Network monitoring is perhaps the most indispensable tool in a network professional’s toolbox because it offers a deep understanding of IT infrastructure. Many IT pros use network monitoring daily the same way a teenager stares for hours at TikTok. Progress WhatsUp Gold has been making IT lives easier since its beta release in 1996. Here are the ten most popular how-to videos to help you make the most out of WhatsUp Gold.
Watch this video to learn how SNMP credentials are used in WhatsUp Gold, and how you can recognize and fix common issues caused by invalid or missing credentials.
IT Infrastructure (ITIM) tools can take time to learn. That’s even true for WhatsUp Gold, which receives excellent reviews on third party sites for its ease of customization, ease of implementation and vendor support. Thankfully, with WhatsUp Gold, you have many resources at your disposal, including the knowledge base, online documentation, YouTube Channel and community forums.
Active Directory (AD) is in many ways the lifeblood of your network, especially in terms of user and identity management. AD has become the core directory service for most enterprises, keeping track of users and IT assets, allowing all these to be identified and manipulated. Because Active Directory houses all these identities and logs the enterprise’s IT assets, IT can spot breaches and abnormal behavior through this directory data.
WhatsUp Gold Alert Center detects and notifies you of critical messages, failures, and other key events based on thresholds you have configured on your monitored devices. This video explains possible reasons and troubleshooting steps you can take if you feel you are missing alert notifications.