Text Log Monitor (TLM) provides Systems Administrators the ability to monitor and filter local or remote text log files as well as alert all in real-time.
Text Log Monitor will also enable users to easily view and filter extremely large text files from within a friendly Windows GUI.
In Text Log Monitor 2008 filters can be applied in much the same way tools like Cygwin's GREP utility provides. Both simple filters and complex Regular Expression filters are supported. Filtered results can be viewed or alerts can be configured to fire automatically when new messages are appended to log files.
In Text Log Monitor 2008 files are monitored using operating system calls enabling the software to immediately notify Systems Administrators when specific messages are appended or when file contents change.
Text Log Monitor installs a Windows Service that enables automatic file monitoring and alerting. The Windows Service does not require system administrators to be logged into the system.
Actions include:
￭ Detailed email
￭ PDA friendly email
￭ Saving messages to SQL Server
￭ Syslogging
￭ Appending messages to a CSV or TXT file
Lastly, when filters are applied, Cygwin's GREP functionality is replaced enabling uses to easily parse text files from a Windows GUI program. And unlink GREP, filters can be saved for easy access next time they are needed..
Here are some key features of "Text Log Monitor":
· Monitor text log files and fire various alerts
· Archive specific log entries to either a file server or SQL Server 2000 or 2005
· View gigantic files quickly while only using minimal resources
· Specify complex filters & search criteria using regular expressions
· Export filtered logs to user defined SQL Server tables or to one of the following file formats: CSV, HTML, TEXT, and XML
· Forward filtered text logs to your Syslog server
· Raise custom detailed and PDA friendly email alerts
· Supports SMTP authentication
· Single installation monitors entire network
· No installation requirements on managed computers
Requirements:
· .Net Framework 2.0
· Domain administrator account credentials
Limitations:
· 20 days trial
· Nag screen
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· In previous builds the Event Log Action level did not save causing all Event Log actions to be sent out with warning levels regardless of what the user set the value to. This bug has been fixed.
