Creating device-specific WMI Formatted Counter performance monitors

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 create device-specific WMI Formatted Counter performance monitors:

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 WMI Formatted Counter Monitor, then click OK. The Add WMI Formatted Performance 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.
   • Collection interval (minutes). Enter how often you want data to be collected. 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.
6. Click OK to save changes.

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