Assigning an Action to a monitor

You can assign one or more individual actions to a monitor, or assign an action policy that may contain multiple actions.

To assign an action to an Active Monitor:

Note: During the configuration of a new monitor, you are presented with the Action Builder as part of the wizard. The following set of directions is for existing monitors.

1. Right-click the device the Active Monitor is configured on, then click Properties. The Device Properties dialog opens.
2. Click Active Monitors. The Active Monitors dialog opens.
3. Double-click the monitor you want to add actions to.
4. Go to the Actions properties:
   • In the web interface, in the Active Monitor Properties wizard, click Next.

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   • In the console, in the Active Monitor Properties dialog, select Actions.
5. Select the Apply individual actions option.
6. Click Add to access the Action Builder wizard.
7. Follow the directions in the Action Builder wizard.
8. At the end of the wizard, click Finish to add the action to the monitor.
9. If you need to add more actions to the monitor, click Add and repeat these directions.
10. Click OK after all actions have been added.

To assign an action policy to an Active Monitor:

Note: During the configuration of a new device, you are presented with the Action Builder as part of the wizard. The following instructions are for existing devices.

1. Right-click the device the Active Monitor is configured on, then click Properties. The Device Properties dialog opens.
2. Click Active Monitors. The Active Monitors dialog opens.
3. Double-click the monitor you want to add actions to.
4. Go to the Actions properties:
   • In the web interface, in the Active Monitor Properties wizard, click Next.

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   • In the console, in the Active Monitor Properties dialog, select Actions.
5. Select the Apply this Action Policy option.
6. Select the action policy you want to use for this device. If you need to create a new action policy first, click the browse button to access the Action Policies dialog.
7. Click OK to save the changes.

To assign an action to a Passive Monitor:

1. Right-click the device the Passive Monitor is configured on, then click Properties. The Device Properties dialog opens.
2. Click Passive Monitors.
3. Double-click the monitor you want to add actions to. The Passive Monitor Properties open.
4. Go to the Actions properties:
   • In the web interface, in the Passive Monitor Properties wizard, click Next.

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   • In the console, the Passive Monitor dialog opens.
5. Click Add to access the Action Builder wizard.
6. Follow the directions in the Action Builder wizard.
7. At the end of the wizard, click Finish to add the action to the monitor.
8. If you need to add more actions to the monitor, click Add and repeat these directions.
9. Click OK after all actions have been added.

Note: You cannot assign an Action Policy to a Passive Monitor.

After an action has been added to the monitor, the action fires when that state reaches the assigned down state.

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