Adding and editing a WMI Performance Monitor

The WMI performance monitor watches for specific values on Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) enabled devices. WMI is a Microsoft Windows standard for retrieving information from computer systems running Windows and is installed by default on most Windows operating systems.

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

Important: This monitor requires Windows credentials.

To add a new WMI performance monitor:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Monitor Library. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2. Click the Performance tab. The Performance Monitor list appears.
3. Click New. The Select Performance Monitor Type dialog appears.
4. Select WMI Performance Monitor, then click OK. The Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog appears.
5. Enter the appropriate information:
   • Name. Enter a unique name for the performance monitor. This name displays in the Performance Monitor Library.
   • Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor in the Performance Monitor Library.
6. Click browse (...). The Select Performance Counter dialog appears.
7. Enter the Name or IP address of the computer to which you are trying to connect or click browse (...) to select a device, then click OK.
8. Select the Credential used to connect to the device. You can also click browse (...) to access the Credentials Library to create a new credential.
9. Click OK. The Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog appears.
10. Use the navigation tree in the left panel to select the specific Performance Counter you want to monitor. You can view more information about the property/value at the bottom of the dialog.
11. In the right pane, select the specific Performance Instance of the selected counter you want to monitor.
12. Click OK to add the appropriate values to the Performance counter and Instance boxes on the Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog.
13. Click OK to save changes.
14. After the monitor has been added to the library, you can enable the monitor through Device Properties > Performance Monitors. For more information, see Enabling performance monitors.

To edit an existing WMI performance monitor:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Monitors. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2. Click the Performance tab. The Performance Monitor list appears.
3. Select the performance monitor you would like to edit from the list of current monitors, then click Edit. The Edit WMI Performance Monitor dialog appears.
4. Enter the appropriate information:
   • Name. Enter a unique name for the performance monitor. This name displays in the Performance Monitor Library.
   • Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor in the Performance Monitor Library.
5. Click browse (...). The Select Performance Counter dialog appears.
6. Enter the Name or IP address of the computer to which you are trying to connect or click browse (...) to select a device, then click OK.
7. Select the Credential used to connect to the device. You can also click browse (...) to access the Credentials Library to create a new credential.
8. Click OK. The Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog appears.
9. Use the navigation tree in the left panel to select the specific Performance Counter you want to monitor. You can view more information about the property/value at the bottom of the dialog.
10. In the right pane, select the specific Performance Instance of the selected counter you want to monitor.
11. Click OK to add the appropriate values to the Performance counter and Instance boxes on the Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog.
12. Click OK to save changes.

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