The Log Management Knowledge Base is a free database of detailed descriptions on over 20,000 event logs generated by Windows systems, syslog devices and applications.
Provided as a free service to the IT community by Prism Microsystems, the aim of the Knowledge Base is to help IT personnel make sense of the large amounts of cryptic and arcane
log data generated by network systems and IT infrastructures.
Log data provides a record of all corporate system activity and is critical for improving security, complying with requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley,
HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy– Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, ...
and PCI-DSS, and optimizing IT operations. However, given the large number of logs produced by different devices, their inherent obscurity and the lack of a standard logging format, system-specific expertise is typically needed to extract any meaningful intelligence.
The Knowledge Base provides this expertise free of charge via a searchable web repository with the aim of making log data readily understandable by all.
The Knowledge Base can be searched using any combination of event log ID, source or fragments of the description field. Advanced search options are available as well
See also
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System administration
A system administrator, or sysadmin, or admin is a person who is responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, especially multi-user computers, such as servers. The system administrator seeks to en ...
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Log management and intelligence
Log management (LM) comprises an approach to dealing with large volumes of computer-generated log messages (also known as audit records, audit trails, event-logs, etc.).
Log management generally covers:
* Log collection
* Centralized log agg ...
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External links
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EventTracker Knowledge Base
System administration
Network management