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Managing WebSpeed Messenger Data : Accessing and reviewing Messenger log file data : Customizing a Messenger log file monitor
 

Customizing a Messenger log file monitor

You can customize a Messenger log file monitor.
To customize a Messenger log file monitor:
1. From the grid frame for Resources, click the Edit icon to display the details page for the Messenger instance whose log file monitor you want to customize. See Accessing OpenEdge Management resource information.
2. Click Log File Monitor in the Command and control section. The Log File Monitor summary monitoring page for the Messenger instance you selected appears.
3. Customize or view the contents of the Messenger log file monitor as follows:
*Click Add Plan to add an existing monitoring plan to this resource monitor.
*Click Edit at the top of the page to change the description of the log file monitor.
*Click Log File Viewer at the top of the page to view the contents of the log file monitor.
4. To add individual rules, click Edit within the monitoring plans section to view the edit page for the log file monitor.
5. Click Add Rule under the Rules selected for this plan section of the broker monitoring plan page. You can add a rule that is already defined and/or create a new rule.
6. To use a Messenger rule already defined in the library:
a. Select Messengers from the drop-down list associated with the Choose Criteria Category.
b. Select the appropriate value from the drop-down list associated with the Choose Search Criteria.
7. To create a new Messenger broker rule:
a. Click Create Criterion to display the Create Search Criterion page.
b. Enter values in the required fields: Name (identifies the name of the search criteria you are creating) and Search Text (identifies the information you are looking for in the log).
c. Choose whether to use an existing category or use a new category for the rule. Then select the Messengers category.
d. Click Save. The CreateLog File Rule page reappears.
*The values you defined and selected to create a rule on the Create Search Criterion page are now available on the Create Log File Rule page. The Choose Search Category drop-down list displays the name you entered in the Name field on the Create Search Criterion page. The Choose Criteria Category drop-down list displays the category in which you elected to store the new rule.
8. Select the appropriate values from the Severity and On Alert Action Perform drop-down lists to complete the alert severity and action definition that you want to associate with this rule.
9. Click Save.
10. To add another individual rule, repeat Step 5 through Step 9.
11. Click Select Rule Sets to create a new log file rule or choose from existing rule sets to add to the monitoring plan. If you choose Select Rule Sets, you can pick from a list of predefined rule sets to add to the monitoring plan.
12. Click the Messenger instance link on the breadcrumb trail to display the details page again.
13. Click Log File Monitor again to view the new rules updated in the Rule Summary.
For more information about editing search criteria for rules, see the appropriate sections of OpenEdge Management: Resource Monitoring.
Note: You can copy the default Messenger log file rule set, but you cannot delete or rename it.