Well, recently, we’ve been testing a tool known as SnakeTail, and so far, it seems to work quite well. It is a Windows tail utility for monitoring growing text log files.

The good thing about log files is that you can easily create gigabytes of data just by configuring log files to collect said data. The problem is that finding specific information and pertinent ...

ManageEngine, an IT management tools provider, is shipping a new version of its flagship network monitoring software, OpManager. OpManager 9.2 adds features and functionality, including agent-based ...

Spoiler alert, it’s the latter. The tool in question is called tail. With tail, you can view a Linux log file as the system writes to it in real time.

If you’re a systems administrator, you know the importance of log files. Without those crucial bits of saved information, you might not know where to start troubleshooting issues on your servers.

Log file monitoring is problematic in version 1.8 (and maybe will be better in 2.0). There are two issues we've encountered: 1.) ...