EventSentry Help v5.1

EventSentry allows you to configure Filter, Health, Security & Compliance as well as Validation Scripts packages. A package contains a set of instructions (e.g. event log filters, disk space settings, service monitoring settings, etc.) that can then be applied to

 

•All computers

•Computers in a certain group

•Computers matching certain criteria (OS, platform, running a service)

•Individual computers only

 

Please see Package Options for more information on packages.

 

Package Types

EventSentry comes with 5 different types of packages:

 

1. Event Log Packages

Contain one or more event log include filter, exclude filter and folder. Please see "Event Log Monitoring" for more information.

 

2. Log File Packages

Contain options to monitor one or more file(s) and consolidate and/or log parsed text to the event log.

 

3. System Health Packages

System Health Packages may contain the following health monitoring features:

 

•Service Monitoring

•Disk Space Monitoring

•Folder Monitoring

•Performance Monitoring

•Software/Hardware Inventory

•Process Monitoring

•Application Scheduler

•Event Log Backup

•File Monitoring

•Scheduled Tasks

•NTP

•System Status Tray App

 

Please note that a health package may only contain a maximum of one object of each type, for example you cannot add two service monitoring objects to the same health package.

 

4. Security & Compliance Packages

Security & Compliance packages may contain the following objects:

 

•Processes

•Console Logons

•Network Logons

•Account Management

•File Access

•Policy Changes

•Print Activity

•Permission Inventory

 

Please note that a tracking package may only contain a maximum of one object of each type, for example you cannot add two process objects to the same package.

 

5. Validation Scripts Packages

Contain a scripts object that allows for the scheduling of one or more validation script either by tag or name.