Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
multiple values using the feature, only one value will be stored to the database: the outcome
of your scripted calculation.
Reference Variables
Reference variables simplify your scripting code and enable you to write scripts efficiently,
without having to grab a list of device properties, as with the Script Action and Script Active
Monitor. They take care of the underlying SNMP or WMI mechanisms that you would
normally have to deal with to access SNMP or WMI counters on a remote device.
By using the Context.GetReferenceVariable (variable name), you only need to specify
the name of a pre-defined variable. WhatsUp Gold uses a device's credentials to connect to
the target device using SNMP or WMI to retrieve the requested information. This information
is stored in a variable that you can use later in your script.
Important: The use of reference variables in the Active Script Performance Monitor is
optional. If you do use them, you must use Context.GetReferenceVariable,for reference
variables to be polled and their data graphed.
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