The event log file is full.
This rule generates an alert whenever an event log becomes full. Once an event log becomes full, new event instances are discarded. As a result, critical information is not collected and the system’s health-related issues may go undetected.
The event log has reached capacity. The most-likely cause for this is that the log is configured with one of the following log size configurations:
Overwrite events older than “N” days
Do not overwrite events (Clear log manually)
To resolve this Alert, perform the following procedures:
Save Log File and Clear
Open Event Viewer.
Right-click the appropriate event log and click Properties.
Click the Clear Log button.
If appropriate, save the log file.
Update log file configuration
Open Event Viewer.
Right-click the appropriate event log and click Properties.
Click Overwrite as needed or Overwrite events older than N days. In cases where “Overwrite events older than N days” is clicked, you must adjust the days value so that grooming of the events can keep up with, or exceed, the addition of new events to the log.
Sample Event:
This rule will generate an alert when any of the following events occur in the System Event Log:
The %1 log file is full.
Source: Eventlog; Event ID: 6000 The %1 log file is full.
Target | Microsoft.Windows.Client.Win7.OperatingSystem |
Category | EventCollection |
Enabled | False |
Alert Generate | False |
Remotable | True |
Event Log | System |
ID | Module Type | TypeId | RunAs |
---|---|---|---|
EventDS | DataSource | Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider | Default |
WriteToDB | WriteAction | Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent | Default |
WriteToDW | WriteAction | Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData | Default |
<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.Client.Win7.OperatingSystem.EventLogFull.Alert" Enabled="false" Target="Win7!Microsoft.Windows.Client.Win7.OperatingSystem" DiscardLevel="100" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
<Category>EventCollection</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="EventDS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">
<ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
<LogName>System</LogName>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<Or>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>EventSourceName</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>Eventlog</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>EventSourceName</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</Or>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>6000</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</Expression>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>
<WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData"/>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>