Configuring the disk monitor collection settings

To configure the disk utilization monitor collection settings for a device:

  1. On the Details or Map View, right-click a device, then select Properties. The Device Properties dialog appears.
  2. Click Performance Monitors. The Device Properties - Performance Monitors dialog appears.
  3. Under Enable pre-configured performance monitors for this device, select Disk Utilization, then click Configure. The Configure Disk Utilization dialog appears.
  4. Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
    • Collect data for. Select the disk(s) for which you want to gather data. You can choose to track all disks, one disk, or a combination of disks. If you select All disks, all disks in the list are automatically selected.
    • Data collection interval. Enter how often (in minutes) you want data to be collected for the selected disks. This number represents the number of minutes between each collection.

    Tip: Click Advanced to specify the timeout and number of retries, and how WhatsUp Gold is to determine uniqueness when the monitor is tracking more than one disk.

  5. Click OK to save changes.

See Also

Monitoring Devices

Using Active Monitors

Passive Monitor Library

Using Performance Monitors

Enabling global performance monitors

Configuring the CPU monitor collection settings

Configuring the interface monitor collection settings

Configuring the memory monitor collection settings

Configuring the ping monitor collection settings

Enabling SNMP on Windows devices

Custom Peformance Monitors

Using the Active Script Performance Monitor