The Server Log Analysis Dashboard

The Server Log Analysis dashboard displays the log files for the selected server. To view the Server Log Analysis dashboard, right-click on the name of a monitored server in the PEM client tree control, and navigate through the Dashboards menu, selecting Server Log Analysis.

Server Log Analysis dashboard

The header information on the Server Log Analysis dashboard displays the date and time that the server was started, the date and time that the page was last updated, and the current number of triggered alerts.

The Server Log table displays the contents of the log files that are stored on the PEM server. For content to displayed, you must check the box next to Import logs to PEM when using Log Manager to configure logging for the server.

Entries are displayed in chronological order, most-recent log entries first. Use the scroll bars to navigate through the log entries, or to view columns that are off of the display.

Headings at the top of the server log table identify the information stored in each column:

• The Id column identifies the PEM agent that monitors the server that initiated the recorded transaction.

• The Server column identifies the server that initiated the recorded transaction.

• The Timestamp column displays the date and time that the log entry was made.

• The User Name column displays the name of the user that executed the recorded transaction.

• The Database Name column displays the name of the database on which the recorded transaction was executed.

• The Process ID column displays the identifier of the process that executed the recorded transaction.

• The Session ID column displays the identifier of the session in which the transaction was executed.

• The Transaction ID column displays the transaction identifier.

• The Connection From column displays the host name or IP address from which the client session connected.

• The Command column displays the type of command executed.

• The Message column displays the transaction message.

Click Show Filters to display a panel that you can use to filter the audit log entries that are shown in the table below; click on Hide Filters to close the panel.

Server Log Analysis dashboard filter

Use the fields within the filter definition box to describe a selection criteria that PEM will use to select a subset of a report for display:

• Use the date and time selectors in the From field to specify a starting date and time for the displayed log entries.

• Use the date and time selectors in the To field to specify an ending date and time for the displayed log entries.

• Enter a username in the Username field to show log entries for the specified user only.

• Enter a database name in the Database field to show log entries for the specified database only.

• Enter a command type (for example; ‘SELECT’, ‘authentication’ or ‘idle’) in the Command type field to show log entries of that type only.mmands that will be displayed in the filtered report.

When you’ve described the criteria by which you wish to filter the audit logs, click Filter to display the filtered server log in the lower portion of the Server Log Analysis dashboard. Click the Hide Filters label to close the filter definition box.