Enabling the polling engine

To enable or disable the WhatsUp polling engine:

1. From the console main menu, click Configure > Program Options.
2. Click the General icon.
3. Select Enable polling engine to turn on polling. Clear the selection to turn polling off.
4. Click OK to save changes.

Tip: In the bottom right corner of the WhatsUp Gold console, the Polling icon shows if the engine is active.

See Also Using the Program Options Enabling actions Enabling performance monitors Enabling WhatsVirtual event collection Enabling Ping Throttle Enabling the SNMP Trap Listener Enabling the Windows Event Log listener Enabling the Syslog listener Enabling FIPS 140-2 mode About the WhatsUp Gold default SSL certificates Changing the device state colors or icons Passive Monitor Listeners Changing how long report data is stored Selecting a display font Changing clock/regional preferences Changing the date and time format Using the WhatsUp Services Controller