send out notifications if an error is discovered by a sensor or a defined threshold and volume has been reached There are three types of notifications available in PRTG Traffic Grapher e Error Notifications e Threshold Notifications e Volume Notifications Each sensor can have an unlimited number of notifications Each notification can e Send an email e Send an http request PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Editing Sensors e 81 82 e Editing Sensors e Execute an EXE or batch file e Change the sensor s chart background Addition
122. iffing e NetFlow e Latency e Sensor Aggregation See SNMP Monitoring for more details about these options Adding SNMP Sensors Choosing between Standard Traffic SNMP Helper Library or Custom SNMP Sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher offers several types of SNMP sensors Standard Traffic Sensor This is the most common usage of SNMP Via the MIB 2 standard PRTG can access the traffic counters of a device to monitor its bandwidth 54 e Adding Sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual SNMP Helper Sensor Paessler SNMP Helper is a system level software program that runs on a Windows 2000 XP or 2003 computer system that allows other systems running PRTG Traffic Grapher to collect performance information remotely for several thousand Windows Performance Counters using the SNMP protocol See the section Paessler SNMP Helper for more details From OID MIB Library PRTG comes with several preconfigured libraries so called OIDLIBs for various device types that helps you to monitor CPU loads disk usage or temperatures Additionally you can convert most MIB files from device vendors into OIDLIBs using Paessler s MIB Import Tool to create many more sensors See the section Importing MIBs using Paessler MIB Importer and Converter for more details Custom SNMP sensors Choose this type if you want to monitor an SNMP OID value that PRTG does not have built into its libraries You must supply the OID value for th
123. il address and the name you would like to appear in the from section of all emails sent by PRTG Traffic Grapher The SMTP Authentication section allows you to enter a username and password in order to authenticate the transfer of the email information on your SMTP server Please make sure this information is provided accurately as otherwise the authentication process will not work properly If your mail server requires POP3 before SMTP you must enter your account data in the edit fields provided Tweaks Settings Options ge PRTG Traffic Grapher Billing Percentile Web Server Website Users Groups System Mail Server Schedules PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual x PAPAESSLER SNMP SNMP Timeout 3 GA Bind IP Any E High Compatibility Mode activate if you get a coverage below 100 Advanced Port Name Enter a single OID which is extended by the port number or a custom string with placeholders in brackets port for the port number ifalias for the interface alias oid 1 3 6 1 2 1 31 1 1 1 18 ifdescr for the interface description oid 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 custom oid for any custom oid extended by the port number Toplists Memory Limit This value limits the size of toplists in RAM memory If you get a Not Analyzed item in a toplist either increase this value or add a filter to the sensor to reduce the data 5to 20 seconds recommended
124. ile Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help del icio us lt z gt go 3 amp A ra H EA http 10 0 0 200 login htm 68 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAESSLER Refresh 6 Off 15s O60s 5min View PRTG Demo Website gt Login Sensor List ai Graphs Welcome to PRTG Traffic Grapher ven Sensor Data Please log in Username Admin Contact Password Homepage 06 09 2006 14 26 08 PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 2003 2006 Paessler AG 9 v Images 9 9 Loaded 19 KB 40 51 KB s Time 0 00 Done Basic Layout of the Web Interface The layout consists of three main areas e Header Area 68 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAESSLER kee Logout Mc im OM Jem AES E In this area you can see the PRTG logo the logout button and controls for the page refresh PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Web Interface e 107 Header Area 108 e Using the Web Interface e Left Navigation Area Tag Filter Custom Tags printers 2 switches 1 workstations 3 States Error 0 Ok 14 Paused 0 Types Latency 0 Netflow 1 View Packet Sniffer 1 Sensor List SNMP Custom 0 Custom Graphs SNMP Library 0 Events SNMP Traffic 12 Sensor Data Groups Tag Display Display Mode 10 0 1 126 6 oe Auto detection 6 p Live Graphs HPCOLOR 10 0 0 232 APhabetically Custom Intervals Netflow 1 id eee Hourly Averages Packet Sniffer 1 o Daily Averages
125. ime of each device 1 e the time since the last reboot shown in the legend area Colors amp Layout Graphs Layout amp Colors amp Fonts Tables Layout amp Colors amp Fonts Table Tat m Toplist Chart In the panel Tables Layout amp Colors amp Fonts you can finally control how the tables are shown PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Under Toplist you can choose whether to show the charts for the toplists as bar chart or pie chart or select none to disable charts for toplists MM Other 11 45 View Historic Data With this menu item you can access the data in PRTG s monitoring database Historic Data E All Sensors F El 10 0 1 126 k b Port 1 V1 on 10 0 1 126 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port CAP on 10 0 1 126 To 31 12 2006 A Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 Interval 1 month we 01 07 2006 A Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 B Sniffer _ Calculate Percentiles Percent Please select a sensor on the left In the Time amp Interval section you can define the report parameters Select a preset for the time lapse for which the report is to be generated or select a time period by entering specific start and end dates Please choose a Preset or you can also enter From and To dates manually then the Time Frame Presets mode will automatically switch to Custom Also please choose an Interval At the bottom of the window one
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127. ing the Next button will bring up the Port Selection window PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Add Sensor Wizard Sensor Selection Please select the sensors to create _ 1 11 proprietary virtual intemal interface Connected 1000000 kbs 64bit Counter 10001 Fat Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kbs 64bit Counter 10002 Faz Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter _ 10003 Fa3 Bthemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter 10004 Fad Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kbs bit Counter 10005 Fa5 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter 10006 Fa6 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter _ 10007 Fa Bthemet Not Connected 100000 kb s bit Counter W 10008 Fad Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kbs 64bit Counter 10005 FaS Bhemet Not Connected 100000 kb s Mbit Counter 10010 Fal Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter 10011 Fa11 Ethemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter a 10012 Fal2 Ehemet Not Connected 100000 kbs 64bit Counter 10013 Fal3 Bhemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter 10014 Fal4 Bthemet Not Connected 100000 kb s 64bit Counter C Hide ports with existing sensors Select the value to monitor Bandwidth Bandwidth Info Unicast Packets Sa Se Multicast Packets se E a e o Connected to Cisco IOS Softwlo ga poo ANBASE M Version 12 2 25 F t RELEASE A Sofware fc3 Broadcast Pack
128. ion of the data acquisition PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 73 74 e Adding Sensors Add Sensor Wizard Data Acquisition Type Please select the desired technology to acquire monitoring data SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Packet Sniffing Netflow Collector Latency Monitoring Sensor Aggregation Help Sensor Aggregation Please select Sensor Aggregation and click Next This will show the Aggregation Sensor Selection page Enter a name for the sensor and then choose whether you want to work with delta sensors e g traffic sensors or gauge sensors e g CPU loads PRTG then shows a list of available sensors and their channels Now enable the checkboxes for the desired sensors and click Next to finalize the sensor creation Working with Aggregation Sensors As soon as you have created an Aggregation Sensor you can use it in PRTG s Web and Windows GUI just like any other sensor with some minor exceptions see below Double click the sensor in the sensor list to edit the sensor Here you can add and remove channels from the aggregation You can add additional channels with another set of sensors too Notes and Limitations There are some limitations for aggregation sensors e One aggregation sensor can only work with either delta or gauge sensors e All channels used for an Aggregation Sensor should use the same unit setting otherwise the generic unit unknown wi
129. ionPort 1025 SourcelP gt All data send from port 1024 to port 1025 ee Source IP of the data Protocol TCP ource oC SourceASI Format gt All traffic that is not TCP Destination P SourcelP a a a a DestinationPort a Destination MAC Sentara Valid values for the IP field include Destination ASI SourcelPb b b b m m m m 10 0 0 100 10 0 0 50 80 10 0 0 Protocol www paessler com 10 0 0 0 8 10 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 Inboundinterface number 0 Outboundinterface Pps el seh hl ToS bits in network mask 1 32 Library Entry crate Editing the Skin of the Web GUI In order to edit the look and feel of the Web GUI you must edit the HTML template files in the webtemplates subfolder of your installation folder Basically there is one main HTML template file PRTG Traffic Grapher builds the main page and all other pages from global htm However as one moves deeper into the interface there might be other web templates that need to be edited All of these however are found in the same directory When editing this HTML file please ensure to keep the placeholder structure in a proper manner as changes to this structure can cause problems when viewing the web based interface It is of particular importance not to change the lt Content gt placeholder as it is here where the graphs and tables are displayed Also prefer to edit the style sheet at the beginning of the file to achieve the desired layout rather th
130. it second BE Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 1 kbisecond BE Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 9 kbiv second BE Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 17 kbit second BE Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 312 kbitsecond BE Show All Graphs Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 126 288 kbitsecond BEH Hide All Graphs Packet Sniffer a PEPE Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols 67 kbi second BEH 2 A 3 ES 4 a Display Mode Live Graphs Custom Intervals Hourly Averages Daily Averages go E 0 mO Tag Filter Custom Tags IPAESSLER PMs A switches 1 bi V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 1662 refreshs 31 CPU Load Of course you can also access the web interface using a standard web browser Right click on the URL to copy it or open the standard browser Working With Sensors You can find the list of sensors in the middle of the main Window Sensors FY EY PY F Add Delete Edit Start Pause Name Status Device Interval Type All Sensors 2 emors 10 0 1 126 2 emors Port 1 Vi1 0n 10 0 1 126 8 kbit second 10 0 1 126 45sec Traffic Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Eror 10 0 1 126 5 sec Traffic Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 210 kbit second 10 0 1 126 45sec Traffic Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Eror 10 0 1 126 5sec Traffic Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 144 kbit second 10 0 1 126 5 sec Traffic Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 12 229 kbit second 10 0 1 126 5 sec Traffic E Packet Sniffer FEFE 19 kbit second
