Cloning a device

The WhatsUp Gold cloning feature, available in the web interface, allows you to do a deep copy of a device. The term deep copy means that the device is copied to a new device with all active monitors, passive monitors, actions, attributes, etc. applied to the new device. This functionality makes it easy to create a new device with monitors, actions, and attributes set up based on ones you have already taken the time to set up for a previously created device. This reduces the time required to setup new monitors, actions, and attributes for a new device.

Note: Any monitors and action policies associated with the device you are cloning from are not duplicated for the new cloned device, rather the new cloned device has the existing monitors and action policies applied to it. If you want to assign new monitors to the newly cloned device, see Monitoring Devices or if you want to create a new action policy and associate it with the device, see About Action Policies.

Methods to clone a device

There are three ways to clone a device, from the device right-click menu, dragging-and-dropping a device from a device list or a map view to a new device group, or from the Edit menu in the top toolbar (Edit > Clone).

After you have cloned a device, you need to change the device host name and address in the Device Properties - General dialog settings so that WhatsUp Gold can monitor the new device and all of the active monitors, passive monitors, actions, and attributes that are applied to the new device. For more information, see Changing the cloned Device Properties.

See Also Managing Devices Viewing network devices and data Device overview About the Device View Using Credentials Learning about the Device Properties Adding a new device Using Device Groups About Polling Using Acknowledgements Using Maps Creating custom context Menus Configuring multiple devices with the Bulk Field Change feature Performing a device search using Find Device