Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager for Distributed Remote Site – 750-Device License + 1 Year Service Agreement

Experience resilient monitoring and automatic failover across multi-site environments with Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager for Distributed Remote Site. This 750-device license, bundled with a one-year service agreement, is designed to safeguard your IT operations by ensuring continuous visibility, rapid failover, and streamlined management. Built to integrate seamlessly with Progress WhatsUp Gold, the Failover Manager empowers distributed organizations to maintain uptime, reduce mean time to repair (MTTR), and deliver reliable service to end users even in the face of network disruptions or site outages. With a PC-based installation, you can deploy quickly and begin orchestrating comprehensive failover strategies that keep critical monitoring services live, maximize performance, and simplify control across remote locations.

• Comprehensive failover for distributed remote sites: Keeps critical monitoring services operational during outages by distributing control across multiple locations, enabling automatic failover, rapid recovery, and continuous visibility for IT teams across all sites.
• 750-device license: Scales to support a sizable network footprint, providing centralized monitoring, alerting, and management for up to 750 devices without compromising performance or response times, ensuring you can cover a broad range of endpoints, servers, and network gear.
• One-year service agreement included: Access to product updates, security patches, technical support, and expert guidance from Progress to maximize uptime, minimize risk, and safeguard ongoing value from your investment.
• PC-based installation: Quick, straightforward deployment on a Windows PC with a guided setup, enabling rapid activation of failover capabilities and enabling you to protect remote sites without complex hardware changes or extensive downtime.
• Centralized management and visibility: A single, consolidated console to configure failover policies, monitor health across remote sites, coordinate backups, orchestrate failover/failback operations, and generate actionable reports that drive proactive IT decisions.

Technical Details of Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager for Distributed Remote Site

• Product family: Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager for Distributed Remote Site
• Device coverage: License for up to 750 devices
• Service term: 1-year service agreement included
• Installation method: PC-based installation on a designated Windows PC
• Core capability: Failover management and high-availability orchestration for distributed remote-site monitoring
• Platform context: Integrates with Progress WhatsUp Gold ecosystem to extend monitoring visibility and resilience
• Licensing model: Per-licensed-device model supporting centralized management across multiple remote sites
• Support and updates: Access to updates, security patches, and technical support during the service term

How to install Progress WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager

Install on the designated PC to begin protecting your distributed environment. Follow these steps to ensure a smooth deployment and optimal failover performance:

• Prepare the environment: Confirm that you have an active 750-device license and a valid 1-year service agreement. Verify that the PC meets the minimum hardware and software prerequisites and that the network can reach all remote sites and the primary WhatsUp Gold server.
• Obtain and run the installer: Access the provided installer package and launch the setup wizard. Accept the license terms and select the Failover Manager module for installation.
• Configure initial connections: In the setup wizard, connect the Failover Manager to your existing WhatsUp Gold deployment. Provide credentials and specify the primary management server to establish a trusted relationship and centralized control.
• Define failover policies and remote-site mappings: Create policies that govern automatic failover behavior, assign monitors to remote sites, and map devices and services to specific failover groups. This enables predictable, policy-driven recovery when a site experiences issues.
• Test and validate: Run controlled failover tests to verify automatic failover, notification routing, and dashboard visibility. Validate alerting, data continuity, and reporting, then monitor performance over the next several days to fine-tune thresholds and timings.
• Operationalize ongoing management: Schedule regular health checks, review dashboards for anomalous patterns, and ensure your team is trained on incident response workflows. Leverage the built-in reports to demonstrate uptime improvements and incident trends.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What does the 750-device license cover?

A: The license covers monitoring and failover management for up to 750 devices across distributed remote sites. It provides visibility, alerting, and control through the Failover Manager integrated with WhatsUp Gold. The 1-year service agreement included ensures access to updates, patches, and support during the term.

Q: What is the primary purpose of the Failover Manager?

A: The Failover Manager is designed to orchestrate high-availability monitoring across multiple remote sites. It enables automatic failover of monitoring services, centralized policy management, and rapid recovery workflows to minimize downtime and maintain continuous visibility for IT teams.

Q: Can this be installed on any PC?

A: The product is described as a PC-install solution, intended for deployment on a designated Windows PC as part of a broader WhatsUp Gold environment. Ensure the PC meets the necessary prerequisites and has reliable network access to all monitored devices and remote sites.

Q: Is support included, and what does the 1-year service cover?

A: Yes. The 1-year service agreement includes access to product updates, security patches, and technical support from Progress. It’s designed to help you maximize uptime, address issues quickly, and optimize your failover configuration over the term.

Q: How do I verify failover readiness after installation?

A: After installation, perform end-to-end tests of failover scenarios, verify alert routing and escalation, review dashboards for accuracy, and confirm that devices and services are properly grouped within failover policies. Document test results and refine thresholds to match business requirements.