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Foglight for Infrastructure 5.9.8 - User Guide

Using Foglight for Infrastructure Monitoring log files with Foglight Log Monitor Monitoring IBM PowerVM environments
Before you begin Managing PowerVM HMC agents Monitoring your PowerVM environment
Advanced system configuration and troubleshooting Reference
Foglight for Infrastructure views Foglight Log Monitor views Rules Metrics
Appendix: Building regular expressions in Foglight

File Selector view

The File Selector view allows you to select a log. You have an option to select a file log monitored by the File Log Monitor Agent, or a Windows Event Log, monitored by the Windows Event Log Monitor Agent.

Selecting a file log

Selecting a Windows Event Log

How to Get Here
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This view appears in the upper part of the Log Monitor dashboard.
Description of the View
Table 24. File Selector view
Data displayed
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Directory. Lists the directories containing monitored log files, and the monitored Windows Event Logs.

Log Records view

The Log Records view lists the records available in the selected log and shows the growth of log records over time. Use this view to review the contents of your logs, and look for signs that indicate potential issues. The layout of this view depends on the selected log type.

File logs

Windows Event Logs

How to Get Here
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On the Log Monitor dashboard, in the File Selector view, select a log whose records you want to display.
Description of Embedded Views

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

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Description of File Size Increase view
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Description of Log Records table view
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Description of New Records Found (file logs only) view
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Description of New Records Found (Windows Event Logs only) view
File Size Increase (file logs only)
 
Table 25. Description of File Size Increase view
Description

Shows the increase in the size of the monitored log file over the selected time range.

Log Records table (file logs and Windows Event Logs)
 
Table 26. Description of Log Records table view
Description

Lists the records that exist in the selected log.

Data displayed
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Log Record. The message contained in the log record.
 
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Severity. The severity of the log message.
 
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Tag. The tag associated with the record, as specified in the agent properties.
 
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TimeStamp. The date and time when the log record is created.
New Records Found (file logs only)
 
 
 
Table 27. Description of New Records Found (file logs only) view
Description

Shows the increase in the number of log records in the selected log file over the selected time range.

New Records Found (Windows Event Logs only)
 
Table 28. Description of New Records Found (Windows Event Logs only) view
Description

Shows the increase in the number of log records in the selected Windows Event Log over the selected time range.

Record Details view

The Record Details view displays the contents of a selected record. The layout of this view depends on the selected log type. Windows Event Log records appear in a table, while file log records appear in text form.

File log record contents

Windows Event Log record contents

How to Get Here
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On the Log Monitor dashboard, in the File Selector view, select a log whose records you want to display.
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In the Log Records view, select a log record.
The Record Details view refreshes, showing the contents of the selected log record.
Description of the View (log file records)
Table 29. Record Details view (log file records)
Description

Displays the contents of the selected record.

Description of the View (Windows Event Log records)
 
Table 30. Record Details view (Windows Event Log records)
Data displayed
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Message. The message contained in the Windows Event Log record.
 
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Severity. The severity of the Windows Event Log record.
 
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TimeStamp. The date and time when the Windows Event Log record is created.
 
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Computer. The name of the computer on which the Windows Event Log record is created.
 
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ID. The ID of the Windows Event Log record.
 
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Source. The application that generated the Windows Event Log record.
 
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User. The Foglight severity of the Windows Event Log record.

Rules

Foglight for Infrastructure includes some built-in rules that monitor the health of your infrastructure environment. You can and should modify rules to better suit your environment.

To review the list of Foglight for Infrastructure rules, use the Administration > Rules dashboard. From here, you can copy, edit, and remove Foglight rules.

 
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NOTE: Predefined rules may be modified during regular software updates. To avoid losing changes to these rules, we recommend copying a rule and making edits to the copy. Enable the copy and disable the original rule. You may want to identify your custom rules with a unique prefix to make them easy to find.
To review and edit rules:
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In the navigation panel, under Homes, click Administration > Rules & Notifications > Rules.
The Rules dashboard opens.
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From the Cartridge list, select Infrastructure.
The dashboard refreshes to display only the Foglight for Infrastructure rules.
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From here, you can perform the following tasks:
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Review a short description of the rule.
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Review and edit threshold values.
 
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TIP: For rules that reference registry variables for threshold values, modify the threshold in the registry variable, rather than modifying the rule. For help finding and editing registry variables, search for “Registry Variable” in the online help.
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Copy rules.
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Edit rule conditions.
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Associate actions with rules.
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Create user-defined rules.
For help with these tasks, open the online help from the Rules dashboard.
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