Event Reporter 6.4 © 2004 Adiscon GmbH

Event Reporter 6.4 © 2004 Adiscon GmbH Contents I Table of Contents Part I Introduction 4 1 About Eve.n..t.R...e..p..o..r..t.e..r................................................................................................................. 4 2 Features ................................................................................................................................... 4 3 Componen..t.s................................................................................................................................ 7 4 System Re..q..u..i.r.e..m....e..n..t.s................................................................................................................ 8 Part II Getting Started 8 1 Installation................................................................................................................................... 9 2 Obtaining .a...P...r.i.n..t.a..b...l.e...M...a..n..u..a..l................................................................................................... 9 3 EventRepo..r.t..e..r..T..u...t.o..r.i.a..l.............................................................................................................. 9 Filter Con.d..i.t.i.o...n..s.............................................................................................................................................. 10 Ignoring E..v..e..n..t.s................................................................................................................................................ 10 Logging E..v..e..n..t.s................................................................................................................................................ 18 Time-Bas.e.d....F..i.l.t.e..r.s........................................................................................................................................... 22 Email Not.i.f.i.c..a..t.i.o..n..s........................................................................................................................................... 25 Alarming .v..i.a...N..e..t..S...e..n..d..................................................................................................................................... 27 Starting S.c..r..i.p..t.s...a..n..d...A...p..p..l.i.c..a..t.i.o..n..s...i.n...R...e..s..p..o..n..s..e...t.o...a..n....E..v..e..n..t........................................................................ 29 Part III Part IV Step-by-Step Guides 32 Configuring EventReporter 33 1 License O...p..t.i.o..n..s........................................................................................................................ 36 2 General O...p..t.i.o..n..s........................................................................................................................ 37 3 Services ................................................................................................................................... 40 Understan..d..i.n..g...S...e..r.v..i.c..e..s.................................................................................................................................. 40 Event Log...M...o..n..i.t.o..r........................................................................................................................................... 40 Heartbeat......................................................................................................................................................... 46 MonitorW.a..r.e...E...c..h..o...R..e..p..l.y................................................................................................................................. 48 4 Filter Con..d..i.t..i.o..n..s....................................................................................................................... 49 Filter Con.d..i.t.i.o...n..s.............................................................................................................................................. 49 Global Co.n...d..i.t.i.o..n..s............................................................................................................................................ 51 Operators......................................................................................................................................................... 52 Filters ......................................................................................................................................................... 53 General ......................................................................................................................................................... 54 Informatio..n..U...n..i.t..T..y..p..e....................................................................................................................................... 56 Event Log...M...o..n..i.t.o..r........................................................................................................................................... 57 Custom P.r.o..p...e..r.t.y.............................................................................................................................................. 59 5 Actions ................................................................................................................................... 60 Understan..d..i.n..g...A...c..t.i.o..n..s.................................................................................................................................... 60 File Optio.n..s...................................................................................................................................................... 60 Database .O...p..t.i.o..n...s............................................................................................................................................ 65 Event Log...o..p..t.i.o..n...s........................................................................................................................................... 68 © 2004 Adiscon GmbH II Event Reporter 6.4 Mail Optio..n..s..................................................................................................................................................... 70 Forward S..y..s..l.o..g...O...p..t.i.o..n..s.................................................................................................................................. 75 Forward S..E..T..P....O...p..t.i.o..n..s.................................................................................................................................... 77 Net Send ......................................................................................................................................................... 78 Start Prog..r.a..m.................................................................................................................................................... 79 Play Soun..d....................................................................................................................................................... 81 Send to C.o..m...m....u..n..i.c..a..t.i.o..n..s...P...o..r.t....................................................................................................................... 82 Set Status......................................................................................................................................................... 85 Set Prope.r.t..y..................................................................................................................................................... 86 Call RuleS..e..t..................................................................................................................................................... 87 Discard ......................................................................................................................................................... 88 Part V Part VI Part VII Getting Help 88 Purchasing EventReporter 90 Reference 91 1 Comparis..o..n...o...f..p..r.o...p..e..r.t.i.e..s...A...v..a..i.l.a..b..l.e...i.n...M...o...n..i.t.o..r..W...a..r.e....A..g..e..n...t.,..E..v..e..n..t..R..e..p..o...r.t.e..r...a..n..d...W...i.n...S..y..s9lo1g 2 Event Pro..p..e..r..t.i.e..s....................................................................................................................... 92 Acessing .P..r..o..p..e..r.t..i.e..s........................................................................................................................................ 92 Property .................................................................................................................................................. 93 FromPos.................................................................................................................................................. 93 ToPos .................................................................................................................................................. 94 Options .................................................................................................................................................. 94 Examples.................................................................................................................................................. 95 System Pr..o..p..e..r.t..i.e..s........................................................................................................................................... 96 Custom P.r.o...p..e..r.t.i.e..s........................................................................................................................................... 96 Event-Spe..c..i.f.i.c...P..r..o..p..e..r.t.i.e..s................................................................................................................................ 96 Standard .P...r.o..p..e..r.t.i.e..s.................................................................................................................................. 97 Windows . E...v..e..n..t. L..o..g...P...r.o..p..e..r.t.i.e..s................................................................................................................. 99 Syslog M.e..s.s..a..g..e...P..r..o.p..e..r..t.ie..s....................................................................................................................... 99 Disk Spac..e...M...o..n..i.t.o..r.................................................................................................................................. 99 File Monit.o..r............................................................................................................................................... 99 Window.s..S...e..r.v..ic..e...M...o..n..i.t.o..r....................................................................................................................... 100 Ping Pro..b..e.............................................................................................................................................. 100 Port Pro.b..e............................................................................................................................................... 100 Databas.e...M...o..n..i.t.o..r................................................................................................................................... 100 Serial M.o..n..i.t.o..r......................................................................................................................................... 101 MonitorW...a..r.e...E...c.h..o...R...e..q..u..e..s..t................................................................................................................... 101 3 Complex....F..i.l.t.e..r..C...o..n..d...i.t.i.o..n..s..................................................................................................... 101 4 EventRe..p..o..r.t..e..r..S...h..o..r.t..c..u..t..K...e..y..s............................................................................................... 104 5 Version .C...o..m...p...a..r.i.s..o..n............................................................................................................... 105 Part VIII Part IX Copyrights 105 Glossary of Terms 105 1 EventRe..p..o..r..t.e..r........................................................................................................................ 106 2 Milliseco...n..d.............................................................................................................................. 106 3 Monitor ..W...a..r.e...L...i.n..e...o..f..P...r.o..d...u..c..t.s............................................................................................. 106 © 2004 Adiscon GmbH Contents III 4 Resourc..e...I.D............................................................................................................................. 107 5 SETP ................................................................................................................................... 107 6 SMTP ................................................................................................................................... 108 7 Syslog F..a..c..i.l.i.t.y......................................................................................................................... 108 8 TCP ................................................................................................................................... 108 9 UDP ................................................................................................................................... 109 10 Upgrade...I.n..s..u..r..a..n..c..e................................................................................................................. 109 11 UTC ................................................................................................................................... 109 Index 0 © 2004 Adiscon GmbH ... - --nqh--