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How do I monitor a Windows Event Log other than the default ones?

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I'm trying to monitor the event log on a clustered node for any changes in virtual machine location. I've found the correct location and event ID I want to be notified for but the log is not in the list of the Windows API Event Log defaults. The log I need is the Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering/Operational log.

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Scott

api clustering eventlog wmi

Created on Nov 24, 2020 3:46:18 PM



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Hello,

Thank you for your message.

Regarding your demand, I'm afraid that the event log sensors are not able to monitor a specific log file. However, you can develop a script which uses the PowerShell cmdlet Get-WinEvent -LogName "" to get the entries from it, and then return the number of entries which match your filter(s).

Here is the documentation of the Get-WinEvent cmdlet: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.diagnostics/get-winevent?view=powershell-7.1

To execute the script in PRTG, you can use the EXE/Script or EXE/Script Advanced sensor.

I invite you to have a look to the manual regarding custom sensors: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/custom_sensors

Kind regards.

Created on Nov 25, 2020 8:32:34 AM by Florian Lesage [Paessler Support]




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