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Chapter 14 Enabling and Tracking Syslogs Using Syslog Analyzer and Collector
Defining Message Filters
Step 1 Select Resource Manager Essentials > Tools > Syslog > Message Filters.
A dialog box with a list of filters, appears in the Message Filter page.
Step 2 Specify whether the filter should be a dropped or kept, by selecting either Drop or Keep.
• If you select Drop, the Common Syslog Collector drops the Syslogs that match any of the “Drop”
filters from further processing.
• If you select Keep, Collector allows only the Syslogs that match any of the “Keep” filters, for further
processing.
Note The Drop or Keep options apply to all message filters. They do not apply to individual filters.
Step 3 Click Create.
The dialog box appears for device selection. Select All Managed Devices or Choose Devices.
If you select All Managed Devices option:
• You cannot select the individual devices or device categories from the device selector.
• All managed devices are considered.
• The syslog messages from the various device interfaces are considered for creating message filters.
If you select the Choose Devices option, you must select the required devices (for details about the
Device Selector, see the topic Using RME Device Selector in the section Adding and Troubleshooting
Devices Using Device Management).
Step 4 Click Next.
.A dialog box appears in the Define Message Type page.
Step 5 Enter a unique name for the filter.
Step 6 Select either the Enabled, or the Disabled status for the filter at creation time.
Step 7 Select the Syslog message types for which you want to apply the filter.
If you want to add, delete, edit, or select system-defined Syslog message types, see:
• Adding a Message Type
• Selecting a Message Type
• Editing a Message Type
• Deleting a Message Type
Step 8 Click Finish.
The list of filters in the message filter dialog box on the Message Filters page is refreshed.

Editing a Filter

To edit a filter:
Step 1 Select Resource Manager Essentials > Tools > Syslog > Message Filters.
A dialog box, displaying the list of filters, appears in the Message Filter page.