Creating an action policy

To create an action policy:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Action Policies. The Action Policies dialog appears.
2. Click New. The New Action Policy dialog appears.
3. Enter a name in Policy name. This name is used to identify the policy later, so you should make sure the name is something that helps you remember what is contained in this policy.
4. Click Add. The Action Builder wizard appears.
5. Follow the directions in the wizard.
6. Click Finish at the end of the wizard to add the action to the policy.
7. Add as many actions as you need to complete the policy. You can move actions up and down in the list by clicking Up and Down above the action list.

   If you select Only execute first action, WhatsUp Gold executes the actions in the list for each state, starting at the top, and stops as soon as an action successfully fires.

8. After you have added all of the you would like for the policy, click OK to create the policy and add it to the active list.

Note: During Device Discovery, you can assign an existing action policy (if one has been created previously), create a simple action policy through a wizard, or access the Action Policy Editor to create an action policy yourself.

See Also Action Policies Assigning an action policy to a device Adding and editing an action policy Configuring an implicit action policy Example: getting an Email alert when the Web server fails Using scripting actions