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Log. Caster NT Real Time System Monitoring Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Customer Requirements • Increasing NT security. • Increasing system availability. • Reducing Help. Desk response-time. • Reducing Network Load. • Reducing Total Cost of Ownership. • Allocating resources efficiently. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Objective • Gaining instant vision into NT networks. • Becoming aware of problems immediately. • Maximizing the availability of critical systems. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Objective • Taking corrective actions automatically. • Performance data-based asset management. • Cross Platform Event Middle. Ware. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Meeting the Needs • Increasing NT security. • Real Time Notifications • 100% Active Push Technology. • Alerting and paging. • Building consolidated audit trails. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Meeting the Needs • Increasing system availability. -Service Watcher and Scheduled reboot. -TCP/IP Watcher. • Reducing Network Load. -Event filtering. -Active Event Caching. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Meeting the Needs • Reducing Help. Desk responsetime. • Real Time corrective actions and scripting. • Remote Shell. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Meeting the Needs • Reducing Total Cost of Ownership. • Catching Server problems early with Application and System log analysis. • Performance monitoring and alerting. • Performance based capacity planning. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Meeting the Needs • Allocating resources efficiently. • Identifying and reallocating idle resources instead of purchasing new hardware. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Our Strengths Super Low Resource Utilization. n Low Cost All-In-One Solution. n Non Intrusive System Level Services. n Expandable Modular Framework. n LAN / WAN Support. n Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Key Benefits LC acts as a burglar alarm. LC keeps critical services running. LC can automates corrective actions. LC can watch TCP/IP devices. LC offers a wide variety of notification devices. LC provides consolidated event reports. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

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LOGCASTER AGENT EVENT PROCESSES Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

NT EVENT LOG Using Event Logs to monitor Windows NT events With Event Viewer, you can troubleshoot various hardware and software problems. You can also use Event Viewer to monitor Windows NT Server security events, which are significant system or program problems that users should be notified about. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

THE 3 BASIC MONITOR CONSIDERATIONS FOR NT ARE: APPLICATIONS SYSTEM FUNCTIONS SECURITY Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

NT EVENT LOG APPLICATION “The Eventlog service logs any significant system, security, and application occurrences that require users to be notified. “ Microsoft Application related events can be as simple as an event generated by your defragger identifying the files it just addressed, or as critical as the unauthorized access attempt by an employee to start or stop an application. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

NT EVENT LOG SECURITY “The Eventlog service logs any significant system, security, and application occurrences that require users to be notified. “ Microsoft Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

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NT EVENT LOG SECURITY “The Eventlog service logs any significant system, security, and application occurrences that require users to be notified. “ SYSTEMS Microsoft Inconsequential System related events can be configured to be ignored while critical events generate alarms. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

NT EVENT LOG SECURITY SYSTEMS LOGCASTER AGENT EVENT PROCESSES APPLICATION Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

NT EVENT LOG APPLICATION LOGCASTER AGENT EVENT PROCESSES SYSTEMS SECURITY Let’s talk about the Log. Caster Filter processes. LOGCASTER FILTER USER DEFINED FILTER USER DEFINED FILTER Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

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LOGCASTER FILTER The user defined filter description is entered here. USER DEFINED FILTER Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

The Event Viewer Detail Window will display this data. The user can select the criteria for an alarm. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

Advanced Filtering Options allow the user more detailed configuration of his new filter. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

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All of the user’s filters are described here. Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

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NT EVENT LOG APPLICATION LOGCASTER AGENT EVENT PROCESSES SYSTEMS SECURITY LOGCASTER FILTER Informational Print Messages Process ID’s USER DEFINED FILTER USER DEFINED FILTER DEFAULT TRASH Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98 NETWORK

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LOGCASTER EVENT DISPATCHER SERVER Ripple Technologies, Inc 7/98

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