McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.6.0

Configure event logging settings

Configure settings to log the types of MSME events in the Product Log and Windows Event Viewer.

An event is a possible action that you perform, which is monitored by MSME. Event Logging provides information useful for diagnostics and auditing. The different classes of events are:

Error
Information
Warning

This allows system administrators to more easily obtain information on problems that occur.

Task
1 From the product's user interface, click Settings & Diagnostics | Diagnostics.
The Diagnostics page appears.
2 Click Event Logging tab. You can use:
Option definitions
Option Definition
Product Log To log MSME events in the Product Log. These events can be viewed from Settings & Diagnostics | Product Log | View Results section.
Event Log To log MSME events under Windows Event Viewer.

To find MSME related events in the Windows Event Viewer:

1Go to Event Viewer (Local) | Windows Logs | Application.
2In the Application pane, product related events appear as MSME under the Source column.
Write information events To log events that are categorized as Information.
Write warning events To log events that are categorized as Warning.
Write error events To log events that are categorized as Error.
3 Click Apply to save the settings.