Import BIOS events into Windows event log?

[djheater]

Can someone quickly tell me if this is feasible?

 

[Markbnj]

What do you mean by BIOS events? Irregular stuff that happens at the hardware or BIOS level while Windows is running will almost always result in something that Windows would capture in its event log. Events that occur during POST prior to booting Windows are typically just written to the console (if you can call it that during POST).

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Markbnj
What do you mean by BIOS events? Irregular stuff that happens at the hardware or BIOS level while Windows is running will almost always result in something that Windows would capture in its event log. Events that occur during POST prior to booting Windows are typically just written to the console (if you can call it that during POST).

I want to be able to capture those post events to the Windows event log under server 2003.

So if there is a cpu fan error, or RAM error, I want it to show up in the event log where I am actively looking for errors.

 

[jlbenedict]

Most likely going to be the use of motherboard/bios specific monitoring software..

Though, I'm not aware of any that writes to Windows Event logs

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
Most likely going to be the use of motherboard/bios specific monitoring software..

Though, I'm not aware of any that writes to Windows Event logs

Right.

It's specifically for an IBM x series machine.
IBM does have a server client sofware product called IBM director, the "Director Agent" client portion collects data from the x series bios and the server software allows you to collect it and write it out\parse it.

I'm trying to find something that will serve for stand alone installations where I can pull a log back at a scheduled connection from the OS.

 

[Nothinman]

Then you need to find out if that director software has an SDK or some tool to pull the events out so you can process them yourself.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Then you need to find out if that director software has an SDK or some tool to pull the events out so you can process them yourself.

Indeed. The first two agents I talked to couldn't tell me, they messaged a developer who wil get back to me (that's after I posted, btw).

I'm not so much seeking support here for that specific issue, as asking if other people have a way they are doing it.

A simplified question would be "How do you manage BIOS errors in remote stand alone installations"?

 

[Nothinman]

You're talking about non-standard IBM hardware though, if they're using IPMI you might be able to use something like ipmitool to get the data out of the firmware but if not you'll be stuck using whatever they provide.