Introduction

The LogForwarder Tool (LogForwarder.exe) is the next generation of the DataExportTool and sends several types of product logs from the Control Manager database to the syslog server in the following formats:

Common Event Format (CEF)
Control Manager log format

Important:

Trend Micro Control Manager 7.0 discontinues support for the DataExport Tool.

Administrators should use the new LogForwarder Tool (LogForwarder.exe).
The LogForwarder Tool only supports UDP protocol.

The LogForwarder Tool supports new log types including Network Content Inspection logs, Suspicious File logs, and C&C Callback logs. Administrators can also configure this tool to run in the background processes of the Control Manager server.

Table 1. Supported Log Type Formats
Log Types	CEF Log Format Support	Control Manager Log Format Support
Behavior Monitoring	Yes	Yes
C&C Callback	Yes	No
Data Loss Prevention	Yes	Yes
Device Access Control	Yes	Yes
Engine Update Status	Yes	Yes
Suspicious File	Yes	No
Network Content Inspection	Yes	No
Virus/Malware	Yes	No
Pattern Update Status	Yes	Yes
Content Security	Yes	No
Spyware/Grayware	Yes	No
Web Security	Yes	No
Predictive Machine Learning	Yes	No