Hi everyone,
There was a requirement where some logs need to be monitored. We have NPM , NCM, Net flow & IPSLA(voip) installed.
Will i be able to do log monitoring from some AIX/Unix system using NPM.
Thanks
Reuben
You can receive syslog with NPM, yes. Just configure your devices to send their syslog to your primary Orion server. You can view them online in the syslog section, or view, filter, and alert on them using the Syslog Viewer on the server. That would probably be the extent of the logging you can do with those products.
Hope this helps.
Chrystal Taylor
http://www.loop1systems.com
Hi Chris,
So how can we send logs via syslog to NPM without any agent? I don't think it is possible.
Hi
As Chrystal says, you can forward syslog messages from the AIX/Unix and those can be received in NPM, however if log files themselves have to be monitored for keywords you would have to use SAM
There is a free tool called the Windows Event Log Forwarder that SolarWinds provides for Windows logs, and for all network devices you would simply configure to send syslog. Anything else, and I think you will be looking at another product.
Thanks,
NPM can only receive syslog (as previously stated) but to really get good monitoring of logs (from everything) you'll want to look at a full fledged product to do so , such as Solarwinds Log Event Manager (LEM).
That's why we can't get rid of HP Openview. We have lots of Linux (redhat) machines. HP Agents can monitor logs realtime Solarwinds still don't have a solution for this.
I could make a case that the scripts below would solve your problem, increase your current capabilities, AND save you money in year two, if not year one.
(and a vbscript version my team created that I need to upload here soon)
These log monitors will let you do traditional text file scanning that you are asking about.
Yes, SAM is another product and it has a cost (at most $14,000 to buy, $2,800 every year after that) but SAM runs on your existing NPM server (so no additional hardware) and I'm willing to bet that price tag is cheaper than your current maintenance cost for Openview.
- Leon
SolarWinds does have a solution for realtime log management with their LEM product.
I already have SAM by the way . I will try those and let you know the result. If it works then we can't get rid of useless HP agents. If you can upload the vbscript that would be good. Thanks.
OK, here's the vbscript version
