Creating an action policy

To create an action policy:

1. Open the Action Policies dialog.
   • From the web interface, click GO. The GO menu appears.
   • If the WhatsUp section is not visible, click WhatsUp. The WhatsUp section of the GO menu appears.
   • Select Configure > Action Policies.

     - or -

   • From the main menu on the console, select Configure > Action Policies. The Action Policies dialog appears.
2. Click New. The New Action Policy dialog appears.
3. Enter a name in Policy name. This name is used to identify the policy later, so you should make sure the name is something that will help you remember what is contained in this policy.
4. Click Add. The Action Builder wizard appears.
5. Follow the directions in the wizard.
6. Click Finish at the end of the wizard to add the action to the policy.
7. Add as many actions as you need to complete the policy. You can move actions up and down in the list by clicking Up and Down above the action list.

   If you select Only execute first action, WhatsUp Gold executes the actions in the list for each state, starting at the top, and stops as soon as an action successfully fires.

8. After you have added all of the you would like for the policy, click OK to create the policy and add it to the active list.

Note: During Device Discovery, you can assign an existing action policy (if one has been created previously), create a simple action policy through a wizard, or access the Action Policy Editor to create an action policy yourself.

See Also About Action Policies Assigning an action policy Editing action policies Implicit action policy