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Hello, I've installed the syslog server and forwarder to the necessary machines. However, I am not receiving any logs on the server. The server is set up with the correct binding address as well with correct port. I've add the IP addresses as well. The servers are on the same subnet and can ping both ways no issues. I also…
Hello, When we reboot our syslog server for maintenance purposes, all the clients stop forwarding logs and we must restart the Solarwinds log forwarder Windows service on each of them to solve the issue. There is nothing relevant in the event viewer or in the program log files. We are also using TCP port 514 for…
Did you know that you can use Kiwi Syslog Server from SolarWinds to archive your Windows Event Logs? (Handy if you need to meet regulatory requirements such as SOX, HIPAA or PCI-DSS.) This video shows how SolarWinds Log Forwarder for Windows can be configured to send some or all your logs to one or more syslog servers.…
Is it possible to configure a config file to do all event logs. By that I mean without implicitly ticking the all box and it then selecting all the logs. I'd like to be able to roll out a config saying "all logs" rather than create a file on one server and it miss logs on another server because the config file just has a…
Hello Community, We are using SolarWinds Log Forwarder for Windows for event redirection to Orion Syslog for multiple Roles, Applications and Services on our windows OSes. But i am noticing for each event log sent to syslog i need to manual create a syslog rule to alter the message and define a type. Is there a way or is…
arHi I have been looking for user manual for windows event log forwarder, but no success so far, basically I just want to find out if windows event log forwarded is compatible with Windows NT Server/Workstation Thanks
Hello , I have a question about the logforwarder.exe process After installing & configuring the Log Forwarder once a new log is written the log forwarder sends it through syslog to the kiwi server, 1.Where are the logs stored before they are send to the kiwi server 2. In a case were the kiwi syslog isn't responding ,…
This is a very simple vbscript using source address to forward kiwi syslog messages for multi-homed servers. You can easily tweak the conditional logic to your environment.
Hi All, I am running NPM 9.5, but all my servers are running the Event Forwarder v8. I can't find anywhere to get a later version. Is there one, and if so, where could I find it? Thanks, Gareth.
I have been trying to configure the Syslog viewer to give me some events on Active Directory changes (Account create/delete, OU create Delete, etc). It works pretty well, but I have noticed that some events that appear in plain text within the Windows Event Viewer, end up looking like this:…
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