Configuring an Exchange Monitor
To configure an instance of the Exchange Monitor:
- Go to the Active Monitor Library:
- From the web interface, click . The GO menu appears.
- If the WhatsUp section is not visible, click . The WhatsUp section of the GO menu appears.
- Select .
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- From the main menu bar of the console, select . The Active Monitor Library appears.
: The Active Monitor Library is the starting point for creating any Active Monitor in WhatsUp Gold. This dialog shows all of the Active Monitors in your database.
- Add an Exchange monitor:
- Click. The Select Active Monitor Type dialog appears.
- Select from the list and Click . The New Exchange Monitor Server dialog appears.
- In the box, enter the name you want to use to identify this instance of the Exchange monitor.
- In the box, enter any text information to further describe the monitor.
- Select the Server Roles to monitor.
- To configure the thresholds within the server role, highlight the server role and click . For more information about specific thresholds, see Exchange roles and performance thresholds.
- Select the services to monitor. For more information about specific services, see Exchange services.
- Click to save the monitor in the Active Monitor Library.
- Add the monitor to your Exchange Server device.
- In your device list, find the device that represents the Exchange server. Right-click the device, then select . Select Active Monitors.
- Click . The Active Monitor wizard appears.
Select the monitor, and continue with the wizard to configure any actions for the monitor.
For more information on setting up an action, see Configuring an action.
If you select , WhatsUp Gold adds the monitor to the Active Monitors list. From that list, you can select to scan for that service on all applications found during discovery.