Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Important: We strongly suggest that you backup and restore the Netflow database and
archive database as a set. When you backup the Netflow database, you should also backup
the archive database. Similarly, when you restore the Netflow database, you should restore
the archive database to the version that was most recently generated by the Netflow
database.
If you want to back up the SQL database to a mapped drive, the Logon settings for the SQL
Server must have write access to the mapped drive (default database name for Flow Monitor
is NETFLOW and the default database name for Flow Monitor archive is NFArchive).
To change the SQL database logon settings:
1 Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, then double-click the
SQL Server (NETFLOW or NFArchive) service. The SQL Service Properties dialog
appears.
2 Click the Log On tab on the Properties dialog.
3 Change the account logon settings as required.
Note: This is a complete backup and restore, so any change that you make after the backup
will be overwritten and lost after restoring a backup.
To access the Database Utilities Backup and Restore features:
From the main menu in the WhatsUp Gold console, select Tools > Database Utilities > Back
Up Flow Monitor Current or Archive Database.
- or -
select Tools > Database Utilities > Restore Flow Monitor Current or Archive Database.
Managing users and user rights
User accounts and user rights serve two purposes in Flow Monitor:
User rights govern who can access Flow Monitor reports from, or add Flow Monitor
dashboard reports to, the main WhatsUp Gold web interface.
User rights govern who can modify the Flow Monitor configuration.
To grant a user the right to view Flow Monitor reports and data:
Note: To complete this procedure, you must be logged in as a user who has been granted
the Manage Users right in WhatsUp Gold.
1 Select Admin > Manage Users. The Manage Users dialog appears.
2 Select the user to which you want to grant rights to view Flow Monitor reports, then
click Edit. The Edit User dialog appears.
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