License:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place – Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Versions:
Date: 17.07.2011
Version: 1
First release
Description:
Check Windows logs for errors and warnings. The script returns a critical if it founds errors and a warning if it founds warnings.
Usage:
cscript.exe check_windows_logs.vbs -h hostname -l Log_name -ex “event-idx”
-no arguments | Help. |
-h hostname | Host name or IP address. Use the “.” for the local host. |
-l “Log_name” | Windows log name. Use a the quotes to include names that have spaces |
-ex “event-id” | Windows event ID name. If you have many events please separate them with a “,”. This option must not contain spaces between the excluded IDs |
Examples:
cscript check_windows_logs.vbs -h SQL_SERVER -l “Application”
cscript check_windows_logs.vbs -h 172.16.1.3 -l “Application” -ex “500,300”
cscript check_windows_logs.vbs -h . -l “System” -ex “1”
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- any feedback you might have
- the bugs /or features that you find / you wish for
- how did you used the script!
Mihai out!
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