WhatsUp Gold actions are designed to perform a task as a device or monitor state change occurs. Alerting action tasks send various types of alerts to notify you of state changes. Functional action tasks can log the problem, launch an external application, perform a custom script, and other functions after device or monitor state changes.
As you configure an action, you choose the task it is to perform. Also, when you configure an action, you choose whether to assign it to a device, or to an active or passive monitor. For more information, see Configuring an action.
When assigned to an active monitor, actions fire according to the state changes it issues. For example, you can configure an Email Action to send an email alert when the active monitor for a Web server issues a down state change. When assigned to a device, actions fire according to the device's state. For more information, see Assigning an action.
You can configure actions on a single device or monitor, or define an Action Policy to use across multiple devices or monitors.