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Monitoring Log files

I'm using vbscripts to monitor log files for a particular string and to email alert (perform some action) when the string is found. My question is, is it possible to attach the affected log file to the email alert, or particular parts of the log file to the email alert? I'm suspecting the answer is no but thought I'd ask.

For example we would like to see a few lines of the log file prior to the 'string' that generates the alert, to see what caused that string to appear.

Thanks

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jiri.tomek

This was only an example. With your log files you have to search text for your error message and then set few lines just before it to "message" variable.

' Here you search for error message and set previous lines to variable "prevLines"' ...if (errorFound){  Set message = prevLines  Set errorCode = 123  WScript.Echo "Message: " & message  WScript.Echo "Statistic: " & errorCode  WScript.Quit( 0 )}

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jiri.tomek

Hello pirro,
you can return part of log as "Message" field from script. This message is then stored with results and can be used in alerts through ${StatusOrErrorDescription} variable. Create alert for APM:Component and in Trigger Action add "Send E-mail/Page" and put ${StatusOrErrorDescription} somewhere in email text.

Only issue you can have is that "Message" length is limited to 250 characters in APM 3.5 and earlier.

As you assumed, you can't add attachment to email alert. However you can try to send email directly from your VB script and there you can create email message the way you need it.

pirro

Can you explain returning part of the log as "Message" field? How would I do that?

The text that I would need to return from the log file will possibly be different each time. It wouldn't be static text (ie the errors could be caused by many things)

Thanks

jiri.tomek

Hello pirro,
in Windows/Linux script monitor you can write your script in a way that it returns two information. Statistic and message. How to write a Windows script is described here.

Example of such script can be for example:

Dim message, errorCodeSet message = "part of your log file"Set errorCode = 123WScript.Echo "Message: " & messageWScript.Echo "Statistic: " & errorCodeWScript.Quit( 0 )

pirro

Set message = "part of your log file"

I think this is where it won't work for me. I was hoping to be able to include a few lines prior to this message occurring, which will not be the same every time. I think my best bet will be to try to attach the log file using a different method which is called from the script.