Assigning Active Monitors
There are two steps in assigning an Active
Monitor to a device. The first is to configure the Active Monitor
in the Active Monitor Library, and the second is to add that
Monitor to a device. For most users, the default configuration is
sufficient and there is no need to make any changes to the Active
Monitors in the library.
To configure an Active Monitor:
- From the web interface main menu, click
to view the Active Monitor Library.
- Click to configure a new Active Monitor,
- or -
Select a monitor from the list and click
to make changes to
an existing configuration.
The configuration dialog for the selected
monitor type opens.
- After you make the necessary changes, click
to add the monitor to the
list, or to save the changes you made to one already on the
list.
To add an Active Monitor to a
device:
There are a number of ways to assign Active
Monitors to devices:
- Select the Active Monitors you want to scan
for during Device Discovery. When you select the discovered devices
and add them to your database, WhatsUp Gold creates a monitor for
each network service found.
- In the Device Properties Active Monitor
dialog, click .
WhatsUp Gold scans the device and creates a monitor for each
network service found.
- Manually assign an Active Monitor to the
device:
- In the Device Properties Active Monitor
dialog, click . The Active
Monitor Properties dialog opens.
- Select the Active Monitor type you want to
assignto the device, then click .
- Set the polling properties for the monitor,
then click .
- Setup actions for the monitor state changes.
- Click to add the monitor to the
device.
- Add when you create a new device:
- In the console click . The Add New
Device dialog opens.
- or -
In the web interface click . The Add New
Device dialog opens.
- Click . The Device Discovery Properties
dialog opens.
- In the section,
select the Active Monitors type you want to assign to the
device.
- Click .
- Use to add an active monitor to multiple devices:
- Select the devices in the device list, then
right-click on one of the selected items.
- From the right-mouse menu, select
.
- Select the active monitor type you want to
add.
- Click .