LogWatch has all of the features required by PATROL users to monitor ASCII and binary log files across their UNIX and Windows NT-based enterprise.

LogWatch simplifies the monitoring of system and application logs. HavingPATROL and LogWatch scan your mission-critical logs means system administrators spend their valuable time doing other things.

• Simple, Wizard based configuration, with all configuration information being stored in
  an ASCII INI file

• Four levels of string match notification (NOTIFY, WARN, ALARM, and OK) with an OK match automatically resetting any current ALARM or WARN condition

• Use of wildcards in the logfile names - for handling rolling logfiles

• Multiple string matches per notification type

• The ability to set a range hours of operation for every day of the week for each log file monitor

• Highly configurable and customizable

• Certified for PATROL 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5

• Unix - Most common platforms

• Windows NT

• Windows 2000