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3. Enable Monitoring

3.1. Defining Windows Credentials

A connection to a Windows device cannot be established without a valid set of credentials. The zProperties zWinUser and zWinPassword can be set per device or for an entire device class.

Tip

The user needs to be a member of the local administrators or of the domain administrators group unless the steps in Section 8, “Configuring a Standalone Windows Device for a Non-Administrative Account” are followed.

To set these zProperties:

  1. Navigate to the device or device class (for example, /Device/Server/Windows) in the Zenoss interface.

  2. Click the page menu, then select More → zProperties.

  3. Table 50.3. Windows Performance zProperties

    NameDescription

    zWinUser

    Windows user with privileges to gather performance information. Like all Windows credentials, the domain should be specified in the zWinUser entry. Use .\username for an account that is not in the domain but only on the local computer.

    zWinPassword

    Password for the above user.


  4. Click Save to save your changes.

3.2. Add Devices in Zenoss

The ZenWinPerf ZenPack includes a /Device/Server/Windows/WMI class that has several new device templates bound. SNMP data collection is not used in this class..

A device can be moved to the /Device/Server/Windows/WMI class with the following procedure.

  1. From the page menu, select the Manage → Change Class... menu item.

  2. Select the /Device/Server/Windows/WMI class and then click on the OK button.

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