MQSeries.net :: View topic - Request For Enhancement-LogTarget IP Address Filter

PeterPotkay · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:13 am Post subject:

Headline:
Log Target IP Address Filter - Allow Subscription AND Suppression Filters

Description:
This Request For Enhancement is to update the IP Filter tab on a Log Target in DataPower to allow us to subscribe or suppress specific IP addresses from being included in that particular Log Target. Today we can only create an IP address filter to allow only those log messages from specific IP addresses to be written to this log target. This is not adequate, we need to be able to exclude specific IP addresses.

Use case:
We have multiple DataPower appliances hosting the same service, and an IP Load Balancer is sending traffic to the appliances. The IP Load Balancer is constantly probing the port to make sure its available, and as a result the DataPower logs fill with useless noise. If we suppress that particular message, we might lose legitimate error log entries for things not related to the IP Load Balancer probing. We want to be able to suppress just the few IP addresses of the IP Load Balancers in our Log Target.

Link to vote if you think its a good idea:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=64904
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