131. ket Sniffer m El PEPE Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols 75 kbit second WEE Live Graph 5 Minutes 5 sec Interval kbitfsecond LIU Lal Lae Lal Auto detection E Netflow E In this list you can use the following links e Click the name of a group to get a page with only the sensors of this group e Click the Plus Minus icons in front of group names to unfold fold the group with its sensors e Click the Plus Minus icons in front of sensor names to show hide the sensor s graph e Click a sensor name or the graphs icon to see the sensor s graphs in detail Click a sensor s data table icon to see the sensor s data in detail e E Click a sensor s or group s events icon and you will see a list of events for this sensor You can change the graphs shown inside the list in the navigation area Display Mode Live Graphs Custom Intervals Hourly Averages Daily Averages Show All Graphs Hide All Graphs You can choose between Live Graphs Custom Intervals Hourly Averages and Daily Averages Using the buttons Show All Graphs and Hide All Graphs you can hide and show all graphs at once You can filter the list of sensors using the Tag Filter PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Web Interface e 109 Tag Filter Custom Tags printers 2 switches 1 workstations 3 States Error 0 Ok 14 Paused 0 Types Latency 0 Netflow 1 Packet Sniffer 1 SNMP
132. le Shows the monitoring data of one or more sensors in a detailed table New Toplist Shows a toplist e g Top Talkers or Top Connections of one sensor in a table 98 e Working with Custom Graphs PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Select one or more sensors and decide whether to create a new graph table or toplist Toplists are only available for Packet Sniffer and NetFlow sensors Creating a New Graph If you choose to create a new graph you have the following options New Graph or Table Create New Graph Please select the options for this new graph Name Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 5 Minutes Averages _ 1 Hour Averages 1 Day Averages Choose a name enable the graphs you want and set the graph s time frames Click Next to finalize this step Creating a New Table If you choose to create a new table you have the following options PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Working with Custom Graphs e 99 New Graph or Table Table Please select the options for the table Name Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 States vege 1 Hour Averages 30 days 1 Day Averages Choose a name choose the averages to show on the table and set the time frame Click Next to finalize this step Creating a Toplist If you choose to create a new toplist you can only give the toplist a new name Click Next to finalize this step Working with Graphs and Tables By clicking on the top of a graph or a table an
133. ll be used e Due to timing and rounding effects you may see small discrepancies when comparing aggregation sensors with their source channels e You can not re use Aggregation Sensors to create another Aggregation Sensor folding e There is no sum channel for the aggregated sensor e Inthe graphs the data lines for Aggregation Sensors appear slightly shifted to the right later compared to the data lines of the source channels PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual because the aggregation sensor reads the data from the other sensors after they have aquired it which creates a delay If delta sensors are used for aggregation e The scanning interval for the Aggregation Sensor must be at least three times the maximum scanning interval of the source sensors The multiplier should always be an integer value 3 or higher e Itis recommended that all source sensors should have the same scanning interval setting e g 10 seconds sensor intervall and 30 seconds aggregation scanning or 20 seconds amp 60 seconds e Aggregated delta sensors ignore overflow values see High Compatibility Mode If gauge sensors are used for aggregation e The scanning interval for the Aggregation Sensor should be the same as the scanning interval of all source sensors e Itis recommended that all source sensors should have the same scanning interval setting Automatic Network Discovery For SNMP based networks PRTG Traffic Grapher offers the
134. ll launch the Add Sensor Wizard PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Add Sensor Wizard Welcome to the Add Sensor Wizard This wizard will guide you step by step through the setup of new sensors for monitoring with PRTG Traffic Grapher Creating new sensors involves three main steps 1 Selecting the data acquisition technology SNMP packet sniffing or NetFlow 2 Selecting the device server and scanning it for available sensors 3 Selecting the new sensors and choosing a group as well as an interval Note F you want PRTG Traffic Grapher to scan your network automatically for SNMP enabled devices please use the Automatic Network Discovery to create SNMP based Please click Next to continue BE PAESSLER Click Next to proceed to the selection of the data acquisition Add Sensor Wizard Data Acquisition Type Please select the desired technology to acquire monitoring data SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Packet Sniffing Netflow Collector Latency Monitoring Sensor Aggregation Help Netflow Collector Supported by most professional Cisco routers for measuring bandwidth usage Although being the most complex mathod to set up it is most suitable for high traffic networks Requires changes in the setup of your Cisco router s Recommended for high traffic networks with NetFlow capable devices Learn More Please select NetFlow Collector This will lead to the NetFlow Collector selection screen
135. low Collector Latency Monitoring Sensor Aggregation Help SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Helper Learn More Please select SNMP and click Next This will lead to the SNMP Sensor Selection page Add Sensor Wizard SNMP Sensor Type Selection Please select the desired sensor type Standard Traffic Sensor Choose this option to monitor the bandwidth going in and out of a network device Uses MIB I Standard SNMP Helper Sensor Monitors thousands of Windows performance counters Simply install the SNMP Helper software on a server PC running Windows XP 2000 2003 and choose this sensor type to monitor values like disk writes s DHCP Server Requests s Exchange Server Messages s SOL Server Requests s and many more The freeware edition 20 sensors comes free with your PRTG installation The commercial edition gt 4000 sensors optionally supports MS SQL Exchange Biztalk and ISA Server More information about SNMP Helper From OID MIB Library Al d PRTG includes a database of commonly used OlDs and you can import MIBs to create your own OID Library files see manual Please choose an item from the list of OID Libraries O Custom SNMP Sensor With this option you can enter custom O1Ds to monitor almost any SNMP counter for advanced users Device Template You can create your own set of device templates by saving groups of sensors to device template files in the main window
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137. mes Depending on your network configuration and your monitoring needs you must choose between these methods All methods can be used at the some time too Please read on to understand the differences between the four methods SNMP Monitoring The Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP is the most basic method of gathering bandwidth and network usage data How SNMP Monitoring works It can be used to monitor bandwidth usage of routers and switches on a port by port basis as well as device readings like memory CPU load etc O s gt BORREREE BOGREREE BERGER REEE HERRERO 2 e gt O When this technology is used PRTG queries the devices e g routers switches and servers for the traffic counters of each port with quite small data packets These packets are triggering reply packets from the device This option creates the least CPU load and network load of the three methods Reasons To Choose SNMP Monitoring SNMP is the most commonly used method mainly because it is easy to set up and requires only minimal bandwidth and CPU cycles So if your network devices support SNMP and or if you want monitor large networks with several hundred sensors we recommend to get started with SNMP Besides network usage monitoring one unique feature of SNMP is the possibility to also monitor other network parameters like CPU loads di
138. monitor the additional system parameters by simply adding new sensors to IPCheck and PRTG Installing Paessler SNMP Helper Paessler SNMP Helper is a small library that makes it much easier to access system parameters of Windows machines using SNMP If the SNMP Helper is installed PRTG Traffic Grapher will be able to read various system parameters from this machine SNMP Helper can be used on Windows XP 2000 and 2003 You only need to install SNMP Helper on a computer if you want to monitor it You must install SNMP Helper on each Windows computer you want to monitor using the additional sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual First make sure to install the Windows SNMP component using the Add Remove Software control from your Windows Control Panel see Howto Installing SNMP Service on Windows NT 2000 XP In order to install Paessler SNMP Helper launch the Paessler SNMP Helper Setup exe file located within your PRTG Traffic Grapher installation directory after you have installed PRTG Traffic Grapher This will launch the Paessler SNMP Helper Setup Wizard Setup Paessler NMP Helper OO O E PRTG Welcome to the Paessler SNMP Hetu Helper Setup Wizard Gra p UAR This will install Paessler SNMP Helper 1 3 on your computer Iki recommended that you close all other applications before Continuing Click Hest to continue or Cancel to exit Setup WWW paes sler com cca Once you have read the inf
139. ms menu Note During Uninstallation your monitoring data will not automatically be removed After the uninstallation of the software has finished please check PRTG Traffic Grapher s installation folder and delete all remaining files that you do not want to preserve Also please check the Documents and Settings All Users Common Documents PRTG Traffic Grapher folder for remaining data files which are also not automatically removed Networking Basics You Should Be Aware Of Who should read this section If you are new to network administration and network monitoring read about the technical basics in this section It will help you to understand how PRTG Traffic Grapher works If you are already used to IP addresses and the SNMP protocol you can skip this section A Short Introduction To IP Addresses IP Addresses In order for systems to locate each other in a distributed environment nodes are given explicit addresses that uniquely identify the particular network the system is on and uniquely identify the system to that particular network When these two identifiers are combined the result is a globally unique address This address known as IP address as IP number or merely as IP is a code made up of numbers separated by three dots that identifies a particular computer on the Internet These addresses are actually 32 bit binary numbers consisting of the two sub addresses identifiers mentioned above wh
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141. n allows adding or removing a sensor by clicking the respective buttons located on the right hand side By clicking on the checkboxes it is possible to activate deactivate the lines for each channel e g Traffic IN Traffic OUT and others In this window it is also possible to select the line colors for the channels by clicking on the appropriate color field This will bring up a color selection Simply click the color of your choice and click OK 102 e Working with Custom Graphs PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual EERE he Benutzerdefinierte Farben BREE ie EEEE Optionally you can click on Automatic Colors and PRTG will automatically choose a unique color for each channel The button Unit options will open a new dialog allowing to select the various types of units for each of the selected graph types PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Working with Custom Graphs e 103 Custom Units Automatic Use Sensor Unit kbyte kbit second Manual Custom Units Live Volume kbyte w Speed This dialog allows to select the units to be used for the volume and the speed of each entry respectively Edit Graph Graph Sensors Layout amp Colors amp Fonts 104 e Working with Custom Graphs Graph Background l Chart Background O Show Grid ne miae J E C Show extra vertical axes right of graph Show first channel with filled area C Show max last value Legend
