I think the best way to do this is to just create an alias device type. The only setting it would have is for the map name and device name of the device it points to.
Jeff Cook IT Technician Whatcom Educational Credit Union -----Original Message----- From: Steven Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 4:45 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list Yes, you can copy a device and disable alerts, but Whatsup then has to poll it. If I create 50 maps with a copy of a device on each map, then that device is going to get polled 50 times. A practical use is that an IT group can setup their maps to represent their overall network, ie comms links and servers. That IT group supports numerous applications, so they create a separate map related to each application group and duplicate the comms links / devices and relevant servers to delivering that app to a client. They then allow that application support group to receive alerts, but also be able to use the web interface to see the status of the network relevant to their application. Another use could be a service provider providing clients with the ability to see the status and history of the network components related to them and using the security settings on the web interface to restrict which maps they see. I'm sure if a service provider has 100 clients, and includes core infrastructure on each client map as well as the client specific infrastructure, they wouldn't want their core devices being polled 100 times, especially if each map had a polling interval of 60 seconds...The devices wouldn't like the excessive load (which is unnecessary) and Whatsup probably would run a lot slower. Wouldn't it be better for the device being polled and Whatsup itself if the device duplicated replicated the status of the original device, but only the original was polled and alerted on? This is something we would like to do, but we don't want the overhead of polling the devices for each copy of the device we make. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Burks, Jon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list Maybe I am missing something, but...can you offer some insight as to why this would be a good capability or an example of a practical use? You can already copy a device from one map to another. If you wish not to receive alerts, then just don't enable them. If you monitor the device via TCP or ICMP, then of course it will be included in the poll list. Thanks... -----Original Message----- From: Reed, Lance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list I second and third this! * Ability to duplicate a device onto multiple maps, but only poll and alert for one instance -----Original Message----- From: Steven Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:58 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list I would love to see the following and would pay for the features; * WMI integration * Better trap handling (including the ability to parse trap details into variables like HP Openview NNM can and specify multiple traps per device) * Ability to duplicate a device onto multiple maps, but only poll and alert for one instance -----Original Message----- From: Burks, Jon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list Along with the ability to notify specific groups for monitored services for a specific device....how about the ability to customize the recurring notifications to be sent to specific groups or departments (NT Admin, Unix Admin, SQL Admin, Exchange Admin, Web Admin, Helpdesk, etc.) Currently the recurring notifications messaging is very limited (you can only customize date and time intervals). It will show device with service down, but not the specify the service name. It also sends notices for all maps and not a specific map. -----Original Message----- From: Scheitel, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:54 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list Another wish would be the ability to specify different notification groups per Monitored SERVICE. (But only if desired!) We have lots of boxes with mixed services on them that are the responsibility of different individuals, it would be nice to be able to target those notifications. -----Original Message----- From: Scheitel, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:49 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list I agree with this one, it would be nice to be able to specify this or specify multiple trap/notifications per device. For instance, if a key device misses even one pole we want one person to get an email immediately, (our comm guy) but if it actually goes down, we want it to do the general group pages. -----Original Message----- From: Glatt, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:36 AM To: wug (E-mail) Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] wish list My only addition for now would be the ability to key on what i call major and minor traps. Cisco is noted for this type of structure and it would be great to be able to send an alert for the specific minor and not just the major. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. 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