When actions are assigned to active monitors, the action fires when the monitor issues the state specified in the action configuration. For example, if you assign a Web Alarm action to a Ping active monitor, every time the monitor cannot reach a device to which it is associated, it issues a down state for the unreachable device. After the monitor issues the down state for an unreachable device, a Web Alarm action fires notifying you that the device is unreachable by ping.

Actions can be assigned when configuring active monitors, though it is not required. If you decide to assign an action to the monitor at a later time, you can do so through Device Properties.

To assign an action to an active monitor:

  1. Go to the Index tab, then navigate to WhatsUp Gold > Device Management > Devices and Groups. The Devices and Groups page appears.
  2. Click a device group from the Device Groups section of the page. The list of devices associated with the device group appears in the Detail grid section of the page.
  3. Select a device from the Detail grid.
  4. Click Device Properties from the row Options menu of the selected device. The Device Properties page appears.
  5. Select Active monitors from the Properties list. The details of the Active monitors properties appear.
  6. Select the monitor to which you would like to assign an action then click Edit from the row Options menu. The Set Polling Properties dialog appears.
  7. Make any adjustments to polling selections then click Next. The Setup Actions for Monitor State Change dialog appears. The Apply individual actions option is selected by default.
  8. Click Add. The Action Builder appears.
  9. Choose either to select an existing action from the Actions Library or create a new action.
  10. Click Next to specify the action type that you want to fire and then the state change that will trigger the action. You can also specify a previous state dependency and blackout schedule, if desired.
  11. Click Finish.
  12. Click Save.