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Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
4 Click Configure to complete the settings for the selected performance monitor.
Important: To enable a CPU, disk, interface, or memory global performance monitor, you
must first select an SNMP credential for the device from the Credentials Library. For more
information, see Using credentials (on page 75).
5 Click OK to save the changes.
Enabling a global performance monitor on multiple devices
To enable multiple a performance monitor on multiple devices:
1 In Details or Map View, select the devices or group for which you would like to enable
the monitor, then right-click. Select Bulk Field Change > Performance Monitors. The
Bulk Field Change: Performance Monitors dialog appears.
2 Under Collect data for, select the desired option for the appropriate performance
monitor. After you have selected the monitor for which you want to collect data, you
also have the option to modify the monitor Data collection interval.
3 Click OK to save changes.
Configuring the CPU monitor collection settings
To configure the CPU 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 CPU
Utilization, then click Configure. The Configure CPU Utilization dialog appears.
4 Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
Collect data for. Select the CPU(s) for which you want to gather data. You can choose
to track all CPUs or a specific CPU. If you select All CPUs, all CPUs in the list are
automatically selected.
Data collection interval. Enter how often (in minutes) you want data to be collected
for the selected CPUs. 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 CPU.
5 Click OK to save the changes.
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