Progress WhatsUp Gold Total Plus 3500 Point PC Upgrade License with Real-Time Monitoring

Unlock the full potential of your IT operations with Progress WhatsUp Gold Total Plus 3500 Point PC Upgrade License. This upgrade license is designed for organizations that demand continuous, real-time visibility into their network and systems. With 3500 monitoring points, you can extend coverage across devices, interfaces, services, and applications, empowering your team to spot issues before they impact end users. Installed on a Windows PC, this Total Plus upgrade integrates seamlessly with the WhatsUp Gold architecture, delivering robust monitoring, live dashboards, proactive alerts, and comprehensive reporting. Whether you're managing a small business or a growing enterprise, this license is crafted to scale as your network grows, while keeping your IT environment stable, secure, and highly responsive.

• Upgrade license for scalable monitoring: The 3500-point allocation provides extensive coverage across a wide range of devices and services, enabling you to monitor more elements without purchasing multiple licenses. This makes it an economical path to expand visibility as your network expands, sites come online, or new applications are deployed.
• Real-time monitoring and proactive alerts: Benefit from live data streams that reflect the current state of your IT estate. Real-time monitoring helps your team identify performance degradations, outages, and bottlenecks the moment they occur, driving faster mean time to detection and resolution. Customizable alerting means the right people are notified with the right context at the right time.
• PC installation for quick deployment: Designed for straightforward installation on a Windows PC, the upgrade can be deployed with minimal disruption. The process is streamlined to get you up and running quickly so you can start collecting data, mapping dependencies, and configuring monitors without lengthy setup.
• Centralized dashboards and insightful reporting: Advanced dashboards consolidate network health, device performance, and capacity trends in one place. The Total Plus package typically includes reporting that supports capacity planning, SLA tracking, and historical analysis, enabling data-driven decisions and clearer communication with stakeholders.
• Agentless monitoring and automation support: Where possible, you can leverage agentless monitoring to reduce overhead and simplify maintenance. Auto-discovery helps uncover devices and services automatically, enabling rapid onboarding of new assets and reducing manual configuration workloads. This makes ongoing management more efficient while preserving accuracy and completeness of monitoring data.

Technical Details of Progress WhatsUp Gold Total Plus 3500 Point PC Upgrade License

• License type: Upgrade License (Total Plus)
• Points included: 3500 Monitoring Points
• Platform: PC (Windows)
• Edition: Total Plus feature set
• Intended use: Real-time network and systems monitoring with dashboards and reporting
• Support: Standard vendor support per terms of service
• Compatibility notes: Designed to integrate with Progress WhatsUp Gold core products and existing monitoring environments

How to install Progress WhatsUp Gold Total Plus 3500 Point PC Upgrade License

• Prepare your environment: Verify that your Windows PC meets the minimum system requirements and that you have a valid 3500-point license key or activation details provided by the vendor. Ensure you have administrative access on the target machine.
• Run the installer: Launch the WhatsUp Gold Total Plus installer on the designated Windows PC. If you are upgrading an existing deployment, follow the upgrade prompts to preserve your current configurations and data where applicable.
• Enter your license information: When prompted during installation or the first run, enter the 3500-point upgrade license key. This activates the Total Plus feature set and extends your monitoring capacity to the 3500 points allocated by the license.
• Configure initial monitoring: Use the built-in setup wizard to configure core monitors, set up auto-discovery for devices, and define basic alerting rules. You can identify critical devices, dependencies, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure you capture the most important data from day one.
• Validate and tune: After installation, open the dashboards, verify data feeds, and test alerting by simulating events or using test monitors. Fine-tune thresholds and notification channels to align with your IT policies and escalation processes.
• Enable ongoing management: Schedule regular maintenance tasks, apply updates as released, and plan for periodic reviews of dashboards and reports to reflect changes in your environment. Consider enabling auto-discovery rules and enrichment scripts to maximize data quality.

Frequently asked questions

• What exactly is a 3500 Point license? A 3500 Point license is a capacity-based licensing model that allows you to monitor up to 3500 individual monitoring points. Points typically map to devices, interfaces, services, and other monitored entities. This structure helps you scale monitoring to match the size and complexity of your network.
• What does Progress WhatsUp Gold Total Plus include? Total Plus is a tier within WhatsUp Gold designed to deliver enhanced monitoring features, real-time visibility, dashboards, alerting, and reporting. It is intended for environments that require comprehensive, actionable insights across multiple devices and services with scalable capacity.
• Is this upgrade license Windows PC-only? Yes, this license is intended for deployment on a Windows PC as part of a WhatsUp Gold installation. It integrates with the WhatsUp Gold software suite to extend monitoring capacity and features on the specified host.
• What kind of monitoring capabilities can I expect? You can expect real-time monitoring of devices, interfaces, services, and applications, with dashboards that summarize health and performance, alerting to issues, and reporting for trend analysis and capacity planning. The exact monitors and dashboards depend on your deployment and configuration.
• How do I renew or upgrade further? Licensing terms and renewal options are determined by your vendor. Generally, you can renew support and consider additional point licenses or higher editions if your monitoring needs continue to grow beyond 3500 points. Refer to your product vendor for precise renewal workflows and pricing.
• Do I need to replace existing licenses when upgrading? In many cases, an upgrade license extends or enhances your existing WhatsUp Gold deployment rather than requiring a full replacement. It is best to coordinate with your vendor or licensing administrator to ensure a seamless upgrade path and to preserve existing configurations where appropriate.
• Can I use agent-based monitoring with this license? WhatsUp Gold supports both agentless and agent-based monitoring. This Total Plus upgrade emphasizes expanded capacity and real-time visibility, and you can choose the monitoring approach that best matches your network topology and security policies.