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Smarter Targeting and Recognition in Template‑Based Discovery

As a PRTG admin, I want to apply discovery/sensor templates to tag‑based groups and optionally enable device recognition, so I can precisely target devices, avoid resource waste, and reduce cleanup.

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AdminLukas Cernohorsky (Admin, Paessler) shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Declined  ·  AdminLukas Cernohorsky (Admin, Paessler) responded  · 

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  • Nabila commented  ·   ·  Report

    it will be also important to have the flexibility to apply this template automatically to enforce changes, for example to for all CPU tagged with specific tags to apply specific threshold automatically, with option to exclude tags as well, same as PRTG Libraries

  • Glyn Williams commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also - extend this to "Add Device". I shouldn't have to name it, select an icon, etc if "device discovery" can do that for me in a way that would match all other devices that were default auto discovered.

  • Glyn Williams commented  ·   ·  Report

    Default Auto Discovery currently classifies the device (eg Cisco Device) and assigns an icon (eg Cisco). It also makes a smart attempt at figuring out device name.

    Discovery With Template does not do any of this. I'd like to make better use of Discover With Template (so that I don't waste resources on probes I don't need, and don't have to clean up a default auto discovery) - but I really need the device recognition features from Default Auto Discovery. Device Recognition could be a checkbox when using Discover With Template.

  • AdminJörg Hollerith (Product Manager, Paessler) commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a sysadmin I would like to use the discovery and sensor templates in PRTG on a logical group of devices/services that was predefined with tags. This approach would speed up my daily work and reduce manual tasks.