About Action Policies, Actions, and Blackout Policies and WhatsUp Gold Application Monitoring

WhatsUp Gold allows you to configure action policies that can be applied to application instances and components you are monitoring. An action policy determines actions to take when an application instance or component transitions from one state to another. The transition to states are up, down, warning, and maintenance. You must create one or more actions before creating an action policy. You may also apply a blackout policy to the action policy. The blackout policy determines when to apply the action policy and when it should be ignored due to routine activities, such as maintenance periods. Please note, all applications and systems monitored should have their system clocks synchronized so that actions and policies work correctly according to the settings and scheduled actions.

To begin configuring action policies, individual actions, as well as associated blackout schedules specific to application monitoring, select SETTINGS > Application Monitoring > Application Monitoring Actions and Policies. While configurations using this interface are saved and maintained separately from actions and policies applicable to monitored devices, the controls and procedures for creating and managing them are the same. Once created, you can assign action policies to application instances or individual components within an instance.

To assign an action policy to a monitored application:

1. Select SETTINGS > Application Monitoring > Application and Profile Setup from the main menu.
2. Select the Application Profiles tab.
3. Select the monitored application for which you want to add an action policy, then choose an existing action policy from the menu above the monitored applications grid.

To assign an action policy to an individual component:

1. Select SETTINGS > Application Monitoring > Application and Profile Setup from the main menu.
2. Select the Application Profiles tab.
3. Select the application profile containing the desired component, then click the Edit icon.
4. Select the Components tab.
5. Select the desired component, then click the Edit icon.
6. Select the action policy you want to apply.
7. Click Save.

See Also Applications Monitoring Applications Application Monitoring Terminology Preparing to Monitor Applications Discovering Applications Mapping Applications Working with Application Profiles Working with Monitored Applications Components, Critical Component Groups, and Discrete Applications About Critical Component Groups Application Monitoring Actions Application Monitoring Blackout Policies Application Monitoring Action Policies Configuring an Application Monitoring Action Policy Application Attributes Application Monitoring Settings