Creating device-specific SSH performance monitors

The Secure Shell (SSH) performance monitor allows you to securely access Unix-like devices and plot the performance output on a graph.

To create a device-specific SSH performance monitor:

1. From 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 Add. The Select Performance Monitor Type dialog appears.
4. Select SSH Performance Monitor, then click OK. The New SSH 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.
   • Command to run. Enter the command that is to be executed on the remote device. This command can be anything that the device can interpret and run; for example, a basic Unix command or Perl script.

     Important: The command or script must return a single numeric value.

   Note: If you create a script to run on the remote device, the script must be developed, tested and/or debugged on the remote machine. WhatsUp Gold does not support manipulation of the remote script.

   • SSH credential . Select the credential that WhatsUp Gold will use to connect to the remote device. If you select Use the device SSH credential, WhatsUp Gold uses the SSH credential assigned to the device to which the monitor is assigned. If the appropriate SSH credential is not listed, or the device has no SSH credentials assigned, browse (...) to the WhatsUp Gold Credentials Library to configure a set of credentials.
   • Collection Interval. Enter the collection interval (in minutes) you want data to be collected. This number represents the number of minutes between each collection.
6. Click OK to save changes.

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