Rover Event Logs

Rover is the network status monitor.

Rover maintains logs showing every time it adds or removes a problem from the Rover Display; these are called events. In fact, any change to a problem (e.g. changing the problem's Remarks, sending a page, etc.) are logged as events. You may view the event logs in several ways:

Today's IP Events

Today's events, in chronological order.

Today's IP Events by Host

This contains the same information as the choice above, but allows you to first choose the monitored device in which you are interested. (Only those devices that had Rover events are listed.) Today's events for that device are displayed in chronological order.

This Year's IP Events

Events for the past year, in chronological order.

Interpreting the Logs

Each event appears as a single line in the log, showing the date and time, the Event Type, the device's name, network address, and the test.

Event Types include:

ADDING

The device has stopped responding to the test, so it was added to the Rover Display.

DELETING

The device has resumed responding to the test, so it was deleted from the Rover Display. The number of minutes the device was in the Rover Display is appended.

Operator Update

An OIT staff member has updated the Rover Display, adding or changing a Remark for the problem.

DELETED BY OPERATOR

An OIT staff member has deleted the problem from the Rover Display. (This is usually because the device is no longer being monitored.) The previous Remark (if any) appears.