Passive Monitors

Passive Monitors run as background processes (OS-level logging, SNMP traps waiting for a condition, for example) on the monitored device, Passive Monitors are not initiated by WhatsUp Gold like an active monitor.

• Windows Event Log. Platform log for Windows device.
• Syslog. Platform log for Linux/UNIX device.
• SNMP Trap. Trigger/predicate that denotes an event/threshold was met on the machine where the trap was set.

See Also Monitors Monitor Types Assigning Monitors Critical Active Monitors Active Monitors Performance Monitors Rules Expression Editor Advanced settings: performance monitor collection Configure Memory Threshold Configure Disk Performance Threshold Adding Custom Thresholds Ping Advanced Settings Active Monitor Advanced Properties Advanced Settings