The following example shows a PreFilter statement with a regular expression. This prefilter statement matches all Application Log events with a source name that contains TEC_ somewhere in its name:

PreFilter:Log=Application;Source=re:’TEC_.*’;

The following example shows a prefilter statement with a more narrow range. This prefilter statement matches all Application Log events with a source name that contains TEC_ somewhere in its name and has an EventID of 24:

PreFilter:Log=Application;Source=re:’TEC_.*’;EventID=24;

For more information about Tcl regular expressions, see a Tcl user’s guide.

The PreFilter keyword is optional. All Windows log events are sent to the adapter if prefilters are not specified. and PreFilterMode=OUT.

For additional information about prefiltering Windows log events, see “Prefiltering Windows Log Events” on page 115.

PreFilterMode

Specifies whether Windows log events that match a PreFilter statement are sent (PreFilterMode=IN) or ignored (PreFilterMode=OUT). Valid values are IN, in, OUT, or out. The default is OUT.

The PreFilterMode keyword is optional; if PreFilterMode is not specified, only events that do not match any PreFilter statements are sent to the adapter.

Note: If you set PreFilterMode=IN, make sure you have one or more PreFilter statements defined as well.

For additional information about prefiltering Windows event log events, see “Prefiltering Windows Log Events” on page 115.

SpaceReplacement

When SpaceReplacement is FALSE, any spaces in the security ID and subsource fields of the event log messages are left unchanged. When SpaceReplacement is TRUE, any spaces in the security ID and subsource fields of the event log messages are replaced with underscores. Set SpaceReplacement to TRUE if the format file expects the security ID and subsource fields to be a single word (that is, uses a %s format specification for them). The default setting is FALSE.

UnmatchLog Specifies a file to log discarded events that cannot be parsed into a IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console event class by the adapter. The discarded events can then be analyzed to determine if modifications are needed to the adapter format file.

WINEVENTLOGS

Controls which Windows Event Logs are monitored; also controls the service version and overrides the command line interface (CLI).

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Enterprise Console specifications

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