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Merging Logs

Merging logs is the process of displaying centrally consolidated logs into a single view enabling network administrators and auditors to view a complete picture of network, system and user activity across multiple servers, workstations, and network devices.

Corner Bowl Server Manager enables users to quickly merge multiple logs into a single view for auditing and analysis.

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Choose one of the following methods to pre-select Windows Event Logs to merge:

MethodHow To
Menu BarFrom the Menu Bar, select Tools then Merge.
Host NodeFrom the Explorer View, expand the root Hosts node, navigate to the target host, then right click and select Merge.
Monitor NodeFrom the Explorer View, expand the root Hosts node, navigate to the target host, expand, then expand Templates, select any Event Log Consolidation Template, then right click and select Merge.
Data Providers NodeFrom the Explorer View, expand the root Data Providers node, navigate to any host group or host, then right click and select Merge.

The Merge Properties View

Use the Merge Properties View to select logs to merge and apply log viewer options.

  • Use the Log Type drop-down to select the type of logs to merge, either Event Log or Syslog.
    Alert To merge logs of different types, see SIEM Reports.
  • Use the Levels controls to filter specific levels.
  • Use the Filter drop-down to select a filter to apply.
  • Use the Paging controls to select the number of days to display on each page and set the initial date to view.
    Alert When viewing multiple days per, the viewer displays log entries from the initial date then the number of days selected backwards in time.
  • Use the Auto-advance checkbox to automatically advance to the next page when no entries are returned that match your date and search criteria.
  • Use the Keyboard auto-advance checkbox to automatically advance to either the next page or the previous page when using the keyboard to scroll up and down through log entries.
  • Click OK to query, filter and merge the log entries into the Merge Log Viewer.
Merge Properties View
Merge Properties View

The Merge Log Viewer

Merge Log View
Merge Log Viewer

Related Topics

Log Consolidation Template

SIEM Reports