Access to an event log analyzer tool in an environment where logs must be reviewed daily will eliminate hours of stress in your daily work as an IT Professional. If your job function needs you to check server or desktop logs regularly, this tool is an excellent tool to have in your toolbox.
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In this short article, I will highlight some benefits and features of using an Event Log Analyzer Tool.
My Work as an IT Professional
While working as an IT Manager, I managed several servers, including four Active Directory servers and two Azure Connect servers. Even though I was a manager then, I still took care of system administrator-type work because I had the skill level to do so.
These servers were critical to the smooth operation of the environment. They provided connectivity to our office 365 environment in the cloud.
Whenever these critical servers were unavailable, there would be a fault or disconnect with our office 365 environment and our on-premise installation. In other words, any changes done on-premise in the Active directory environment would not replicate in the Office 365 cloud environment. Your users will immediately let you know if these critical servers are broken. The IT Help Desk would be inundated with calls from these users. They will demand help and want the help not yesterday but today.
The beauty of having an Event Log Analyzer tool installed in this environment is that the system would have automatically sent you an alert letting you know that a fault had occurred. Using system logs and reviewing them daily were critical tasks in the environment. If you wanted to catch issues happening in the environment you had to check these logs daily. Imagine logging on to these servers individually if a log analyzer tool was unavailable.
Without using a windows server Event log Analyzer tool, I had to log on manually to every system daily to check for critical alerts identified by the system logs. This task will sometimes take hours to complete. For example, after the logs identify a fault, you have to research manually what it means to resolve it.
Not resolving the issues identified in the logs can cause a system crash and an outage in your environment. Imagine the stress you will experience from the users if critical systems are unavailable. That is why logs must be reviewed daily using a tool or manually.
Overview of Event Log Analyzer Tool
As a System Administrator, a log analyzer tool will allow you to troubleshoot and analyze logs in one central area for your desktops, laptops, and servers. Best of all, your logs will be in real-time.
As critical events happen, you will be notified. This will allow you as an administrator sufficient waning to deal with issues as they happen. Some tools can extract and monitor logs for non-windows operating systems like Linux and MAC.
A good event log analyzer tool will analyze the collected data for you and systematically help you interpret what it reports. As history is created or benchmarks recorded over time, you can identify similarities and better resolve issues faster.
Why You Should Use a Log Analyzer Tool
Most tools right out of the box, like the Event Log Analyzer tool from Manage Engine, will allow you to collect, manage and analyze log data from many sources. This tool will help you, as a system administrator, identify system issues and faults.
Imagine knowing from the logs alone what is impacting your system and causing an issue. This is possible with any good tool.
Many IT departments also have a security and compliance department. Good reports showing a compliance officer the status of systems and their logs will help you comply, especially with a shroud compliance officer.
Use Cloud Base or On-Premise?
Most event log analyzer tools have an on-premise or cloud-based solution. Both are good, but you should choose the one that meets your need. For example, if you work with a small IT department or lack resources to configure and install the application on a server, a Cloud base solution will probably work for you. Vice versa, if you have your own infrastructure, like a VMware environment and a VMware expert, then on-premise is best.
Conclusion
To conclude, a Server Event Log Analyzer Tool is valuable in your arsenal of tools as a system administrator or IT professional. It provides real-time monitoring, alerts, and visualization of logs. It keeps you in compliance with your compliance officer, where reporting what is happening in your environment is expected. Compliance officers need to see that you are checking your logs daily. Generated reports are one of the best ways to show them that you are checking.
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Andrew E Moss