Analysing log files

[eric.butler]

In the What's New for 1.1b9 there's a mention of 'New screen for analysing multiple log files'. I have dug through the web frontend menus and documentation to find some reference to this but I haven't been able to locate any. Has anyone had any success experimenting with this feature?

[Alexei]

When you monitor a log file (log[<logfile>]), in the Latest Values you'll notice a link to Log for the item. For normal items the link is called Graph or History.

[brandy]

isn't it better to have a own logfile tab for all the logfile we want to monitor?

only my 2 cents

greetings brandy

[Alexei]

I agree. We'll keep your suggestion in mind!

[eric.butler]

Thanks for the quick response.

I tried this a couple different ways without results. I'm probably doing something stupid, just let me know :-)

I am using 1.1b9 and trying to retrieve the log via win32agent.

#1
-Create an item of type "Zabbix Agent" with Key "log[d:\torque.log]" with type of information "Log". For this configuration I get an error in the server log "Parameter [log[d:\torque.log]] is not supported by agent on host..."

#2
-Same as above but of type "Zabbix Agent (active)". For this configuration I do NOT get any error on the server log but the "Latest Data" web page continues to show a "-" for Last Value.

Is the log[] key supposed to be used as an agent check (active or not), or zabbix internal, or ??. I looked through the source code of the win32agent an d it doesn't look like there is any reference to the log[] key. Maybe this only works on the *nix agent.