Event Log window

This topic describes the Event Log window in IBM® Director.

Introduction

The Event Log enables you to view the events that have been received and processed by the IBM Director Server. You can also select an event and build a filter for the event.

Menubar

File >
Export >
Text File (.TXT)
Export selected events to a text file.
XML Document (.XML)
Export selected events to an XML format file.
HTML Document (.HTML)
Export selected events to an HTML format file.
Print >
Events
Prints the list of events.
Event Details
Prints the event details displayed in the Event Details pane.
Close
Select this option to close this dialog.
Edit >
Stores these kinds of data.
Delete
Deletes the selected event from the Events list.
Select All
Selects all entries in the log. You can then use the Delete icon on the toolbar to remove all entries from the log.
Deselect All
Resets all entries in the log to cleared.
View >
Refresh
Updates the displayed items. Refreshing is useful to see events that have occurred since the Event Log was first displayed or since the last refresh.
Vertical Split (Default)
Arranges the window panes in a side-by-side configuration.
Horizontal Split
Arranges the window panes so that one is beneath another.
Options
Edit Event Filter
Enables you to create a simple event filter.
Set Time Range
Specifies the number of hours, days, or weeks for which events are displayed. The default is 24 hours.
Set Log View Count
Specifies the number of event entries that are displayed. The default is 100 entries.
Customize Color >
Enables you to specify the color in which an event of a particular severity or category is highlighted.
Severity >
Select the event severity level to which the color selection will apply. In the Choose the Color for Severity Level window, select the color you want to apply to an event entry that has the severity level you have chosen.
Category >
Select the category to which the color selection will apply. Category is listed as an option to indicate when an event changes from an Alert state to a Resolution state or from Resolution to Alert.

Fields

Events (Number of events)
This pane lists the events that have been received during the period shown in the caption. The default value, Last 24 Hours, is changed if you change the interval.
Date
Identifies the calendar date on which the event was generated.
Time
Identifies the time of day the event was generated.
Event Type
Provides origination information and descriptive detail in a tree (hierarchical) format. For example, an event type of Director.CPU.Threshold indicates the event was generated to signal that a CPU threshold was met on a system.
Event Text
Identifies the cause of the event. In some cases, like SNMP traps, no text is available.
System Name
Identifies the name of the system for which the event was generated.
Severity
Identifies the severity level of the event.
Fatal
The source of the event has already caused the program to fail and should be resolved before the program is restarted.
Critical
The source of the event may cause program failure and should be resolved immediately.
Minor
The application that issued the event has assigned a severity level indicating that the source of the event should not cause immediate program failure, but should be resolved.
Warning
The source of the event is not necessarily problematic, but may warrant investigation.
Harmless
The event is for information only; no potential problems should occur.
Unknown
The application that generated the event did not assign a severity level.
Category
The status of the event. Possible categories are:
Alert
Signifies the problem.
Resolution
Signifies that the problem has been resolved and is no longer a problem.
Group Name
Identifies the name of the group for which the event was generated. This will be blank if the event is not a group event.
Sender Name
Identifies the source from which the event was sent to the IBM Director Server. For example, SNMP events list the IP address of the trap source. Because most events are generated by the IBM Director Server, this field usually contains the system name of the IBM Director Server.
Band
Identifies if the event was in-band or out-of-band.
Event Details
Displays the details of the selected event. Refer to the categories listed under Events ( ) for descriptions of the keyword values.

For certain types of events, such as SNMP, CIM, DMI, and NT events, additional keywords and values, referred to as extended attributes, might be listed below the Event Details keyword. Because of the specific nature of this data, detailed descriptions are not included here. If extended attributes are sent to the IBM Director Server, you can filter on them using the Extended Attributes tab in the Event Filter Builder window.

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