Rescan Options

Rescan options enable you to refine scanning behavior associated with certain active monitors including interface active monitors. These options are most useful when performing rescan on selected batches or groups of devices.

• Update names for Interface Active Monitors

  Label and description data generated during the scan (such as name data harvested from the discovery scan according to scan rules) will replace/refresh old labels and descriptions.

• Enable or disable Active Interface Monitors (Based on 'Configured' and 'Ready' State)

  This option is helpful for enabling or disabling active monitors on large switches in bulk. For switches with many physical interfaces/ports, selecting the option enables rescan to place Interface Monitors (a WhatsUp Gold active monitor type) in enabled state with the condition that the interface is administratively configured and ready. If the interface is not configured and ready, WhatsUp Gold brings active monitors to the disabled state.

  Important: Results received from using either of the first two Rescan options are dependent upon applied sub-role filters.

• Apply 'Use in Rescan' options for Active Monitors

  Most active monitors such as FTP and SSH feature a Use in Rescan option (checkbox). Select Use in Rescan to apply this behavior for the current rescan. Deselect Use in Rescan to override it. The Use in Rescan option indicates to WhatsUp Gold that it should attempt to apply this active monitor when Discovery detects any new conditions (a new SSH endpoint, for example) that warrant it.

  WhatsUp Gold adds the monitor type to the device during a rescan, which is launched using the Rescan button or action menu selection. For example:

  

  Tip: you can check this monitor configuration setting for any of your monitors from the Monitors Library.