> #### Customizing an AppServer Broker log file monitor

> The following procedure describes how to customize an AppServer broker log file monitor. Use these same general steps to customize a log file monitor for AppServers.

> To customize a log file monitor:

> 1. Navigate to the AppServer main page specific to your broker, using the procedure detailed in the "Accessing OpenEdge resource information" section.
> 2. Click Log File Monitor of Broker on the AppServer main page. The log file monitor summary monitoring page for the AppServer broker you selected appears:

> 3. Customize or view the contents of an AppServer broker log file monitor as follows:

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> Add an existing monitoring plan to this resource monitor | Add Plan.
> Modify a specific plan | Edit associated with that plan.
> Change the description of this log file monitor | Edit at the top of the page.
> View the contents of the log file monitor | Log File Viewer at the top of the page.

> Note: Fathom prevents the assignment of schedules that share days or times that overlap. For example, if you have a Default_Schedule set up for a resource monitor, you cannot set up an additional plan because the Default_Schedule is defined for 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. You must modify or remove the Default_Schedule to set up additional plans.

> 4. To add individual rules, click Edit within the monitoring plans section to display the edit page for the log file monitor.
> 1. Click Add Rule under the Rules selected for this plan section of the broker monitoring plan page. Proceed as follows:

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> Use an AppServer broker rule already defined in the library | Select: AppServer Broker from the drop-down list associated with the Choose Criteria Category. The appropriate value from each drop-down list associated Choose Search Criteria.
> Create a new AppServer broker rule | Click Create Criterion to display the Create Search Criterion page. Complete this page as follows: 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). Review the default option Use Existing Category; it indicates that the new rule will be stored in an existing group. Select the AppServer Broker category from those that display in the drop-down list associated with the Use Existing Category option. Click Save. The Rules Properties section of the Log File Rule page redisplays. The values you defined and selected to create a rule on the Create Search Criterion page are now available on the Log File Rule page. The Choose Criteria Category drop-down list displays the category in which you elected to store the new rule. The Choose Search Category drop-down list displays the name you entered in the Name field on the Create Search Criterion page.

> 2. Select the appropriate values from the Severity and On Alert Action Perform fields to complete the alert severity and action definition, respectively, that you want to associate with this rule.
> 3. To add another individual rule, repeat Step a and Step b.
> 5. 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 choose from a list of predefined rule sets to add to the monitoring plan.

> 6. Click the detail page for the parent icon (the file folder with the up arrow on it) to redisplay this AppServer broker's monitoring plan page with the rules section updated with the new rules.

> For more information about editing search criteria for rules, see the appropriate sections of the Resource Monitoring Guide.

> Note: You can copy the default AppServer log file rule set, but you cannot delete it.

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