Articles

EventsManager Section

• Creating Commit Deletions Job

  Overview Removing unwanted, expired, or no longer needed records from the database is part of maintenance. This article will walk you through the process of creating Commit Deletions jobs to completel...

• Importing from File

  Overview Import from file enables you to import event data to the GFI EventsManager database that was previously exported to a file. This article provides the steps on how to use this feature. Process...

• Configuring Event Source Logon Credentials

  Overview During event processing, GFI EventsManager must remotely log-on to the target computers. This is required in order to collect log data that is currently stored on the target computers and to ...

• Exporting Configurations to a File

  Overview This article provides the steps on how to export configurations to a file in GFI EventsManager. Process Click File > Import and Export Configurations... Select Export the desired configuratio...

• Importing Configurations from a File

  Overview This article provides the steps on how to import configurations from a file in GFI EventsManager. Process Click File > Import and Export Configurations... Select Import the desired configurat...

• Understanding Events Processing Rules

  Overview Events processing rules are checks that are run against event logs when they are collected. This article provides information about Events Processing Rules and how they can be used. Informati...

• Managing Rule-Set Folders

  Overview In GFI EventsManager, event processing rules are organized into rule-sets and every rule-set can contain one or more specialized rules which can be run against collected logs. Rule-sets are f...

• Configuring General Event Source Properties

  Overview This article provides information on how to use the General tab in the properties dialog to: Change the name of a computer group. Enable/disable log collection and processing for the computer...

• Configuring Event Source Operational Time

  Overview GFI EventsManager includes an Operational Time option through which you specify the normal working hours of your event source groups. This is required so that GFI EventsManager can keep track...

• Collecting Custom Logs

  Overview GFI EventsManager is configured to collect and process standard event logs. However, GFI EventsManager can also be configured to manage events recorded in third-party application logs such as...