Configuring a Windows remote connection

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Windows Performance Monitor (Perfmon), and Windows Event Log data sources can monitor data on the system where the agent is installed. These data sources can also monitor data on remote Windows systems. These three data source types are known as Windows data sources. If these Windows data sources are monitoring data remotely, they all share Windows Remote Connection configuration properties for the agent level where they are defined.

If you define a Windows data source in the base level of your agent, Windows Remote Connection configuration properties are not added to the agent automatically. They are not added to maintain compatibility with earlier versions of agents that might use the Windows data provider before remote monitoring was enabled. The Windows data source in your agent monitors data on the local Windows system where the agent is installed.

If you define a Windows data source in a subnode in your agent, Windows Remote Connection configuration properties are added to the agent automatically. The Windows data source must support Windows Remote Connection if it is in a subnode. You cannot clear the option until all windows data sources are removed from all subnodes in the agent. Each instance of a subnode might be configured to monitor a different remote Windows system. All Windows data sources in the subnode share Windows Remote Connection configuration properties.

To configure a base agent to remotely monitor a single remote Windows system, use the following procedure.