Using the Passive Monitor Library

The Passive Monitor Library stores all passive monitor types that have been created for WhatsUp Gold. The library includes a variety 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.

Though you can create three types of passive monitors, SNMP passive monitors are the type most widely used.

SNMP Trap passive monitors in the library

The SNMP Trap monitors listed in the Passive Monitor Library are based on one of three things:

To access and use the Passive Monitor Library:

  1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Monitors. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
  2. Click the Passive tab inside the dialog.
    The Passive Monitor Library dialog

Use the Passive Monitor Library dialog to configure new or existing passive monitor types:

See Also

Passive Monitor Library

Passive monitors overview

Passive Monitor Icon

Understanding Passive Monitor Listeners

Configuring passive monitors

Assigning passive monitors

Group and device passive monitor reports