> ### Database log file monitors

> Fathom Management automatically creates a database log file monitor for each managed database started through Fathom or the Progress Explorer.

> The database log file monitor can help you:

> - Ensure the integrity of database log files by monitoring files for errors and allowing you to define actions to trigger when errors occur.
> - Use predefined database-related search criteria, or create your own, to run against the data in your database file. You create and maintain search criteria in the Fathom Component Library.

> Specifically, the predefined search criteria provide detailed data about the recorded operations of your database and provide you a means to extract this data. This data can help you effectively respond to and manage your database.

> Note: You can also create a log file monitor for use with files such as log files, text files, or any non-OpenEdge log file. The search criteria feature works the same in each of these Fathom resource types. For information about the log file monitor and detailed information about search criteria that pertain to both of these resource types, see the Resource Monitoring Guide.

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