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Extracting data from log files and monitoring / alerting on values

I have searched high and low for any method to accomplish complex data extraction from log files from an application I need to monitor. The data contains elements that I need to extract out and alert when conditions occur.

This is a sample line in N+ log files that I need extracted.

08/21 09:24:54:562[93:Health]: (mem=2990549608/4185915392) MessageDispatcher: Queue Size [=:+:-] : Core[Compiler:0:0:0,HighPriority:0:6:6,Default:0:92:92,LowPriority:0:0:0]:Special[Special:0:0:0]:Event[Event:0:6:6]:Comm[CommHigh:0:0:0,CommDefault:0:0:0]

Example:

Default:0:92:92

I need to extract out the 0, 92,92 and alert when the 0 is greater than 0 for a given amount of tile and reset when it goes back down to 0.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

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silverbacksays

Hey controlpoint

SolarWinds MSP is a completely different product to the SolarWinds Orion module Server and Application Monitor.

What you can do is look through the SolarWinds MSP success centre, which you can find here:

https://success.solarwindsmsp.com/

Depending in whether you have MSP (or N-central) or RMM, there are sections for each, and they will help you.

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mesverrum

Something like that would require a script based monitor I suspect.

You'd need to write a script to parse out the necessary info and just output that as a statistic. If the log file is coming from Windows servers then you'd need to do it in powershell, Linux probably perl. Are you familiar with either?

controlpoint

I'm a java developer mainly if I had to label myself a developer and I already have an application that parses the logs and generates excel spreadsheets with this data. Writing a script to parse it out (Check) but output as a statistic, what does that mean? (I will search the forums) FYI.. I'm day 5 into solarwinds so I'm still learning.

tomiannelli

To avoid making assumptions about the solution, what is the operating system for the nodes these log files exist on?

controlpoint

Both windows and unix based host, some AIX but mainly windows, REHL or Cent.