Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack, version 100

Version 100 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack is an upgrade to version 0.5 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack. It includes Dynamic Applications and Event Policies for monitoring the System, Application, and Security event logs on Microsoft Windows servers.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.10.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.10.0 or later of SL1 before installing the Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack version 100.

NOTE: For details on upgrading SL1, see the appropriate SL1 Release Notes.

Installing or Upgrading to Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack version 100

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in the Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install the Microsoft: Windows Server Event LogsPowerPack for the first time or to upgrade from a previous version, perform the following steps:

  1. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.10.0 or later release.
  2. Download version 100 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  3. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import version 100 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack.
  4. After importing the PowerPack, you will be prompted to install the PowerPack. Click the Install button to install the PowerPack.
  5. See the manual Monitoring Windows Services with PowerShell for instructions on using the PowerPack.

Features

Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack version 100 includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover and collect data from Microsoft Windows Server event logs:

    • Microsoft: Windows Server Application Events
    • Microsoft: Windows Server Security Events
    • Microsoft: Windows Server System Events
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when Microsoft Windows Server event logs meet certain status criteria

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in version 100 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Event Logs PowerPack:

  • The Collector Affinity field is now set to Assigned collector for all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack.
  • An issue was addressed in which Windows event log Description fields, containing new line characters, were truncated when raised in SL1 events.