142. ncludes a billing system e Web Browser Here you can access the Web Custom interface of PRTG Traffic Grapher ra E Reports Browser Sensors Depending on the method of data acquisition one sensor can be e For SNMP traffic sensors One sensor monitors the in and out going traffic of one port of a device e g a port of a switch or a network card of a PC e For other SNMP Sensors A sensor monitors one single parameter e g the CPU usage or room temperature e For Packet Sniffing One sensor monitors all traffic going through one or more network cards Several sensors can monitor the same network card using different filter settings e g to monitor only specific IPs or protocols e For NetFlow monitoring One sensor monitors all NetFlow data packets arriving at one NetFlow Collector Usually one Network Collector is installed per switch Several sensors can monitor the same NetFlow Collector using different filter settings e g to monitor only specific IPs or protocols e For Latency monitoring One sensor records the PING times for one remote IP address In the main window the list of all sensors can be seen Each sensor is shown with its current reading device interval and type The colors red and yellow show error and paused sensor states PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher e 31 Pe FP FY FY FY Add Delete Edit Start Pause Name Status Device Interval Type E All Sensors
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144. ng checklist Is SNMP installed and enabled on the device see configuration of the device Are you using the correct IP Port Community String and SNMP Version Does your machine running PRTG have access to SNMP see device s security settings Double check the SNMP Community String and or passwords these values are case sensitive and also the SNMP Versi All parameters mentioned above will show a connection failed message if set incorrectly Firewall issues if the device and the monitoring machine are on two different sides of a firewall make sure that UDP access to port 161 SNMP is allowed and you will also need the retum path open SNMP uses UDP not TCP so SNMP requires the use of UDP ports gt 1023 to the PRTG client side so that the results can be sent back from the device to the machine running PRTG Not Connected No response check firewalls routing snmp settings of device IPs SNMP version community passwords etc The most common reason for connection problems are incorrect IP addresses SNMP Port or community string they all show a connection failed error The second most common problem are connection issues due to firewalls that block the UDP traffic It is important to know that if you select an SNMP version which is not supported by the server or device that you want to monitor you will also receive this error message Unfortunately most of the time these error messages are not expli
145. nstalling SNMP Ot TINE recne ni ead a EE E T S 145 Howto Troubleshooting the device setup when using SNMP ccccccccccceceeeeeeeeeeaeeeaes 146 PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Contents e vii viii e Contents Support and License 146 Index SUPPO emma nO E E EOE 146 6 0 a Ua a beee E EN AA E O OR 147 Consulting and Custom Sowar E reiri enea AEE a Aa AAE ates 147 License Usage Ferms airde a AT T E Te ne ore erent 147 ACKNOW VG OS MENIS aieea V N AEE TENANTE N 152 Fehler Textmarke nicht definiert PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher Paessier Router Traffic Grapher monitors records and analyzes traffic data within a network and provides accurate data about network traffic and usage trends PRTG displays the results in various easy to read forms and is easily customized and adapted to your needs Why Monitoring Of Bandwidth and Network Usage Is Important Today most businesses rely more or less on a computer and network infrastructure So the computer network s reliability and speed are crucial for these businesses to be successful as well as an efficient use of the available resources For the network administrator this means that he has to ensure his network s uptime reliability and speed and the efficient use of the network To do this monitoring the network is inevitable PRTG Traffic Grapher monitors network and band
146. o be helpful with the setup e Search for SNMP in the Microsoft Knowledge Base http search microsoft com search results aspx qu snm e Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol http www microsoft com resources documentation windows 2000 ser ver reskit en us tcpip part3 tcpch10 mspx e HOW TO Configure Security for a Simple Network Management Protocol Service in Windows 2000 http support microsoft com default aspx scid K B EN US q315154 amp Howto Installing SNMP on Linux Suitable SNMP software and instructions should be available from the vendor of your Linux distribution SNMPD from the Net SNMP project is very commonly used see net snmp sourceforge net There is a good tutorial that explains the installation of the NET SNMP deamon on a Debian Linux system on the DebianHelp website www debianhelp co uk snmp htm PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Appendix e 145 After installing and configuring this daemon you should be able to monitor vital system data e g the CPU load using PRTG Traffic Grapher Simply create a new sensor choose SNMP Library Sensor and select the Basic Linux Library from the list of available libraries Howto Troubleshooting the device setup when using SNMP If you are using a SNMP Sensor the SNMP protocol Simple Network Management Protocol must be installed and enabled on your device Please go through the following checklist Is SNMP installed
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148. ogy to acquire monitoring data SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Packet Sniffing Netflow Collector Latency Monitoring Sensor Aggregation Help Packet Sniffing With this option PRTG can inspect all network data packets passing the local machine s network card This way you machine s traffic or your network s traffic by connecting it to the monitoring port of a switch Cons Creates the highest CPU load on the machine running PRTG Recommended if differentation of traffic by service protocol is required Learn More Please select Packet Sniffing and click Next This will lead to the Network Card selection screen 64 e Adding Sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Add Sensor Wizard Network Card Please select the network card to monitor Sensor Name PEPE 2 Please select one or more network card s Adapter for generic dialup and VPN capture C VMware Virtual Ethemet Adapter C VMware Virtual Ethemet Adapter Gal Intel R PRO 1000 MTW Network Connection Microsoft s Packet Scheduler From the list choose the network card s you want to monitor one or more Then click the Next button This will open the Filter window Filter Setup Add Sensor Wizard Filter Please choose to monitor all traffic or set a filter for the data to monitor Monitor All Traffic Filter Traffic Include Ruleset Here you can first of all select to Monitor All Tr
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150. on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP __Admin Contact 09 58 21 Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP Homepage 05 09 2006 16 15 21 Error Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP 05 09 2006 16 14 56 Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification DOWN No Such Name 05 09 2006 16 14 46 Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP 05 09 2006 16 14 36 Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification DOWN No Such Name 05 09 2006 16 14 30 Error Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification DOWN Unknown user name 05 09 2006 16 14 15 Error Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP Error Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification DOWN Unknown user name Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP 05 09 2006 15 56 21 Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification DOWN Unknown user name 05 09 2006 15 56 16 Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification UP 05 09 2006 15 55 47 Error Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Error Notification DOWN Unknown user name 05 09 2006 15 50 48 Error PEPE Error Notification DOWN 06 09 2006 15 24 32 PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 2003 2006 Paessler AG z Images 9 9 Loaded 17 KB 51 83 KB s Time 0 00 Done Click on Show only System Events to hide all events that are associated with a sensor Note To see the events for a sensor or group only use the E icons in the sensor list PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Man
151. on Windows 2000 XP and 2003 e Complete and intuitive web based interface that is easy to access using a standard web browser e Includes free SQL server for fast and reliable data storage e Sensor types include PING PORT HTTP HTTPS Advanced HTTP HTTP Transaction DNS SMTP POP3 SNMP SQL Servers Windows System Sensors and various custom sensors i e user can create his own sensors using scripting and many programming languages e Notifications can be triggered by uptimes downtimes or slow responses e Notifications sent to you by email and ICQ via SMS and to pagers e Monitoring reports sent to your mailbox daily weekly or monthly e Detailed reports and graphs can be viewed online To learn more about IPCheck Server Monitor please check out http www paessler com ipcheck PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher e 7 Installation System Requirements 8 e Installation Version 6 of PRTG Traffic Grapher works on the following operating systems e Windows 2000 XP and 2003 e 32bit versions fully supported e 64bit versions fully supported e Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Longhorn will be supported as soon as the final releases become available e PRTG was tested to work fine on Windows 98 and ME but we do not officially support these operating systems for commercial use The following basic system configuration is required e 64 MB RAM 256 MB and more recommended e 2
152. on you can change database parameters You can choose to do a daily backup of the monitoring data by enabling Backup yesterday s monitoring data and providing a folder for the backup Using the backup function will give you a zipped file containing all collected monitoring data for a particular day The backup for the previous day will be created as soon as a new day begins To keep the database from growing endlessly you can also enable Purge data after and choose a number of days that PRTG should keep the data in the database To avoid memory overload you should keep the list of events only for a few weeks You can choose the number of days in the Purge events after setting Mail Server Settings In order to send emails PRTG Traffic Grapher must be given information about your mail server PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Options 88 PRTG Traffic Grapher x PIPAESSLER SMTP Server used to send reports and notification emails Server 10 0 0 234 Port 25 ZA E il R Reld HELO Ident PRTG Email Address prtg company com Name PRTG Traffic Grapher SMTP Authentication optional set C POP3 before SMTP optional Server Usemame Usemame The SMTP Server section allows you to enter the server information the port number and a HELO 1d used to connect to the mail server The Email From Field section allows to enter the ema
153. option to scan your network for available SNMP devices and to automatically create SNMP based sensors for all devices found To start this process select Automatic Network Discovery from the Extras menu Network Discovery Welcome to the Network Discovery Wizard The Automatic Network Discovery involves three main steps 1 First you must choose an IP address range you want to scan 2 Then PRTG scans your network for SNMP enabled devices which can take a few minutes 3 Afterwards you can choose the new sensors from a list of all discovered SNMP items This wizard will guide you through the automatic discovery of SNMP devices interfaces and ia creation of corresponding SNMP sensors Please click Next to continue IPAESSLER Click on Next to select the IP range PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 75 76 e Adding Sensors Network Discovery Detection parameters Please provide the necessary SNMP settings for the discovery process Address Range First IP Address g het h EJ Ed Last IP Address wm le a SESIA SNMP Parameters SNMP Version vi Ovr Ov3 SNMP Community String public SNMP Port 161 Speed Enable Highspeed Scan Select the First IP Address and Last IP Address to scan for the test and if you do not use the default values edit the SNMP settings Community String and Port The Enable Highspeed Scan setting should be fine for most networks If PRTG fails to discover one or mo
