Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Passive Monitor Listeners
Passive Monitor Listeners are applications that listen for specific information being passed
across your network, or events that occur on one of your devices, then notifies WhatsUp Gold
when the information matches what it is listening for. Use this dialog to configure those
servers according to your specific needs. For more information, see Using Passive Monitors (on
page 232).
WhatsUp Gold provides the following Passive Monitor Listeners:
SNMP Trap. This listener monitors SNMP information being passed across your
network.
Syslog. This listener monitors a computers Syslog.
Windows Event Log. This listener monitors the Windows Event Log.
Changing how long report data is stored
Ping Active Monitor data is stored in the WhatsUp Gold database to populate the
performance logs available in the application.
To configure WhatsUp Gold report data:
1 From the main menu, select Configure > Program Options.
2 In Program Options, select Report Data.
3 On the Report Data section, you can change the data settings for performance monitors,
active monitors, and passive monitors.
4 Click OK to save the changes.
You can see how many rows in the database that the data takes up by viewing the numbers
under the time settings.
Selecting a display font
Use the Map Font to select a font for the device labels in your map views and log graphs. The
fonts in the list are fonts that are currently installed and available on your computer.
To select a display font for WhatsUp Gold:
1 From the main menu bar on the WhatsUp Gold Console, select Configure > Program
Options. The Program Options dialog appears.
2 Select Map Font, then select the font and font size you want to use in WhatsUp Gold.
Changing clock/regional preferences
To use a 24-hour clock instead of the default 12-hour clock:
1 From the WhatsUp Gold main menu, select Configure > Program Options.
2 Select the Regional section.
3 Select the Use 24 hour clock option.
4 Click OK.
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