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How You Collect Information from the Windows Event Log

You can collect information from the Windows event log by enabling it to be monitored through Configuration Manager. Alternatively, you can use the Event Traffic Controller to remotely collect information from the Windows event log through CA NSM Event Manager.

Note: One key benefit of monitoring the Windows application event log is to obtain licensing messages into CA Automation Point. You can then take actions using rules and REXX.

As previously mentioned, both CA Automation Point and CA NSM Event Manager can be configured to monitor the Windows event logs. The following are considerations for deciding which of the two products best meets your needs:

• CA Automation Point understands more substitution parameters than CA NSM Event Manager does.
• CA Automation Point does not require you to install software on the monitored Windows system.
• CA Automation Point truncates log messages to 512 bytes.
• CA NSM Event Manager scales through the use of agents.