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EventsManager Section

• Verifying That GFI EventsManager Can Retrieve Windows Events From a Target Computer

  Overview This article provides a step-by-step process on verifying that GFI EventsManager can retrieve Windows Events from a target computer. Process GFI EventsManager and Microsoft Windows Event View...

• Verifying That GFI EventsManager Can Retrieve W3C Logs

  Overview This article provides a step-by-step process on verifying that GFI EventsManager can retrieve W3C logs. Process Perform the following steps to verify that GFI EventsManager can access and col...

• Verifying That GFI EventsManager Can Receive Syslog Events

  Overview This article provides information on verifying that GFI EventsManager can receive Syslog events. Information To ensure that GFI EventsManager can receive Syslog messages you must make sure th...

• Removing a Custom Event Log from GFI EventsManager

  Overview This article provides a step-by-step process to remove a custom event log from GFI EventsManager. Process GFI EventsManager will scan all custom event logs configured in the 'Custom Event Log...

• How can I find details for Windows Event Logs to use with GFI EventsManager?

  AnswerTwo good resources for information on Windows Event IDs are: http://www.eventid.net & http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com Searches at each of these sites can be performed directly, but it is ...

• Customizing the Number of Windows Events Collected from a Target Computer

  Overview By default, GFI EventsManager collects the last 2000 Windows Events generated on the target computer. This article explains the process of customizing the number of Windows Events collected f...

• Avoiding Losing Settings After Upgrading ReportCenter Framework

  Overview This article provides steps to prevent losing settings when doing an upgrade of the ReportCenter framework. Process To avoid this incident from occurring during GFI ReportCenter framework upg...

• GFI EventsManager Notification Types

  Overview This article provides information on the different types of notification alerts that you can use in GFI EventsManager. Information GFI EventsManager supports the following alerting options: E...

• How can GFI EventsManager help me remediate incidents or key events?

  AnswerIn addition to alerts, GFI EventsManager allows you to trigger automated incident response utilities such as custom scripts and executables that can fix known issues. This is easily achieved by ...

• Classification of Events in GFI EventsManager

  Overview This article provides information on the classification of events in GFI EventsManager. Information GFI EventsManager classifies events into 5 categories: Critical High Medium Low Noise (unwa...