Creating a Custom Report

As the network administrator of a network with OSPF (open shortest path first), you know an OSPF-2-NOMEMORY syslog message could potentially result in routing problems. You want to create a custom syslog report that lists OSPF NOMEMORY errors, so that you can run the report and check for problems.

What You Need---Prerequisites

In this scenario, you will use only the Syslog Analysis application.

No prerequisites are required.

For a complete description of the required tasks, refer to the online help.

Note The purpose of this scenario is to show you how a specific application can be used to perform this task. Seeing the application being used in this way might help you understand how to use the application to perform a similar task in your network.

Step 1 Select Resource Manager Essentials > Administration > Syslog Analysis > Define Custom Report. The Define Custom Report dialog box appears.

Step 2 Click Add. The Define Custom Report dialog box appears.

Step 3 Enter a name for the report, up to 64 characters long, for example, OSPF Memory.

Step 4 Select the Syslog Message Type, in this case OSPF-2-NOMEMORY. Click Add to place the alert in the Reported Messages column.

Step 5 Select the 24-hour report check box to add the report to the 24-Hour report folder.

Step 6 Click Finish. A confirmation message appears.

Where You Should End Up---Verification

Make sure the report was created.

Step 1 Select Resource Manager Essentials > 24-Hour Reports > Syslog Messages. The Syslog 24-Hour Report appears.

Step 2 Click the OSPF Memory report to view the details.

Step 3 Click Close when you are finished.

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