User`s guide

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Monitoring the System
Viewing, Archiving, and Deleting History Files
The System / User History page allows you to view, archive and delete history files.
Viewing a System / User History or Archive
To view a history or archive:
1. From the PAM Tree pane, click History Manager → System / User.
2. Select the required History or Archive from the list.
3. Click View to open the System / User History or Archive page.
Manually Archiving a History File
In general, history files are automatically archived at regular periods. However, you can
choose to manually archive a history file at any time, if required.
To manually archive a history file:
1. From the System or User History page, select the required history file.
2. Click Archive or click Archive all to archive all history files. The Make archive dialog
box opens.
3. Click OK to confirm.
Once a history file has been archived it can be viewed by clicking View.
Manually Deleting a History Archive File
In general, history archive files are automatically deleted at regular periods. However, you
can choose to manually archive a history archive file at any time, if required.
To manually delete a history archive file:
1. From the System or User History page, select the required history archive file.
2. Click Delete to delete the selected archive file. The Delete archive dialog box opens.
3. Click OK to confirm.
Note:
For further details about archives, see Creating a User History, on page 5-33 and Editing
History Parameters, on page 5-34.
Important:
If a message is marked with the WARNING or ERROR symbol, see What to Do if an
Incident Occurs, on page 4-25.
Viewing E–mailed Event Messages
These messages contain the same information as those available to connected users, but
do not contain the corresponding help file. See Figure 53. Display Events page, on page
4-21.