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Chapter 15: Network/OS/Server AdministrationOther TasksA hardware or system monitor paging system generates alert messages (including e-mail)and pages based on your predefined parameters. Depending on the software, the followingcan be monitored: Hardware items (such as servers, routers, and printers) Logs (such as operating system, applications, and database)By monitoring the NT event logs, you can monitor events from the SAP system log. Thisway, critical events such as an Update Terminate can be detected and acted on as soon asthey happen.The following screen is courtesy of TNT Software.The screenshot above shows that the monitor has three functional windows: Notification RulesThis mechanism passes or filters events, and determines what action will be taken on theevents that are passed. EventsThese are the events that have been passed to the monitor program. (They got throughthe filters in Notification Rules.) Monitored deviceSystem Adminstration Made Easy15–15