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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Viewing the Audit Log

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Events
»Examples of Event Tasks
»Status Polling
»WMI Mapper Proxy
»Protocols
»Data Collection
»System Properties
»Version Control Repository
»PMP Administrative Options
»Setting Up Managed Systems
»Managing SSH Keys
»Backing Up and Restoring the Database
»Configuring SSH Bypass Properties
»Audit Log
Viewing the Audit Log
»Configuring the Audit Log File
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Log Content
» Related Topic

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).

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 & LogsView 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

  • Session ID (optional)

  • Transaction ID (optional)

  • Session user full user name (optional)

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 HP SIM Audit Log:

@!@,2003-07-11 18:21:50 MDT,CONFIG,SUCCESS,ADD,TASK,Default Automatic Discovery,SUMMARY,mxadmin,0,11,

@!@,2003-07-11 18:22:06 MDT,CONFIG,SUCCESS,MODIFY,TASK,Initial Hardware Status Polling,SUMMARY,mxadmin,0,12,

@!@,2003-07-11 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.

@!@,2003-07-11 18:53:08 MDT,CONFIG,SUCCESS,MODIFY,TASK,Hardware Status Polling for Servers,SUMMARY, mxadmin,0,88,

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