Monitoring Host
The list of Hosts that are configured for monitoring is shown on page Configuration > Hosts > Hosts.
New Hosts can be configured in two ways:
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If you are looking for the actual status of the already configured Hosts, it is reported on page Monitoring > Resource Status
Requirements
Before you run automatic network scans and start monitoring hosts/services, make sure that:
- you configured the devices that are to be monitored so that they can be queried by i-Vertix IT Monitoring and monitoring protocols are allowed on any Firewalls that are in the middle
- you have all the required credentials:
- Network devices: SNMP communities (required for Host Discovery and Network Discovery)
- Linux OS devices: SNMP communities and/or SSH credentials (required for Host Discovery)
- Windows systems: SNMP communities and/or WinRM credentials (you can also deploy an Agent)
- VMware: a read-only vCenter user
- Meraki: token API
- you installed from all the Plugin Packs needed to monitor your IT environment, otherwise see the Plugin Packs section of this guide