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Windows Event Log Monitoring

Requires Opsview Cloud or Opsview Monitor 6
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Windows Event Log Opspack

Windows Server is a brand name for a group of server operating systems released by Microsoft. Windows Server also includes the popular series of server software hosting a range of software and services such as Microsoft IIS, Exchange and Hyper-V.

What You Can Monitor

Opsview's Microsoft Windows Event Log Monitoring Opspack gives you the power to monitor the status of your server checking all common metrics such as:

  • Windows Checks: Allows you to monitor features such as CPU, Disk Queue, Paging File, Physical Memory, Windows Events, Windows Drive
  • Event Logs: Monitoring of Security, Application, and System Events
  • WMI Agentless: Monitoring of DNS, IIS, Exchange, Terminal Services and more.

Opsview's extensive Windows Monitoring solutions will provide your company with a single pane of glass to your Windows environment.

Event Log Service Checks

Service Check Description
Windows Application Events Recent critical events in the application eventlog
Windows Security Events Recent critical events in the security eventlog
Windows System Events Recent critical events in the system eventlog

Event Log Monitoring Setup and Configuration

To configure and utilize this Opspack, you simply need to add the 'OS - Windows Event Log' Opspack to the host running the Windows Server.

Step 1: Add the Host Template

Add the OS - Windows Event Log Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Step 2: Apply changes and the system will now be monitored

Windows Event Log Service Checks