Creating device-specific SSH performance monitors

To create a device-specific SSH performance monitor:

1. In Device 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 individual performance monitors, click New. 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 Name and short Description for the monitor, as it will appear in the Performance Monitor Library.
6. Enter the Command to run, or 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.

7. Select the appropriate SSH 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.
8. Click Advanced. The SSH Advanced Settings dialog appears.
9. Enter the exact User prompt used to login to the remote machine. After WhatsUp Gold sees the appropriate user prompt, it knows it is safe to send the username associated with the remote machine's SSH credentials. The default user prompt is login as:.

   Important: User prompts are specific to each machine. Verify the remote machine's user prompt before entering text in this field. If the text entered here varies from the user prompt used on the specific machine to which you are attempting to connect, WhatsUp Gold is unable to log in to the machine to perform the specified task.

10. Enter the exact Password prompt used to login to the remote machine. After WhatsUp Gold sees the appropriate password prompt, it knows it is safe to send the password associated with the remote machine's SSH credentials. The default password prompt is password:.
11. Enter the regular expression that signifies the Command prompt for which WhatsUp Gold should look. When WhatsUp Gold sees the appropriate character, it knows that it is time to execute the command specified in the monitor or action. The default value is (>|#|]|\$|~\$), meaning, the last character in the command line prompt can end in ">" or "#" or "]" or "$" or "~$".
12. Click OK to return to the monitor properties dialog.
13. Verify the configuration of the monitor, then click OK to add the monitor to the device's Properties.