PRTG Manual: Differences between remote probes

See below for the differences between the settings and features that the multi-platform probe and the classic remote probe have to offer.

In this section:

▪Supported systems

▪Features not supported by multi-platform probes

▪Features limited on the multi-platform probe

Supported systems

Operating system	multi-platform probe	Classic remote probe
Windows	No	Yes
Debian	Yes	No
Ubuntu	Yes	No
RHEL	Yes	No
Raspberry Pi	Yes	No

Features not supported by multi-platform probes

The following features are currently not supported or are limited:

Feature

Administrative Tools For Probes

Advanced Network Analysis | System Information

Auto-Update

Cluster

PRTG Administration Tool

For more information on what features are being developed for the multi-platform probe, see the PRTG roadmap on the PRTG website.

Features limited on the multi-platform probe

The following features are currently supported, but are limited:

Feature

Description

Auto-discovery

Auto-discovery is only possible with custom device templates.

You can add an auto-discovery group to multi-platform probes if you select Auto-discovery with specific device template under Auto-Discovery Settings | Auto-Discovery Level. To use auto-discovery with a device template, you must first create a device template with the sensors you want to create in the group.

The device template you use with auto-discovery must only contain sensors that you can use on a multi-platform probe. The device template and auto-discovery with that device template fail if there are sensors included that the multi-platform probe cannot use.

For more information, see the PRTG Manual: Device Templates and Add an Auto-Discovery Group.

Device templates

The following sensors do not currently have device template support on multi-platform probes:

▪Cloud HTTP v2

▪Cloud Ping v2

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