154. or Bandwidth Info Connected to Cisco IOS Software CE500 Software CE500 LANBASE M Version 12 2 25 FY RELEASE SOFTWARE c3 Copyright c 1986 2005 by Cisco Systems Inc Compiled Fri 09 Sep 05 11 49 by antonino PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher e 39 The screen sprovides a list of the ports that PRTG has found and that are available for monitoring Using the mouse check one or more entries you would like PRTG Traffic Grapher to monitor You can also use the shortcut buttons All None and Connected to select the ports Clicking the Hide ports with existing sensors checkbox will remove all ports that have already a sensor from the list to prvent dublicate monitoring At the bottom of the windows you can select whether you want to monitor the Bandwidth most common choice number of Unicast Packets Non Unicast Packets or Errors Then click Next in order to set up the Additional Settings Add Sensor Wizard Additonal Settings Please select the sensor settings Insert Into Sensorliist Below All Sensors Scanning Interval s 5 e Tags comma seperated Choose a group from the sensor list that you want to add the new sensor s to Optionally you can Create a New Subgroup Choose a group name that will help you to keep your sensors organized e g Firewall or LAN Also select the desired scanning interval in seconds In most cases 30 s
155. ormation found in the welcome screen click Next to continue installation Setup Paessler SNMP Helper l ioj x Select Destination Location Where should Faessler SHMF Helper be installed amp Setup will install Paessler SNMP Helper into the following folder To continue click Mest IF you would like to select a different folder click Browse C ProgrammePaessler SNMF Helpe Browse At least 0 8 MB of free disk space is required lt Back Cancel From the Select Destination Location window use the Browse button to select a directory in which to install the Paessler SNMP Helper You can also enter the PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Advanced Usage e 135 destination location directly in the provided box Once you have chosen your destination location click on Next to continue ms Setup Paessler SNMP Helper O x PRIG Completing the Paessler SNMP Wei Helper Setup Wizard Gra p her To complete the installation of Paessler SNMP Helper Setup must restart your computer Would you like to restart now No vill restart the computer later WWW paessler com Once Paessler SNMP Helper is installed the program will prompt you that it needs to restart the machine in order to complete the installation process If you are ready to restart your machine select this option from the provided menu Otherwise select to restart your computer later Note Keep in mind in order for the Pae
156. p throughout the interface by clicking the right mouse button See the next section for more information on the usage of PRTG Traffic Grapher Using the Windows GUI Navigating Views Sensors Graphs and Tags This section will tell you how to use the views sensors graphs tables and tags If you are not yet familiar with these terms please have a look at the Basic Concepts PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI e 41 Understanding Views Sensors Graphs Charts Tables and Tags section for explanations PRTG s Main Window The main window of PRTG Traffic Grapher consists of four main areas 1 PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg DER File Edit View Tags Extras Help View Data of Selected Sensors oS o 0 E YP EF EE Single Graph Multiple Graphs ie Display Favorite No Tags Add Delete Edit Start Pause 7 ySensoee on Categories Name Custom Tags All Sensors Live Graph 5 Minutes 5 sec Interval printers 2 10 0 1 126 switches 1 Port 1 M1 on 10 0 1 126 7 kbit second 10 3 B Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 2 kbit second 14 Port Christian amp Patrick on 10 0 1 126 26 kbit second 1 Port Arbeitsplatz Dirk on 10 0 1 126 18 kbit second 1 Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 348 kbit second 1 Port HP Procurve K che on 10 0 1 12 391 kbit second 1 C Netflow 0 C Packet Sniffer 0 O SNMP Custom 0 SNMP Library 0 O SNMP Traffic 6 Groups cO 10 0 1 126 6
157. ph graphically showing the monitoring results of one or more sensors contains up to four Charts selectable by the user E g this graph shows four charts Firewall 1 WAN 13 30 13 40 13 50 14 00 5 min Averages 74 Hours kbit second T a m 1 s 0 kbitfsecond 20005 Mow 2006 Jan 2006 Mre 2006 M1ai 2006 Jul E Bandwidth Trafic IM E Bandwidth Trafic OUT 32 e First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual A graph can also be set to only show two charts or even just one Firewall 1 WAN 5 min Averages 24 Hours kbit second PRTG automatically hides titles footers legends and even complete charts from a graph if the available screen space does not allow to show the graphs completely In this case you will see a small red PLUS logo at the bottom right Qi Port 10023 Fa23 on 10 0 1 126 2M Lr Pi iad bad Ea tol Ln ea ea ca S 8 kbitfsecond t kbitfsecand ra D 15 il EA va 14 13 14 14 14 15 14 16 id 14 13 i4 14 14 15 14 16 Bandwidth Traffic IN m i h Bandwidth Traffic OUT Resize for more charts Tables Besides graphs PRTG Traffic Grapher also offers various Tables These tables show the monitoring results in detailed numerical grids PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher e 33 Bandwidth Traffic IH kbit second Table Firewall 1 WAN 3
158. ptions the following window will open Filter Name Select the name of the filter Here you can edit the name of the selected filter On the right side you can edit the filter s settings Please click on help for detailed information about the filter language PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Advanced Usage e 139 Filter Help Each line in a ruleset is a rule Each rule consists of one or more items Examples seperated by a space Source P 10 0 0 130 All items of a rule have to match for the rule to match logical and gt All data from 10 0 0 130 F any of the rules lines matches the whole ruleset matches logical or A single item can be inverted by prefixing it with a minus logical not The following items can be used in a ruleset Click for more info on the item doubleclick to insert and close SourcePort 1024 DestinationPort 1025 Source P gt All data send from port 1024 to port 1025 SourcePort Source IP of the data Source MAC Protocol TCP SourcePort 80 DestinationPort 80 gt All data send from orto port 80 SourceAS Fonnat Destination P DestinationPort Destination MAC DestinationAS Protocol Source P a 4 4 a IP dns name SourcelP b bb b c Source P b b b b mm m m gt All traffic that is not TCP Valid values for the IP field include 10 0 0 100 10 0 0 50 80 10 0 0 www paessier com 10 0 0 0 8 10 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 Inbound Interface OutboundIn
159. r here Edit Sensor PEPE Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits Packet Sniffer Channels Toplists See the section Filter Setup for details Channel Settings Depending on the sensor type the Channels tab allows you to select what data of a sensor is shown in graphs and tables For SNMP Traffic Sensors there are three channels Edit Sensor Port 1 VI1 on 10 0 1 126 Identification FEE E Men Z Traffic IN Sensor Settings Traffic OUT Advanced Billing Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits o SNMP Use the checkboxes to enable and disable a channel Using the edit box on the right you can change a channel s name For other SNMP sensor types the channels can not be edited PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Editing Sensors e 89 For NetFlow and Packet Sniffer sensors you can edit and enable disable the protocol channels Edit Sensor PEPE Identification EEA Add O 239 of 254 channel slots left Sensor Setti re i Te Each channel uses a slot Deleting a existing vanc w HTTP channel does not free a slot Billing v HTTPS Webserver Access 2 er Notifications amp Limits 7 IRC Packet Sniffer V myHTTP a Top to bottom checked first match Other Toplists RDP channel if no match v SMTP v SNMP v SSH v TELNET Log raw data None Only for debugging and testing ox Can
160. re devices when scanning your network try to disable this setting scanning will take about 5 10 times longer As soon as you click Next the scan is started it will take about 3 10 seconds per IP address Network Discovery Network Scan PRTG is performing the network scan Finished ALLELLA Scan Log 10 0 0 232 HPCOLOR 2 interface s found 10 0 0 233 No SNMP Agent Found 10 0 0 234 ROWLF 2 interface s found 10 0 0 235 No SNMP Agent Found 10 0 0 236 No SNMP Agent Found 10 0 0 237 No SNMP Agent Found 10 0 0 238 No SNMP Agent Found 10 0 0 239 SAM 2 interface s found 10 0 0 240 No SNMP Agent Found Scan finished Press Next to contininue You can see the progress in the scan log After the scan has finished click Next and you will get a list of devices and possible sensors found in your network Note that ports which are not connected and sensors that are already configured in PRTG will not be checked by default so you can run the discovery process multiple times without creating new sensor twice PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Network Discovery Select Sensors Please select the devices interfaces for which new sensors should be created Please check each item you want to create a new sensor for 1 HP ETHERNET MULTI ENVIRONMENT ROM R 22 01 JETDIRECT JD95 EEPROM R 24 08 Ethem 2 HP ETHERNET MULTI ENVIRONMENT ROM R 22 01 JETDIRECT JD95 EEPROM R 24 08 Softwa ROWLF 10 0 0 234
161. rent organizations Top level MIB object IDs OIDs belong to different standard organizations Vendors define private branches including managed objects for their own products SNMP version Iwas the initial development of the SNMP protocol A description can be found in Request for Comments RFC 1157 and it functions within the specification of the Structure of Management Information SMI It operates over User Datagram Protocol UDP Internet Protocol IP OSI Connectionless Network Services CLNS AppleTalk Datagram Delivery Prtocol DDP and Novell Internet Packet Exchange IPX SNMP v1 is considered the de facto network management protocol in the Internet community SNMP works on the basis that network management systems send out a request and the managed devices return a response This is implemented using one of four operations Get GetNext Set and Trap SNMP messages consist of a header and a PDU protocol data units The headers consist of the SNMP version number and the community name The community name is used as a form of security in SNMP The PDU depends on the type of message that is being sent The Get GetNext and Set as well as the response PDU consist of PDU type Request ID Error status Error index and Object variable fields The Trap consist of Enterprise Agent Agent address Generic trap type Specific trap code Timestamp and Object Value fields MIBs are a collection of definitions which define the properties
162. rface for large installations This view is best suited to administer your sensors add new ones or arrange them Custom View While in Data view the graphs are arranged automatically by PRTG The Custom view enables you to set up a custom layout of panels graphs and tables You can choose you own layout mix data tables and graphs from various sensors into a dashboard of information PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI e 45 46 e Using the Windows GUI 9 PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg File Edit View Tags Extras Help Views View Custom Graph Layout Using Customizable Panels ig 2 8 K Arange Panel_1 f e Eb Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 ME Top Protocols PEPE Live Graph 5 Minutes 5 sec Interval kbit second 16 00 16 01 16 02 5 min Averages 24 Hours kbit second E Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN I Port CAP on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT E Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN E Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic OUT 05 09 2006 16 00 16 05 05 09 2006 15 20 15 25 5 NC NA PINNAR 16 40 10 9n EAPAESSLER m 0 293 2 375 0 076 3 667 1 194 1 019 1 088 0 894 0 225 N WLR E 1 10 7 E 2 5 65 E 3 4 31 49 050 558 275 110 350 110 532 159 957 124 327 78 634 RO 167 kbit second 15 20 15 30 15 40 V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 1074refreshs Please see the Working
