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Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Adding and editing a File Properties Monitor
This monitor checks to see if a file in a local folder, or on a network share, meets the
conditions specified in the monitor's configuration.
Note: The File Properties Monitor only checks files in folders local to a device on which
WhatsUp Gold is installed, or files in network shares accessible from the WhatsUp Gold
device.
Note: This feature is only available in WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition. To update your
license, visit the MyIpswitch portal (http://www.myipswitch.com).
To configure a file properties 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 File Properties Monitor to create a new file properties monitor.
Click OK.
- or -
Select the file properties monitor you want to change from the list of current monitors,
and then click Edit.
4 Complete the information for 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.
Path of the file to monitor. Type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) file path
that WhatsUp Gold uses to access the file. For example:
\\192.168.3.1\website\product\index.htm
Note: Mapped drive paths are not permitted for the File Properties Monitor
5 Complete the information in the Monitor is up if section:
File. Select the appropriate option: exists or does not exist. If you select exists, the
monitor is up if the selected file is found in the folder on the local directory. If you
select does not exist, the monitor is up if the file is not found in the folder on the local
directory.
Note: The following options are not required for the monitor scan:
File size is. Select this option, then select the appropriate variable to determine the
success or failure of the monitor scan:
less than
less than or equal to
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