<%NUMBERING1%>.<%NUMBERING2%>.<%NUMBERING3%> PRTG Manual: Data Storage

PRTG stores the monitoring configuration, monitoring data, logs, tickets, and reports, as well as support and debug data into different subfolders in the PRTG data directory on the probe system. Additionally, there is data in the PRTG program directory (for example, scripts for your custom sensors) and in the Windows registry.

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In this section:

PRTG Program Directory

32-bit systems:

%programfiles%\PRTG Network Monitor

64-bit systems:

%programfiles(x86)%\PRTG Network Monitor

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PRTG Data Directory

On Windows Vista (not officially supported), Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2019:

%programdata%\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor

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i_round_blueThe Windows ProgramData folder is hidden by default. To display it, you need to enable hidden items in the View options of your Windows system.

Files and Subfolders in the PRTG Data Directory

The following files are stored in the PRTG data directory:

File

Description

File Format

PRTG Configuration.dat

Monitoring configuration (for example probes, groups, devices, sensors, users, maps, reports, and more)

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

PRTG Configuration.old

Backup of previous version of monitoring configuration

XML

PRTG Graph Data Cache.dat

Precalculated data for the graphs throughout the PRTG web interface (if missing, this file is automatically recalculated from the files in the monitoring database)

Proprietary

The following folders are stored in the PRTG data directory:

Folder

Description

File Format

\Configuration Auto-Backups

Backup versions of the file PRTG Configuration.dat

ZIP / XML

\Log Database

Database with the recent event history for the whole system: menu option Logs in the PRTG web interface

Raw data format (DB)

\debug

Text file based logs of the PRTG core server system and the probe system

TXT

\sensors

Text file based debug logs of the sensors (files named after the ID of a sensor; logs are written only if activated in a sensor's settings)

TXT

\core

Text file based logs of the PRTG core server system, the probe system, the cluster system, and result files for certain sensors

TXT

\webserver

HTTP server log files of the PRTG web server

Standard web server log format

\Monitoring Database

Results of all monitoring requests for all sensors (required for historic reports)

Proprietary

\Report PDFs

Older PDF reports stored in the file system

PDF

\reporter

Screenshots created for reporting issues to the Paessler Support team

PNG

\Screenshots (Fullpage Sensor)

Screenshots stored by the PhantomJS browser engine of the HTTP Full Web Page sensor

JPG (in subfolders)

\StreamLog

Data log files for Packet Sniffer and Flow (NetFlow, jFlow, sFlow, IPFIX) sensors (only available if activated in the sensor settings)

 

\Support Data

Collected and compressed log file data when sending a support bundle to the Paessler support team

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LOG / TXT / ZIP

\Syslog Database

Received Syslog messages

Proprietary

\System Information Database

Retrieved system information for the categories hardware, users (loggedonusers), processes, services, software, system (in according subfolders)

Proprietary (in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format)

\ToDo Database

Database with all ToDo entries

Raw data format (DB)

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\Ticket Database

Database with all tickets (ticketdata.dat)

Raw data format (DAT)

\Toplist Database

Database for historic Toplists for Packet Sniffer and flow sensors

Raw data format (TOP)

\Trap Database

Received SNMP Trap messages

Proprietary

Structure of the Logs Folder

Folder

Description

File Format

\appserver

Currently not in use

N/A

\core

Text file based logs of the core system and cluster system

TXT

\debug

Text file based debug logs of the core system and probe system, and core cache recalculation

TXT

\desktopclient

Currently not in use

N/A

\enterpriseconsole

Text file based logs of the deprecated Enterprise Console

TXT

\probe

Text file based logs of the probe system

TXT

\reporter

Text file based logs of creating PDF reports and screenshots for the Paessler Support team

TXT

\sensordeprecation

Text file based log of deprecated sensors

TXT

\sensors

Text file based logs of sensors

TXT

\serveradmin

Text file based logs of the administration system

TXT

\webserver

HTTP server log files of the PRTG web server

TXT

Windows Registry

System settings on 32-bit systems:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor

System settings on 64-bit systems:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor

HTTP Full Web Page Sensor: Cached Files

If you use the HTTP Full Web Page, files might be cached in this directory:

C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Auto-Update Files

PRTG automatically saves downloaded software versions in the \download subfolder of the PRTG program directory. The compressed prtg.zip file that contains all necessary files is also cached there.

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