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Using CA Automation Point to Monitor Windows Event Logs

CA Automation Point can monitor the system, application, and security Windows event logs. To configure CA Automation Point to monitor Windows event logs, open Configuration Manager. From the Configuration Manager main window, select Expert Interface, Automation, Events Interface, Windows Event Logs.

As described earlier in this chapter in the discussion of CA NSM Event Manager, messages from an event log of a Windows system are read and passed to CA Automation Point rules for processing within the WIN_EVENTS session. This log entry type is read directly from the Windows operating system. Because Event Manager also monitors these logs, this feature should be used primarily on stand-alone CA Automation Point systems. If you use this feature with Event Manager, ensure that Event Management LogRdr Agent Activated is set to No on the Component Activation Flags tab of the CA NSM Settings (caugui.exe settings) to avoid duplicating messages in CA Automation Point.

Note: Because CA Automation Point uses a common architecture to monitor both the event logs from CA NSM and the Windows operating system, you can find many details on monitoring Windows event logs in the CA NSM Interface portion of this chapter.