Creating a counter on many hosts at once

In many cases it is necessary to create the same counter on several hosts. You can do that using the automatic counter creation mechanism. It allows creating the same Windows or SNMP counter on many hosts.

It can also create it only on those hosts that support such counter by testing if it is present on the remote machine.
 

1.Select Create a counter for a group of hosts from the Tools and options page on the ribbon.
The Counter definition wizard will open.

2.Select Windows or SNMP.

3.Select the counter and enter monitoring time.

4.Select All to create the counter on all hosts or select Selected to select hosts. Select hosts in the grid using Ctrl + Click and Shift + Click.

5.Check Create only if the host supports the counter if you want nVision to verify if the counter is present on the remote host before creating it. With this tool you can quickly create many counters only on hosts that have this counter.

Counter patterns

There is also a second option that allows you to easily set the same counter on different devices. For this purpose, we can use the so-called counter patterns. All created counters form a list of counters that can be used multiple times. Counter patterns can be added only on devices that support the given counter - the program will check if it is available on the remote device.

To use a counter pattern you have to:

1.Open the appropriate computer settings window.

2.Click on the Performance section.

3.Click on the Counters tab and then click on the "X" icon

4.In the window for adding a counter, click the Duplicate existing counter option, and then select an appropriate counter pattern from the list.

5.Click the Next button, and then click the Finish button.

6.After completing the above steps, the selected counter will be added to your computer.