SQL Monitor 9

Port 5986 must be enabled on the monitored server for WinRM to function. See How to configure WinRM for HTTPS.

Once WinRM is set up, to connect to a machine using WinRM, edit the windows connection properties and select WinRM:

Troubleshooting WinRM

If Monitor is unable to connect via WinRM, you can test the connection through the following powershell:

# Enter machine monitoring credentials.
# These should be the same as the base monitor service account if
# no machine credentials are specified for the machine in SQL Monitor
$credentials = Get-Credential

$cimoptions = New-CimSessionOption -UseSsl -SkipRevocationCheck -SkipCACheck -SkipCNCheck

$session = New-CimSession -Credential $credentials -SessionOption $cimoptions -Port 5986 -ComputerName "winrmtester.testnet.red-gate.com"

Get-CimInstance -CimSession $session -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem

SQL Monitor 9

WMI over WinRM

Troubleshooting WinRM