Creating a device-specific Windows Performance Counter monitor

The Windows Performance Counter Monitor enables data collection from performance counters exposed by various Windows applications. This monitor can only monitor Windows applications and requires Windows credentials on the device for which you want to monitor Windows applications. Additionally, devices for which you want to monitor Windows applications must have the Remote Procedure Call and Remote Registry services enabled and running.

Note: This feature is available with WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition only. To update your license, visit the WhatsUp Customer Portal.

To create a device-specific Windows Performance Counter monitor:

  1. In the WhatsUp Gold web interface, right-click a device, then click Properties. The Device Properties dialog appears.
  2. Click Performance Monitors. The Performance Monitors information appears.
  3. Click New. The Select Performance Monitor Type dialog appears.
  4. Select Windows Performance Counter Monitor, then click OK. The Add Windows Performance Counter Monitor dialog appears.
  5. Enter or select the appropriate information:
    • Name. Enter a unique name for the monitor. This name displays in the Performance Monitor Library.
    • Description. Enter additional information for the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor name in the Performance Monitor Library.
    • Category. Enter the category to which the Windows performance counter you want to monitor belongs, such as Processor. Click browse (...) to select the Windows Performance Counter you would like to use in the monitor.
    • Counter. Enter the specific performance counter in the category specified above for which you want to monitor, such as % Processor Time.
    • Instance. (Optional) If applicable, enter the specific instance of the performance counter specified above for which you want to monitor, such as _Total. Not all counters have specific instances, so this box may be left blank.
    • Collection interval (minutes). Enter the length of time (in minutes) representing how often you want value data collected. For example, every 10 minutes.
    • Sample interval (milliseconds). For continuous counters, enter the length of time (in milliseconds) representing how often WhatsUp Gold collects samples. You can enter a value between 10 and 60,000 milliseconds.
  6. Click OK to save changes.