Ebook: Microsoft Log Parser Toolkit

Log files—records of events that have occurred in a system often contain information deemed crucial to a business. However, most times log files can be so large that it becomes almost impos-sible to extract useful data or find meaningful patterns in the amount of information that they provide. The Log Parser tool allows users to treat log files and other information as SQL tables, the rows of which can be queried, processed, and formatted in different ways. The power of the SQL language, together with the variety of data that can be processed by Log Parser, make it possible to extract specific information, calculate statistics, and generate reports from large amounts of data.

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Written by Microsoft's Log Parser developer, this is the first book available on Microsoft's popular yet undocumented log parser tool. The book and companion Web site contain hundreds of customized, working scripts and templates that system administrators will find invaluable for analyzing the log files from Windows Server, Snort IDS, ISA Server, IIS Server, Exchange Server, and other products.