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/Syslog Summary Scripts . (While you're there...

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 the interface is going up and down on a regular...

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 post about Syslog Summary Scripts (also see the...

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