Custom Peformance Monitors

Performance Monitors gather specific types of data on the devices they are assigned to. System wide monitors are configured using the Performance Monitor Library, but you can also create specific SNMP and WMI monitors to be used on a per-device basis.

To create custom performance monitors for system-wide use:

  1. From the web interface, select GO. On the WhatsUp section, select Configure > Performance Monitor Library.
  2. In the Performance Monitor Library, click New.
  3. Select the monitor type: SNMP or WMI.
  4. Configure the monitor as follows for the type of monitor you are creating:

For WMI:

  1. On the Add Performance Counter dialog, enter a name and description for the monitor.
  2. Click the browse (...) button next to Instance to go to the Select Performance Counter dialog.
  3. Click the browse (...) button next to Select counters from computer. The Select Computer dialog appears.
  4. Enter the computer name or IP address of the computer in which you want to connect.
  5. Select a credential from a list of Windows credentials (pulled from the Credentials Library), then click OK to connect to the computer.
  6. Use the Performance counter tree to navigate to the performance counter you want to monitor.

    Performance Counter Tree

  7. After you select the performance counter, select the specific instance you want to monitor.
  8. Click OK to add the counter and instance to the Add Performance Counter
    dialog.
  9. Verify the configuration and click OK to add the monitor to the library.

For SNMP:

  1. On the Add SNMP Performance counter dialog, enter a name and description for the monitor.
  2. Click the browse (...) button next to Instance to go to the Select Performance Counter dialog. You must enter a numerical value in the Instance field.
  3. Enter the share name or IP address of the computer to which you want to connect.
  4. Enter the SNMP credential used to connect to the device (or click the browse (...) button to access the Credentials Library to create a new credential).
  5. If needed, adjust the Timeout and Retries count for the connection to the device.
  6. Click OK. The SNMP MIB Browser appears.

    SNMP MIB Walker

  7. Use the navigation tree in the left panel to select the specific MIB you want to monitor.
  8. In the right pane, select the Property of that MIB you want to monitor. You can view more information about the property/value pair at the bottom of the dialog.
  9. Click OK to add the OID to Performance counter and Instance in the Add SNMP Performance counter dialog.
  10. Verify the configuration and click OK to add the monitor to the library.
  11. After the monitor has been added to the library, you can enable the monitor through Device Properties > Performance Monitors.
  12. On the WhatsUp Gold web interface, select a device and right-click. Select Properties from the right-menu.
  13. On the Device Properties dialog, select Performance Monitors.
  14. Click New next to the Individual performance monitors list.
  15. Select the monitor type: SNMP or WMI.
  16. Follow the directions above for creating either an SNMP or WMI monitor.
  17. You can suspend or enable data collection on that monitor by selecting or clearing the checkbox next to the monitor name.
  18. On the WhatsUp Gold web interface, select a device and right-click. Select Properties from the right-menu.
  19. On the Device Properties dialog, select Performance Monitors.
  20. Click New next to the Individual performance monitors list.
  21. Select the monitor type: SNMP or WMI.
  22. Follow the directions above for creating either an SNMP or WMI monitor.

You can suspend or enable data collection on that monitor by selecting or clearing the checkbox next to the monitor name.