Accommodating changes to IIS logs

Read this topic to understand how to accommodate changes to IIS logs.

IBM Control Center Monitor V6.0 has the following default IIS log format:

c-ip cs-username date time s-sitename s-computername s-ip time-taken cs-bytes sc-bytes sc-status sc-win32-status cs-method cs-uri-stem parameter

If the layout in future releases of IIS logs changes, you can modify the layout for IIS by clicking the Advanced Connection button on the Server Properties page. The only restriction is that the layout must match your actual IIS log layout and the following fields are required: date time, cs-username, s-sitename, time-taken, cs-bytes, sc-bytes, sc-win32-status, cs-method, and cs-uri-stem.

If fields are added to an IIS log that are not listed on the Advance File Format panel, you can use the <ignored-field> place holder. For example, if a future version of IIS adds a new field such as transfer-mode after the parameter, the layout can change to the following:

c-ip cs-username date time s-sitename s-computername s-ip time-taken cs-bytes sc-bytes sc-status sc-win32-status cs-method cs-uri-stem parameter <ignored-field>