Folder

The Folder monitor uses the Windows credentials assigned to the device to determine if a local or network share folder meets the conditions specified in the monitor configuration. This monitor supports percent variables (%Device.Address or %Device.HostName), allowing you to use a macro for applying multiple devices to a monitor. If the target folder or directory contents change during a poll, the change is ignored and is not counted toward folder/file size specified in the monitor configuration.

Note: The Folder monitor only checks files in folders local to a device on which WhatsUp Gold is installed or files in network shares accessible from the WhatsUp Gold device.

Provide a unique name and description for the monitor, then configure the following:

• Folder path. Enter the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path that WhatsUp Gold uses to access the folder. For example: \\192.168.3.1\website\product for a folder on a single device. If you provide the value for File size, File checksum using, or File modified within options, you can also use percent variables for the path of the folder to monitor. For example, \\%Device.Address\website\product or \\%Device.HostName\website\product for a folder located on multiple machines with the same folder path name. Enable Include sub-folders to scan folders under the selection for the specified content.

Warning: Selecting this option can greatly increase the amount of time it takes to complete the monitor scan and possibly have an adverse effect on WhatsUp Gold performance.

• All files. Select this option to configure the monitor to scan all accessible files.
• Files with matching names following wildcard expression. Select this option to specify a wildcard expression WhatsUp Gold should use to determine which files to scan. For example, enter *.exe to check for executable (.exe) files in the selected folder. Please note, this option only works using a single wildcard expression. If multiple expressions are entered in this field, the monitor reads the entry as one wildcard expression.

Warning: When enabled, this option can significantly slow performance dependent on the wildcard expression specified. The probability of slower performance increases when this option is used in conjunction with the Include sub-folders option.

• Folder does NOT exist. Enable this option if the folder does not exist for the monitor to report as Up.
• Folder exists. Enable this option if the folder exists for the monitor to report as Up.

Note: When the Folder exists option is enabled, you can further refine the monitor to consider actual folder size, folder size on disk, and/or number of files. Use the additional controls provided to specify monitor parameters or select Use current to have the monitor consider the parameters configured on the target device using its credentials.

• Actual folder size . Enable this option to determine the success or failure of the monitor scan based on the actual size of the specified folder.
• Folder size on disk. Enable this option to determine the success or failure of the monitor scan based on the size of the specified folder as it resides on disk.
• Number of files. Enable this option to determine the success or failure of the monitor scan based on the number of files within specified folder.

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