Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
7 Select the Collection interval (in minutes) for how often you want data to be collected
for the selected toner cartridge. This number represents the number of minutes
between each collection.
8 You can click the Advanced button to select Advanced options:
Timeout. Enter the timeout in seconds. If a device does not respond to within this
time, the monitor is considered down.
Retries. Enter the number of attempts to communicate with the device over the
network. After this number is exceeded, the monitor is considered down.
9 Verify the configuration of the monitor, then click OK to add the monitor to the device
Properties.
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 In the Configure and enable performance monitors for this device section, click Add.
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 Enter how often (in minutes) you want data to be collected for the selected APC UPS in
the Collection interval box. This number represents the number of minutes between
each collection.
9 Verify the configuration of the monitor, then click OK to add the monitor to the device
Properties.
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