BMC Helix Log Analytics 23.1


BMC Helix Log Analytics 23.1

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 27 Apr 2025

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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Feb 3, 2023

Updates available in 23.1.01 release:

  • Windows connector for collection policies
  • Collect AWS logs by using collection policies
  • Search supports special characters

Jan 12, 2023

Updates available in 23.1 release:

  • Collect logs by using collection policies
  • Log volume statistics in the out-of-the-box dashboards
  • Archive and restore logs on OCI tenants

Dec 9, 2022

Updates available in 22.4.02:

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 22.4 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

Setting up and going live

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.

Archiving and restoring logs

As an administrator, restore the archived logs for analysis.

Log management endpoints in the REST API

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.

 

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