Messages by Application Test
This test mines the syslog file and reports the number of application-related error/warning events logged in the log file.
Target of the test : A Syslog file
Agent deploying the test : An internal agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for the every patternName configured in the Include Patterns text box.
Parameter | Description |
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Test Period |
How often should the test be executed. |
Host |
The host for which the test is to be configured. |
Port |
The port number at which the specified host listens. By default, this is NULL. |
Exclude Patterns |
Here, specify a comma-separated list of error or warning message patterns to exclude from monitoring. Your pattern specification can be of any of the following formats: *error or warning messages*. This parameter is set to none by default, which indicates that no message will be excluded from monitoring. |
Include Patterns |
Here, specify a comma-separated list of error or warning message patterns to be monitored. The format of your specification should be: patternName:Pattern, where patternName refers to the unique name that you assign to every pattern configuration, which will appear as the descriptor of this test, and Pattern refers to any message pattern of the form*error or warning messages*. Multiple pattern specifications can be provided as: patternName1:Pattern1,patternName2:pattern2. This parameter is set to all:all by default, which indicates that all error/warning messages will be monitored by default. |
SyslogFile |
Specify the full path to the syslog file to be monitored. |
RotatingFile |
By default, the RotatingFile parameter is set to False. To instruct the eG Enterprise system to monitor newer log files also, set this parameter to True. Otherwise, set it to False. |
Detailed Diagnosis |
To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option. The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:
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Measurement | Description | Measurement Unit | Interpretation |
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Number of messages |
Indicates the number of messages in the specified Syslog file that matched the configured pattern. |
Number |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure, if enabled, will provide the details of the error/warning messages logged in the log file. |