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Sending Kiwi Syslogs to a Windows Event Log

I'm running Kiwi syslog server 9.2.1 and I have a requirement to send the syslog messages to the Windows Event Log. I see how to configure it to go to the local Event Log but is there a way to send it to an Event Log on a different server. Or is there a way to send to multiple Event Log servers based on the host sending the syslog message?

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Kuz

Here's one suggestion:

Install Kiwi Syslog Server on the other server (B).
Forward Syslog message from server (A) to (B).
Set up Log to Event Log on server (B) when message from (A) arrives.

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Kuz

Here's one suggestion:

Install Kiwi Syslog Server on the other server (B).
Forward Syslog message from server (A) to (B).
Set up Log to Event Log on server (B) when message from (A) arrives.

Kuz

Alternatively, if you feel like some scripting (and messing with event log permissions on your other servers), you could try this:

[New RunScript Action from Kiwi Syslog (VBScript)]

Function Main()

Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.LogEvent 0, "Hello", "\\SERVER-B"

Main="OK"

End Function

This *should* create an Event in the Application Event log of remote server ("\\SERVER-B") - with a source of "WSH".
Provided of course that remote server allows such a thing - you may receive "Permission Denied" message otherwise... in which case you'll likely need to do some registry/remote-event-log-permissions hacking.

If you take out the "\\SERVER-B" bit, it will log to local computer.
eg. objShell.LogEvent 0, "Hello"

Kuz

BTW, if you're gonna run that script from KSS, take out the WScript bit. (Won't work otherwise!)

ie.

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

objShell.LogEvent 0, "Hello"