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Uptime Infrastructure Monitor

To follow the learning modules in this guide, you should already have access to an up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor instance that is installed on a Windows or Linux host that is acting as the up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Monitoring Station. This Monitoring Station should also have an administrator account set up, and a license that determines how many servers or network devices (Elements in up.timeUptime Infrastructure Monitor) can be monitored.

A Quick Note on Deployment

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Additionally, you can run different up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor functions from different Monitoring Station instances (for example, the Web interface can be run on a second instance, or the up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor DataStore can be run on a dedicated database server). For simplicity, this guide assumes all of these functions are running on a single Monitoring Station.

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Add Elements to up.timeUptime Infrastructure Monitor

Use the Auto Discovery function to add one or more of a VMware vCenter inventory, an agent-installed Linux server, a Windows server, and a network device.

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Learn about configuring global settings to speed up Element additions.up to 2 slices
Review your inventory and view the Quick Snapshot page for different Element types.up to 4 slices
Tour the Web InterfaceTake a look at the different default up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor dashboards2 slices
Organize Services and ElementsUnderstand the relationship between service monitors and Elements, and how they are organized. Create a service monitor group and assign it to an Element. Create an Element Group and child groups to organize Elements.3 slices
Organize Users and ViewsCreate a View that allows specific users access to a specific subgroup of Elements. Create a new user group and reassign a user to it.4 slices

Generate Reports

Revisit the Quick Snapshot pages for Element types that you are monitoring. Generate and view sample reports.3 slices
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