WhatsUp Gold Log Management®

Simple, Integrated Log Collection, Alerting & Archiving with WhatsUp Gold®

DATA SHEETHIGHLIGHTS	Visualize and control yourlogs from WhatsUp GoldIngest and filter Windows
Event Logs & Syslogs
Quickly search collected logs
Configure log searches andexport search results
Export logs to various formats
automatically or on-demandArchive logs for regulatorycompliance
View log status and eventson customizable dashboards
Trigger alerts oncustomizable conditions

Overview
WhatsUp Gold Log Management provides easy visibility andmanagement of device log data – all integrated into an industryleading interface. You can monitor, filter, search and alert on logs forevery device in your network while also watching for meta trends
like log volume changes. You can also filter and archive logs to any
storage locations for any retention period to comply with regulatory
requirements and preserve historic data. The result is world-classnetwork monitoring and powerful log management all in one easyto-use solution. The WhatsUp Gold Log Management functionality
provides these key advantages:• Convenience - Manage syslog and Windows log events andalerts via the customizable WhatsUp Gold interface.
• Focus – Extensive pre- and post-filtering capabilities reduce thefirehose of logs down to the events you care about.
• Alerting – Get alerts via web, email, SMS or Slack when log
status or events trigger conditions or thresholds you’ve set.
• Archiving – Comply with regulatory requirements by archiving
logs wherever and for however long you choose.
Accessing and managing logs is a daily IT requirement and combiningthat functionality with WhatsUp Gold simplifies life for IT teams.
There’s no need to go into a separate, more complex or less userfriendly application when logs become part of the network issue
diagnostic process. The result is faster troubleshooting, lower MTTR
and reduced software licensing costs.

What it does
WhatsUp Gold Log Management adds powerful log management functionality to theWhatsUp Gold network monitoring solution. This means that network and systemadministrators can gather Windows and system logs from any device in their network andleverage the industry-leading WhatsUp Gold mapping, dashboarding and alerting
capabilities in order to manage them. The WhatsUp Gold Log Management functionality isincluded in the Total Plus edition and available as an add-on module to the Premium edition.

LOG MANAGEMENTDASHBOARD

WINDOWS EVENT LOGSLOG VIEWER

SYSLOGS

COLLECTOR(CENTRALIZEDOR AGENT-BASED)GLOBAL SEARCHDEVICE CARDARCHIVING
ELASTICSEARCH DB
ALERT CENTER

WhatsUp Gold Log Management Architecture

Benefits
Ingest and filter Windows Event Logs & Syslogs

Selecting Windows Event Logs

Gather log data from Windows Event Log or syslog devices in your network and use bothpre-built and custom filters to narrow those results into the ones that matter. Reduce thefirehose of log information to focus on the specific logs of interest or requiring tracking forcompliance purposes.

Visualize and control your logs from WhatsUp Gold
Immediately manage logs via the same easy-to-use WhatsUp Gold interface including
mapping, customizable dashboards, alerting and reporting. Save time by diagnosing issues
within the same interface as the rest of your network monitoring solution. Log information
can be displayed on a customizable dashboard, a dedicated Log Viewer or via device card
showing the total number of critical/error logs, warning logs, informational logs and otherlogs for each device. Clicking on the log type within the device card takes you directly tothe Log Viewer. The result is at-a-glance information about logs and one-click access todetailed diagnosis tools when there’s a problem.

Log Viewer and Device Card

Archive logs for regulatory compliance
Easily comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data without impacting
performance. From the WhatsUp Gold interface you can filter logs in order to archive
specific subsets and then customize, configure and manage the retention periods, systemparameters, storage locations, compression and easily see storage resource restraints.
Archived logs can be searched, restored or purged as required

Log Archiving Settings

View log status and events oncustomizable dashboards
Show problematic events, log volumes, disk space used and other results in familiar
WhatsUp Gold dashboard. Customize those dashboards to display essential log details
either on their own or beside other network monitoring results for quick diagnostics.
WhatsUp Gold’s easily-customizable drag-and-drop dashboards make it simple to set up alog management interface that shows you exactly what you need at a glance.

Log Management Dashboard

Trigger alerts on customizable conditions
Leverage WhatsUp Gold’s powerful and comprehensive alerting capabilities to get
notified of specific log events or issues. Customize what events, conditions or trends
generate alerts. Watch for meta trends like log volume changes and get notified at
specified thresholds.

Configure log searches and export search results
Search on-demand or develop custom filters based on specific parameters like machine name/IP, log type, dates, log field values and more. Save those searches and export the resultsautomatically or on-demand. .

Searching Logs

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