Check Windows event log for backup events

[bmekler]

I want to monitor the state of backups performed by Vembu StoreGrid clients. Backup jobs can write events into Windows event log, where event ID for a successful job is 103, and event text looks like this:

jobname@clientID: Backup completed successfully.

Or:

jobname@clientid: No new/modified files for backup

Or, with event ID 102:

jobname@clientid: Backup Completed Partially(File(s) Skipped).

Looking through these forums, I found a solution where I check for event IDs 102 and 103 with job name in description, then set it to reverse alert. However, if either HostMonitor or RMA restarts between the event generation and the test, it does not detect the event as "new", and raises an alert.

Is there a way to set HostMonitor to search for specific events in a specific time period, for example 24 hours, and only raise alerts if they're not detected in that time period? I tried creating a custom view filtered by last 24 hours, but HostMonitor does not seem to be aware of custom views, even in Vista+ mode.[/url]

[KS-Soft Europe]

[bmekler]

That's too bad. I ended up solving it via a PowerShell script.