VirtualMetric uses:  

  • WS-Man protocol to connect and monitor Windows servers, therefore, allowing HTTP/HTTPS ports on firewall is enough to start monitoring.

  • VMware vSphere Web Services to connect and monitor VMware servers. Allowing HTTP/HTTPS ports on firewall is enough to start monitoring.

  • SSH procotol to connect and monitor Linux servers. Allowing SSH/HTTP/HTTPS ports on firewall is enough to start monitoring.

  • SNMP protocol to connect and monitor network devices servers. Allowing SNMP/HTTP/HTTPS ports on firewall is enough to start monitoring.