Manage and monitor virtual devices

Using WhatsVirtual, WhatsUp Gold manages virtual devices similarly to physical devices; you can add performance monitors, active monitors, and passive monitors; set thresholds in the Alert Center and create alerts associated with these thresholds; create customized actions and create action policies that invoke these actions; and collect and view events created by the vCenter server in response to actions taken in support of vMotion, High Availability (HA) and virtual machine security.

While much of the management and monitoring of virtual devices is the same as physical devices, areas where there are differences include:

• Performance monitor data gathering methods for virtual hosts
• Extended right-click menu options for virtual machines
• vCenter server event collection in support of vMotion, High Availability (HA) and virtual machine security.
• Manual addition and classification of virtual hosts and virtual machines

See Also Using WhatsVirtual Discovering virtual devices Viewing discovery output Viewing the WhatsVirtual maps Viewing the WhatsVirtual reports