Originally published on November 08, 2021 by Michael Becker
Last updated on January 23, 2024
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7 minute read
Compared to the last releases of PRTG Network Monitor, this update does not contain many new sensors, but features several fixes and improvements. It comes with the experimental AWS Alarm v2 sensor and security improvements for SQL v2 sensors.
What's new in release 21.4.72?
- You can add an experimental AWS Alarm v2 sensor, which monitors the status of metric and composite AWS alarms
- Improvement of the parameter handling of the sensor types ADO SQL v2, Microsoft SQL v2, MySQL v2, PostgreSQL, Oracle SQL v2, and Oracle Tablespace to prevent external tools from logging them.
- Various fixes and improvements for all parts of PRTG
EXPERIMENTAL: AWS Alarm v2 sensor
This experimental sensor monitors metric and composite AWS alarms by reading the data from Amazon CloudWatch. It will be the successor of the existing Amazon CloudWatch Alarm sensor.
Improvements
Additional to the new experimental AWS Alarm v2 sensor, PRTG 21.4.72 includes improved parameter handling for SQL v2 database sensors to hide their credentials everywhere. We already released this security mechanism in previous versions for VMware and NetApp sensors, and as an experimental feature for custom PowerShell sensors.
Our developers also implemented improvements for various experimental sensors to get them ready for a full release in the near future. For this release, we focused on the AWS RDS v2 sensor and HPE 3PAR sensors. The HPE 3PAR Virtual Volume sensor, for example, got five additional channels to support our customers with an even closer monitoring of the virtual volumes on their HPE 3PAR storage systems.
If you don’t know what an experimental sensor is or how you can use these sensors in your PRTG infrastructure, I recommend that you read the article New handling of beta sensors in PRTG Network Monitor.
Please check also our PRTG release notes
In summary, PRTG 21.4.72 includes 60 resolved issues, 16 implemented features and stories, 16 bug fixes and it completed 28 tasks and to-dos. For all details, have a look at our release notes page.
Planned features on our public roadmap
We also offer a public roadmap of PRTG on our website. There, you can read about which features we are currently working on and what kinds of things we want to implement in PRTG in the future.
Has your PRTG maintenance run out?
Has the maintenance on your PRTG installation expired and you can’t install the latest release? We can fix that! Just go to your PRTG Welcome page and hit the “Get Maintenance” button. If you prefer personal contact, send an email to sales@paessler.com and our fabulous Customer Service Team will be there for you.
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