Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues shown in your event log files.
If you want to identify system, application, or service errors, problems with authentication or permissions, potential security threats, and other issues that could impact your network’s health and performance, Windows event logs and syslogs can offer you a wealth of information.
But when your network has dozens of components and applications, the sheer volume of Windows event logs and syslogs you’ll need to trawl through to identify and troubleshoot issues is... well, let’s say it makes War and Peace seem like a short story.
Paessler PRTG’s comprehensive security event log and network performance monitoring tool keeps a close eye on every single metric or variable that could have an impact on your system, so you don’t have to. You’ll get alerted the second something doesn’t look quite right.
And, because you’ll have a golden source of truth, you’ll have a much easier time conducting effective security audits and proving compliance.
No thick manuals to read or complex configurations. The automatic network discovery scans your chosen IP address range, connects every network component in that range, and assigns the appropriate sensors. You don't need to do anything, unless you want to customize your environment and parameters.
Why switch between multiple Windows Event Viewers, systems, and monitoring dashboards? PRTG brings together the data of all your Windows event logs and syslogs in one place, together with other network data, including cloud services, SQL databases, Active Directory integrations, and Windows servers.
Spot, troubleshoot, and fix issues fast, instead of trying to figure things out after the fact. PRTG's preconfigured sensors track threshold-based key metrics round the clock and alert you as soon as there are potential issues, so you can nip them in the bud before your colleagues or your customers even notice.
Does your organization operate in financial services, healthcare, or other regulated industries? With a comprehensive event log analyzer and powerful automations in place, you can show tangible proof you take your data obligations and regulatory requirements seriously.
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking critical events in Windows event log files, syslogs, and other log files. Show event ID, type and level, task category, event source, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot system errors and malfunctions, unauthorized access, and other network performance and security issues.
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Use Windows Management Instrumentation to monitor Windows event logs and filter event log entries by specific sources or messages to be notified in the event of an error. Monitor Windows applications, hardware events, key management service, security, system, and PowerShell.
Or use the Windows API to monitor the event log files of Windows applications, system, security, directory service, DNS server, and file replication service.
Collect and analyze incoming syslog messages on a specific port using UDP. Use it to monitor all your system messages or only those from a specific device. Set filter options to fine-tune your monitoring and determine whether the messages are warning or error messages.
The WMI Event Log sensor monitors a Windows log file. It can show the following:
The Event Log (Windows API) sensor monitors event log entries via the Windows API. It can show the following:
The Syslog Receiver sensor receives and analyzes Syslog messages. It can show the following:
The File Content sensor checks a text file (for example, a log file) for certain strings. It can show the following:
See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues shown in your event log files.
PRTG is set up in a matter of minutes and can be used on a wide variety of mobile devices.
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Combining PRTG’s broad monitoring feature set with IP Fabric’s automated network assurance creates a new level of network visibility and reliability.
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With ScriptRunner Paessler integrates a powerful event automation platform into PRTG Network Monitor.
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
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Event logs record what's happening on your Windows system and other network components and endpoints: the type of event, its severity or significance, the event source, the time when it happened, and the user involved in the event. It's like CCTV for your network. Except the events are recorded textually instead of visually.
Some of the information event logs contain includes:
Windows event logs and syslogs both record what's happening on your network, but they work differently and are suitable for different environments.
Event logs record what's happening on software and systems that run on Microsoft Windows, while syslogs are OS-agnostic (Linux, Unix, macOS). That is, they can record what's happening on any software, system, or device, regardless of the operating system it uses. Syslogs also have more flexible content, while Windows event logs typically follow a fairly rigid structure with predefined event IDs.
Event log monitoring is the automated monitoring of event logs. With PRTG, the log files of all the computers in your network are monitored around the clock. If a critical incident occurs, the admin is notified at once.
Event log management refers to all the tasks related to the management of log files. In other words, the collection, saving, consolidating, analysis, and archiving of log data, events, and incidents.
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive. On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier.
Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network.
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