[INUG-Users] SYSLOG Probe Question

[aloha at bill-lani.com]

Hi

The object server is not intended for archiving. The syslog probe will, as
soon as it gets a syslog message, parse it and try to send it to it's
designated object server. Once it's in the object server you would have to
have a gateway or some script to pull the data out and place it into a
file.
But one of the two modes of operation of the Netcool syslog probe is to
read from an ASCII file which has the syslog format - so you would already
have the data you seek in a file.

But you are suggesting that you have the ability to direct syslog messages
to a central computer.  If that is correct and if that computer is Unix,
it already has a built in syslogd and thus the ability to save syslog
messages in an ASCII file for long term storage.
If that computer is Windows you can get a freeware syslogd or use the
Netcool syslogd for Windows (which both provides a syslog daemon facilty
and acts as a probe)


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> Guys,
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> I have a quick question:
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> We use ITNM and Omnibus and our network group does not have a syslog
> server.
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> Can we use the syslog probe to store the syslog data in Omnibus and then
> roll it off for example once a day into text files?
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> Plus we have around 350 switches and routers. How much stress would this
> cause to the Omnibus server?
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> Thank you for your help.
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