Follow the steps given below to create a new Windows Cluster monitor in Applications Manager:
Click on New Monitor link.
Select Windows Cluster under the Servers category.
Enter the Cluster Name or the IP Address of the cluster
You can either use your Cluster Domain Administrator username and password, or select credentials from the Credential Manager drop-down menu. To use your Cluster Domain Administrator credentials, make sure the user account has permission to excute WMI queries on 'root\mscluster' namespace in cluster server nodes.
Select the Node Discovery option. The available options are Do not Discover Nodes and Discover and Monitor Nodes
Do not Discover Nodes - Selecting this option will not discover the cluster server nodes as a Windows Server. If the node already added as windows server, it will be associated internally for collecting the event logs specific to cluster.
Discover and Monitor Nodes - Selecting this option will discover the cluster server nodes as a Windows Server and monitor availability and performance. If the node already added as windows server , it will not be discovered again and the existing server will be associated internally for collecting the event logs specific to cluster.
Select the Enable Event Log Monitoring option:
Enter the polling interval time in minutes.
Choose the Monitor Group from the combo box to which you want to associate the Monitor (optional).
Click Add Monitor(s).
Please refer Windows Cluster Parameters to know more about the attributes monitored.
See Also
Monitors - Windows Cluster Monitor | Create Other New Monitors