Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
The Alert Center Message tab contains options pertaining to the message that is to
be sent from an WhatsUp Gold Alert Center notification.
Type a text message, plus any desired percent variable codes. If you use percent
variables, the character count is greatly increased.
Tip: To enter Alert Center percent variables, right click inside the message box.
Note: If the message exceeds 140 characters, the message may be broken into up to three
parts and is sent as separate messages ("1 of 3", "1 of 2", etc.), each message containing up to
140 characters, for a total of up to 420 characters. Spaces are included in the character count.
4 Click OK to save changes.
Adding and editing a SSH Action
This action connects to remote devices via SSH to execute commands or scripts.
To add or edit an SSH action:
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Action Library.
2 Click New and select SSH Action from the list to create a new SSH action. Click OK.
- or -
Select the action you want to change from the list of current actions, and then click Edit.
3 Type or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
Name. Type a name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
Description. Type a short description. This description displays next to the action in
the Action Library.
IP address. Type the IP address of the device to which you want to connect using
SSH.
Note: You can enter %Device.Address into the IP Address field; however, an SSH action that
does not specify a specific IP address in this field is not available in the Recurring Actions
wizard.
Command to run. Type the command to be run and executed 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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