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Viewing the Audit Log

Viewing the Audit Log

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) logs all

tasks

performed by all HP SIM

users

on all

systems

. The

information is stored in the Audit Log file on the

Central Management Server

(CMS).

NOTE:

You must be signed in as root or administrator (or any user with

full configuration rights

) to read

the Audit Log file directly.

To view the HP SIM Audit Log for information recorded in the CMS:

1.

Select Tasks & Logs

View HP SIM Audit Log. The Audit Log page appears.

2.

Select the log entries you want to view by selecting one of the following options:

most recent 40 entries

. Select this to view a selectable number of the most recent log entries.

The default is set to view the 40 most recent log entries.

from entry " " to entry " "

. Select this option to view an indexed range of log entries.

3.

Click View Now. The requested log entries appear.

Log content

The HP SIM Audit Log contains the following information in the order listed, and the log entry key

@!@

precedes all other fields in an audit log entry.

Time stamp date, time, and time zone

Category

Result

Action

Object type

Object type descriptor

Level

Session user login string

(Optional) Session ID

(Optional) Transaction ID

(Optional) Session user full user name

These fields are displayed in one line. If messages or additional information about a log entry is present, it
appears in the next line.

Example of an HP SIM Audit Log:

@!@,2006-07-11 18:21:50 MDT,CONFIG,SUCCESS,ADD,TASK,Default Automatic

Discovery,SUMMARY,mxadmin,0,11,

@!@,2006-07-11 18:22:06 MDT,CONFIG,SUCCESS,MODIFY,TASK,Initial Hardware Status

Polling,SUMMARY,mxadmin,0,12,

@!@,2006-07-11 18:51:01

MDT,CONFIG,SUCCESS,ADD,AUTHORI,MX_AUTH,SUMMARY,jsmith,590,1186800129,

John Smith Added authorization for user djones with a toolbox of

Monitor Tools

for All Managed Systems.

@!@,2006-02-23 13:15:43 CST, CONFIG, SUCCESS, ADD, AUTHORIZATION, NODE_GROUP,

SUMMARY, VIVO\djones, 6866, 351185188, Added automatically updating

authorization for user VIVO\djones with a toolbox of Monitor Tools for All

Storage Systems 001.

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