Monitoring Windows Event Log

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SharePoint KM for PATROL monitors the Windows Event Log and collects data related to Windows SharePoint Services. Warning and Alarm events are collected independently, each one having its own parameter.

Event Log Viewer

You can view all Windows Event Log for events related to Windows SharePoint Services with the Event Log Viewer. With this tool, you can obtain information about your all significant SharePoint events to help you identify and diagnose the source of current problems, or help you predict potential problems.

1.To display a list of all Windows Event Log Errors click Event Log  in the PATROL console> KM Commands > View SharePoint Events:

KMCmd_EventLog_NberEvents

SharePoint Event Log Viewer — Parameters Selection

2.You can either choose to display Only the ten last events or All SharePoint events.
3.Click Update to generate the list of events

KMCmd_EventLog_EventsList

SharePoint Event Log Viewer — List of Events

Warning and Alarm Counters

SharePoint KM for PATROL collects and stores alarm and warning events. To instantly view the triggered warnings or alarms or to generate a list of the last 10 triggered alarm/warning events, simply double-click the corresponding parameter in the PATROL Console:

EventLog_Param

Selecting the AlarmEventCount Parameter

•Warning Event Count: To collect and store triggered warning events

EventLog_Graph

Graph – Number of Error Events

•Alarm Event Count: To collect and store triggered warning events
•Last Matching Events: To view a list of the last 10 triggered alarm/warning events

EventLog_MatchingEvents

Last Matching Events Report

Acknowledging all Events and Resetting Counters

•To acknowledge alerts and reset the parameters counters to zero, right-click the icon > KM Commands > Acknowledge all and Reset.

KMCmd_Acknowledge

Acknowledging and Resetting Parameters' Counters

•Click Yes to confirm.

Triggered alarms and warning will then be acknowledged and their respective counters, included the Las Matching Events counter, will be reset to zero.