Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
To configure the Implicit Action Policy
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Action Policy Library. The Action Policies dialog
appears.
2 Select the Implicit Action Policy, then click Edit. The Edit Action Policy dialog appears.
To add an action to the policy, click Add.
To modify an action in the policy, select it, then click Edit.
To delete an action from the policy, select it, then click Remove.
To have WhatsUp Gold execute only the first action in the list for each state, and stop
when that action fires successfully, select Only execute first action.
Tip: Use Up and Down to modify an action's placement in the list.
3 Click OK to save changes.
Example: getting an Email alert when the Web server fails
This example shows how to set up monitoring for your Web server so that an email alert is
sent when the Web server fails, or when web content is not available.
First, you need to set up the monitors for your web server. Then, create an Email Action and
assign it to the monitors.
Setting up monitors for a Web server and creating an Email Action that is assigned to
monitors:
1 In either Details or Map View, right-click on the web server device, then select
Properties. The Device Properties dialog appears.
2 Click Active Monitors. The Device Properties - Active Monitors dialog appears.
3 Click Add. The Select Active Monitor Type dialog appears.
4 Use the following dialogs to add the HTTP active monitor to your web server device; this
monitor checks that HTTP (port 80) is active.
a) On the Select Active Monitor Type dialog, select HTTP, then click Next. The Set Polling
Properties dialog appears.
b) Ensure that the default settings are selected (Enable polling for this Active Monitor
and Use default network interface), then click Next. The Setup Actions for Monitor
State Changes dialog appears.
c) Select Apply individual actions, then click Add. The Select or Create Action dialog
appears.
d) Select Create a new action, then click Next. The Select Action Type dialog appears.
e) In the Select the actions type to create list, select E-Mail Action, then click Next. The
Select State Change dialog appears.
f) Select Down from the Execute the action on the following state change list, then
click Finish. The New Email Action dialog appears.
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