BMC Helix Log Analytics 22.4


BMC Helix Log Analytics 22.4

Analyze long log files from multiple environments and applications and get to the root cause of the issue that you are troubleshooting by using BMC Helix Log Analytics. It is an open, scalable, and secure product that reduces the time required to search the log files to troubleshoot an issue.

Release notes and notices Updated 09 Dec 2022

Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Helix Log Analytics including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

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Date

Summary

Reference

Dec 9, 2022

Documentation updates to create custom dashboards in BMC Helix Dashboards and exclude Logstash and Filebeat metadata.

Nov 14, 2022

Documentation updates to collect Windows event logs and Linux syslog records.

Oct 10, 2022

Updates available in this release:

  • Monitor logs by using out-of-the-box dashboards
  • Archive and restore logs
  • Extract fields from log messages
  • Support for additional connectors to collect logs from Amazon Web Services

Onboarding and implementing

As an administrator, load company data and set up the service.

Collecting logs

As an administrator, identify and collect logs that you want to monitor and analyze.

Enriching logs

As an administrator, configure log enrichment to add relevant information to plain logs.

Deriving insights from logs

As an operator, perform root cause analysis by using BMC Helix Log Analytics.

Managing logs with REST APIs

As an administrator or developer, use REST API endpoints to manage logs.

Generating events from logs

As an operator, perform root cause analysis by using BMC Helix Log Analytics.