<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <o:p> </o:p> >-----Original Message----- >From: C. Bensend [mailto:benny@bennyvision.com] >Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 10:32 AM >To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: [Nagios-users] Does anyone have event log monitors that *work*?<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> >Hey folks,<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> > I have been beating my head against various and sundry walls,<o:p></o:p> >tables, and desks for quite some time now, and my brain is starting<o:p></o:p> >to get very, VERY mushy.<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> > I need to monitor Windows event logs. You'd think this would<o:p></o:p> >be easy, but either the tools available out there don't work (which<o:p></o:p> >I doubt, I KNOW you monitor event logs), or I'm man enough to admit<o:p></o:p> >that I'm a hopeless idiot.<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> > I've tried to get help on the 3rd-party sites (Steve<o:p></o:p> >Shipway's site for Nagios EventLog Service and NSClient++), but<o:p></o:p> >they're either away from their desks for an extended period of<o:p></o:p> >time or I've just plain worn them out and they're no longer answering<o:p></o:p> >my questions.<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> > I beg of you; if you use either of these tools and *successfuly*<o:p></o:p> >monitor Windows event logs, please give me a hand. I apologize for<o:p></o:p> >the length of this email, but this is my last stand - if I cannot<o:p></o:p> >get event log monitoring working, this entire project may get<o:p></o:p> >scrapped.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Benny,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This is probably overkill for your situation but you could use Splunk<o:p></o:p> to watch event logs (and other logs) via saved searches and then<o:p></o:p> have it notify Nagios when it spots something. We do this here as<o:p></o:p> Splunk just has more smarts about dealing with events/logs/matches<o:p></o:p> within certain time windows. But as I say, it IS more overhead than<o:p></o:p> the other solutions you cite.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Mark<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>