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164. rol the layout in the web interface and optionally to control access of different users to your monitoring results Working with Panels If you choose the Custom Graph view you will see the toolbar for panels 94 e Working with Custom Graphs PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual View Custom Graph Layout Using Customizable Panels oe oe E S Add Delete Edit Arrange Adding Panels Click on Add to generate a new panel Clicking this option opens up a new window This window contains three separate tabs Data Layout and Comments described below Data Layout Comments Name Panel Please use a z A Z 0 3 and _onby Publish in Webserver Visible for these user groups To open the panel directly in a webbrowser use this link http 10 0 0 200 Fanel panel htm The Data tab allows you to set up the information pertaining to the panel You can define the name for the panel as it will be displayed on the panel tab in the main window For this name only the characters a z A Z 0 9 and _ are allowed Check the checkbox Publish in Webserver if you would like this panel to be published via the web interface You can also choose which user groups can access this panel At the bottom of this window you will find a URL which will open the panel directly in the web browser PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Working with Custom Graphs e 95 On the Layout tab you can select a layout Keep in mind the
165. rotocol TCF Destination Port 53 Protocol TCF SourcePort 53 Protocol UDF Destination Port 53 Protocol UDF SouncePort 53 IRC myHTTP NETBIOS POPS ROP SMTP SNMP SSH TELNET Here you can add a filter rename a filter or delete a filter as well as add edit or delete a specificchannel Note The items of the Channel Library can be edited using the Extras menu Additional Settings Once you have made your desired settings for the new SNMP sensor click on the Next button This will bring up the Additional Settings window Adding Sensors e 67 Add Sensor Wizard Additonal Settings Please select the sensor settings Insert Into Sensorlist Below All Sensors Create New Subgroup Packet Sniffer Scanning Interval s 5 Z Tags comma seperated Choose a group from the sensor list that you want to add the new sensor s to Optionally you can Create a New Subgroup Choose a group name that will help you to keep your sensors organized e g Firewall or LAN Also select the desired scanning interval in seconds In most cases 30 seconds should be fine Since packet sniffing is a push technology this value is only important for the screen update Finally you can add tags for the new sensors which will help you to categorize your sensors later A tag consists of one or more words e g switch printer 1st floor 2nd floor remote office data center 1 data center 2 etc Use commas to
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167. rs NetFlow Monitoring NetFlow monitoring is the domain of networks that use Cisco switches How NetFlow Monitoring works One option to measure bandwidth usage by IP address or by application is to use Cisco s NetFlow protocol which is especially suited for high traffic networks Many routers and switches from Cisco support this protocol Ta lt 2 efe Eo e Be 9 9 EF W zp as r e x t KOR MA A Eao PRTG Cisco devices with NetFlow support track the bandwidth usage of the network internally and then only send pre aggregated data to the PRTG system for accounting purposes This way the computing load for PRTG is much lower This option is recommended for high traffic networks Reasons To Choose NetFlow Monitoring NetFlow monitoring is the domain of networks that use Cisco switches These switches can be configured to sent data streams with the network s usage data to the machine running PRTG which can then analyze the data Because the switch already performs a pre aggregation of traffic data the flow of data to PRTG is much smaller than the monitored traffic This makes NetFlow the ideal option for high traffic networks that need differentiation of the bandwidth usage by network protocol and or IP addresses Latency Monitoring The option to monitor latencies was added to PRTG so the user is able to monitor the performance of a data line PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 U
168. rs which will help you to categorize your sensors later A tag consists of one or more words e g switch printer 1st floor 2nd floor remote office data center 1 data center 2 etc Use commas to separate tags When you are finished selecting your options click on Finish This will finish setting up the sensor and will start the monitoring of the sensor Adding Packet Sniffer Sensors Starting the Add Sensor Wizard In order to add a new sensor click on the Add Sensor button in the sensor list s toolbar or select Add New Sensor from the Edit menu This will launch the Add Sensor Wizard PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Adding Sensors e 63 Add Sensor Wizard Welcome to the Add Sensor Wizard This wizard will guide you step by step through the setup of new sensors for monitoring with PRTG Traffic Grapher Creating new sensors involves three main steps 1 Selecting the data acquisition technology SNMP packet sniffing or NetFlow 2 Selecting the device server and scanning it for available sensors 3 Selecting the new sensors and choosing a group as well as an interval Note f you want PRTG Traffic Grapher to scan your network automatically for SNMP enabled devices please use the Automatic Network Discovery to create SNMP based Please click Next to continue BE PAESSLER Click Next to proceed to the selection of the data acquisition Add Sensor Wizard Data Acquisition Type Please select the desired technol
169. rtinent information as regards the last 30 days The Table 365 Days tab displays a table listing pertinent information as regards the last year Each of these tables is equipped with a right click context menu When right clicking on the appropriate table a menu will appear Copy Table to Clipboard Frink Table Save Table to HTML Save Table to L5 Here you have the option to copy the information to the clipboard print the table save the table to an HTML file or save the table as an XLS Excel data file When wishing to save the information either as HTML or as XLS a menu will open allowing you to select a directory where to save the respective data file 50 e Using the Windows GUI PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the View Menu Clicking on the View option from the main menu will cause the View menu to drop down view AZ Tags Extras Help Single Graph F5 Events Fo Sensor List F7 Custom Graphs F8 Reports F9 Web Browser Fio Change Colors amp Layout Historic Data Ctrl H Compact Mode Always On Top Open Web View in Browser crl46 Here you can select the desired view change the default colors amp layouts of the graphs and view the historic data of a sensor Change Colors amp Layout Here you can edit the colors and the layout of the graphs and tables throughout the program and the web interface except for the cu
170. s Include Details Remove Empty Rows Include Graphs C Include Percentile C Include Billing Portrait Landscape This dialog has three tabs Settings Sensors and Email amp Export Settings First please enter a Report Name which should be chosen to uniquely identify this report Then choose a Reporting Period You can have daily weekly monthly and yearly reports You can also choose the beginning and ending point of the period If you do not want the accounting to cover the whole 24 hours of a day you can choose any other timeframe for the Accounted Hours as well The Detail Interval allows you to define the granularity of the data table e g hourly for a daily report or daily for a monthly report Include Details must be enabled Next please enable or disable the optional parts of the report e Include Details This shows additional data in the report e g daily data for a monthly report e Include Graphs This setting will include a graph of the data in the report e Include Percentile Enable this setting if you want to have the percentile calculated in this report please choose the percentile value e g 95 in the Extras Options dialog e Include Billing This setting will cause the report to show the billing results if a pricing scheme has been selected in the sensor s settings e Remove Empty Rows If table cells do not contain data they will be hidden in the report Finally you can choose
171. s for PRTG a public download for the Freeware and Trial Editions and another download for the Commercial Editions which is only available for paying customers Downloading the Freeware Edition and Trial Edition Please download the latest publicly available files from the Paessler website www paessler com prtg download Downloading the Commercial Editions Upgrades are free to customers with active maintenance contract Please log into the Paessler website at www paessler com login to request the latest download If you do not have an active maintenance contract please contact sales paessler com Upgrading to Version 6 From Previous Versions If Version 5 x is installed Simply run the V6 installer to upgrade your version 5 installation It will automatically overwrite the files of version with the new files and upgrade your data When upgrading from Version 5 to Version 6 of PRTG Traffic Grapher please keep the following points in mind e As usual for any software installation it is strongly recommended to create a backup of your data 1 e the prtg file and your monitoring database before proceeding with the installation These files are usually stored in the following folder C Documents and Settings All Users Documents PRTG Traffic Grapher PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Installation e 9 Installation 10 e Installation You can optionally uninstall version 5 manually before upgrading The uninstaller
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173. separate tags When you are finished selecting your options click on Finish This will finish setting up the sensor and will start the monitoring of the sensor NetFlow Sensors 68 e Adding Sensors Note 1 In order to use NetFlow sensors you must run a license that includes NetFlow monitoring For each device that you want to monitor you need an individual NetFlow Collector e The NetFlow Edition of PRTG Traffic Grapher includes a number of NetFlow Collectors e The Enterprise Licenses of PRTG Traffic Grapher can be upgraded with NetFlow Collector add on licenses e The Free Trial License includes 2 NetFlow sensors Please use the menu item Extras NetFlow Collectors to set up licensing and Netflow Collectors Note 2 PRTG supports NetFlow version 5 only PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting up NetFlow Collectors In order to use NetFlow monitoring you must set up a NetFlow Collector in PRTG This instructs PRTG to accept NetFlow packets from the router coming in via a specific UDP port The same IP and port must also be configured in the router configuration Using the menu item Extras Netflow Collectors you can edit the setup for the collectors Netflow Collectors Netflow Additional Netflow Collector Licenses Included in License Total 0 If you have purchased additional NetFlow Collector Licenses you can enable them by clicking on Add License Add License Copy the licenses you want to add into
174. ser Manual How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition e 23 How Latency Monitoring works In order to perform latency monitoring PRTG sends an ICMP echo request also known as PING to the device and records the time it takes to receive the answer ICMP echo answer Reasons to Choose Latency Monitoring A high variation of PING times on a data line so called jitter can be a sign of an overloaded device or data line A well performing data line should show an almost steady value Too many lost PINGs packet loss is also a sign of an overloaded network device Comparison of SNMP Packet Sniffing and NetFlow The following table shows the differences between the three methods that can be used for Bandwidth Monitoring Setup Traffic can be filtered Differentiate bandwidth usage by protocol or IPs PRTG can show Toplists Top Talker Top Connections Top Protocols etc Filter bandwidth usage by IP Filter bandwidth usage by MAC address Filter bandwidth usage by physical network port Monitor network parameters other than bandwidth usage CPU load on the machine running PRTG Excess bandwidth usage of monitoring 24 e How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition SNMP Easy No No No No Low Small Packet Sniffing Easy to Complex depending on filter rules used Yes Yes Higher depends on the amount of traffic None except when monitoring switch ports are
