hp toptools for desktops agent, resource monitoring and performance advisor

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Overview
HP Toptools is a modular web-based device
management tool that provides dynamic
information about HP hardware on your LAN.
Among the many features of HP Toptools
(version 4.5 onward) is the resource monitoring
facility, accessible using the Toptools
Management Console. This feature permits you
to monitor the hardware resources of remote
PCs on the network.
Why Monitor Resources?
Resource monitoring can help you to:
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Detect and prevent system resource
shortages and bottlenecks
•
Identify potential areas for reallocating
resources
•
Determine system upgrade needs and plan for
them
• Determine how to maintain or improve
system performance
•
Troubleshoot problems on remote PCs.
How Resource Monitoring Works
For each hardware resource on a remote PC,
you can:
•
Enable or disable monitoring of the individual
resource
•
Enable or disable event alerts.
Using the Toptools Device Manager, you can
perform these actions on a single remote PC or
on a selection of remote PCs. Also, when you
install the Toptools for Desktops DMI Agent, you
can select the option to enable the resource
monitoring functions.
Note that the Resource Monitoring module is
always installed automatically together with the
Toptools for Desktops Agent, but is not
necessarily enabled: When installing the DMI
agent, you must select the option to enable
Resource Monitoring; when installing the WMI
Agent, Resource Monitoring is enabled by
default without providing a user-option.
Once you have chosen the resources, Toptools
monitors these resources continuously. If a
resource exceeds a threshold, an alert is
generated on the Toptools Management
Console.
You can also view the monitoring of a remote
PC’s resources in real time from the Toptools
Management Console.
Architecture
To set up network PC resource monitoring from
Toptools, you require:
• Either Toptools Device Manager or the
Toptools Value Pack installed on the Device
Manager PC
• Supported HP PCs on your network must
each have a copy of Toptools Agent installed
and Resource Monitoring enabled
•
All managed PCs other than supported HP
models must each have installed a
Performance Management Agent.
Managed PCs
HP Toptools Device Manager
or
HP Toptools Value Pack
Toptools Agent
installed
on supported HP PCs
Performance
Management Agent
installed
on other PCs
Device Manager