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Valentine_96813
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Jun 24, 2011

Custom error log tags

I support a install that uses both a pair of Enterprise Managers and several syslog servers. What I have been asked to do, is to help create error log tags that the syslog monitors can use to generate alerts from. I have been searching for an article or paper that might list these tags for me. Does anyone know if there is a comprehensive list somewhere?

 

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  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Jun 28, 2011
    Hi Valentine,

     

     

    Can you check the .h files on an LTM under /etc/alertd/*.h? Is that the type of info you're looking for?

     

     

    SOL6420 might also have some relevant background info:

     

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/400/sol6420.html

     

     

    Aaron
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    Valentine_96813
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    Jun 30, 2011
    Actually, the two syslog systems these guys use here, dump messages to a flat file. Then we have to write scripts looking for specific words or such to flag and generate an alert from. What would be the most helpful, would be a listing of the error codes per software level like Cisco does here:

     

     

    http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa83/system/message/logsevp.html

     

     

    From printouts like these, I can write alerts, automate notification, and such.