WhatsUp Event Alarm®
Monitored Log Environments
- Real-time monitoring of Windows Event logs as well as Syslog messages
- Monitors Application, System, Security, DNS Server, Directory Service, and File Replication Service Logs remotely on Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008
- Receives detailed Syslog messages from other Unix/Linux systems, routers, switches and firewalls and stores them in the Application Log for centralized collection and alerting
- Transparent support for both EVT and EVTX Windows log formats
Usability and Administration
- Supports dual modes of remote and hosted agent operation
- Rapid configuration tool eases deployment and set up by recommending commonly audited event types e.g. new user additions, login failures, group membership changes etc.
- Intelligent flood control feature limits repeat notification from the same set of alarms and allows administrators to routinely ignore some event types from alarming
- Allows the creation of logical workgroups for easier management of multiple log file sources
- Flexible configuration of alarm notification settings by hour and day of the week
- Supports multiple notification options include email, network popup, pager, Syslog forwarding, and broadcast messages
- Offers free Listener Console for tree-view display of broadcast notifications and Syslog messages on every administrator workstation
- Lowers false positive alarms by allowing administrators custom thresholds before notification are sent e.g. requiring multiple instances of the same event
- Enables grouping of commonly used alarms for higher ease of use
- Export/Import capability enables alarms to be easily propagated across multiple installations