General Information on Log Monitor Thresholds

Log Monitor Thresholds are used to set up and administer the log monitor facility, which notifies a specified user ID when any specified threshold condition(s) are satisfied.

Further Information

Monitoring the Firewall Logging

Class Type

Indicates the type of log monitor configuration. Click the pull-down menu to choose from the list.

User ID

E-mail address of recipient.

Command Filename

Indicates the file name of the shell command that will be executed when a threshold is exceeded.

Message Tag

Every log message generated has an identifying tag id, of the form "ICAnnnns". where "nnnn" is a four digit number and "s" is a letter indicating severity. A list of all log messages, including associated tags and descriptions, is provided in the manual.

Threshold Count (Num.)

If the number of occurrences of a specified log message tag exceeds the specified count within the specified time (in minutes), fwlogmond sets off the alarm. Threshold Count can be no greater than 99999.

Threshold Time (Min.)

If the number of occurances of a specified log message tag exceeds the specified count within the specified time (in minutes), fwlogmond sets off the alarm. Threshold Time can be no greater than 99999. A value of 0 for time indicates infinity

Pager Notification

If a threshold is exceeded, and pager notification is set to yes then the configured pagercommand will be executed according to what is specified in the pager setup.

Comment

This space allows you to keep any information that may be necessary for a particular class that is being defined.

OK

Press the "OK" button to save changes and close the window.

Cancel

Press the "Cancel" button to close the window without saving any changes.