Can MOM parse IIS log files for specific info?

[David A]

Here's what we'd like to do with MOM 2005:
We have several websites hosted across several web servers. We'd like to
use MOM to tell us whenever a web page takes longer than 5 seconds to load,
but we have to determine that without using synthentic or replayed
transactions (which eliminates the Web Sites MP). Since this info is already
in the IIS logs with the "Time Taken" log attribute, we'd like to monitor the
IIS logs directly through MOM and fire an alert when the "Time Taken"
attribute rises above our threshold.

Is this possible in MOM, or do we have to write a script to monitor IIS log
files and generate an event in the Windows event logs which MOM will pick up
from there?

[Anders Bengtsson]

Hi David,

I think you will have to create a script here. MOM can monitor a logfile,
but you dont want to simple search for a word, you want to search for a word
and compaire if larger then 5.

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Regards
Anders Bengtsson
Microsoft MVP - MOM
http://www.contoso.se

DA> Here's what we'd like to do with MOM 2005:
DA> We have several websites hosted across several web servers. We'd
DA> like to
DA> use MOM to tell us whenever a web page takes longer than 5 seconds
DA> to load,
DA> but we have to determine that without using synthentic or replayed
DA> transactions (which eliminates the Web Sites MP). Since this info
DA> is already
DA> in the IIS logs with the "Time Taken" log attribute, we'd like to
DA> monitor the
DA> IIS logs directly through MOM and fire an alert when the "Time
DA> Taken"
DA> attribute rises above our threshold.
DA> Is this possible in MOM, or do we have to write a script to monitor
DA> IIS log files and generate an event in the Windows event logs which
DA> MOM will pick up from there?
DA>

[David A]

Thanks for the reply...I'm not terribly slick with MOM, so could you
summarize exactly how to create a rule that would monitor a log file and look
for certain words/vaules?
Peace,

[Anders Bengtsson]

Hi David,

Take a look at this KB, I think it will solve your problem http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298367

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Regards
Anders Bengtsson
Microsoft MVP - MOM
http://www.contoso.se

DA> Thanks for the reply...I'm not terribly slick with MOM, so could you
DA> summarize exactly how to create a rule that would monitor a log file
DA> and look
DA> for certain words/vaules?
DA> Peace,
DA> "Anders Bengtsson" wrote:
DA>

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