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  1. As a PRTG administrator managing dynamic IT/OT infrastructure, I want PRTG sensors to automatically adapt to device configuration changes (such as volume label modifications or disk capacity expansions) by using persistent hardware identifiers, so that I can maintain continuous monitoring without sensor failures, avoid losing historical data, and reduce manual maintenance overhead when routine infrastructure changes occur.

    When certain device-side properties change — such as a drive’s volume label or storage size — PRTG sensors (e.g., Disk Free Sensor) often fail, even though the hardware itself remains the same. For example: If the volume label of a hard drive changes,…

    5 votes

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  2. As an IT Infrastructure Manager migrating from Dell EMC Unity to Dell PowerStore storage systems, I want native PRTG sensors for PowerStore monitoring (equivalent to current Unity sensors) plus dedicated replication health monitoring, so that I can maintain comprehensive storage visibility without manual REST API configuration.

    PRTG has a lot of useful sensors for the Dell EMC Unity storage, which we are glad to have. Unfortunately Dell announced their end of sale in August 2025 and for the first hardware generation their end of service in July 2026.

    The successor to Unity is the PowerStore storage system. Unfortunately the only…

    2 votes

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  3. As a Systems Engineer, I want Script v2 sensors to support built-in PRTG placeholders (like %snmpcommunity) so that my scripts can automatically access device credentials without manual configuration (so that Script v2 sensors can do all of the same work that older script sensors could do).

    8 votes

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  4. As a Network Engineer monitoring network infrastructures with GRE tunneling, I want the sFlow sensor to sample GRE (IP protocol 47) traffic so that I can gain complete visibility into all network traffic flows, including tunneled traffic. Currently, PRTG sFlow sensor only samples UDP and TCP traffic.

    1 vote

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  5. As a Systems Engineer monitoring APIs with PRTG, I want sensors to automatically renew expired authentication tokens so that I don't have to manually update credentials

    4 votes

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  6. As a network engineer managing devices from ISPs and vendors with restricted SNMP configurations, I want PRTG to support SNMPv3 authNoPriv mode (authentication without encryption) so that I can monitor critical infrastructure devices that only allow this security level.

    Currently, PRTG only supports SNMPv3 with authPriv (authentication + encryption). Many providers, e.g. Telekom, only offer SNMPv3 in authNoPriv mode.

    Example configuration (as provided by Telekom, not changeable):
    Mode: authNoPriv
    Authentication Protocol: MD5
    Privacy (Encryption): None

    Since PRTG does not support authNoPriv, monitoring such devices is currently impossible.

    5 votes

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  7. As a Cloud/ DevOps engineer, I want to have sensors for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) similar to those available for Azure, so that I can monitor and manage my GCP infrastructure with the same level of visibility and control that I have for Azure environments.

    1 vote

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  8. As a systems engineer, I want to monitor groups of related Windows services in a single sensor so that I can quickly identify if any critical service group is not running properly without having to create and manage multiple individual service sensors.
    Examples:
    - services set with "automatic start"
    - multiple services with a specific name in it (e.g. all backup services)

    7 votes

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  9. As a Network Engineer, I want the RADIUS v2 sensor to support RFC 3579 Message-Authenticator validation so that I can monitor RADIUS servers with enhanced security and ensure authentication packet integrity in my network infrastructure. The client (PRTG Sensor) computes the hash (HMAC-MD5) from its own packet and then adds the attribute as a signature to the request. This is required for secure implementations of RADIUS.

    https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security-vpn/remote-authentication-dial-user-service-radius/118673-technote-radius-00.html

    3 votes

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  10. As a Systems Engineer, I want to retain multiple historical debug results, when the option "Result Handling -> Store result" is enabled in the HTTP Data Advanced sensor settings, so that I can compare different responses over time without losing debugging information between sensor scans. For now only the last result is stored.

    2 votes

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  11. As a Network Engineer, I want PRTG's SNMP Traffic sensor to include additional channels that track maximum bandwidth values (In/Out) over configurable time periods, so that I can accurately assess true network capacity utilization for effective capacity planning and infrastructure decision-making.

    7 votes

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  12. As a Network Engineer, I want to monitor Certificate Transparency logs for my organization's domains so that I can detect unauthorized certificate issuance and maintain visibility over our certificate ecosystem in an era of automated certificate management.

    3 votes

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  13. As a Network Engineer managing critical network infrastructure, I want the SNMP Interface Traffic sensor to include an 'Interface Last Change' channel that monitors the ifLastChange timestamp, so that I can detect interface flapping and instability without having to create separate custom sensors for each interface or rely on SNMP traps.

    8 votes

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  14. As a Network Engineer, I want to monitor interface speeds (ifSpeed) as additional channels in SNMP Traffic sensors so that I can detect speed mismatches, auto-negotiation failures, and hardware issues without creating multiple custom sensors for each interface.

    7 votes

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  15. As a Systems Engineer managing servers with outbound-only connectivity, I want HTTP Push Data Advanced sensors to gracefully resume monitoring after maintenance windows by using the most recent push data received during the pause, so that I don't get false alarms and can maintain accurate monitoring continuity during planned maintenance.

    1 vote

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  16. As a System Administrator responsible for security compliance, I want to see how long Windows updates of different criticality levels have been available so that I can prioritize patching efforts based on both severity and exposure duration, ensuring compliance requirements are met and security risks are minimized.

    4 votes

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  17. As a Systems Engineer/IT Administrator, I want to use PowerShell 7 as the execution environment for PRTG custom sensors so that I can leverage modern PowerShell features, improve script performance, and eliminate compatibility workarounds in my monitoring solutions.

    15 votes

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  18. As a Systems Engineer managing multiple servers with multiple disk volumes, I want to configure disk space threshold triggers that apply to ANY partition across servers in a group so that I can efficiently monitor disk space without spending weeks manually configuring individual partition thresholds.

    1 vote

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  19. As an IT Infrastructure Manager migrating from VMware to XCP-ng, I want native PRTG sensors for XCP-ng hosts and XOA management so that I can maintain comprehensive virtualization monitoring without losing visibility or requiring custom development work during and after migration.

    2 votes

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  20. As an IT Infrastructure Manager or Systems Engineer, I want a pre-configured PRTG template for monitoring Sangfor hyperconverged infrastructure so that I can achieve comprehensive visibility into my virtualized environment without having to manually configure individual sensors or write custom scripts.

    2 votes

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