The
Enable Alerts options include send notifi cation when signatures update successfully and
send notifi cation if a signature update fails (both are check box options).
Figure 7.20 Alert Confi guration
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Event Logs
Alerts logs and notifi cation logs are the two options available from the Event logs
section of the FSSMC. Event logs can provide deployment, log retrieval, manual scan,
and redistribution information. Monitoring logs is a regular activity of an administrator
to understand the network and step up the security measures on a proactive basis.
Alert Logs
The Alert logs option allows you to generate real time alerts. The information available
includes the host name, the date and time, and a descriptive message. Figure 7.21 shows
an Alert log. You can press the Purge button to purge the logs. On top of the screen
you have the option to choose a particular server or all servers to view Alert logs from.
Figure 7.21 Alert Logs
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Notifi cation Logs
The Notifi cation logs option allows you to generate logs based on the job type, job
name, and host name fi lters. You can generate logs for deployment, general options,
log retrieval, manual scan, and redistribution. Figure 7.22 shows the Notifi cation log
confi guration screen.
Figure 7.22 Notifi cation Logs
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Summary
The FSSMC is a centralized Web-based management tool to manage Forefront Security
servers deployed on the Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint servers.
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