IBM Enterprise Console manual Format File, EventId, Source, EventType

Log Specifies one or more of the Windows NT event logs to prefilter. Valid values are System, Security, Application, or any combination of these separated by commas. The default is all three event logs.

EventId

Specifies the event number assigned by Windows NT. You can specify up to sixteen event numbers. Multiple event numbers must be separated by commas.

Source

The source that logged the event to the Windows NT event log. You can specify up to sixteen sources. Multiple sources must be separated by commas.

EventType

The classification of the event assigned by Windows NT. Valid values are as follows:

vError

vWarning

vInformation

vAuditSuccess

vAuditFailure

vUnknown

The following examples show prefiltering statements. The first statement is on multiple lines due to space restrictions.

PreFilter:Log=Application;Source=MyApp;EventId=1000,2000, \ 3000;EventType=Warning,Information;

PreFilter:Log=Security;

PreFilter:Log=Application;Source=TECNTAdapter;

Format File

The format file contains message format descriptions and their mapping to BAROC events. The message fields of a Windows NT event are matched against the format descriptions in this file and when a match succeeds, the corresponding event is generated by the adapter. The format file contains predefined mappings for some common Windows NT events and can be customized to add any new messages.

A Windows NT event is written to an ASCII message in the following sequence:

vThe date expressed as month, day, time, and year.

vThe event category, expressed as an integer.

vThe event type (Error, Warning, Information, AuditSuccess, AuditFailure, Unknown).

vThe Windows NT security ID; any spaces in this field are replaced by an underscore if the proper registry variable is set.

vThe Windows NT source; any spaces in this field are replaced by an underscore if the proper registry variable is set.

vThe Windows NT event identifier.

vThe message text.

The subfields, except the message text field, are derived from the event header in the Windows NT event object. The output message after formatting is bound

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