Creating device-specific WMI performance monitors

To create a device-specific WMI 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 WMI, then click OK. The Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog appears.
5. Name and short Description for the monitor, as it will appear in the Performance Monitor Library.
6. Click the browse (...) button next to Instance to connect to the WMI Performance Counter tree.
7. Enter or select (using the browse (...) button) the computer name, and coinciding Windows Credentials for the computer to which you are attempting to connect, then click OK. The Performance Counters dialog appears.
8. Use the navigation tree in the left panel to select the counter for which you want to monitor.
9. In the right pane, select the specific instance of the selected counter for which you want to monitor.

   Tip: The bottom of the dialog displays any available information about the counter/instance pair.

10. Click OK to add the appropriate values to the Performance counter and Instance fields on the Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog.
11. Verify the configuration of the monitor, then click OK to add the monitor to the device's Properties.