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Enhanced Event Logging System
The Enhanced Event Logging System
Getting started with EELS
Assigning access rights
Manually starting EELS
EELS administration
eelsd configuration file
EELS log files
What happens when EELS starts
Starting the EELS database
Spawning RTLSPs
Distributed logging connection requests
Script execution
Alarm generation
Automatic log archival
Dynamic log import
Setting the debug level for eelsd
EELS_Admin database
Creating a new EELS database
Creating a new EELS table
Purging data from an EELS table
Deleting an EELS table
Deleting an EELS database
Log sources
Customizing log sources
Whether to log messages at all
Where to log messages
Whether to apply a filter
Database table overview
Basic SQL tips
Using EELS
Customizing log destinations
Filtering
A standard filter
Configuring a filter
Executing scripts using filters
Sending SNMP traps using filters
Remote logging
Customizing the originating host
Customizing the destination host
Customizing dynamic log importing
Importing external log files
Processing an external file
Automatically updated columns
Converting the data type of a field
Field and record delimiters
Using eels_log_import
A simple example using Perl
Conversion script
eels_log_import script
Archiving EELS databases
Archiving EELS database records
Calling eels_log_archive from the command line
Calling eels_log_archive automatically
Restoring EELS database records
Restoring to a scratch database
Restoring to a live database
Reporting
Using eels_log_report
Using standard reports
Creating a standard report