Is anyone using their NetView server as a Cisco Syslog Server.
I have configured my Cisco equipment to send their syslog messages to my NetView server using the standard syslog port 514. I have written a perl script that continuously tails this log and generates SNMP traps for Emergency, Alert and various other messages and key words that appear in the log.

By the way, I have not configured the Cisco equipment to forward Cisco syslog messages as SNMP traps. The trapd log becomes a mess!

I am concerned that this might have been a bad idea.
If both syslogd and trapd are being stormed with thousands of messages (syslog and traps) from hundreds or even thousands of routers and switches, what impact can syslogd have on the NetView application?

Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Don Davis

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