You can now collect & search IIS logs (W3C format) using Advisor!
This is one of the highest voted feature requests in the Advisor feedback/community forum, so we listened and delivered.
To enable IIS log collection:
- Make sure the IIS servers are added to the Advisor account (See step 7 under Connect to Advisor in our onboarding instructions page)
- Log on to Advisor, click on the Log Management tile
- Click on Configure and simply check the new "Collect W3C format IIS log files from computers managed by Operations Manager" check box at the top
- Give Advisor a bit of time to collect the logs
- Go back to the main Log Management view, you will find the new IIS log type and its event count showing up
- You will also see the new IIS Log Records by URI charts
- In the Search view, you will find the new W3CIISLog facets/filters to help you explore your logs!
- This is a great knowledge articles to help you configure your IIS Log setting: https://systemcenteradvisor.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/417291-iis-log-format
- Here are some sample searches you can try: https://systemcenteradvisor.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/381165-sample-search-queries - scroll down to find the Log Management (IIS log) section
Check it out and let us know what you think by clicking the Feedback button.
Enjoy!
-Joseph
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