Displaying log file monitoring events

After you configure the OS agent to monitor you application log files, you can create thresholds to raise alarms on the log file conditions that you want to be alerted of.

Procedure

  1. On the Navigation Bar, click System Configuration iconSystem Configuration > Threshold Manager.
  2. Select the target OS for Data Source type.
  3. Click Add iconAdd to create a new threshold.
  4. Set a severity for the event that exceeds this threshold.
  5. Select the data set to create a threshold for. The following data sets are eligible for log file monitoring:
    • Kpp Log File RegEx Statistics
    • Kpp Log File Status
    • Kpp LogfileProfileEvents
  6. Click Add iconAdd to add a condition. In the Add Condition box, select an attribute and an operator, and then enter a threshold value.

    Repeat this step to add more conditions to your threshold if required.

  7. In the Group assignment section, select the resource group that you want to assign your threshold to.
  8. Click Save.
  9. On the Navigation Bar, click System Configuration iconSystem Configuration > Advanced Configuration.
  10. In the UI Integration category, set the Enable Subnode Events valut to be True.
  11. Click Save.

Results

When the specified condition becomes true, the log file event that triggers the alert is displayed in the Events tab.