Progress WhatsUp Gold Upgrade | Failover for 1500 Devices

Upgrade your monitoring resilience with the Progress WhatsUp Gold Upgrade for the Failover Manager, designed to extend protection across up to 1,500 devices. This PC-based upgrade license enables a seamless transition from existing deployments, delivering enhanced high-availability capabilities, scalable device coverage, and streamlined operations. Built for busy IT environments, this upgrade ensures continuous visibility, rapid failover responses, and simplified license management, helping your team maintain network uptime and reliability even as your infrastructure grows. Whether you’re safeguarding critical endpoints, servers, or network gear, this upgrade empowers you to scale without complexity, preserving the integrity of your monitoring architecture while delivering faster incident response and reduced downtime.

• Licensing and coverage: An upgrade license for the WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager that supports up to 1,500 monitored devices, endpoints, or assets, enabling you to scale your network monitoring as new devices come online.
• Platform and deployment: Quick-to-install on a Windows PC, allowing you to apply the upgrade without a major server-side disruption and without changing your existing monitoring topology.
• High-availability and failover: Enhances failover capabilities so critical monitoring and alerting continue to operate during outages, reducing the risk of missed outages and slow MTTR.
• Upgrade pathway: Designed to upgrade an existing WhatsUp Gold Failover installation, preserving your current configuration while expanding device capacity and resilience.
• Operational efficiency: Centralizes license management and device coverage, enabling faster deployment for growing environments and clearer visibility into what is protected under the Failover Manager.

Technical Details of Progress WhatsUp Gold Upgrade | Failover for 1500 Devices

• License Type: Upgrade license for WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager, expanding coverage to 1,500 devices.
• Device Coverage: Supports up to 1,500 devices, endpoints, or monitored assets as part of the WhatsUp Gold Failover Suite.
• Platform: Windows PC environment for straightforward, local deployment and management.
• Installation: Simple PC-based upgrade process with guided prompts to apply the license to the Failover Manager.
• Compatibility: Designed to integrate with existing WhatsUp Gold installations; requires a valid base product license for the upgrade to take effect.
• What’s Included: Upgrade license key and accompanying documentation to enable Failover Manager expansion to 1,500 devices.

How to install Progress WhatsUp Gold Upgrade

• Prepare your environment by verifying an active WhatsUp Gold Failover installation and performing a current backup of your configuration and failover settings.
• Run the upgrade installer on a supported Windows PC and follow the on-screen prompts to begin applying the upgrade license.
• When prompted, enter the upgrade license key and verify that the Failover Manager recognizes the expanded capacity (up to 1,500 devices).
• Complete the activation steps recommended by the installer and restart relevant WhatsUp Gold services if required to apply the upgrade cleanly.
• Validate failover functionality by conducting a controlled failover test and confirming monitoring, alerts, and status dashboards reflect the updated device count.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What does the Progress WhatsUp Gold Upgrade | Failover for 1500 Devices include? A: It provides an upgrade license for the WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager that expands coverage to 1,500 devices and enables an enhanced failover capability within an existing WhatsUp Gold deployment on a PC platform.
• Q: Is a base WhatsUp Gold license required to use this upgrade? A: Yes. This upgrade assumes you already have an active WhatsUp Gold Failover Manager setup and a valid base license; the upgrade extends capacity and resilience.
• Q: On which platform can I install this upgrade? A: The upgrade is designed for a PC-based deployment on a supported Windows environment where WhatsUp Gold is installed.
• Q: How many devices does the upgrade cover? A: The license covers up to 1,500 devices, endpoints, or monitored assets within the Failover Manager portion of WhatsUp Gold.
• Q: How do I verify that the upgrade is active? A: After installation, check the licensing status in the Failover Manager interface and confirm the device limit shows 1,500; perform a quick failover test to ensure protections are functioning as intended.