Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
5 Enter a Name for the threshold. This name is displayed as the threshold dashboard
report title on the Alerts Home page.
6 Click the Database tab. Enter the appropriate threshold information:
Database size exceeds ___ %/GB/MB. Select this option to have the threshold alert
when the database size exceeds the value you specify. The default threshold value is
80%.
Note: If you have an unlimited-size database, WhatsUp Gold uses a 4GB cap to calculate the
size of your database.
Total performance monitors exceed ____. Select this option to have the threshold
alert when the total number of performance monitors exceeds the number you
specify. The default number of total performance monitors is 3,000.
Total performance monitor records exceed ____. Select this option to have the
threshold alert when the total number of performance monitor records exceeds the
number you specify. The default number of total performance monitor records is
2,000,000.
Total passive monitor records exceed ____. Select this option to have the threshold
alert when the total number of passive monitor records exceeds the number you
specify. The default number of total passive monitor records is 1,000,000.
Total expired records exceed ____. Select this option to have the threshold alert
when the total number of expired records exceeds the number you specify. The
default number of total expired records is 500,000.
Total devices being monitored exceeds ____ % of license limit. Select this option
to have the threshold alert when the total number of devices being monitored
exceeds the percentage of the license limit you specify. The default percentage of the
license limit is 90%.
Tip: Click View WhatsUp database to view a graph of the current WhatsUp database usage.
7 Click the Services tab. Enter the appropriate threshold information:
WhatsUp polling service is down ____ minutes. Select this option to have the
threshold alert when the WhatsUp service has been down for the number of minutes
you specify. The default threshold value is 5 minutes.
WhatsUp polling service SQL queries exceed ____ ms on average. Select this
option to have the threshold alert when SQL queries exceed the number of ms on
average that you specify. The default number is 750 ms.
WhatsUp discovery service is down ____ minutes. Select this option to have the
threshold alert when the WhatsUp discovery service is down the number of minutes
that you specify. The default number is 5 minutes.
Note: Web service threshold checks do not apply to users running IIS.
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