Measures reported by EgSyslogFilterTest

eG Syslog server consolidates error/warning messages that are received from multiple systems in your environment into a single location. The error/warning messages are generated by any part/process of the system and are logged in the syslog file. The error/warning messages are broadly categorized on the basis of which process/part of the system generated the messages. In the Syslog server, this categorization is done using the concept called Facilities. These facilities are components of the systems and are represented by decimal integers. By referring to the values corresponding to these facilities, administrator can easily determine the part/process of the system that created the error/warning messages. Sometimes, administrator may only want to receive the messages from certain parts/processes of the system that are critical for the purpose of tracking performance of the system and for troubleshooting. In such cases, administrator can use the EgSyslogFilterTest test to filter out the messages of his/her interest. This test enables administrator to specify a set of rules based on which the error/warning messages should be filtered.

This test periodically mines the syslog file according to the specific rules set by administrator and reports the number of messages that match each rule. This way, administrator is alerted to the errors/warnings triggered at any level of the system, and enabled to initiate the remedial measures before anything untoward happens.

The measures made by this test are as follows: