Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Service. Click the browse (...) button to select the desired service associated with your
host.
Command. Use the list box to select either Start or Stop, depending on whether you
want the associated alert to Start or Stop the service you have selected.
Tip: To check the status of an action, or to cancel an action, on the console go to Tools >
Running Actions.
Adding and Editing a Web Alarm Action
For more information on how Web Alarms work, see the Working with Web Alarms topic.
To add or edit a Web alarm action:
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Action Library.
2 Click New, then select Web Alarm from the list to create a new Web alarm action. Click
OK.
- or -
Select the Web Alarm 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.
Message. Type a short message to send to the visual cue part of the Web Alarm in the
web interface. You can use percent variable codes to display specific information in
the message body.
Play Sound. Select this option to play the sound file whenever a web alarm action
fires. Clear this option to only have the visual cue appear in the Web Interface.
Sound file name. Select a sound file that is installed in your \Program
Files\Ipswitch\WhatsUp\HTML\Nm.Web.UI\WebSounds directory. Custom
sounds added to this directory appear in the drop-down list.
4 Click OK to save changes.
Note: For Web Alarms to work properly, your browser must support embedded sound files.
The Web Alarm popup window
When a Web Alarm Action fires, and you are logged in to the WhatsUp Gold web interface,
the Web Alarm popup box appears in your browser. From here, you can dismiss one or all of
the alarms listed. You can also mute them. Muting an alarm leaves the alarm listed, but stops
the alarm from sounding.
Note: You cannot disable Web Alarms from the popup window.
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