Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Select computer
Use this dialog to connect to another computer on which you have administrator rights in
order to browse that computer's WMI or SNMP Performance counters.
Select counters from computer. Enter the computer name or IP address of the
computer to which you want to connect.
For WMI (The following options are not available when selecting an WMI counter.)
Computer name. Enter the computer name or IP address for which you want to set
up a performance counter. Click browse (...) to select another device.
Windows credential. Select a credential from a list of Windows credentials (pulled
from the Credentials Library). Click browse (...) to select, add, or edit credentials in the
Credential Library dialog.
For SNMP (The following options are not available when selecting a SNMP counter.)
SNMP v1/v2/v3 credentials. Select valid SNMP credentials for this computer. Click
browse (...) to select other credentials.
Timeout. The amount of time (in seconds) you want the system to wait before failing
the connection to the computer.
Retries. The number of times you want the computer to attempt to make the
connection to the selected computer.
Click OK to save changes.
FTP server user permissions
In order for the FTP Monitor to work properly, you must specify a user account that has been
granted the appropriate permissions.
Performing file actions
To upload files to the server, the account must have write permissions.
To download files from the server, the account must have read permissions.
To delete files from the server, the account must have delete permissions.
Important: If you configure an FTP Monitor to perform all three tasks, the account must have
been granted the write, read, and delete permissions.
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