Add New Workstation
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Before adding a new Workstation on VirtualMetric, please check that you have enough license and read Server Pre-Configuration section for supported versions, software and hardware requirements.
Click to Workstation on the left pane.
On Workstation Management screen, click Add (+) button on the right top section.
Select Workstation Type and enter FQDN / IP Address of Workstation, then click Submit button.
1. To add a new Workstation, go to Devices > Workstation and then click the + button located in the upper right corner.
2. Select the Workstation Type as Windows.
3. Select a Trigger as per your need.
4. Enter the FQDN/IP Address. Note: The FQDN is a complete and unambiguous domain name that specifies the exact location of the workstation within the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy. It typically includes the hostname of the workstation and the domain name it belongs to. For example, "workstation.example.com
5. Select the checkbox Active Directory Authentication if you wish to use delegation of VirtualMetric service user credentials if target server is in the same Active Directory.
6. If you unselect the checkbox, you will get 2 more additional fields: Username and Password.
7. Add the Username and Password for your Windows Workstation.
8. Select the checkbox Advance Settings. You get the fields as follows.
Hostname
A label or name that is assigned to a workstation.
Server Type
Workstation types such as Windows, Linux
Trigger
You may want to assign the servers to a custom Trigger if target server is in an Isolated network or if you want to setup a scalable infrastructure. You will only see available Triggers in this field.
FQDN / IP Address
The numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network is called an "IP address." An IP address is typically represented in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, where each "XXX" is a number ranging from 0 to 255, and the "XX" is a similar two-digit number. IP addresses are used to uniquely identify and locate devices on a network.
Port Number
A specific endpoint for data exchange between two devices or applications within a network.
Inventory Interval
This option defines frequency of Inventory Collector. Inventory Collector is responsible for:
· Collecting server inventory like pending updates, installed applications, local administrators etc.
· Collecting module inventory like virtual machines, web sites, databases etc.
· Hardware Health Monitoring
· Windows Firewall Logs
· Change Tracking
Stats Interval
This option defines frequency of Monitoring Collector. Monitoring Collector is responsible for:
· Collecting all performance counters results
· Collecting Event Logs
· Collecting TCP Connections
Logging Type
Logging Levels determine the frequency at which statistic queries occur, the length of time statistical data is stored in the database and the type of statistical data that is collected.
Debug
To choose debug such as:
· Off
· Inventory: Only collects debug logs for Inventory Collector
· Monitoring: Only collects debug logs for Monitoring Collector
· On: Collects debug logs for Inventory and Monitoring Collector
Status
To choose a server status such as:
· Active: Enables monitoring for server
· Maintenance: Enables maintenance mode for server and disables all notifications
· Reconnect: Restarts all collectors for server
· Disabled: Disables monitoring for server
Temporary Path
This option appears only for Linux and VMWare servers.
1. To add a Linux workstation, go to Workstation Operations > Add Workstation > then click the + button on the right corner, you get the Add New Workstation screen, where you need to select the Workstation Type as Linux.
2. Select Linux from the Workstation Type field.
3. Select the appropriate trigger from the field Trigger.
4. Add FQDN / IP Address.
5. Select the checkbox key-Based Authentication to enable SSH key-based authentication.
6. Enter your SSH private key.
7. If your private key requires a passphrase, select the checkbox Enable Passphrase. This would bring up a field to enter the passphrase.
8. Enter the passphrase and click Submit to apply changes and add your Linux server.
10. After entering all the required info, click the button SUBMIT. The Windows server will be added now.
FQDN represents the complete domain name of a machine or application on a network. For example:
9. If you want to add more advanced setting to your Linux server, select the checkbox Advanced Settings. You get the additional fields: Refer to the section.
