Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Selecting a blackout period ..................................................................................................................... 894
Importing a MIB file .................................................................................................................................... 894
Hub Transport Server Role Thresholds ................................................................................................ 894
Select Action Type ...................................................................................................................................... 896
WinEvent Condition ................................................................................................................................... 896
Using SNMP Features
SNMP overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 898
Enabling SNMP on Windows devices ............................................................................................................... 899
Monitoring an SNMP Service ............................................................................................................................... 899
About the SNMP Agent or Manager ................................................................................................................. 900
About the SNMP Management Information Base ....................................................................................... 900
About SNMP Object Names and Identifiers ................................................................................................... 901
Using the SNMP MIB Manager ............................................................................................................................ 901
Using the SNMP MIB Manager to troubleshoot MIB files .......................................................................... 902
About the SNMP operations ................................................................................................................................ 904
Using a custom name for SNMP device interfaces ...................................................................................... 905
Configuring a custom name (ifAlias) for an SNMP device interface ......................................... 905
About SNMP Security ............................................................................................................................................. 908
Using the Trap Definition Import Tool ............................................................................................................. 908
Extending WhatsUp Gold with custom scripting
Extending WhatsUp Gold with scripting ......................................................................................................... 909
Scripting Active Monitors ..................................................................................................................................... 910
Using the Context object with Active Monitors ............................................................................... 911
Example Active Script Active Monitors ............................................................................................... 913
Scripting Performance Monitors ........................................................................................................................ 926
Using the Context object with Performance Monitors .................................................................. 928
Example Active Script Performance Monitors .................................................................................. 931
Scripting Actions ...................................................................................................................................................... 936
Using the Context object with Actions ............................................................................................... 937
Example Active Script Actions ................................................................................................................ 939
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