Hyper-V Host Event Log Monitor
Hyper-V Host Event Log Monitor enables you to filter and process Hyper-V Event Log messages. WhatsUp Gold adds this performance monitor automatically when a device satisifies the definition for Hyper-V Host role used by Discovery. This monitor is often used with one or more configured Hyper-V Thresholds.
Note: For more information on how to discover virtual hosts and virtual machines, see Monitoring Virtual Machines and Infrastructure.
Hyper-V Host Event Log Monitor is turned off by default. After you enable the monitor, you can then select the category and detail of messages you want to log/process.
Enable Hyper-V Host Event Log Monitor
To switch this monitor on:
- Find/select a monitored device in My Network with the subrole "Hyper-V Host" and click Device Properties
. - In Device Properties, select the Monitors tab and then select Hyper-V Host Event Log monitor
. - With Hyper-V Host Event Log monitor selected, Click Enable.
Log messages can be viewed by way of the Hyper-V Event Log, which updates based on the monitor's collection interval.
Configure Hyper-V Host Event Log Monitor
Edit the polling interval and filter message categories for Hyper-V Host Event Log Monitor:
- In Device Properties, select the Monitors tab and then select Hyper-V Host Event Log monitor .
- Click 'edit'
and configure the following:- Collection Interval. Interval to check for messages.
- Event Severity. Level of detail and severity of the messages listened for.
- Hyper-V Event Logs to Collect. Message category.
Select the checkboxes to include the
Hyper-V Event Log messages you want to include in monitoring.