Each Windows host that you want to monitor through WMI must have a user account that the WMI Query Server can access (with administrative permissions to access various system tables). You can specify these credentials after performing a discovery in the Traverse Web Application (Administration > Other > Device Discovery & Import > New Network Discovery Session).
Enter credentials for up to three Windows domains.
Examples:
DOMAIN1\username password
DOMAIN2\username password
.\username password
Note: Enter an administrator username in .\username format to access Windows systems that do not belong to a Windows domain.
If the Windows host to be monitored is part of a domain, you will need the username and the corresponding password for a user who is part of the Domain Administrator group. The WMI Query Server will use this user's credentials to connect to the Windows hosts being monitored for retrieving the WMI performance information.
If the hosts are configured in one or more workgroups, and not part of a domain, then each host, including the host where the WMI Query Server is being installed, will need to have the same password for the administrator user, or have another such common user which is part of the Administrators group.
