Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager Central Site Upgrade — 750-Device License for PC Monitoring

Elevate your network visibility and resilience with the Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager Central Site Upgrade. This dedicated upgrade license is designed for distributed environments, unlocking the full power of WhatsUp Gold’s failover and centralized management on a Windows PC. With support for up to 750 devices, this license equips your IT team with scalable monitoring, robust high-availability controls, and streamlined administration, so you can detect issues faster, respond smarter, and keep critical services online even during disruptions.

• Central Site Failover Management for Distributed Environments: Seamlessly orchestrate failover and monitoring across multiple sites from a single, centralized console. This upgrade consolidates oversight, reduces operational complexity, and helps ensure business continuity for essential network services.
• 750-Device Monitoring Capacity: Designed to scale with growing networks, the upgrade supports up to 750 devices, enabling comprehensive visibility across servers, routers, switches, storage, and endpoints within a unified platform.
• PC-Based Deployment with Full Feature Unlock: Install on a Windows PC to unlock all WhatsUp Gold capabilities, including advanced dashboards, alerting, reporting, and automation, without requiring an additional appliance.
• Proactive Monitoring and Advanced Alerts: Proactively track performance metrics, uptime, and health across the monitored infrastructure. Receive timely alerts and actionable insights to prevent outages and minimize mean time to repair (MTTR).
• Upgradable Path and Compliance-friendly Licensing: This upgrade license is designed to simplify licensing for growing networks, enabling a smooth transition to centralized failover management while maintaining compliance with software licensing terms.

Technical Details of Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager Central Site Upgrade

Technical details for this product are provided to help buyers understand the capabilities included with the 750-device upgrade for the Central Site Failover Manager. Device support: up to 750 devices across distributed sites. Deployment: Windows PC-based installation that unlocks the full feature set of WhatsUp Gold’s failover and central site management. License type: Upgrade license for Failover Manager Central Site within the WhatsUp Gold suite, designed to enable centralized failover orchestration and multi-site monitoring. Edition: Failover Manager functionality integrated into a centralized site configuration suitable for distributed environments. Compatibility: Requires an existing WhatsUp Gold installation and base license; activation keys and licensing terms apply per the Progress licensing model. Monitoring capabilities typically cover network devices, servers, services, and other SNMP/WMI-supported endpoints, with dashboards, reports, and alerting to support operational visibility. Platform considerations: Windows operating system on the host PC; regular software updates may be required to maintain compatibility with the latest WhatsUp Gold features and security standards. Note: Exact UPC/SKU details are not provided in this listing; refer to your purchasing documentation or the official Progress licensing portal for precise identifiers and serial information.

how to install Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager Central Site Upgrade

Step 1: Prepare your environment. Ensure you have an existing WhatsUp Gold installation that is licensed and running. Review your current device count and confirm you are migrating to or expanding with the Central Site Failover Manager upgrade up to 750 devices. Verify that your Windows PC meets the recommended hardware and software requirements for WhatsUp Gold, including storage, memory, and network access for reliable monitoring and failover operations.

Step 2: Acquire and activate the upgrade license. Obtain the Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager Central Site Upgrade license key that supports up to 750 devices. Follow the licensing workflow provided by Progress to activate this upgrade against your existing WhatsUp Gold installation. Activation typically involves entering the license key within the WhatsUp Gold license management interface and confirming the upgrade status.

Step 3: Install or upgrade to the Central Site Failover Manager module. Launch the installer on your Windows PC where WhatsUp Gold is installed. If you are upgrading from a prior version, follow the upgrade prompts to integrate the Failover Manager Central Site capabilities with your current setup. This process may require a restart and validation of communications across the central site components.

Step 4: Configure the Central Site and failover targets. Open the WhatsUp Gold console and set up the Central Site configuration, including the primary central site, failover targets, and the failover policies that align with your business requirements. Add the devices you intend to monitor (up to 750 devices) and confirm SNMP/WMI credentials, polling intervals, and thresholds to reflect your environment.

Step 5: Validate monitoring, alerts, and failover workflows. Confirm that dashboards accurately reflect device health, that alerts trigger according to configured thresholds, and that failover sequences operate as expected. Run a controlled failover test to ensure continuity of monitoring during network disruptions and verify reporting accuracy across sites. Schedule regular health checks and report generation to maintain ongoing visibility and control over the distributed network.

Step 6: Establish ongoing maintenance routines. Implement user access controls, backup configurations for your monitoring data, and a plan for software updates to keep the central site monitoring current. Integrate with your security policies to ensure that the PC hosting WhatsUp Gold and the central site configuration remain protected against unauthorized changes.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What does the Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager Central Site Upgrade include? A: It provides an upgrade license for central site failover management within WhatsUp Gold, enabling monitoring for up to 750 devices from a Windows PC and unlocking the full feature set of WhatsUp Gold on that host.
• Q: How many devices can I monitor with this upgrade? A: Up to 750 devices, allowing broad visibility across multiple locations in a distributed environment.
• Q: Do I need a base WhatsUp Gold license to use this upgrade? A: Yes, this is an upgrade license designed to be applied to an existing WhatsUp Gold installation; you must have the base product licensed and installed.
• Q: On what platform is the upgrade installed? A: The Central Site Failover Manager upgrade is installed on a Windows PC that hosts WhatsUp Gold, providing centralized monitoring and failover management capabilities.
• Q: Can I expand beyond 750 devices later? A: Licensing options exist to scale monitoring capacity; if you anticipate growth beyond 750 devices, consult Progress licensing options to determine the appropriate upgrade or additional licenses.