With every purchase of WinSyslog or MonitorWare Agent, we also provide a complimentary license key for InterActive SyslogViewer. This is a small tool that allows for two things: 1. Live view of syslog logstream 2. Review of log database In this guide, we will concentrate on the setup process for reviewing logs that are stored […]
Zipping the logs with LogZip and a scheduled task.
Article created by Tom Bergfeld. This article was written for MonitorWare Agent, but it can also be applied to EventReporter and WinSyslog. By default the log files generated by MonitorWare Agent using the WriteFile Action are written on a daily basis, so you have one log file for each day. Over time this can become […]
Automatically archiving logfiles written by MonitorWare Agent
Article created by Andre Lorbach. This article was written by using the MonitorWare Agent, but it can also be applied to EventReporter and WinSyslog. By default the log files generated by MonitorWare Agent using the WriteFile Action are written on a daily basis, so you have one log file for each day. Over time this […]
Filtering Logon, failed Logon and Lockout Events
Article created by Florian Riedl. Please Note: This article is valid for EventReporter 9.x / MWAgent 5.x and lower and describes, how to set the filters to get only logon, failed logon and lockout events. The scenario is, that we need to monitor the behavior of users logging into machines, as well as failing or […]
Forwarding NetApp Event Log Entries via Syslog
Article created by Rainer Gerhards NetApp devices provide diagnostic information via an Windows Event Log like interface. This enables their messages to be browsed by Windows Event viewer and and be automatically processed by tools like EventReporter and MonitorWare Agent. It goes without saying that there are ample benefits from this capability. For example, instant […]
How to monitor and forward message tracking logfiles from Microsoft Exchange Server using MonitorWare Agent.
Article created by Andre Lorbach. This article will guide you in how to monitor and forward message tracking logfiles from Microsoft Exchange Server using syslog over tcp. As receiver you have the choice of using different applications like WinSyslog, MonitorWare Agent or even open source projects like rsyslog. You can download a preconfigured configuration from […]
How to send EventLog entries as SNMP Traps with MonitorWare Agent.
Article created by Andre Lorbach. This article will guide you to use MonitorWare Agent to generate SNMP Traps from EventLog entries and send them to your SNMP management software. This article also requires at least MonitorWare Agent 5.2 or higher, and the custom ADISCON mibs which are included since MonitorWare Agent 5.2. You can download […]
How to send generic SNMP Traps with MonitorWare Agent.
Article created by Andre Lorbach. This article will guide you to use MonitorWare Agent to generate generic SNMP Traps and send them to your SNMP management software. It is also possible to use WinSyslog instead of MonitorWare Agent in some cases, however this article will target the more powerful MonitorWare Agent. This article also requires […]
Monitor a SNMP Device using MonitorWare Agent
Article created by Andre Lorbach. This article will help you to monitor SNMP capable devices using the new SNMP Monitor Service of MonitorWare Agent. There are many devices out there which support SNMP, and can also be queried for information’s using SNMP GET. We will use SNMP GET to monitor a device, if we get […]
How to audit File / Directory delete Operations on a Windows System using security auditing.
Article created by Andre Lorbach. This article will guide you in how to setup Windows and MonitorWare Agent to track file and directory deletion processes. It is also possible to use EventReporter instead of MonitorWare Agent, however this article will target the more powerful MonitorWare Agent. The guide works both on Workstation and Server versions […]