2.4 Using event conversion to monitor log files
By monitoring application log files, you can find the signs of system failure and determine the cause of system failure. To monitor log file records in JP1/IM, you need to configure JP1/Base log file trapping to convert the records to events.
In this section, we will configure JP1/Base log file trapping to allow JP1/IM to monitor log file records.
Keywords:
event, log, monitoring, conversion, application, central console
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- To monitor Windows event logs in JP1/IM:
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By converting Windows event logs to JP1 events, you can use JP1/IM to monitor logs output in Windows, such as application error logs. To monitor Windows event logs in JP1/IM, event log trapping is used. Event log trapping is one of the functions provided by JP1/Base, and converts Windows event logs to JP1 events. For details, see the description of conversion of Windows event logs in the JP1/Base User's Guide.