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• Defining Event Correlation and Event Suppression

  The first component of a good network management system is an event handling system. A basic event handling system can be easily implemented with open source tools like syslog-ng . Just watching the new events arrive can be very enlightening. Many network... Posted Oct 07 2010, 12:27 AM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: events, event analysis, Event and Alert management, Featured, syslog, event masking, event correlation, syslog summary script, event suppression

• Syslog Summary Script

  I just finished posting a neat syslog summary script that was passed to me by Phil Koontz. He uses it every day to keep track of syslog events. You can download it from the Netcraftsmen website: http://www.netcraftsmen.net/Resources/Technical Articles... Posted Oct 28 2009, 07:36 AM by tslattery with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: event analysis, Event and Alert management, Featured, syslog, summary

• Handling Event Data, Part 2

  I'm continuing the list of NMS event handling requirements. Unstable interfaces In the last post, Handling Event Data, Part 1, I talked about correlating interface up/down events. I would also like to know if an interface is unstable. This is where... Posted Oct 22 2009, 08:51 AM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: event analysis, Event and Alert management, Featured, syslog, summary

• Handling Event Data, Part 1

  I've been examining the handling of event data and wanted to share what I see as common requirements. For the next few posts, I'll describe the requirements and why they are important. Syslog Summary My first requirement was addressed in the prior... Posted Oct 22 2009, 07:52 AM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: event analysis, Event and Alert management, Featured, syslog, summary