The Monitor Library displays all passive monitor currently configured for use in WhatsUp Gold. To help you manage your network easily after your initial installation of the application, WhatsUp Gold includes a number of pre-configured SNMP passive monitors, as well as a generic "Any" passive monitor for SNMP, Syslog, and Windows Event Log types. The Any passive monitor listens and receives all traps and events that occur on the device to which it is assigned. These pre-configured monitors display in the Monitor Library. As you configure new passive monitor types, they are added to the Monitor Library.

The following table lists active monitors available for use in WhatsUp Gold:

SNMP Trap

Syslog

Windows Event Log

After configuring a passive monitor in the Monitor Library, add the monitor to devices. You can apply passive monitors to devices in Device Properties - Passive Monitors. For more information, see Assigning passive monitors.

SNMP Trap passive monitors in the library

  • The SNMP Trap monitors listed in the Passive Monitor Library are based on one of three following situations:
    • Passive monitors already in the database. By default, the passive monitor database comes with a few of the most Common SNMP traps included.
    • Passive monitors automatically created by WhatsUp Gold Trap Definition Import Tool. Use the Trap Definition Import Tool to create SNMP Traps from MIB files stored in the \Program Files\Ipswitch\WhatsUp\Data\Mibs folder. The Trap Definition Import Tool allows you to search for the specific SNMP trap for which you want WhatsUp Gold to listen, and then import the trap into the Passive Monitor Library. After you import the trap, you can make specifications to the passive monitor in the Passive Monitor Library using the Rules Expression Editor dialog. For example, if you want WhatsUp Gold to monitor when a specific IP address causes an authentication failure on your SNMP-enabled device, you can create a rule that tells WhatsUp Gold to log an event only when this particular IP address attempts to access the SNMP-enabled device.
    • Passive monitors that you define yourself. While using the Trap Definition Import Tool or any of the pre-configured passive monitors are two easy ways to configure SNMP Trap passive monitors, you still have the option to manually configure all passive monitor types via the Passive Monitor Library. This can be accomplished either by copying and pasting trap information directly from existing logs, or by browsing the MIB for OID values that you are interested in, and adding the Generic type (Major) and Specific type (Minor) information if required.