3.1.6 Event log monitoring examples

This subsection explains how to monitor event logs.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Overview
(2) Monitoring methods

(1) Overview

The OS and applications output errors, warnings, and other types of events to Event Viewer. By monitoring the Event Viewer event logs, you can detect a problem with the OS or an abnormal process operation, enabling prompt recovery of the system.

The following table lists and describes the principal records and fields related to the monitoring of the event logs.

Table 3-8 Principal fields related to the event log monitoring

RecordFieldDescription (example)
PD_ELOGLog NameThe event log type. Event logs include the following types of logs: Application, Security, and System
Event Type NameThe event type identification name, such as Error or Warning.
Source NameThe name of the application that output the event. This information identifies the application that output the event.
Event IDThe event ID. This information uniquely identifies each logged event for an application.
DescriptionThe description (details) of the event.

(2) Monitoring methods

Monitoring all error and warning events output to the event logs

All errors and warnings output to the event log can be monitored using the Event Log (all) alarm provided by the monitoring templates.

You can use an alarm to monitor the error and warning events output to the event logs.

For details, see 3.2.6(1) Monitoring template.

Monitoring an MSCS cluster

The operation of an MSCS cluster can be monitored using the Event Log (System) alarm provided by the monitoring templates.

You can use an alarm to monitor the events output by MSCS.

For details, see 3.2.6(1) Monitoring template.