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About events and event logs
Events are the informative, notable, and critical activities that concern Symantec
Protection Center and your client computers. The client computers send the events
to the server. The server stores the events in logs. The console lets you view details
of the event logs.
The Monitors page displays the events that were reported to Symantec Protection
Center from your entire managed client computer deployment.
The event logs supplement the information is that is contained in the reports.
Viewing the Computer Status Log
The Computer Status Log contains the events that concern the real-time
operational status of your computers.
You can use the Computer Status Log to answer the following questions about
your computers:
■ Which protection technologies are enabled?
■ Which Symantec virus definition version is installed?
■ What was the last scan date?
■ What was the last checkin date?
See “Restarting client computers” on page 153.
To view the Computer Status Log
1
In the console, click Monitors.
2
On the Monitors page, on the Logs tab, in the Log type box, select Computer
Status.
3
Click View Log.
Viewing the Network Threat Protection Log
The Network Threat Protection Log contains the events that concern firewall
traffic and intrusion prevention attacks.
To view the Network Threat Protection Log for the firewall traffic
1
In the console, click Monitors.
2
On the Monitors page, on the Logs tab, in the Log type box, select Network
Threat Protection.
Monitoring endpoint protection
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