policy based filter - Using this page, administrators can configure the event sources, event IDs, and event descriptions to be monitored by this test. In order to enable administrators to easily and accurately provide this specification, this page provides the following options:

• Manually specify the event sources, IDs, and users in the FILTER text area, or,
• Select a specification from the predefined filter policies listed in the FILTER box
• For explicit, manual specification of the filter conditions, select the NO option against the POLICY BASED FILTER field. To choose from the list of pre-configured filter policies, or to create a new filter policy and then associate the same with the test, select the YES option against the POLICY BASED FILTER field. This is the default selection.

filter - If the POLICY BASED FILTER flag is set to NO, then a FILTER text area will appear, wherein you will have to specify the event sources, event IDs, and event users to be monitored. This specification should be of the following format: {Displayname}:{event_sources_to_be_included}:{event_sources_to_be_excluded}:{event_IDs_to_be_included}:{event_IDs_to_be_excluded}:{users_to_be_included}:{ users_to_be_excluded}. For example, assume that the FILTER text area takes the value, OS_events:all:Browse,Print:all:none:all:none. Here:

• OS_events is the display name that will appear as a descriptor of the test in the monitor UI;
• all indicates that all the event sources need to be considered while monitoring. To monitor specific event sources, provide the source names as a comma-separated list. To ensure that none of the event sources are monitored, specify none.
• Next, to ensure that specific event sources are excluded from monitoring, provide a comma-separated list of source names. Accordingly, in our example, Browse and Print have been excluded from monitoring. Alternatively, you can use all to indicate that all the event sources have to be excluded from monitoring, or none to denote that none of the event sources need be excluded.
• In the same manner, you can provide a comma-separated list of event IDs that require monitoring. The all in our example represents that all the event IDs need to be considered while monitoring.
• Similarly, the none (following all in our example) is indicative of the fact that none of the event IDs need to be excluded from monitoring. On the other hand, if you want to instruct the eG Enterprise system to ignore a few event IDs during monitoring, then provide the IDs as a comma-separated list. Likewise, specifying all makes sure that all the event IDs are excluded from monitoring.
• In the same way, you can also ensure that events generated by specific users on the target host are alone tracked by providing a comma-separated list of users to be monitored – for example, john,elvis. In our example however, all is specified, indicating that all users need be monitored.
• You can similarly indicate if specific users need to be excluded from monitoring. In our example however, none is provided to ensure that no users are excluded from monitoring.
• By default, the filter parameter contains the value: all:all:none:all:none:all:none. Multiple filters are to be separated by semi-colons  (;).

Note:

The event sources and event IDs specified here should be exactly the same as that which appears in the Event Viewer window.  

On the other hand, if the POLICY BASED FILTER flag is set to YES, then a FILTER list box will appear, displaying the filter policies that pre-exist in the eG Enterprise system. A filter policy typically comprises of a specific set of event sources, event IDs, and users to be monitored. This specification is built into the policy in the following format:

{Policyname}:{event_sources_to_be_included}:{event_sources_to_be_excluded}:{event_IDs_to_be_included}:{event_IDs_to_be_excluded}:{users_to_be_included}:{users_to_be_excluded}

To monitor a specific combination of event sources, event IDs, and users, you can choose the corresponding filter policy from the FILTER list box. Multiple filter policies can be so selected. Alternatively, you can modify any of the existing policies to suit your needs, or create a new filter policy. To facilitate this, a Click here link appears just above the test configuration section, once the YES option is chosen against POLICY BASED FILTER. Clicking on the Click here link leads you to a page where you can modify the existing policies or create a new one (refer to page To add a new policy, do the following:). The changed policy or the new policy can then be associated with the test by selecting the policy name from the FILTER list box in this page.

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:

• The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
• Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.