Using the Task Library

The Task Library allows you to schedule engine tasks through the WhatsUp Gold web interface. There are many pre-configured tasks available in the Task Library. The following tasks are available by default:

Statistical Cache Updater which cleans the caches for performance monitor tables.
Group Updater which updates device group state and status based on the state and status of the devices and child device groups within the group.
Alert Center DB Maintenance which cleans the AlertCenterItems and AlertCenterLog tables.
Defrag Performance Tables which defrags the Statistical table indecies.
Purge Log Tables which cleans various log tables.

To access the Task Library, go to Admin > Tasks. The Task Library dialog appears.

Use the WhatsUp Gold Task Library to configure new or existing web tasks:

Click New to create a new task.
Select an existing task, then click Edit to modify its configuration.
Select an existing task, then click Copy to create a new task based on the selected task.
Select an existing task, then click Delete to remove it from the list.

Note: Some tasks cannot be copied or deleted and therefore, the Copy and Delete buttons are disabled when these tasks are selected.

Important: At this time, task pass and fail events are not logged in the WhatsUp Gold log reports. While errors are logged for all non-database backup tasks, they are not for database backup tasks.

Logging and web tasks

By default, all registry key tables are set to 8760 hours (or 1 year). If you want to change this setting, go to the following location on your computer: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\Network Monitor\WhatsUp Engine\Database Settings\Log Expiration Settings

The following table displays which tables are associated with each registry key:

Registry Key Name	Associated Report Name
Action Activity Log Expiration Time Limit	Action Log
General Error Log Expiration Time Limit	General Error Log
Passive Monitor Error Log Expiration Time Limit	Passive Monitor Error Log
Performance Monitor Log Expiration Time Limit	Performance Monitor Error Log
Recurring Report Log Expiration Time Limit	Recurring/Scheduled Report Log
Remote Server Log Expiration Time Limit	Remote Site Log
System Activity Log Expiration Time Limit	Activity Log
Web Alarm Log Expiration Time Limit	N/A
Web User Activity Log Expiration Time Limit	Web User Activity Log
WhatsConfigured Config Expiration Time Limit	Configured Task Log
WhatsVirtual Events Expiration Time Limit	Virtual Event Log
Logger Expiration Time Limit	Logger Error Log
Wireless Logger (WrlsLog) Expiration Time Limit	Wireless Log