Windows Event Monitoring & Forwarding
How can I migrate the rules that I have defined in EventReporter to MonitorWare Agent? This FAQ is only applicable to those who are using EventReporter 6.x and MonitorWare Agent 1.2 or higher. Follow the steps below: Click on Start and go to run. Type regedit. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adiscon\EventReporter\RuleSets Export the above mentioned key and […]
I have EventReporters running on various Windows Machines/Servers. I want to forward all the Windows Event Log messages to the central Server. What configurations should i make? For all the Window machines, which are forwarding the data to the central server, following should be the configurations for EventReporters running on them: Right click on “Services” […]
I would like to create some more complex filters by combining ANDs and ORs. (condition “a” AND condition “b”) OR (condition “c” AND condition “d”) OR … where “condition a” could be one of the choices like “syslog priority < 4 “, etc. In order to create the above mentioned scenario, follow these steps: First […]
This FAQ article will help you with problems you might experience when upgrading your installation to a newer EventReporter Version. The EventReporter Client was not updated? There is one known case where the EventReporter Client is not correctly updated on an upgrade from Version 6.x to 7.1 or 7.0 to 7.1. This problem is […]
I am facing problem while writing to MySQL 4.X database using Write to Database action. What should I do? This issue is related to MySQL authentication protocol built in MySQL 4.1 and above versions. This protocol is based on password hashing algorithm that is not compatible with the one used by older clients and stores […]
I receive error 1923 when installing a MonitorWare Product like EventReporter, WinSyslog or MonitorWare Agent. What to do? If you update one of those Products to a newer Version, you might get the following warning message: Cause: If you changed the Services properties (for example the Log On settings), the Installer will detect that the […]
If you would like to install Eventreporter completely silent using the command-line interface, this can be achieved using the EvtRpt.exe Installer. For this example, we’ll install EventReporter to the default folder “C:\program files\EventReporter”. Use the following command: start /WAIT evtrpt.exe /s /w /v”/qn INSTALLDIR=C:\progra~1\EventReporter” This will install EventReporter completely into “C:\program files\EventReporter” from the file […]
The service program (evntslog.exe) is automatically copied during EventReporter setup. However, it is not installed into the services database. To do so, start the client and click “File”/”Install Service”. If you are doing an engine-only install, you can register the EventReporter service via the command prompt. To do so, change the current working directory to […]
Because older version of EventReporter (known as EvntSLog) had no installer, you have to follow these instructions. How to update: You haven’t installed the new version yet? Good! 1. Stop the (older) Eventreporter service and start the setup. 2. Choose the same Installation-directory as the old installation of EnventReporter. 3. Apply the installation. 4. Start […]
When you execute the EventReporter Patchfile to update from Version 5.2 to Version 5.2 SP 1, you get the Error 2356 as shown in following screenshot: This error only occurs with some older versions of Windows Installer. We are currently working on better solutions to solve this error. At the moment, there are two ways […]