Event Log Archiving

The Windows Event log is stored locally on each computer
and is therefore no consolidated source of status information.
Windows itself has no method of replicating or sychronizing
this information to a single, centrally available audit
source.

Database storage

MonitorMagic includes a powerful event log archiver,
which visits your computers at a scheduled time, for
example during the night, grabs all event logs and
stores them into a central database. This database
can be either Microsoft® Access, SQL Server or
the MSDE.

Simple and automatic configuration

Each MonitorMagic agent can be connected to a database,
which can either be a new database or an existing database
used by another agent. MonitorMagic can create a new
Access database file automatically or, when using SQL
Server, create all appropriate tables and indices on
a specific SQL Server.

Duplicate checking - Reduced database space

The architecture for retrieving event logs is built
to minimize server load, network traffic and database
space. Therefore, MonitorMagic will first build up
its own event log cache and when storing the event
log data into a database, the descriptions will be
checked for duplicates. Since the description of events
can be long strings, these will consume lots of database
space.

Data caching - Archive integrity

When retrieving event logs, MonitorMagic always creates
cache files on the local computer to ensure optimum
data integrity. When for instance the database connection
fails due to a network outage or database failure,
MonitorMagic will keep trying to connect to the database
on regular intervals to store the cached data. This
way, no event data will be lost during the archive
process

Event Log Reporting

• No
  additional software needed; no
  need to install Crystal Reports


• Dynamic
  reporting system; automatically
  suits your network


• Easy
  to use; create reports in 20
  minutes


• Company-tailored
  report templates


• Built-in
  event archiving


• Automatic
  report generation and distribution


• Central
  storage; combine results

Sample HTML reports

Report 1: All
systems error events

Report 2: All
systems overview per computer

Report 3: All
systems overview per resource