175. ses with a comma The second field allows one to select a mail template file to be used for this notification The first line of the template file is used as the email topic You can use placeholders see below inside the template file If there is an htm file with the same filename PRTG will use both files to create a combined text and HTML mail PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Editing Sensors e 85 86 e Editing Sensors The second notification option is HTTP An http GET request is sent by PRTG Perform HTTP GET Request http mynotificationserver com notiy data 1 atext test Please enter a HTTP GET URL and PRTG will in case the notification is fired send an HTTP request to this URL Placeholders see below can be used in the URL The third notification option is EXE An EXE file or a batch file is executed by PRTG Execute Program Batch Ale cc scripts myintosecrnpt cmd Parameters System is down Please provide the path to the EXE file or BAT CMD file as well as the parameters Placeholders see below can be used in the parameters field The fourth notification option is Background You can choose a color that will be used as the chart background whenever the notification 1s triggered This way a chart with a failing sensor can easily be identified on the screen Color PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual For the email template the HTTP URL and the execute parameters you can
176. several protocol definitions for managing networks There are several versions of this protocol the first versions of SNMP were developed in the early 80s SNMP works by sending messages requests to some device of a network which sends back the requested information The requesting machine specifies the desired value with an OID Object IDentifier which for example can look like this Li OOS ac Ae le 2 Oe o T Relax for most uses of PRTG Traffic Grapher you don t need to handle any OIDs PRTG Traffic Grapher has the most common ones stored inside the product You will have to enter a specific OID into the program for special tasks only These OIDs are usually taken out of so called MIBs Management Information Bases which are published by the hardware manufacturers because the OIDs often vary from one device to another E g there are OIDs for CPU usage available disk space transferred bytes over a network port printed pages of a printer and some devices even offer the room temperature as a value for environmental monitoring SNMP Version 1 2c and 3 PRTG supports three versions of the SNMP protocol e SNMP Version 1 The oldest and most basic version of SNMP e Pros Supported by most devices that are SNMP compatible simple to set up e Cons Limited security as it only uses a simple password community string and data is sent in clear text unencrypted should only be used inside LANs behind firewalls not in WANs
177. sk usage temperatures as well as many other readings depending on the device This is only possible using SNMP Network issues In order to use SNMP for monitoring it must be possible for UDP packets to travel from the machine running PRTG to the device you want to monitor and back which is usually the case in LANs and Intranets For Internet Connections DMZ and WAN connections this is usually not the case and some changes to the traversed firewalls may be necessary Keep in mind that SNMP V1 and V2c are not secure protocols and should not be used across the Internet Only SNMP version 3 supports encryption PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition e 21 Packet Sniffing Packet Sniffing comes into consideration if your network device s do not support SNMP or if you need the differentiation of the bandwidth usage by network protocol and or IP addresses How Packet Sniffing works If you need to know what applications or I P addresses are causing the traffic in your network you can use a Packet Sniffer which looks at every single data packet traveling in your network for accounting purposes r PEEEEEEEEEEEEE PEPER EERE REETEEEETETEEE PRTG can analyze the packets passing the network card of a PC or it can be connected to a so called monitoring port of a switch In order to calculate bandwidth usage PRTG inspects all network data packets either passing the PC s network card shown on
178. ss as well as enter the appropriate Port number for the SNMP communication For SNMP V1 and V2c you can set the community string The default value of this field is public PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Editing Sensors e 87 88 e Editing Sensors For SNMP V3 you must set the security settings Authentication Mode and Password To enable encryption please enter a Data Encryption Key Leave the field empty to disable encryption Communication Settings for Netflow Sensors Edit Sensor Netflow Identification Comments E Sensor Settings Advanced Billing Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits Toplists Please choose the Network Collector the current sensor shall work with you can choose one or more collectors Note Netflow Collectors are set up in the Extras menu Communication Settings for Packet Sniffer Sensors Edit Sensor PEPE pe Natwak Canis ee Adapter for generic dialup and VPN capture 5d Sensor Settings VMware Virtual Ethemet Adapter Advanced VMware Virtual Ethemet Adapter Billing V Intel R PRO 1000 MTW Network Connection Microsoft s Packet Scheduler Webserver Access Notifications amp Limits a Channels Filter Toplists Here you can choose what network card s this sensor is monitoring you can choose one or more cards PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Filter Settings For Packet Sniffer and NetFlow sensors you can edit the rule sets of the filte
179. ssler SNMP Helper to work properly your system has to be restarted If you opt to restart the machine later you will need to do so before the Paessler SNMP Helper can be fully put into operation Working with Device Templates With device templates you can easily set up a set of sensors for several devices After creating a set of sensors for the first device you will save the sensor set which is finally reused to create the same set of sensors for a different device The process works like this First you create a set of the desired sensors for one device Move all the sensors into one group Right Click the group name and choose Create Device Template From Group or find this menu item in the Edit Menu You will be asked for a filename 136 e Advanced Usage PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Create Device Template This will create a device template from the group Main Switch containing 6 SNMP sensors Please enter a name for the template PO To use a device template start the add sensor wizard and select Device Template for the SNMP sensor kind Choose a filename and click OK Now use the Add Sensor Wizard to create the same set of sensors for the other devices Start the wizard choose SNMP sensor and then choose Device Template as sensor type Device Template Intemal Router Sensor Set You can create your own set of device templates by saving groups of sensors to device template files in the main window
180. stom views which store their own settings Colors amp Layout Background Chart Background mN L Show Grid Title H Tahoma eb J ta Ais m Tahoma 7 Eg Es Show extra vertical axes right of graph C Show first channel with filled area C Show max last value Legend Background _ Frame M Text E Tahoma v 7 E KA Show Legend _ Show device uptime The first section Graph allows you to change the Background color as well as selecting whether a grid is shown or not Here it is also possible to define the colors for the Title and Axis color PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI e 51 52 e Using the Windows GUI Next to these controls one can define the fonts used during the graph display as well as their size In order to change colors and fonts click on the appropriate drop down buttons and select the color and font you would like to see displayed with the graph In order to change the size of the fonts either click on the up and down arrows in order to increase or decrease the font size respectively or merely enter the desired value in the field provided In the lower range of this section you have a series of checkboxes which allow you to affect the way the graph 1s displayed Checking the appropriate checkboxes you can activate deactivate the following functions e Show extra vertical axes right of graph if sensors with mor
181. t shows an error Tagging allows for multiple browseable paths through the items which can quickly and easily be altered with minimal effort and planning In the main window you can click on the Display button above the taglist to change the sort order of the tags Click on Favorite to save the current tag combination into a favorite Click on No Tags to disable the filtering and to see all sensors again Starting PRTG for the first time After installation when starting PRTG Traffic Grapher for the first time a window will appear showing the following information PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg E aAA File Edit Tags Extras Help Welcome to PRTG This software makes it easy to monitor bandwidth and network usage Steps to get started e Setting up new sensors Configuring the web server Viewing the web interface Creati co PRTG Traffic Grapher Please refer to the manual for further i instructions Click here to add your first sensor Freeware vs Full Editions You may use the Freeware Edition for free without purchase for personal and commercial use But remember that the Freeware Edition is limited to monitoring only up to three sensors at a time If you want to monitor more sensors please consider purchasing a license starting at 49 95 39 95 Order Uparade V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 2557 refreshs Clicking on the button in the middle of the page will launch the Add Sensor Wi
182. t the customer will pay to Paessler without prejudice to compensation for further losses the costs of judicial and extra judicial means and proceedings as well as interest at the rate of 5 over the base interest rate of the European Central Bank 10 LIMITATIONS FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND UNITED STATES TERRITORY 1 LIMITED WARRANTY Paessler warrants that for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of download the software files will be free of defects as regards the product under normal use Except for the foregoing software is provided AS IS The customer s exclusive remedy and Paessler s entire liability under this limited warranty will be at Paessler s option to replace software media or refund the fee paid for the software Any implied warranties on the software are limited to 90 days 2 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY UNLESS SPECIFIED IN THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Support and License e 149 150 e Support and License MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW 3 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN NO EVENT WILL Paessler BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST OF REVENUE PROFIT OR DATA OR FOR SPECIAL INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY
183. te of the same major version number you MUST select the same location as for the initial installation Accepting the default is strongly recommended Setup PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition DoR Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Full installation k SNMP Helper Installation Files 0 4 MB Users Manual PDF 45 MB Curent selection requires at least 27 8 MB of disk space m hee e The Select Components window allows you to select which elements to install with PRTG PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Installation e 13 e The SNMP Helper Installation files can be used to install this helper utility on machines you want to monitor see the Paessler SNMP Helper section for more information e Click Next to continue This opens the Select Additional Tasks Window Setup PRTG Traffic Grapher Commercial Edition e Sais Select Additional Tasks oe Which additional tasks should be peromed i Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to petom while installing PRTG Traffic arapher Commercial Edition then click Next Windows Firewall Setup ee oer PRE Disable network access web interface only accessible on the local PC PRTG Watchdog Installation Install the PRTG Watchdog service recommended Do not install
