Creating device-specific APC UPS performance monitors

The APC UPS performance monitor collects statistical output power usage information and graphs APC UPS power utilization over time. This monitor detects when UPS devices are close to maximum performance level, and what time of day networking devices connected to UPS devices are using the most power—both indicating the need to equally distribute the load across several UPS devices.

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 APC UPS 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 APC UPS Performance Monitor, then click OK. The Add APC UPS Performance Monitor dialog appears.
5. Enter or select the appropriate information for the following boxes:
   • 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.
   • Collection interval (min). How often you want data to be collected for the selected APC UPS. This number represents the number of minutes between each collection.
   • Timeout (sec). Enter the length of time WhatsUp Gold attempts to connect to the selected device. When the time you enter is exceeded without connecting, a timeout occurs and WhatsUp Gold stops trying to connect to the device. This is considered a failed connection.
   • Retries. The number of times you want to attempt to make the connection to the selected device.
6. Click OK to save changes.

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