The Windows Event Log is where application or operating system information is written and can be accessed by system administrators. Spotlight on Windows allows you to analyze event data from your Windows system's various logs, and to display the relevant data in the Event Log drilldown.
Note: If the content of this page is disabled then Event Logs are disabled. You can enable them. Windows Event Log Metrics
To open the Event Log page
Click Event Log.
Page Control | Description |
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Event Log |
Select an event log to show in the Event Grid. Depending on the monitored system, the logs to select from may include:
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Event Grid | A display of the selected event log. |
Total | The number of entries in the selected log. |
Days | The period of time for which the oldest entries in the log have been kept. |
About the Event Grid
Notes:
Column | Description |
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Date/Time |
The time when the entry was entered into the Windows event log, not when it was brought into Spotlight on Windows. |
Event ID |
A code that identifies the event. |
Message |
A description of the event. |
Source |
The software that logged the event. |
Type |
The type of event:
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Category |
The category of the event. This is used in auditing, and is primarily used by the security log. |
Log |
Where the error message was generated:
Note: The Directory Service and File Replication Service event logs are available only for Windows domain controllers. The DNS Server event log is available only for DNS servers. |
Severity |
Shows information on alarms associated with the event log item. This is assigned by the Spotlight on Windows event log rules (available through the Windows Event Log Metrics in Spotlight on Windows Options). |
Clear |
Select to acknowledge the event and return its status to Normal. |
Computer |
The name of the machine where the event occurred. |
User |
The user account which instigated the event log item. This is particularly pertinent to security items. |
Spotlight is a powerful diagnostic and problem-resolution tool for Windows operating systems. Its unique user interface provides you with an intuitive, visual representation of the activity on the host machine.
For information on Spotlight on Windows, see these sections
Section |
Description |
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Background Information |
Introductory material to Spotlight on Windows. |
Connect to a Windows System | Create / Modify / Delete connections to Windows systems. |
Home Page | The Spotlight home page shows the flow of information and commands between various sub-components and the size and status of internal resources such as processes, disk files and memory structures. |
Alarms |
Spotlight alerts you to problems with your system by issuing an alarm. You can configure Spotlight in the level of severity that constitutes an alarm, to disable an alarm, and the actions Spotlight takes on raising the alarm. |
Drilldowns | When you have isolated a problem, you can display a drilldown page, whose charts and tables provide a detailed breakdown of the underlying statistics. |
View | Options | Customize Spotlight. |
Troubleshooting | Solve problems using Spotlight. |
For information on using Spotlight applications See
The Summary Page of the Single Application drilldown provides an overview of the Windows performance for the one or more applications chosen in the Windows Applications Metrics options of the Spotlight on Windows Options window.
To open the Summary page
Click Single Application | Summary.
Charts on the Summary page
Notes:
Chart | Description |
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Processors | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the CPU Utilization chart chart in the CPUs page of the CPU drilldown. |
Paging | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the Paging chart in the Summary page of the Memory drilldown. |
Virtual Memory Size | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the Virtual Memory Size graph on the Memory chart in the Process History page of the Processes drilldown. |
Processor Queue Length | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the Processor Queue Length chart in the Activity Summary drilldown. |
Disk Queue Length | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the Disk Queue Length chart in the Activity Summary drilldown. |
Network Packets | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the Network Packets chart in the Activity Summary drilldown. |
The CPUs Page of the Single Application drilldown provides an overview of the CPU performance for the one or more applications chosen in the Windows Applications Metrics options of the Spotlight on Windows Options window.
To open the CPUs page
Click Single Application | CPUs.
Charts on the CPUs page
Notes:
Chart | Description |
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CPUs | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the sum of all graphs on the Processor chart in the Process History page of the Processes drilldown. |
CPU per Process | This displays the CPU resources consumed by each application chosen for analysis in the Single Application drilldown. For the specified applications, this corresponds to the %CPU column in the Processes grid in the Processes drilldown. |
Queue Length | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the Server Work Queues chart on the CPUs page of the CPU drilldown. |
IO Operations | For the specified applications, this corresponds to the IO per second column in the Processes grid on the Processes drilldown. |
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