Lets Understand The Event Logs

By Author: Lewis Bayer
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Event logs are compendium of system reports which explains the activities happening inside a computer. By referring these logs a user can cross check the events and respond to them as a part of network management. A user would have to configure the event log filter first for viewing the logs. After the configuration process a user can derive reports and use them for formulating the network strategies.

Steps to view the Event Log filter

Step 1: Select Start and go to the Control Panel.

Step 2: Performance and Maintenance>> Administrative Tools>> Computer Management/ MMC inclusive of Event Viewer snap-in.

Step 3: Select Event Viewer.

Step 4: Now view the logs at Event Viewer Window.

Monitor Event Logs:

Step 1: Go to Start>> Click Control Panel>> Performance and Maintenance.

Step 2: Performance and Maintenance>> Administrative Tools>> Computer Management/ MMC inclusive of Event Viewer snap-in.

Step 3: Click Event Viewer from the Console Tree.

Step 4: Select the logs containing desired information.

Step 5: View events from the details pane.

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Understand the Event Log

In an event log the Date stands for the Date of the event; Time means the actual time of the event; User stands for the user name; Computer stands for the computer name; Event ID stands for the event name; Source stands for the actual source of the event; Type stands for the Error type

Find the Events with these steps

Step 1: Go to Start>> Click Control Panel>> Performance and Maintenance.

Step 2: Performance and Maintenance>> Administrative Tools>> Computer Management/ MMC inclusive of Event Viewer snap-in.

Step 3: Click Event Viewer from the Console Tree.

Step 4: Select the logs containing desired information.

Step 5: View events from the details pane.

Step 6: Select Find>> Event name>> Find Next.

Steps to filter the log events

Step 1: Go to Start>> Click Control Panel>> Performance and Maintenance.

Step 2: Performance and Maintenance>> Administrative Tools>> Computer Management/ MMC inclusive of Event Viewer snap-in.

Step 3: Click Event Viewer from the Console Tree.

Step 4: Select the logs containing desired information.

Step 5: View events from the details pane.

Step 6: Select Filter Tab from View menu.

Set the log size for effective network management

Step 1: Go to Start>> Click Control Panel>> Performance and Maintenance.

Step 2: Performance and Maintenance>> Administrative Tools>> Computer Management/ MMC inclusive of Event Viewer snap-in.

Step 3: Click Event Viewer from the Console Tree.

Step 4: Select the logs containing desired information.

Step 5: View events from the details pane.

Step 6: Click Set the log size (in Log size) in Maximum log size box option.

Step 7: Overwrite>> Clear Log option and OK.

Besides typing these steps and commands the Lepide Event Log Manager tool can be used. This tool can help a user in easily viewing, monitoring, modifying and managing the event logs. Log files generated from Windows based systems and web servers can be easily tracked and collected in a centralized database for revew and analysis. Since, this tool helps in creating a large log archive, the retention time of the logs increase, thereby aiding in network audits and meeting network compliance standrds.

Author Bio

The author is a Technical Manager and carry years of experience in writing technical articles. He has mentioned steps to manage the event log filter for formulating strategies on Network Management .