Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Note: If there are web alarms in the list with different sounds configured for each, the oldest
web alarm's sound takes priority. To hear a new or different sound for a web alarm, dismiss
the previous web alarm from the list.
To access more information on one of the devices listed in the popup window, double-click
the device to bring up its Device Status Dashboard.
Note: In order for a WhatsUp Gold user to view the Web Alarm popup window and hear the
alarm that sounds, a user account must have the Manage Devices user right enabled. For
more information, see About user rights.
Enabling and disabling Web Alarms
While you can mute and dismiss Web Alarms from the Web Alarms popup window, you
cannot disable, or turn them off, from there. Instead, you enable and disable Web Alarms on
the web interface on the Preferences dialog (click your username in the upper right of the
application and clear Enable web alarms). You can also adjust the Web Alarms check interval
from the User Preferences dialog. The Check every box indicates the number of seconds
WhatsUp Gold waits before checking for new Web Alarms.
By default, Web Alarms are enabled on the web interface and are checked every 120 seconds.
Accessing Web Alarms on the web interface
There are two places users can access Web Alarms from the WhatsUp Gold web interface:
The Web Alarm window. Click Devices > Web Alarms. The Web Alarms dialog appears.
The Web Alarms dashboard report. This is an optional dashboard report you can add to a
view on the Home Dashboard. This report displays recent Web Alarms.
You can also create a dynamic group to provide easy access to your current network Web
Alarms. For more information on Dynamic Groups in WhatsUp Gold, please see Configuring
Dynamic Groups (on page 80).
Adding and Editing a Windows Event Log Action
This action allows you to configure log messages to post to the Windows Event Viewer.
To add or edit a Windows Event log action:
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Action Library.
2 Click New to create a new Windows Event log action. Select Windows Event Log from
the list, then click OK.
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Select the action you want to change from the list of current actions, and then click Edit.
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