[Info-vax] Sending events via email

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/23/2019 11:17 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> pcoviello at gmail.com <pcoviello at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've done a search for this topic and only one came close.
>> I did not see anything in there that would apply today, I even went through the
>> Freeware list.  does anyone know of anything that will look through log files
>> and email out findings?
>>
>> security and any other abnormalities would be on the list.
> 
> When I was in an environment like this, I had a short 5-line DCL script that
> would send log files over to a linux host where the Splunk forwarder was
> rigged to pick them up, then we just used Splunk for log analysis and reporting
> like all the other systems.

I think a lot depends on what types of log files.

If it is standard log files like web access log, then there
are plenty of tools that can process them.

If it is something more VMS specific it may be a lot harder to
find a ready to use tool. A generic tool with ability to use
custom plugins may still be better than from scratch.

Arne