Assigning an action to a monitor
You can assign one or more individual actions to a monitor, or assign an action policy that may contain multiple actions.
To assign an action to an active monitor:
: During the configuration of a new monitor, you are presented with the Action Builder as part of the wizard. The following set of directions is for existing monitors.
- Right-click the device the active monitor is configured on, then click . The Device Properties dialog appears.
- Click . The Active Monitors dialog appears.
- Double-click the monitor on which you want to add actions.
- Go to the actions properties:
- Select the option.
- Click to access the Action Builder wizard.
- Follow the directions in the Action Builder wizard.
- At the end of the wizard, click to add the action to the monitor.
- If you need to add more actions to the monitor, click and repeat these directions.
- Click after all actions have been added.
To assign an action policy to an active monitor:
: During the configuration of a new device, you are presented with the Action Builder as part of the wizard. The following instructions are for existing devices.
- Right-click the device on which the active monitor is configured, then click . The Device Properties dialog appears.
- Click . The Active Monitors dialog appears.
- Double-click the monitor on which you want to add actions.
- Go to the actions properties:
- Select the option.
- Select the action policy you want to use for this device. If you need to create a new action policy first, click the browse button to access the Action Policies dialog.
- Click to save the changes.
To assign an action to a passive monitor:
- Right-click the device the on which the passive monitor is configured, then click . The Device Properties dialog appears.
- Click .
- Double-click the monitor on which you want to add actions. The Passive Monitor Properties appear.
- Go to the actions properties:
- Click to access the Action Builder wizard.
- Follow the directions in the Action Builder wizard.
- At the end of the wizard, click to add the action to the monitor.
- If you need to add more actions to the monitor, click and repeat these directions.
- Click after all actions have been added.
: You cannot assign an action policy to a passive monitor.
After an action has been added to the monitor, the action fires when that state reaches the assigned down state.