Can SystemEDGE Log file monitor be used for Windows Event Logs?

Products

• CA Spectrum
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

Can SystemEDGE Log file monitor be used for Windows Event Logs?

Environment

Release : All Supported Releases

Component : Spectrum Core / SpectroSERVER

Resolution

You cannot monitor a Windows Event log using SystemEDGE Log File Monitoring.

The windows event log is a proprietary file format and log file monitoring only supports text-based files.

Event Log monitoring needs to be configured under System Resources > Windows Event Monitor within Spectrum.