In windows 7 and windows 2008, you can generate an email alert when an event meets specified criteria in the event log. Here is the procedure.
From Event Viewer –>Windows Logs –> Right click on the event and select Attach Task To This Event option.
From the Create Basic Task Wizard, select Send an e-mail option as the Action task.
Then configure your email properties.
When you complete this task, it will create a task in the Task Scheduler. You can see the details in the following screenshot:
Related Blogs and Articles:
http://portal.sivarajan.com/2010/06/export-and-email-event-log-information.html
4 comments:
Hi, thanks for the walkthrough, but what do you do if your smtp server requires authentication / ssl?
Allen
Perhaps this is too old but I am also wondering how to dynamically attach the $(eventdetails).
I have found a few threads on editing the XML and reimporting but so far no joy.
I use a product called IPSentry for this. It allows you send the details from the event logs in the email. I use for a few things but one is account lockouts. I can see what account locked out and what machine locked it out.
Dave, As you might know, there are a lot of third party and Microsoft “tools” available to perform these tasks. My goal was to provide a solution using “native” options.
If you are look for a real time monitoring tool, review Microsoft SCOM - http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/operations-manager/om-overview.aspx
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