Save Event Log
The Save Event Log object is used to
save entries from an event log so that they can be used later. The
Save Event Log object saves the event log entries to a delimited
text file in a format that you specify. The object allows you to
choose which fields will be saved and allows you to filter against
the fields to only allow particular event log entries to be
saved.
This object uses a satellite
license. See
Objects that Require Satellite
Licenses for more information.
How it is used
The Save Event Log object can be used
to create audit trails of problems that occur with a particular
application or specific categories of event log entries. These
saved files can later be used to track the performance of servers
and applications in your network.
Configuration
To configure the Save Event Log
object you will need to know the event log that you are saving
from, the computer where it is located, the fields that you want to
include, and the format that you want the file to conform to. If
you require only specific entries to be saved and not the entire
event log, you will need to know what fields to filter against as
well as what values to use to filter.
Details Tab
Computer
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Type the computer where the
event log is located. Type localhost to specify the Action Server
where the Policy is being processed. You can also use the ellipsis
(...) button to browse for the
computer.
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Log name
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Type the name of the Windows
Event Log where the entries that you are saving are located. You
can also use the ellipsis (...) button
to browse for the event log. You will need to have the Computer properly specified to browse for the event
log.
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Include
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Select all the Event Log fields
that you want to save to the file.
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Filters Tab
EventId
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Select and type the specific
event ID of the event log entry that you want to save.
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Source
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Select and type the value that
the Source field of the event log entires will need to match.
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Category
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Select and type the value that
the Category field of the event log entires will need to
match.
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Description
|
Select and type the value that
the Description field of the event log entires will need to
match.
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Type
|
Select and specify the value
that the Type field of the event log entries will need to
match.
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Computer
|
Select and specify the value
that the Computer field of the event log entries will need to
match.
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Date
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Select and specify the ranges of
dates that the events will need to be from to be included.
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Output Tab
File name
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Type the name of the file where
the event log entries will be saved. This file will be saved on the
computer where the event log resides.
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If the file exists
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Select the action that you want
to take if a file with the same name already exists:
•
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Create a
file with a unique name - Select to append a value to the
filename to create a unique name that does not conflict with an
existing name.
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•
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Append - Select to append the entries that are
being saved to the file.
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•
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Overwrite - Select to overwrite the existing file
with the file that is being created.
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•
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Fail
- Select to cause the Save Event Log object to fail if the filename
already exists.
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File
|
Select the format that will be
used to save the event log entries to the file:
•
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CSV
delimited - Select to use the CSV format to write each log
entry.
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•
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TAB
delimited - Select to separate fields in each entry using
the TAB character.
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•
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Custom
delimited - Select to separate fields in each entry using a
custom character that you specify in the Delimiter field.
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Delimiter
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Type the delimiter that you want
to use to separate the fields of each entry.
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Create column headings
|
Select to save the column header
information when saving a set of entries to a file. The header
information contains meta data such as the field names.
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Available Published Data
Name
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Description
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Event log name
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The name of the event log that
was saved.
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Computer
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The computer where the event log
that was saved resides.
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Name and path of the file where
entries are saved
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The full path of the file where
the event log was saved.
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Number of Entries
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The number of entries that were
saved.
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