About the Problem Areas: Tail of Syslog report

This dashboard report displays the tail (last 10 records) of the Syslog Entries Report. Placing this dashboard report in a dashboard grants visual access to Syslog log entries for the system. For more information, this dashboard report is linked to the Syslog Entries report, which shows Syslog events logged for the system during the time period displayed at the bottom of the report.

Note:In order for entries to be added to this report, the Syslog listener must be enabled, and either a Syslog passive monitor must be added to a device or unsolicited messages must be accepted. For more information, see Enabling the Syslog listener.

To configure this dashboard report in WhatsUp Gold:

  1. In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, click Menu > Configure. The Configure Report dialog appears.
  2. Enter or select the appropriate information for the following boxes.
    • Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report.
    • Maximum rows to return. Enter the number of records you would like displayed in the dashboard report.
    • Column 2 width. Enter a width for the Device column in pixels.
    • Column 4 width. Enter a width for the Payload column in pixels.
  3. Click OK to save changes.

See Also

Problem Areas reports

Problem Areas dashboard reports

About the Problem Areas: Actions Fired in the Last X Hours report

About the Problem Areas: All Completely Down Devices report

About the Problem Areas: All Down Interfaces report

About the Problem Areas: Device Group Mini Status report

About the Problem Areas: Devices with Down Active Monitors report

About the Problem Areas: Devices with Down Critical Monitors report

About the Problem Areas: General Error Log report

About the General: Summary Counts reports

About the Problem Areas: Tail of Action Activity Log report

About the Problem Areas: Tail of Passive Monitor Error Log report

About the Problem Areas: Tail of SNMP Trap Log report

About the Problem Areas: Tail of State Change Log report

About the Problem Areas: Tail of Windows Event Log report

About the Problem Areas: Unacknowledged Devices report

About the Problem Areas: Web Alarms report