Administrator Guide

4. Set the managed log option:
• To enable managed logs, select the Enable Managed Logs check box.
• To disable managed logs, clear the Enable Managed Logs check box.
5. If the managed logs option is enabled, type the email address of the log-collection system in the Email destination address field.
The email address must use the format user-name@domain-name and can have a maximum of 320 bytes. For example:
[e-mail].
6. Select one of the following options:
• To use push mode, which automatically attaches system log files to managed-logs email notifications that are sent to the log-
collection system, select the Include logs as an email attachment check box.
• To use pull mode, clear the Include logs as an email attachment check box.
7. Perform one of the following:
• To save your settings and continue configuring your system, click Apply.
• To save your settings and close the panel, click Apply and Close.
A confirmation panel appears.
8. Click OK.
Test managed logs notification settings
Perform the following steps to test managed logs notification settings:
1. Configure your system to send a notification when managed logs are sent to the log collection system.
2. Click Test Managed Logs. A test event is sent to the log collection system.
3. Verify that the test notification reached the intended location.
4. Click OK.
If there was an error in sending a test notification, event 611 is displayed in the confirmation.
Configure remote syslog notifications
Perform the following steps to configure remote syslog notifications:
1. Perform one of the following to access the options in the Notifications tab:
• In the Home topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
• In the System topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
• In the footer, click the events panel and select Set Up Notifications.
• In the Welcome panel, select System Settings, and then click the Notifications tab.
2. Select the Syslog tab.
3. Configure the Syslog options:
• Notification Level: Select the minimum severity for which the system should send notifications: Critical (only); Error (and
Critical); Warning (and Error and Critical); Resolved (and Error, Critical, and Warning); Informational (all); or none (Disabled),
which disables syslog notification.
• Syslog Server: Network address of the syslog host system. The value can be an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or FQDN. If the
Notification Level is other than none (Disabled), you must specify the Syslog Server IP Address.
• Syslog Server Port Number: Port number of the syslog host system.
4. Perform one of the following:
• To save your settings and continue configuring your system, click Apply.
• To save your settings and close the panel, click Apply and Close.
A confirmation panel appears.
5. Click OK.
Test remote syslog notification settings
Perform the following steps to test remote syslog notification settings:
1. Configure your system to send a notification when an event is sent to the remote syslog server.
2. Click Test Syslog. A test event is sent to the syslog server.
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