How do I add a server or device to up.time?

Note: if you are adding a system for full up.time monitoring, the up.time agent must be installed on the target server before it is added to up.time (not applicable to systems that support agentless monitoring).

To add systems or network devices:

1. In the My Enterprise panel, click Add System / Network Device.
2. Enter a descriptive name for the server in the Display Name in up.time field.
3. Enter a description of the system in the Description field (optional).
4. Select one of the following options from the Type of System / Device dropdown list:
• Agent
• Net-SNMP v2
• Net-SNMP v3
• Node
• Novell NRM
• pSeries LPAR Server (VIO)
• pSeries LPAR Server (HMC)
• Virtual Node
• VMware ESX v3
• VMware ESX v4
5. Enter the host name of the system in the Host Name field.  The host name can be the actual name of the system that up.time will be monitoring or you can enter an IP address in this field.
6. Enter the port number at which you will be connecting to the system in the Port field (optional).
7. If you selected Agent in step 4 and want to securely access the system, click the Use SSL option.
8. If you selected Node in step 4, click the Is Node Pingable? option to specify whether or not up.time can contact the node using the ping utility.  For example, you might not be able to ping the node if you have a firewall installed.  Before selecting this option, try to contact the node using the ping utility.  If you can not ping the node, uncheck this option and change the default host check for the node (see Changing Host Checks for more information).
9. If you selected Novell NRM in step 4, enter information in the following fields:
• Username: the user name required to access the Novell NRM Web interface.
• Password: the password required to access the Novell NRM Web interface.
10. If you selected Net-SNMP v2 in step 4, enter information in the following fields:
• SNMP Port: the port on which the Net-SNMP instance is listening.
• Read Community: a string that acts like a user ID or password and provides access to the Net-SNMP instance.
11. If you selected Net-SNMP v3 in step 4, enter information in the following fields:
• SNMP Port: the port on which the Net-SNMP instance is listening.
• Username: name required to connect to the Net-SNMP instance.
• Authentication Password: password required to connect to the Net-SNMP instance.
• Authentication Method (optional): from the list, select the option used to determine how encrypted information travelling between the Net-SNMP instance and up.time will be authenticated (MD5 or SHA).
• Privacy Password: the password that will be used to encrypt information travelling between the Net-SNMP instance and up.time.
• Privacy Type (optional): from the list, select the option to determine how information travelling between the Net-SNMP instance and up.time will be encrypted (DES or AES).
12. If you want to associate this system with a group, select the name of the group from the Group dropdown list.
13. If you want to associate this system with a service group, select the name of the group from the Service Group dropdown list.
14. Click Save.  After this step, a window should appear with a list of listing general information about the system you have added.
15. If you want to add another system or network element, click Add Another and then repeat the above steps.  Otherwise click Close and then Save.