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Chapter 8 Managing Security
How Do I Manage the Audit Log?
8.4.1 Viewing the Audit Log
To view the Audit Log, choose Administration > Audit Log in the Domain Explorer window.
Table 8-19 describes the fields in the Audit Log.
8.4.2 Filtering Audit Log Data
Use the Audit Log Filter dialog box to filter data according to criteria that you select and to display the
results in the Audit Log table. To access the Audit Log Filter dialog box, in the Cisco MGM Audit Log
window, choose File > Filter. Table 8-20 describes the fields in the filter dialog box.
Table 8-19 Field Descriptions for the Audit Log
Field Description
Source ID Source of the event. Events performed by the Cisco MGM server show Cisco
MGM as the source ID.
Username Name of the user performing the logged event. Events performed by the Cisco
MGM server are logged under the username Internal.
Service Name of the service that generated the audit log entry.
Cisco MGM Time
Stamp (time zone)
Date and time when the event occurred on the Cisco MGM server.
Category Name of the category in which the event occurred. Events belong to one of the
following categories: Cisco MGM server administration, Cisco MGM server
connectivity, Cisco MGM server security, Cisco MGM server topology, Cisco
MGM server network, or NE provisioning.
Message Description of the significant event that occurred.
Table 8-20 Field Descriptions for the Audit Log Filter Dialog Box
Tab Description
Time Stamp
(time zone)
Filter audit log data for a specified time period, ranging from the past hour to the
past 6 months. You can click the User Specified radio button to specify an exact
filter starting and ending time by month, day, year, and hour. The time zone can be
GMT, a user-defined offset from GMT, or local time, depending on what is
specified in the User Preferences dialog box. If you want to filter audit log data and
the time period is not important, click No Time Specified.
Source ID Move NEs back and forth between the list of available NEs and selected NEs and
then run the filter.
Category Filter audit log data by task.
Username Move users back and forth between the list of available users and selected users
and then run the filter. Events performed by the Cisco MGM server are logged
under the username Internal.
Service Move services back and forth between the list of available services and selected
services and then run the filter.