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Monitor Windows Application Logs for Events That Stop Happening

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Hi,

I am trying to figure out if I can have your product notify me if a specific log file stops appearing in the applications logs after five minutes or some other custom time frame? I am able to find the log files easy enough, I just can't figure out how to recognize that it is no longer getting those files generated to make it appear "down".

Thanks!

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Created on Oct 17, 2017 10:40:24 PM



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For this you would need to setup a Windows Event Log sensor to watch for the particular Event ID in question.

Set a Scanning interval of 1 minute

Set a Lower Error Threshold of .9 on the New Records channel.

Set a State Trigger for 0 seconds for a Down state

This should perform the notification you select when there has been 5 minutes of no event IDs indicating that particular log file.

Created on Oct 18, 2017 9:39:20 AM by Benjamin Day [Paessler Support] (1,441) ●2 ●1




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