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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I seem to remember that there is a method to
create traps from Windows events, you can then set up the SNMP Trap receiver
with a passive service check in Nagios for hosts and configure Windows to send
traps for particular Windows events in the event log.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You need Windows Server, and to configure
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color:navy'> Run… </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>à</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> evntwin</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Select Custom, and hit the Edit button to
configure which events you want as traps.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rather undocumented little feature within
Windows, which I think would work extremely well.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>vt dude2007<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 25 October 2007 21:55<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Nagios-users] Monitor :
MS SQL 2000 & Event Logs</span></font><span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>ALL --</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks for the help !</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Up and running now on close to 10 servers : however, it's only the
basic data.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What tools are available in conjunction with Nagios to monitor Windows
Event Logs and Sql Server 2000 as well ? I've googled galore and can't
find any plugins (unless my google galore search is off).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Any pointers would be appreciated,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>V.</span></font></p>
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