Select Action and State

Associate an Action with the monitor.

• Select an Action from the Action Library. Pull-down menu is populated by entries in the Actions Library.
• Execute Action on the Following State Change. For example, select Maintenance state if you want to fire an action after transitioning to Maintenance Mode.

Select Up State Dependency

This option bundles Up and its transition state. For example, let's say you only want to fire if Up transitions to Down for at least 20 minutes —where Down would be the Only if the Following State Was Reached.

• Only if the Following State Was Reached. Select either:
  • A state in the list to watch for following the Up state before this Action can be triggered. For example, trigger an Action notification when after holding an Up state later transitioning to Down at Least 20 min.
  • No dependency on a preceding state.

Add Blackout Period

• Blackout period. Schedule a blackout time for the action.

Repeat Options

• Repeat Action. Useful when mission critical incidents occur. For example, let's say you define an action that sends a notification to the responsible team for state changes that must be resolved or require site or service admin intervention (Down events, for example)
• Repeat Every. Frequency to fire the action. For example, send an SMS or e-mail or log message.

Tip: Repeating action stop if device goes from Down to Up or if you put the device into Maintenance mode.
You may also stop repeating actions manually:WhatsUp Gold Admin Console: click Tools > Running Actions... > then select the action / repeating action you want to stop. click Action > Cancel Selected Action.