184. terface ToS Library Entry a number 0 255 or range y or b m number 0 255 c bits in network mask 1 32 Editing Channel Libraries You can edit the library of channels for packet sniffing and NetFlow sensors by selecting Channel Library from the Extras menu Channel Library Protocol TCP DestinationPort 53 Protocol TCP Source Port 53 Frotocol UDF Destination Port 53 Protocol UDP SourcePort 53 Filter Name Select the name of the filter pO Enter the desire name respectively change the desired name and click OK to add edit the filter In order to delete a filter click on the Delete Filter button On the right side you can edit the filter s settings Please click on help for detailed information about the filter language 140 e Advanced Usage PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Filter Help Each line in a ruleset is a rule Each rule consists of one or more items Examples seperated by a space Source P 10 0 0 130 All items of a rule have to match for the rule to match logical and gt All data from 10 0 0 130 if any of the rules ines matches the whole ruleset matches logical or single item can be inverted by prefixing it with a minus logical not SourcePort 80 Destination Port 80 The following items can be used in a ruleset gt All data send from orto port 80 Click for more info on the item doubleclick to insert and close SourcePort 1024 Destinat
185. that 8 bits are used for the host portion of the address block a maximum of 256 host addresses are available for that specific network If a subnet mask shows that 16 bits are used for the host portion of the address block a maximum of 65 536 possible host addresses are available for use on that network An Internet Service Provider ISP will generally assign either a static IP address always the same or a dynamic address changes every time one logs on ISPs and organizations usually apply to the InterNIC for a range of IP addresses so that all clients have similar addresses There are about 4 3 billion IP addresses The class based legacy addressing scheme places heavy restrictions on the distribution of these addresses TCP IP networks are inherently router based and it takes much less overhead to keep track of a few networks than millions of them IP Classes Class A addresses always have the first bit of their IP addresses set to 0 Since Class A networks have an 8 bit network mask the use of a leading zero leaves only 7 bits for the network portion of the address allowing for a maximum of 128 possible network numbers ranging from 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 Number 127 x x x is reserved for loopback used for internal testing on the local machine Class B addresses always have the first bit set to 1 and their second bit set to 0 Since Class B addresses have a 16 bit network mask the use of a leading 10 bit
186. the left side or the data packets sent by a monitoring port of a switch right side with its built in Packet Sniffer From the three bandwidth monitoring technologies this one creates the most CPU and network load and thus should only be used in small to medium networks or for individual computers Reasons To Choose Packet Sniffing It is important to understand that the packet sniffer can only access and inspect data packets that actually flow through the network interface s of the machine running the PRTG software This is fine if you only want to monitor the traffic of this machine e g your web server But in switched networks only the traffic for a specific machine is send to each machine s network card so PRTG can usually not see all the traffic of the other machines in the network If you also want to monitor the traffic of other devices in your network you must use a switch that offers a monitoring port or port mirroring configuration Cisco calls it SPAN In this case the switch sends a copy of all data packets traveling through the switch to the monitoring port As soon as you connect the machine that runs PRTG to the monitoring port the packet sniffer 1s able to analyze the complete traffic that passes through the switch 22 e How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Another option is to use the PC running PRTG Traffic Grapher as a gateway for all the other compute
187. tions can be configured that notify about e Errors e g device is not reachable e Reaching traffic limits e g more than x MB transferred per day or month e Reaching traffic or usage thresholds e g more than 700kbit bandwidth for more than one hour SNMP Related Features Monitors any value that is accessible by SNMP i e any given OID Object ID Supports SNMP Version Versions 1 2c and 3 Supports 64 bit counters for SNMP V2c and 3 Brings its own extensive OID database with many preconfigured SNMP settings e g for CPU loads disk usages printer pagecounts environmental monitoring and many more Supports Paessler SNMP Helper for easy access to several thousand performance counters on Windows based machines via SNMP MIB files can be converted into OIDLIBs to monitor any device that supports SNMP Various SNMP parameters e g port timeout can be set by the user Other System Features PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Runs as an nt service on Windows 2000 XP 2003 to ensure that monitoring runs all the time you do not have to be logged into your machine to keep monitoring running Extensive filtering can be applied for NetFlow and Packet Sniffing based monitoring MRTG configuration file import Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher e 5 Freeware Edition and Commercial Editions The Freeware Edition is free for personal and commercial use Simply download PRTG Traffic Grapher and give it a
188. to have a Portrait or Landscape paper orientation Sensors Please choose the sensors that the current report should include by checking the box in front of each sensor item PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Edit Report Settings sensors Email amp Export Ed Port 1 Vi1 on 10 0 1 126 Y Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Y Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 f HP Procurve Packet Sniffer 7 PEPE Auto detection Printer ColorLaser Port 1 Port 2 Server ROWLF Pot 10n ROWLF 10 0 0 234 Email amp Export This tab allows you to create reports periodically Edit Report Settings Sensors Email amp Export Create Report every month vl on the p vl The repot is generated at one o clock Send via Email Note The SMTP server must be specified in the global options Address ceo company com Fma PDF XS RTF Save Report To Hille Note Make sure the service has acces rights to the specified folder Folder ccweports My Reports Foma QPF XLS QRT OTIFF HTML The first setting allows to define the time when the report should be created The available options depend on the report interval Enable Send Report Via Email to send an email with the report whenever the point in time chosen above occurs The report will be attached to the email according to your choice as a PDF XLS or RTF file Click on Send Now to send an
189. ts here 90 e Editing Sensors PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Edit Sensor PEPE Vi eo Top Connections Top Protocols rele Fi When you set up a new NetFlow or Packet Sniffer sensor three Toplists are created automatically e Top Talkers e Top Connections e Top Protocols This covers the most basic needs but you can also edit the three toplists or create additional ones Use the Add Edit and Delete buttons to manage your Toplists Editing a Toplist Click on Edit to change the settings of a Toplist Edit Toplist Nane Toplist Type Top Talkers Shows the list of most active IP addresses O Top Connections Shows the most active connections between two devices O Top Protocols Shows the list of the most active protocols Custom Toplist Define your own toplist Custom Settings Toplist Settings vena s items 100 4 Number of items in the toplist Number of Intervals 10 4 Intervals available for viewing Show names for IPs Lookup IP Addresses in DNS PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Editing Sensors e 91 92 e Editing Sensors First you need to select a Toplist Type Choose from the three standard types or choose Custom Toplist to define your own Toplist parameters using the Custom Settings Button Edit Custom Toplist Select a combination of parameters to base this Toplist on Packet Source Packet Destination IP address P address Port Protocol ee
190. ts send by Cisco routers Included with the installer is the tool Paessler SNMP Helper Freeware Edition which drastically eases accessing various system readings on Windows 2000 XP 2003 systems via SNMP which usually is very complicated Optional Pro Editions of SNMP Helper are also available for Exchange SQL ISA and Biztalk Server see www paessler com snmphelper PRTG Traffic Grapher is available in both a Freeware edition limited to monitoring up to three network devices and suitable for home users and SOHOs and several commercial editions offering monitoring for multiple network devices and advanced features needed by companies PRTG Traffic Grapher Feature List PRTG Traffic Grapher makes usage monitoring for computer networks easy Here is a list of the most important features Base Features Reliable network monitoring used by more than 100 000 users every day Supports data acquisition via SNMP packet sniffing NetFlow protocol or latency measurement Classifies network traffic by IP address protocol and other parameters Works with most switches routers firewalls and other network devices Easy installation with a few clicks on Windows 2000 XP 2003 Monitoring engine is capable of monitoring up to several thousand sensors A Freeware Edition is available for smaller networks Creates scheduled reports from the monitoring data Sends out alarms for failing or overloaded sensors Includes a built in web serv
191. ual Using the Web Interface e 111 Sensor Data View To review the graphs and settings for a sensor click the sensor s name in the sensor list PRTG Demo Website Monitoring Results PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Neki X File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help del ico us gt BO BA aE hae O np no o 0 20 s G E PRTG Traffic Grapher i EI PAESSLER Logged in as admin Logout Refresh 6 SREE 60s 5min PRTG Demo Website gt Graphs for Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 Live Graph 5 Minutes 5 sec Interval ma na 6 U 7 30 Days Hourly Avg ae ee 365 Days Daily Avg 5 min Averages 24 Hours Admin Contact Homepage Hourly Averages 30 Da 06 09 2006 15 26 55 si si Daily Averages 365 Days Il Bandwidth Traffic IN Device Uptime 20 day s 2 hour s ll Bandwidth Traffic OUT Device Uptime 20 day s 2 hour s Data for Sensor Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 Main Switch PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocaiDev 2003 2006 Paessier AG lt s Images 14 14 Loaded 27 KB 5 07 KB s Time 0 05 Done gt fe Op In the navigation area you can now choose between the graphs and data tables Display Mode Graphs 24 Hours 5 m Avg 30 Days Hourly Awg 365 Days Daily Avg Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocots When Toplists are shown you can change the currently shown interval with these links Select Inter
192. urity feature to allow PRTG to access the device For a windows PC install generic SNMP software from the Windows CD see corresponding knowledge base article It is a good idea to note down which PC or device or leased line etc is connected to which port for later reference Start the Add Sensor wizard choose SNMP enter the IP and the SNMP login data of the router switch In the checkbox list check the ports that you want to monitor and finish the wizard Now you will get graphs of traffic for each device that 1s connected to one of the ports of your device It is a good idea to double click each sensor in the sensor list and edit the sensor name with name of the actual connection If you have several switches routers devices you must repeat this procedure for each device until you have created a sensor for each port B2 Monitoring Network traffic for each PC or connection with NetFlow Configure NetFlow protocol on the router to send NetFlow packets to the computer running PRTG see corresponding knowledge base article Purchase and install Network Connector License also works with trial license Configure a Network collector in PRTG Create one new NetFlow sensor for each PC to be monitored and apply a filter based on the IP of each PC you want to monitor Or If you do not need long term accounting data for each PC and only want to know the current traffic by IP you can create just one NetFlow sensor and enable th
