Automated Syslog Error Solution Finder
- by Dru
Any automated syslog solution finding frameworks? I want my central syslog server to email a list of problems, their severity and suggested solutions.
There have been several questions about centralising system logs and alternative log analysis systems, but I don't get the impression that any of them help with issue resolution.
A little background:
At work I am now literally doing the work of two people, and both jobs have expanded beyond their initial frameworks. It is not so bad as I have helpers, but they are little more than smart monkeys. While one of my predecessors [I have two, that is how I know I have the jobs of two people] set-up logwatch to email its results out, my monkeys don't have the skills necessary to identify unimportant data. This has caused all of them, and myself sadly, to setup email filters and ignore the whole thing until something goes "bang".
It would be handy to have someone else tell them what is important, what is connected, and to suggest a few ways to resolve the issue (I could train then to research the solution first, ha!).
My reading of the Splunk and Octopussy sites indicates that I still need to bring my own highly trained monkey to the party. Which I am several years from having.
