Stopping and starting the monitoring of the default log file on local hosts

By default, the PATROL KM for Log Management monitors the PATROL Agent error log.

Before you begin

You must be using the PATROL Central Operator - Windows Edition, PATROL Central Operator - Web Edition, or a PATROL Console in Developer mode. You can also add a text file to monitor by using the Product Short PATROL Configuration Manager plug-in as described in PATROL Agent Configuration Variables.

To stop or start monitoring the default log file

1. Access the LOG application menu as described in Accessing Menu Commands, InfoBoxes, and Online Help.
2. Select Enable/Disable Default Log Monitoring.

3. In the Default Log Monitoring dialog box, to stop monitoring of the default log file, clear the Enable Default Log FileMonitoring check box. If you want to start monitoring the default log files, ensure that the Enable Default Log File Monitoringcheck box is selected.

   Note

   The Default Monitoring dialog box only enables and disables monitoring of the log file that the PATROL KM for Log Management monitors by default. This dialog box does not control monitoring of log files that you add to the list of monitored files. To add or remove log files from the list of monitored files, see Stopping the monitoring of a file. PATROL KM for Log Management does not support monitoring of the default log file for remote log instances.