Selecting an Action Type

When you apply active monitors, you typically associate an action and a device state with changes observed by the monitor. There are three main categories of built-in action types available through the Actions Library. Actions can be triggered or scheduled.

Note: Certain actions (CM Actions, for example) can be invoked on demand (Run Now).

Built-in action types include:

• Notifications. Send messages to stakeholders and responsible individuals according to site policy.
• Remote execution. Create scripts, execute remote programs, and apply configuration changes.
• Log. Include state change observed by WhatsUp Gold in platform logs.

Notifications

• Beeper action. Activate a beeper with this type of action.
• E-mail action. Send an Email to a specific address.
• Log to Text File action. Write a message to a text file.
• Pager action. Send a message to a pager.
• Web Alarm action. Activate a Web Alarm in the WhatsUp Gold Web Interface
• Text to Speech action. Plays a voice message on your computer.
• SMS action. Send a text message to a specific target.
• SMS Direct action. Send a text message to a wireless phone or other wireless device.
• Sound action. Play a specific sound.

Remote/Local Script or Execution

• Service Restart action. Start or stop a Windows service.
• Active Script action. Write code to perform a customized action.
• Configuration Management action. Perform script or task from CM Task (includes Task Scripts) or CM Script Libraries.
• PowerShell action. Develop custom actions through direct access to scriptable component libraries, including the .NET Framework.
• SSH action. Connect to remote devices via SSH to execute commands or scripts.
• Program action. Execute an external application.
• SNMP Set action. Use SNMP to increase a counter, set a flag, or change the attribute value of a managed object.

Log

• Windows Event Log action. Write an event in the Windows Event Log.
• Syslog action. Write a message to a log in the Syslog system.
• VMware action. Use the VMware API to perform an action on a virtual machine.