Windows (WMI) for Hyper-V

Windows (WMI) credential types are used for Hyper-V host machines to connect to and gather performance metrics and data from Hyper-V virtual machines. There is no specific Hyper-V credential type.

WMI/Windows credential types used for Hyper-V have the following configuration fields:

• Name. Credential name.
• Description. Optional description.
• Domain\UserID. Enter the domain and user login to use with this credential. To monitor a service on your devices, configure the Windows credential with the correct domain, user name and password and a user account that belongs to the administrators group on the remote machine. If a domain account is used, the expected user name format is domain\user. If the device is on a workgroup, there are two possible user names: workgroup name\user or machine name\user. In any case, the Domain\UserID must contain the backslash (\) character.
• Password. Enter the password for the login used above. To monitor NT services on a XP machine with an account that has an empty password, the XP Local Security Settings might have to be modified. To do this:
  • Go to Administrative tools > Local Security Settings.
  • Select Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options.
  • Right-click on the setting Account: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only, choose Properties, then select Disable.
• Confirm password. Re-enter the authentication password for confirmation.

Hyper-V Credentials Change: Best Practices

If credentials change on the Windows host running Hyper-V, for example, due to a periodic password renewal policy, and you need to change them in WhatsUp Gold, consider the following:

1. Open Credential Library, edit the Windows (WMI) credential you created for your Hyper-V host(s).
2. Restart the WhatsUp Gold Ipswitch Service Control Manager (ISCM).
   The ISCM restart triggers a fresh read of the modified Hyper-V host credentials.

   Restart the IPswitch Service Control Manager (ISCM):

   1. From Windows start menu, select Control Panel.
   2. Select Ipswitch Service Control Manager from System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Services.
   3. click Restart.
3. After a few minutes, check the WhatsUp Gold Summary Counts, Device Group Mini Status report or similar to ensure monitoring up status of the Hyper-V hosts.

See Also Working with Credentials SNMP v1 SNMP v2 SNMP v3 Windows (WMI) ADO Telnet SSH VMWare JMX