The WMI performance monitor watches for specific values on Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) enabled devices. WMI is a Microsoft Windows standard for retrieving information from computer systems running Windows and is installed by default on most Windows operating systems.The WMI performance monitor requires the following credential:

  • Windows

Provide a unique name and description for the monitor, then configure the following:

  1. Enter the OID and instance in the respective fields or click Select from list to access the Performance Counters dialog.
  2. Use the navigation tree in the left panel to select the specific performance counter you want to monitor.
  3. In the right pane, select the specific performance instance of the selected counter you want to monitor.
  4. Click Select to populate the Performance counter and Instance with your selected values on the Add WMI Performance Monitor dialog.
  5. Click Save.