193. use button down from the top left to the bottom right of the region one wants to zoom in To move the graph after zooming in click the graph with the right mouse button and keep the button pressed while moving the mouse In order to zoom out one needs to drag the mouse from the bottom right to the top left of the region one wants to zoom out from Each of these graphs is equipped with a right click context menu When right clicking on the appropriate table a menu will appear Copy Graph To Clipboard Print Graph Zoom uk Here you have the option to copy the graph to the clipboard print the graph or zoom out Zooming out basically allows you to zoom back to the complete chart after zooming in Note Copying the graph will also include the Legend information shown at the bottom of the graph The Table 24 Hours tab displays a data table with the data for the last 24 hours PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Using the Windows GUI e 49 Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Graph 5 Minutes Graph 24 Hours Graph 30 Days Graph 365 Days Table 24 Hours Table 30 Days Table 365 Days Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 Bandwidth Traffic IN Bandwidth Traffic OUT Sum Coverage kbyte kbit second kbyte kbit second kbyte kbit second 05 09 2006 16 30 16 35 57 550 7 886 129 550 17 744 187 100 25 630 20 05 09 2006 16 25 16 30 340 517 9 309 777 328 21 251 1 117 845 30 560 05 09 2006 16 20 16 25 289 521 7 915 746 554 20 410 1 03
194. vall 112 e Using the Web Interface PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Creating Reports Reporting and Billing Concept Adding Reports Editing Reports You can define an unlimited number of reports in PRTG Traffic Grapher For each report you can individually choose various settings e g the sensors which the report covers the reporting interval You can view the results of a report in the Windows GUI or optionally select to periodically write exports to a file on the disk or to periodically send them via email Additionally you can define billing schemes that can also be included in the reports Switch to the Reports view to see a list of configured reports Oo 9 S e Add Delete Edit View Name Period Detail Sensors Send Email Saveto File Schedule My Daily Report Day 00 00 23 59 1Day 3 dailyreport company com HTML every day at 00 00h CEO s monthly report Month 1Day 1 ceo company com every month on the 1 at 01 00h Click on Add to create a new report A window comes up where you can edit the settings for the report as described in the following Editing Reports section To edit a report choose the report in the list and click on Edit PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Creating Reports e 113 114 e Creating Reports Edit Report settings Sensors Email amp Export Report Name period is full month Accounted hours o0 o 2359 s whole day Detail interval 1 KHA days w Option
195. verages Daily Averages Show All Graphs Hide All Graphs Tag Filter Custom Tags printers 2 switches 1 workstations 3 States Error 0 51 51 Loaded 71KB Packet Sniffer m PEPE Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols 0 kbi second BEA Auto detection Cisco Routers m Netflow Top Talkers Top Connections Top Protocols WA BE 25 24 KB s Time 0 02 Done a minimal graphics skin on a white background PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting Program Options e 125 126 e Setting Program Options PRTG Demo Website Monitoring Results PRTG Traffic Grapher V7 1 0 21 7 Netflow Edition Reet 4 Sl Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help del icio us Eile lt a E x A Ca tac http 10 0 0 200 sensoriist htm timeout GL m Qie E 92 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAESSLER Logged in as admin Logout Off 15s 60s smin View PRTG Demo Website gt All Sensors Sensor List Custom Graphs PRTG Demo Website Events Sensor Data All Sensors Display Mode Main Switch Live Graphs i Port 1 V11 on 10 0 1 126 9 kbit second Custom Intervals Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 12 kbit second Hourly Averages iti Port C amp P on 10 0 1 126 33 kbit second Daily Averages i Port A amp P on 10 0 1 126 13 kbit second i Port 23 on 10 0 1 126 334 kbit second Show All Graphs HP Procurve 144 kbit second Hide All Graph F Ice es
196. void slow windows refreshes for large installations with hundreds of sensors or more PRTG limits the number of sensors shown in the Data view to the number that you set with Max Number of Graphs on Screen The default setting of 4 by 4 16 graphs can be adjusted as you like For data tables in the Windows GUI Web interface and in the reports you can also set the number of decimal digits PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Setting Program Options e 119 Reporting Settings Options Je PRTG Traffic Grapher User Interface Reporting Billing Percentile Web Server Website Report Settings x PIPAESSLER Font a Tahoma Size Footer Text c 2006 Paessler AG oT Fe PRTG Traffic Grapher Use this tab to select the font and font size the footer text and the logo image for reports Billing Settings Options 62 PRTG Traffic Grapher U User Interface Reporting 3 Percentile Web Server Website x PIPAESSLER Pricing Model Billing Step 1 v New _ Delte J Calender Based Fees Bese Fee 5000 GA Cren 8 Trespa Month Percentile Based Fees Volume Based Fees up to 100 GB free Use 1 for no limit Upto 1 J keve v s Amount 000 E per kbe v s Use 1 for no limit wie meone Amount 0 00 A per sigabyte v Please note 1 GB 1024 MB 1 MB 1024 KB 1 KB 1024 Byte If you want
197. width usage as well as various other network parameters like memory and CPU usages providing system administrators with live readings and periodical usage trends to optimize the efficiency layout and setup of leased lines routers firewalls servers and other network components PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher e 1 What PRTG Traffic Grapher can do for you PRTG Paessler Router Traffic Grapher is an easy to use software that monitors bandwidth usage and many other network parameters via SNMP Packet Sniffing or Cisco NetFlow It allows you to quickly and easily set up and run a monitoring station for networks With just a few mouse clicks you can log the amount of data flowing through routers and leased lines monitor CPU utilization analyze the traffic by type or check disk space usage The most common usage is monitoring the bandwidth usage of leased lines routers and firewalls via SNMP packet sniffing or NetFlow But you can also monitor many other aspects of servers managed switches printers and other network components as long as they are SNMP enabled PRTG Traffic Grapher runs on a Windows machine in your network for 24 hours every day and constantly records the network usage parameters The recorded data is stored in an internal database for later reference Here are two sample graphs showing the usage of a 2 MBit s leased line over various time periods Live Graph L
198. will only remove the software all your data and settings will remain untouched on the disk Your sensor settings and the historic monitoring data will be automatically loaded amp converted as soon as you start version 6 for the first time After running version 6 once you can not go back to version 5 because the file formats are not backward compatible If Version 4 x is installed Version 4 must be uninstalled before version 6 can be installed Historic monitoring data will be preserved and automatically loaded as soon as you start version 6 for the first time When upgrading from Version 4 to Version 6 of PRTG Traffic Grapher please keep the following points in mind After uninstalling Version 4 simply run the standard setup process of Version 6 as described in the previous section As usual for any software installations it is strongly recommended to create a backup of your data 1 e the prtg file and your monitoring database before proceeding with the installation These files are usually stored in the following folder C Documents and Settings All Users Documents PRTG Traffic Grapher Version 4 must be uninstalled before Version 6 can be installed The uninstaller will only remove the software all your data and settings will remain untouched on the disk Your sensor settings and the historic monitoring data will be automatically loaded amp converted as soon as you start version 6 for the first time Aft
199. with Custom Graphs section for details Reports View You can define any number of reports that are based on the collected data These reports can be executed automatically e g daily or monthly or on demand from the Reports view PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg File Edit View Tags Extras Help Views View Reports B9 fat one ct Mer Dia j Period Events CEO s monthly repot Month Sensors malo Custom ES Reports Browser EAPAESSLER as Detail Sensors Send Email Save to File Schedule F MyDay Repot Day 00 00 23 59 1Day 3 1Day 1 dailyreport company com HTML every day at 00 00h ceo company com every month on the 1 at 01 00h V7 1 0 217 Netflow Edition LocalDev 1445 refreshs PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual Please see the section Creating Reports for details Web Browser View This view enables you to access the web interface of PRTG The usage is the same as you are used from Internet Explorer PRTG Traffic Grapher test prtg File View Tags Extras Help Views View Web Browser O 2 2 2 m E T Home Refresh th Stop http 10 0 0 200 sensoriist htm Aags 8timeout 60 o a a m lt z 68 PRTG Traffic Grapher PAESSLER oe Ree Logout Mc Me Sem ten ae A iQ View PRTG Demo Website gt All Sensors RI Ne Sensor List Custom Graphs PRTG Demo Website Events Sensor Data All Sensors m E 10 0 1 126 m Port 1 VI1 on 10 0 1 126 7 kb
200. work s total traffic Note If you have several switches routers you may not see all traffic if you only monitor one device A3 Monitoring Total Network traffic using a switch with monitoring port Using a switch that has a monitoring port or port mirroring you can then monitor all the traffic in your network Most unmanaged switches do not have this feature many managed switches do Port mirroring is used on a network switch to send a copy of all network packets seen on one switch port to a monitoring network connection on another switch port This is commonly used for network appliances that require monitoring of network traffic such as an intrusion detection system Port mirroring on a Cisco Systems switch is generally referred to as SPAN BTW You can also use an old fashioned hub Hubs send all network packets to all ports but they are of course a lot slower than switches Configure the switch es to send a copy of all network packets to the IP of the machine running PRTG Create a new Packet Sniffer Sensor without any filtering to monitor network s total traffic Note If you have several switches routers you may not see all traffic if you only monitor one device 26 e How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual B1 Monitoring Network traffic of each PC or connection in a network using a switch router with SNMP support Enable SNMP on the switch or router or device and also set the sec
201. zard Using this wizard you can set up your first sensor s for monitoring PRTG Traffic Grapher V6 User Manual First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher e 35 Adding New Sensors using the Add Sensor Wizard Adding new sensors in PRTG Traffic Grapher is easy Merely click on Click here to add you first sensor This will show the Add Sensor Wizard Add Sensor Wizard Welcome to the Add Sensor Wizard Q This wizard will guide you step by step through the setup of new sensors for monitoring Jp with PRTG Traffic Grapher e Creating new sensors involves three main steps 1 Selecting the data acquisition technology SNMP packet sniffing or NetFlow 2 Selecting the device server and scanning it for available sensors 3 Selecting the new sensors and choosing a group as well as an interval Note if you want PRTG Traffic Grapher to scan your network automatically for SNMP enabled devices please use the Automatic Network Discovery to create SNMP based sensors Please click Next to continue IPAESSLER The Add Sensor Wizard will guide you through the setup of new sensors for monitoring with PRTG Traffic Grapher After having read the information on the title screen press Next to continue on to the Data Acquisition Type Selection screen Add Sensor Wizard Data Acquisition Type Please select the desired technology to acquire monitoring data SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Packet Sniffing Netflow Collector Lat

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