The Monitoring Accounts are the user accounts who have administrative rights to access the Windows Server. You can configure Monitoring Accounts for users for a specific Tenant.
To configure Monitoring Account:
- Select Admin > Advanced > Discovery & Monitoring > Monitoring Account.
- On the MONITORING ACCOUNT page, click ADD NEW on the ACTIONS panel.
- Select the Tenant and type in the new Monitoring Account details. For more information about the field on the MONITORING ACCOUNT page, see 27558427.
- Click SUBMIT. A new Monitoring Account is configured.
Figure: MONITORING ACCOUNT page
FIELD DESCRIPTION
The following table describes the fields on the MONITORING ACCOUNT page:
Fields | Description |
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DETAILS | |
Used For | Select the protocol used for monitoring. |
Domain | Type in the domain name to which the user belongs. |
User Name | Type in the user name of the User to whom you want to provide the administrative rights to access the Windows server machines. |
Password | Type in the password. |
Re-enter Password | Re-enter the password. |
Description | Type in a brief description about the user or the purpose of adding Monitoring Account or any warning message. For example, you can create a user to access data from a group of critical servers, you can add a message like “Do not delete this user name”. |
Is Sudo | This check box should be selected only for the Sudo accounts. If selected for an account, which is not Sudo, the discovery results may not be as expected. For more information, refer to How to Enable Sudo Access. |
Active | Indicates the status set for the Monitoring Account.
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ACTIONS
This section explains all the icons displayed on the ACTIONS panel of the MONITORING ACCOUNT page.
Filters
Click the Filters icon to select a value for the Used For list. Click SUBMIT.
Figure: FILTERS pop-up page
SHOW LIST
Click SHOW LIST to display the LIST table showing all the Monitoring Accounts configured in the SUMMIT application for the selected Tenant.
Figure: MONITORING ACCOUNT page: List of monitoring accounts
- To edit a Monitoring Account configuration, click User Name. Make appropriate changes and click SUBMIT.
Note:
When the Monitoring Accounts are displayed under the LIST table, the ADD NEW action is displayed on the ACTIONS panel. Click ADD NEW to configure a new Monitoring Account.
HISTORY
Click the HISTORY icon to view the change history details of the Monitoring Account.