Manage Automatic Log Source Acceptance Rules

 Only Global Admins or Restricted Admins with elevated View and Manage privileges can take this action.

When new Log Message Sources come in to a deployment, they are evaluated against all enabled Log Source Acceptance rules in the order that the rules appear in the Automatic Log Source Acceptance Rule Manager. If a Log Message Source matches one of the enabled rules, it is no longer evaluated against any remaining rules. To ensure that you are applying the right number of rules in the right order, you can enable or disable rules, or change their order of processing (priority).

1. On the main toolbar, click Deployment Manager.

2. On the Tools menu, click Administration, and then click Automatic Log Source Acceptance Rule Manager.

   

   The Entity column in the grid shows the value in the System Monitor Entity field.

3. Do one of the following:
   1. View or Modify Existing Rules

      1. Click an existing rule to select it.

      2. Do one of the following:

         • Double-click the rule.

         • Click the Properties button on the toolbar.

         • Right-click within the rule grid, and then click Properties.

         

         For more information about modifying an existing rule, see Create an IP Range Log Source Acceptance Rule or Create a Pattern Match Log Source Acceptance Rule.

   2. Enable or Disable Rules

      1. Select the Action check box to the left of one or more rules.

      2. Do one of the following:

         • Right-click within the rule grid, click Action, and then click Enable or Disable.

         • Click the Action menu, and then click Enable or Disable.

   3. Delete Rules

      1. Select the Action check box to the left of one or more rules.

      2. Right-click within the rule grid, click Action, and then click Delete.

   4. Change the Priority of Rules

      1. Select the Action check box to the left of one rule.

      2. Click one of the move buttons in the toolbar:

         • MoveTop. Move the selected rule to the top of the list.

         • MoveUp. Move the selected rule up one spot in the list.

         • MoveDown. Move the selected rule down one spot in the list.

         • MoveBottom. Move the selected rule to the bottom of the list.