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Default Parameters for EgSysLogAppTest

This test periodically mines the Syslog file for specific patterns of error/warning messages configured by administrator and reports the number of messages that match each configured pattern. This way, administrator is alerted to the errors/warnings at the systems and enabled to initiate the necessary remedial actions swiftly.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for EgSysLogAppTest.

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

  • In the EXCLUDE PATTERNS text box, specify a comma-separated list of error or warning message patterns to exclude from monitoring. Your pattern specification can be of any of the following formats: *error or warning messages*. This parameter is set to none by default, which indicates that no message will be excluded from monitoring.

  • Specify a comma-separated list of error or warning message patterns to be monitored in the INCLUDE PATTERNS text box. The format of your specification should be: patternName:Pattern, where patternName refers to the unique name that you assign to every pattern configuration, which will appear as the descriptor of this test, and Pattern refers to any message pattern of the form *error or warning messages*. Multiple pattern specifications can be provided as: patternName1:Pattern1,patternName2:pattern2. This parameter is set to all:all by default, which indicates that all error/warning messages will be monitored by default.

  • This test reports metrics by parsing a Syslog file. Specify the full path to the Syslog file in the SYSLOGFILE text box. For instance: C:\eGurkha\agent\syslog\syslog.

  • By default, the ROTATINGFILE parameter is set to No. To instruct the eG Enterprise system to monitor newer log files also, set this parameter to Yes. Otherwise, set it to No.

  • The DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with "$" indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to "xyz" and $port will be changed to "80" when configuring a test.