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About export .evt file format

christantoy
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Gooday Splunkers!!!

Can you give me tips on how i can upload a .evt file to splunk?

Because i have a xxxx.evt here and how i can add as a data to splunk? and convert it as csv file.

i been reading this

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0/Data/Monitorwindowsdata

and it did not resolve mu issue

Thanks and Regards
Cris

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Usually you don't read directly the WindowsEventLogs, and use the special inputs that calls the windows system API.

However if you have evt files exported (not locked or touched by windows), you can to monitor them as regular files :

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