Documentation forEngineer's Toolset

WMI browser

WMI Browser is used to monitor various statistics on your Windows servers using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Many vital server health indicators can be accessed using WMI. In the WMI Browser gadget you can view multiple WMI statistics simultaneously.

  1. Click Gadgets > Tools > Discovery Tools, and then drag WMI Browser to a tab.
  2. Drag a device from the Devices tab to the Server Name or IP address field.
  3. To configure the gadget with a device that is not in the explorer pane, enter the IP address or host name of the switch you want to map, and then select or enter the credentials used to communicate with the device. See Add device credentials.
  4. Click OK.
  5. To filter the WMI counter list, select a filter from the Filter By list.
  6. Browse the WMI folders and check each item you want to display.
  7. Click View Selections.
  8. Click Refresh to update the view with the latest statistics.
  • To remove any monitored items, check the items you want to remove, and then click Delete Selected.
  • To add more WMI counters, click Browse, and then repeat Steps 5 through 7.