Articles

EventsManager Section

• Configuring Event Source License Type

  Overview The Licensing type tab is used to configure the licensing mode of an event source or event group. This determines the type of logs that must be collected from the configured source/group. Thi...

• Collecting Windows Event Logs

  Overview Windows® events are organized into specific log categories; by default computers running on Windows® NT or higher record errors, warnings and information events in three logs namely Security,...

• Collecting Text Logs

  Overview Text Logs are other log formats supported by GFI EventsManager.  W3C logs1 are text-based flat files containing various event details delimited by special characters. The W3C log format is mo...

• Adding Event Sources Automatically

  Overview GFI EventsManager enables you to automatically synchronize domains with event source groups. When synchronization is configured, every new domain member is automatically added to the GFI Even...

• Processing Events for Selected Machines

  Overview Processing events for selected machines enables you to add specific computers manually by: Entering in computer names and IPs Selecting computers from reachable domains and workgroups Importi...

• Database Sources - Microsoft SQL Server

  Overview This article contains the steps for the following: Creating a new Microsoft® SQL Server® group. Adding a new Microsoft® SQL Server® event source. Process Creating a new Microsoft® SQL Server®...

• Using the Reporting Interface

  Overview The reporting system of GFI EventsManager comes with dedicated tools to help you analyze and export reports. This article provides information about the Reporting interface and the descriptio...

• GFI EventsManager Product Editions and Release Notes

  Objective   This article provides a link to the list of published GFI EventsManger Product Editions and Release Notes on the GFI website.     Information   The GFI website maintains the latest informa...

• Extracting MSI Files From the GFI EventsManager 2013 Installer File

  Overview This article shares the process of extracting the EventsManager2013.msi and DLibInstaller.msi files from the GFI EventsManager installer file. The same process of extraction also applies to a...

• Editing a Processing Rule Clears the 'Log Names' Setting

  Overview After editing and saving an event processing rule, the setting event logs / log names might get cleared. Environment EventsManager 2012 SR1 build 20120214 Root Cause This error occurs when a ...