Credential Type

Description

Typical Use

WMI (Windows)

Windows user credentials. It is best practice to scope these according to the principal of least privilege.
  • Provides WhatsUp Gold Performance monitors WMI object access.
  • For Windows OS based devices, which can provide different information than SNMP.
    Note: Add WMI credentials directly to Hyper-V hosts for Disk Utilization metrics.

SSH, Telnet (UNIX, Linux)

Remote commands, scripts, and management.
  • Connect WhatsUp Gold to devices running an SSH Server.
  • Access filesystem partition information on Linux, UNIX devices if not available by way of SNMP.
  • Action scripts/Shell Scripts.

Telnet (UNIX, Linux)

Remote commands, scripts, and management.
  • Connect WhatsUp Gold to devices running a Telnet Server.
  • Shell access.

VMware

VM platform attributes, status, and logs.
  • Needed to connect to vCenter server.
  • Add to vCenter server.
  • Enables VM and virtual server information to be gathered by way of VMware services.