WhatsUp Gold version 12.3 is right around the corner! This new release extends WhatsUp Gold’s award winning functionality with a brand new plug-in to the core architecture: WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor (for traffic flow identification and reporting based on Cisco’s NetFlow technology).
Please take a look at the Did You Know? Section (below) of this post for important information about changes to WhatsUp Gold licensing in v12.3 and to find out how many devices you are monitoring with WhatsUp Gold.
- NetFlow Monitor – network performance and utilization monitoringWhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor gathers information from NetFlow enabled switches and routers allowing you to analyze and report on network traffic patterns. It provides instant insight into how efficiently your network is performing and how bandwidth is utilized.
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Did You Know?
… There are important changes in product licensing that will go into effect with the release of v12.3.
These changes will ensure compliance with your software license device level count. Customers who find they have more devices in the WhatsUp Gold monitoring database than their license allows will have the option to upgrade to the necessary device level or reduce the number of devices to be monitored to the level they purchased.
…You can easily find out how many devices you are currently monitoring with WhatsUp Gold.
To determine the number of devices currently configured for WhatsUp Gold monitoring and reporting follow the instructions below:
Run the Home Workspace Report in WhatsUp Gold.
Note: The Home Workspace Report requires the WhatsUp Web Server to be running.
To launch the WhatsUp Web Server:
Select the “Configure” Menu
Click “Program Options”
Select “Web Server”
Select the box to “Enable the Web Server“
Set the “Automatically logon…” option with the username & password (admin/admin, assuming defaults)
To Run the Home Workspace Report:
Launch Web Server by selecting “Reports” then “All”
If login page displays, enter a valid username and password (admin/admin, assuming defaults)
Select “Home Workspace” Tab
Look for either of the following reports to get an accurate count of Devices (they are both located in the left hand column):
“Summary Counts” Report – See “Count” entry for Total Number of “Monitored Devices”
Example Report:
“Devices by Type Report” – See “Total” as the bottom of the report.
If you find you need to upgrade to a higher device tier to bring your software license into compliance, please visit our online shop to see all your purchasing options.
Case In Point:
Surf’s Up at O’Neill and so is the IT Network Thanks to WhatsUp Gold
Read why O’Neill, the largest provider of beach lifestyle sportswear worldwide, has implemented WhatsUp Gold to manage its complex, multiple-site enterprise IT network. WhatsUp Gold satisfied the need for a high-performance solution that allowed O’Neill to manage its worldwide sites collectively while also reporting on each site individually. Designed specifically for organizations such as O’Neill that have complex multi-site networks, WhatsUp Gold Distributed Edition is a comprehensive and cost-effective enterprise network management and application monitoring solution.
“WhatsUp Gold is a proven solution with powerful discovery, mapping, SNMP and WMI monitoring, alerting, notification and reporting capabilities,” says O’Neill’s Global IT Service and Infrastructure Manager, Peter Maljaars. “It enables us to better understand our network and be proactive to any potential problems…”
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