348 | SRA 6.0 Administrator’s GuideEvent Logging and AlertsThe Event Logging and Alerts section allows the administrator to configure email alerts byspecifying the email address for logs to be sent to, the mail server, mail from address, and thefrequency to send alert emails. You can schedule a day and hour at which to email the eventlog, or schedule a weekly email, or send the email when the log is full. You can enable SMTPauthentication and configure the user name and password along with the SMTP port.Configuring Log SettingsTo configure log and alert settings, complete the following steps:Step 1 To begin configuring event log, syslog and alert settings, navigate to the Log > Settings page.Step 2 In the Log & Alert Levels section, define the severity level of log messages that will beidentified as log (event log), alert, or syslog messages. Log levels are organized from most toleast critical. If a level is selected for a specific logging service, then that log level and morecritical events will be logged. For example, if the Error level is selected for the Log service, thenall Emergency, Alert, Critical, and Error events will be stored in the internal log file.Step 3 Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of your syslog server in thePrimary Syslog Server field. Leave this field blank if you do not require syslog logging.Step 4 If you have a backup or second syslog server, enter the server’s IP address or domain namein the Secondary Syslog Server field.Step 5 Designate when log files will be cleared and emailed to an administrator in the Send EventLogs field. If the option When Full is selected, the event log will be emailed and then clearedfrom when the log file is full. If Daily is selected, select the hour at which to email the event log.If Weekly is selected, select the day of the week and the hour. If Daily or Weekly are chosen,the log file will still be sent if the log file is full before the end of the period. In the Log > Viewpage, you can click the Clear Log button to delete the current event log. The event log will notbe emailed in this case.Step 6 To receive event log files via email, enter your full email address (username@domain.com) inthe Email Event Logs to field in the Event Logging and Alerts region. The event log file will beemailed to the specified email address before the event log is cleared. If this field is left blank,log files will not be emailed.Step 7 To receive alert messages via email, enter your full email address (username@domain.com) oran email pager address in the Email Alerts to field. An email will be sent to the email addressspecified if an alert event occurs. If this field is left blank, alert messages will not be emailed.Note Define the type of events that will generate alert messages on the Log > Categoriespage.Step 8 To email log files or alert messages, enter the domain name or IP address of your mail serverin the Mail Server field. If this field is left blank, log files and alert messages will not be emailed.Step 9 Specify a Mail From Address in the corresponding field. This address appears in the from fieldof all log and alerts emails.Step 10 To use SMTP authentication when sending log files, select the Enable SMTP Authenticationcheck box. The display will change to expose related fields. Enter the user name, password,and the SMTP port to use. The default port is 25.Step 11 Click Accept to update your configuration settings.
