The configuration parameters for the BMC Event Log Adapter for Windows are stored in the following Windows registry key:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BMC Software\Eventlog Adapter"
Note
For Microsoft Windows 2003 Server X64 (32-bit compatibility mode) only, the correct path to the registry key for the specific parameters for the BMC Event Log Adapter for Windows is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BMC Software\Eventlog Adapter".
You can configure the BMC Event Log Adapter for Windows Adapter by modifying the specified parameter values in the Windows registry. The following table describes the configuration parameters:
Windows Event Log Adapter parameters
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| Enables restarting the reading of the Event Log If this parameter is set to Yes, all the events in the event log are resent one time.
Default: No Warning The BMC Event Log Adapter for Windows EResendAll parameter is equivalent to the Perl ELResendAllparameter. The parameter names are similar, but the values are different. For this reason, BMC Software recommends that you exercise caution when using them. Be sure to use a value of 0 or 1 for the Perl EventLog Adapter ELResendAllparameter and a value of Yes or Nofor the BMC Event Log AdapterEResendAll parameter. |
| Recovery time interval, specified in minutes
Unless EResendAll is set to Yes, an adapter processes events that arrived in the log from the time it was stopped. ELRecoveryIntervalMin prevents processing of old events if the adapter has been stopped for some time. That is, the adapter will process the events that are younger thanELRecoveryIntervalMin.
Default: 1440 minutes (1 day) |
| Time interval, in seconds, at which the adapter checks for new log entries |
| A string that contains the names, separated by a colon, of the event logs that the user does not want to read, such as System, Application, orSecurity. |