Automatically exporting scheduled map discoveries to WhatsUp Gold

Use the Edit Map: Network Devices dialog WhatsUp Gold tab to select the option to export topology maps to WhatsUp Gold. Device attribute information, based on the device filters applied to the map, are exported to WhatsUp Gold. Dynamic maps are exported to WhatsUp Gold each time a manual or scheduled discovery is performed. For more information, see Scheduling dynamic topology map updates.

How to get here:

1. From the main menu of the WhatsConnected console, select View > Topology Maps. The Topology Maps view appears.

   Tip: You can also view topology maps from the WhatsConnected console shortcut menu. Click (Topology maps shortcut icon). The Topology Maps dialog appears.

2. Select the topology map, in the topology tree view, that you want to export.
3. Right-click in the topology map area. The right-click menu appears.
4. Click Layout / Display Settings. The Edit Map: Devices dialog appears.

To automatically export topology map devices to WhatsUp Gold:

• On the Edit Map: Network Devices dialog WhatsUp Gold tab, select Export map to WhatsUp Gold.

  Note: After a scheduled discovery occurs, any updates that occured during discovery must be saved to the discovery file (.dis) before the updated device information can be exported to WhatsUp Gold.

  Note: WhatsConnected exports will not delete devices shown in WhatsUp Gold that were previously discovered, but disappear from subsequent dynamic map updates.

• Export Settings (Layer 2 / Topology). Use the following options to describe the information and types of monitors to create during the automatic export.
  • Enable Exported Ping/SNMP Interface Active Monitors. Select this option to enable Ping and SNMP Interface Active Monitors. This mode activates the polling engine to immediately begin polling the new monitors upon their creation.
  • Create Ping Latency and Availability Performance Monitors. Select this option to create Ping Latency and Availability Monitors for the exported devices.
  • Create Interface Utilization Performance Monitors. Select this option to create Interface Utilization Performance Monitors for the interfaces that connect the exported devices on the topology map.

  Note: Only the interfaces that connect devices are exported.

  • Enable Exported Performance Monitors. Select this option to enable Performance Monitors for the exported devices. This mode activates the polling engine to immediately begin polling the new monitors upon their creation.
  • Create Device Dependencies. Select this option to create an up dependency for each child device in a parent-child relationship in the exported devices. The child device will not be actively polled when the parent device is down.

See Also Managing dynamic topology map updates Filtering devices and dynamically updating the topology map Configuring the topology layout and display settings Scheduling dynamic topology map updates