Log File Monitoring

ELM Enterprise Manager and ELM Log Manager provide easier monitoring of flat files. You can use a File Monitor for any ASCII or plain-text file that does not overwrite itself. Files that overwrite themselves are considered "circular". When a circular file reaches a pre-determined size, or at pre-determined intervals, the file overwrites itself by writing new entries at the top of the file. You can monitor individual files, an entire directory of files, or an entire directory tree of files, provided that the files are not circular.

Examples of non-circular files include:

• Microsoft ISA Server log files
• Internet Information Services log files
• SQL Server error logs
• Backup software log files
• Anti-virus software log files
• Static HTML files
• User-created flat files

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