New/Edit Folder Monitor

How to get here

Use this dialog to configure a Folder Monitor. This monitor checks to see if a local or network share folder meets the conditions specified in the monitor's configuration.

Note: The Folder Monitor only checks folders local to a machine on which WhatsUp Gold is installed, or folders on a network share accessible from the WhatsUp Gold device.

Note: This feature is only available in WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition. To update your license, visit the MyIpswitch portal.

To configure a Folder Monitor:

Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.

• Name. Enter a title for the Folder monitor as it will appear in the Active Monitor Library.
• Description. Enter a short description for the monitor as it will appear in the Active Monitor Library.
• Path of the folder to monitor. Enter the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) file path that WhatsUp Gold will use to access the file. For example:
  \\192.168.3.1\website\product\

Note: Local folders and folders on mapped drive paths are not permitted for the File Properties Monitor. Only UNC paths are allowed.

• Include sub-folders. Select this option to include all folders within the parent folder in the monitor scan.

Important: Selecting this option can greatly increase the amount of time it takes to complete the monitor scan and possibly have an adverse affect on WhatsUp Gold performance.

Files to include

• Include all files. Select this option to include all files within the parent folder in the monitor scan.
• Include files with names matching following wildcard expression. Select this option, then enter a wildcard expression. Files that match the wildcard expression will be included in the monitor scan. For example, enter *.exe to check for executable (.exe) files in the selected folder.

Note: This option only works for a single wildcard expression at a time. If you enter more than one expression, the monitor reads the entry as one wildcard expression.

Important: When enabled, this option has the probability to greatly slow WhatsUp Gold performance, dependent on the wildcard expression specified. The probability of slower performance increases when this option is used in conjunction with the Include sub-folders option.

Monitor is up if

• Folder. Select the appropriate option: exists or does not exist. If you select exists, the monitor is up if the selected folder is found. If you select does not exist, the monitor is up if the folder is not found.

Note: The following options are not required for the monitor scan.

For the following options, select the appropriate variables to determine the success or failure of the monitor scan:

- less than

- less than or equal to

- greater than

- greater than or equal to

- equal to

- not equal to

• Actual folder size is. Select this option to make the monitor dependent on the actual folder size. The default unit used for the folder size is bytes. Optionally, you can change the unit to either KB, MB, or GB.
• Folder size on disk is. Select this option to make the monitor dependent on the folder size on the disk. The default unit used for the folder size on disk is bytes. Optionally, you can change the unit to either KB, MB, or GB.
• Number of files is. Select this option to make the monitor dependent on the number of files in the folder.

Tip: To obtain the current actual folder size, folder size on disk, and number of files, first select the appropriate option, then click the folder properties button. These current values will populate the option value field and can be used to set the monitor threshold.

Click OK to save changes.