Adding and Editing a WMI Formatted Performance Monitor

The WMI Formatted Counter performance monitor allows you to obtain performance data on devices using the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) technology. WMI is a Microsoft Windows standard for retrieving information from computer systems running Windows and is installed by default on most Windows operating systems.

While similar to the WMI performance monitor that uses raw data, the WMI Formatted Counter performance monitor uses calculated counter data.

Note: WMI formatted counters return data that is rounded as an integer and may be less precise than the raw data returned by the WMI performance monitor.

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 Formatted Counter 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 Formatted Counter Monitor, then click OK. The Add WMI Formatted Monitor dialog appears.
5. Enter or select 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.
   • Performance counter/Instance. Click browse (...) to select a performance counter for the monitor.
6. Click OK to save changes.
7. 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 Formatted Counter 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 Formatted Monitor dialog appears.
4. Enter or select 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.
   • Performance counter/Instance. Click browse (...) to select a performance counter for the monitor.
5. Click OK to save changes.

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