hi
today i finally
tried to upgrade my test box from wup 8.03 to wup 2005
i decided to use hte
default MSDE database adn it went thru the import of settings and maps etc at
the end there was a very long list of failed to import items but most of these
did not make any sense to me.
i opened up whatsup
gold and it is indeed a completely new interface :-) and after about 30 minutes
i figured out how most of the new settings work but a proper pdf manual would be
good, where can i find one?
couple of issues I
encountered
1)
it does not
seem that any of my NT services which i monitor have been moved over properly,
they are all there but i noticed that you now need a login for each service that
you monitor, by figuring if you set the whatsup service to run not as localhost
but as an account with the correct priviliges solved that
issue
2) I have noticed that i have modify most of my maps with submaps etc, it is
not a big deal as i only have about 25 maps but it is a pain. also i seem to be
having problems setting dependencies on groups
3) I checked in the program files
folder and the whatsup website but cannot find a manual. only the wup support
center with hardly any information, and i might be missing out on some new
features that i can't discover!
4) i had many
devices on my old map which i did not monitor but still had
them listed as devices, (for information purpose only) after the
upgrade they had their status changed to maintenance mode which caused all the
icons or device groups to change from green to orange like colour, i had to
remove the ping as default active monitor and untick the maintenance box to get
them to work as before again.
5) on whatsup gold i
had many maps which i did not monitor on the top level so they showed as grey
but i did monitor the devices on the map itself, this allowed me to quickly
check the status of whatsup overall by making sure the icons were green, i don't
seem to be able to do this now, when i click properties the only thing i seem to
be able to change is the name, i cannot set it to not monitor or not give me the
status of the device group itself. is there anyway of changing
this.
6 )
the actual
production whatsup server which i will eventually upgrade to wup
2005 already has a MSDE database installed for insight manager so
i am not sure how the upgrade is going to work for me, as i do want to
import my old setttings but don't want to do a new install of
MSDE.
hopefully i will be
able to resolve those issues and upgrade the production server
soon
thanks
rogier
