MonitorWare Agent 2026 — New major release, new licensing, new release cycle
MonitorWare Agent now ships as 26.07 with YY.MM versioning, monthly updates, and a license.alic file—15.x keys do not apply on current builds.
Massive use of memory when using TCP
Massive use of memory when using TCP Article created 2011-02-01 by Florian Riedl. Due to some testing we found, that in some cases MonitorWare Agent uses a lot of memory. This will happen, when MonitorWare Agent is configured as a syslog receiver and is listening to TCP. Additionally, this only occurs, when there are large […]
A complete step by step guide on setting up Scheduling of Reports with Job Manager
How To Schedule Reports with MonitorWare Console Article created 2003-11-20 by Wajih-ur-Rehman. Reports in MonitorWare Console can be scheduled using Job Manager. With Job Manager you can not only schedule the reports such that they are saved on the hard disk but also you can schedule the reports such that they are sent via email […]
A complete description of common uses of the MonitorWare line of products. – Event archival
Common uses Article created 2003-05-14 by Rainer Gerhards. Event archival If you have to create an archive of past events, this scenario is for you. The main focus here is storage of event data. Potentially, data is stored for a long time and eventually never being overwritten. It is also highly likely that data will […]
Automatically archiving logfiles written by MonitorWare Agent.
Automatically archiving logfiles written by MonitorWare Agent. Article created 2008-11-27 by Andre Lorbach. This article was written by using the MonitorWare Agent, but it can also be applied to EventReporter and WinSyslog. By default the log files generated by MonitorWare Agent using the WriteFile Action are written on a daily basis, so you have one […]
Filtering Logon, failed Logon and Lockout Events
Filtering Logon, failed Logon and Lockout Events Created 2008-10-16 by Florian Riedl Please Note: This article is valid for EventReporter 9.x / MWAgent 5.x and lower and describes, how to set the filters to get only logon, failed logon and lockout events. The scenario is, that we need to monitor the behavior of users logging […]
Install phpLogCon with IIS6.0
Install phpLogCon with IIS6.0 Article created 2008-10-14 by Tom Bergfeld. In this paper, I describe how to install phpLogCon with IIS6.0. It is intentionally a brief step-by-step guide, targeted to those who want to quickly get it up and running. For more elaborate information about phpLogCon, please consult the phpLogCon manual set. Installing IIS If […]
How to setup File logging in MonitorWare Agent to consolidate Webserver logs and view them in phpLogCon
How to setup File logging in MonitorWare Agent to consolidate Webserver logs and view them in phpLogCon. Article created 2008-10-05 by Andre Lorbach. This article will help you to setup an environment where you can store weblogs from your webserver at a central place using MonitorWare Agent, and view and search them using phpLogCon. You […]
Forwarding NetApp Event Log Entries via Syslog
Forwarding NetApp Event Log Entries via Syslog Article created 2008-09-22 by Rainer Gerhards NetApp devices provide diagnostic information via an Windows Event Log like interface. This enables their messages to be browsed by Windows Event viewer and and be automatically processed by tools like EventReporter and MonitorWare Agent. It goes without saying that there are […]
How to monitor and forward message tracking logfiles from Microsoft Exchange Server using MonitorWare Agent
How to monitor and forward message tracking logfiles from Microsoft Exchange Server using MonitorWare Agent. Article created 2008-05-09 by Andre Lorbach. This article will guide you in how to monitor and forward message tracking logfiles from Microsoft Exchange Server using syslog over tcp. As receiver you have the choice of using different applications like WinSyslog, […]