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NT Event Monitor Group

Windows uses event logs to capture important system and application status messages. The NT Event Monitor group provides access to these event logs.

Class: ntEvents

The NT Event Monitor group contains the following Windows event log metrics that you can monitor:

• Number of events in each log (ntEventApplicationCount, ntEventSecurityCount, ntEventSystemCount)
• Maximum size of each log (ntEventApplicationMaxSize, ntEventSecurityMaxSize, ntEventSystemMaxSize)
• Retention settings for each log (ntEventApplicationRetention, ntEventSecurityRetention, ntEventSystemRetention)

You can use the NT Eventn Monitor table to instruct the agent to continuously monitor Windows event logs for events that you specify. Whenever a matching event is generated on the system, the agent notifies the management systems with a trap message. The agent can also run an action command to immediately handle the event.

Class: ntEventMonEntry

Instance: value of ntEventMonDescr attribute for the specific monitor entry

The NT Event table provides detailed status information for each monitor entry. For more information about the attributes in the NT Event Monitor table and how to use it to monitor Windows events, see the chapter “Windows Event Monitoring.”