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EventsManager Section

• GFI EventsManager Notification Types

  Overview This article provides information on the different types of notification alerts that you can use in GFI EventsManager. Information GFI EventsManager supports the following alerting options: E...

• Avoiding Losing Settings After Upgrading ReportCenter Framework

  Overview This article provides steps to prevent losing settings when doing an upgrade of the ReportCenter framework. Process To avoid this incident from occurring during GFI ReportCenter framework upg...

• Changing Credentials Used by GFI EventsManager

  Overview By default, GFI EventsManager performs event collection using the security context of the account under which the GFI EventsManager service is running. Alternative credentials can be configur...

• Changing Event Processing Rules Priority

  Overview GFI EventsManager processes each event starting from the first Processing Rule in the first Rule set within the first Folder and proceeding in order through each Event Processing Rule from to...

• Customizing the Number of Windows Events Collected from a Target Computer

  Overview By default, GFI EventsManager collects the last 2000 Windows Events generated on the target computer. This article explains the process of customizing the number of Windows Events collected f...

• How can I find details for Windows Event Logs to use with GFI EventsManager?

  AnswerTwo good resources for information on Windows Event IDs are: http://www.eventid.net & http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com Searches at each of these sites can be performed directly, but it is ...

• Moving GFI EventsManager to Another Server

  Overview This article provides the steps to move GFI EventsManager to a new server while retaining the current configuration settings. Note: Before you move the configuration from one installation to ...

• Opening Ports in the Windows Firewall Using GPO

  Overview This article provides a step-by-step process on opening ports in the Windows Firewall using the Group Policy Object (GPO). Process Use the following procedure to open ports in the Windows per...

• Performing a Silent Installation of GFI EventsManager

  Overview GFI EventsManager 8 is designed to support silent and full user interface installations. While a full user interface installation is easily started by simply running the eventsmanager.exe, th...

• Removing a Custom Event Log from GFI EventsManager

  Overview This article provides a step-by-step process to remove a custom event log from GFI EventsManager. Process GFI EventsManager will scan all custom event logs configured in the 'Custom Event Log...