Managing and Assigning Monitors

After you Promote Discovered Devices to managed devices, you can:

View monitor setup. View monitors associated with one or more selected devices. Some monitors are automatically associated with the device after network discovery. Ping, CPU Utilization, and Disk Utilization, for example are typically immediately associated with a device when you run discovery using appropriate SNMP or Windows credentials.
Assign additional monitors. As you determine your site's needs, you can create custom monitors based on the monitor types in the Monitor Library (Active, Passive, Performance) or by cloning (copying) one you have already created.
Switch monitors On or Off. Monitors associated with a device might not be On by default. For example, Interface Utilization monitor is turned Off by default while Ping monitor is turned On by default.
Tip: Unlike Active and Performance Monitors, Passive Monitors do not have a concept of on/off. Passive Monitors are subscribers/listeners and do not require WhatsUp Gold active polling.
Check performance monitor statistics and utilization. Click a node on the map, then click the Performance Monitors section on the Device Properties card.

Monitor Summary Status

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Tip: To assign specific monitoring schedules directly to a device role, see the section titled Device Role Settings.

To view the Monitor Setup Page for a device:

Select a device on the My Network Map.
The Device Properties Card displays.
On Device Properties, click Device Monitor Setup ().
Monitor Setup displays with current monitor setup.

To bulk delete monitors from a single device:

Select a device from My Network Map.
The Device Properties Card displays.
On Device Properties, click Device Monitor Setup ().
Monitor Setup displays with current monitor setup.
Click on multiple rows in the Monitor Setup table (select either by CTRL+click, shift+click).
Click the Delete () button.
The selected monitors are deleted from the device.

Select one or more devices on the My Network Map or the collapsible device grid.
Switch monitoring for a single monitor type On or Off by either:
- Single Device. From the Device Card, click Device Monitor Setup (). Then select the monitor switch On/Off ).
- Bulk Apply. Select devices individually (press and hold Ctrl and click on each device icon to select) or use bulk select ). Then use Bulk Apply ) to select the monitor you want to switch On/Off ).

You can assign new or existing monitors to a device.

To assign monitors to a device:

After you have created monitors based on monitor library types, you can assign them to your managed devices.

Select one or more devices on the My Network map or the collapsible device grid to access the Monitors window.
From the monitors () panel, select the monitors you want to apply, and click the Apply to selected devices button.

To add a new monitor:

You can add new monitor instances to the monitor library based on an existing monitor or 'built in' monitor type.

Click the 'add' () button, choose a monitor type, and configure it.
Assign your monitor to a device, many devices, or a device group.
Switch On/Off the monitor. (For example, some monitors are switched Off by default.)