Text Log Monitor (TLM) provides Systems
Administrators the ability to monitor and filter
local or remote text log files as well as alert all
in real-time. TLM also enables users to view,
filter, and tail extremely large text files from
within a Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Filters can be applied in much the same way tools
like Cygwin’s GREP utility provides. Both simple
filters and complex Regular Expression filters are
supported. Filtered results can be viewed or alerts
can be configured to fire automatically when new
messages are appended to log files. Files are
monitored using operating system calls enabling the
software to immediately notify Systems
Administrators when specific messages are appended
or when file contents change.
Text Log Monitor installs a Windows Service that
enables automatic file monitoring and alerting. The
Windows Service does not require system
administrators to be logged into the system.
Actions include:
Detailed email
PDA friendly email
Saving messages to SQL Server
Syslogging
Appending messages to a CSV or TXT file.
No longer do you need to install tools like
Cygwin that are not designed around Windows Systems
Administrators. With Text Log Monitor, you can load
huge files into the GUI and page though each file in
much the same fashion as Cygwin’s MORE and LESS
utilities provide. When filters are applied,
Cygwin’s GREP functionality is replaced enabling
uses to easily parse text files from a Windows GUI
program. And unlink GREP, filters can be saved for
easy access next time they are needed. Lastly, when
viewing the last page of log entries, TLM
automatically tails the log file displaying contents
as they are written to the file.
Archive specific
log entries to either a file server or SQL
Server 2000 or 2005
View gigantic files quickly while only
using minimal resources
Specify complex
filters & search criteria using regular
expressions
Export filtered logs to user defined SQL
Server tables or to one of the following
file formats: CSV, HTML, TEXT, and XML
Forward filtered
text logs to your Syslog server
Raise custom detailed and PDA friendly
email alerts
Supports SMTP
authentication
Single installation monitors entire
network
No installation
requirements on managed computers
Architecture
TLM consists of two major components:
The User Interface. The user interface is
used to configure text logs to monitor and view
logs.
The Windows Service. The service monitors
text logs files. Whenever a file is modified the
changes are parsed and all assigned filters are
executed, actions completed, and alerts fired.
System Requirements
.Net Framework 2.0
The installation detects if .Net Framework 2.0 is
already installed. If not, the framework is
automatically downloaded from Microsoft and then
installed.
Domain administrator account credentials
To access remote logs from the user interface,
your login must have domain administrator rights.
When scheduling the service to monitor and filter
remote logs, the service must be run with domain
administrator rights. The first time the application
is run, you will be prompted to assign domain
administrator rights to the service.
Which License Do You Need?
TLM sells in three different flavors:
Desktop - This license allows you to run
this software on Windows 2000 or Windows XP and
retrieve logs from 20 computers.
Server - This license allows you to run
this software on Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server,
Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 and retrieve logs
from 50 computers.
Unlimited - This license allows you to run
this software on Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server,
Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 and retrieve logs
from an unlimited number of computers.
Each license comes with access to updates for 1
year. After that, you can purchase an upgrade
license. An upgrade license provides you with access
to updates for an additional more year.
