Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
To configure a TCP monitor:
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Monitor Library. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2 Click New, select SNMP Monitor, then click OK. The Add SNMP Monitor dialog appears.
3 Enter a Name and Description for the monitor. For example, Number of TCP
connections less than 2000.
4 For the Object ID and Instance, click the browse (...) button, then locate the
TcpCurrEstab (1.3.6.1.2.1.6.9) SNMP object in the MIB object tree.
5 Select Range of Values from the Check type list and enter 1999 (the maximum number
of established TCP connections) as the High value and 0 as the Low Value, then click
OK. Any associated actions fail when the number of established TCP connections
reaches 2000.
6 Test the newly created active monitor and make appropriate changes if needed.
7 Assign the active monitor to the web server:
a) Right-click on the device on the appropriate device, then select Properties > Active
Monitors. The Device Properties Active Monitor dialog appears.
b) Click Add.
c) Using the configuration wizard, create or select an action to notify you when the
number of established TCP connections reaches 2000.
Adding and editing an SSH Active Monitor
The SSH Monitor connects to a remote device using SSH to execute commands or scripts. The
success or failure of the monitor is dependant upon values returned by the commands or
scripts that can be interpreted by WhatsUp Gold as Up or Down.
To add or edit a SSH active monitor:
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Monitor Library. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2 Click the Active tab. The Active Monitor list appears.
3 Click New and select SSH Monitor from the list to create a new SSH monitor. Click OK.
- or -
Select the SSH monitor you want to change from the list of current monitors, and then
click Edit.
4 Type or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
Name. Type a name for the active monitor. This name displays in the Active Monitor
Library.
Description. Type a short description for the monitor. This description displays next
to the monitor in the Active Monitor Library.
Command to run. Type the command you want to run and execute on the remote
device. This command can be anything that the device can interpret and run; for
example, a Unix shell command or a perl script.
Note: If you create a script to run on the remote device, the script must be developed,
tested, and/or debugged on the remote machine. WhatsUp Gold does not support
manipulation of the remote script.
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