HP StorageWorks Audit Log reference guide (5697-5923, June 2006)

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3. Change to Modify mode.
4. Click the Syslog tab to open the Syslog pane.
5. Set the primary syslog server according to the following procedure:
a. Click Enable for Output to Primary Server.
b. Enter the IP address and the port number for Primary Server Setting.
6. When you want to use the secondary syslog server, set the secondary syslog server according to
the following procedure. When you do not use the secondary syslog server, go on to the step 7:
a. Click Enable for Output to Secondary Server.
b. Enter the IP address and the port number for Secondary Server Setting.
7. Name the disk array and enter the name in Location Identification Name.
8. When you want to transfer the detailed information of the audit log to the syslog server, click
Enable for Output Detailed Information. If you do not, click Disable.
9. Click Apply.
A confirmation message is displayed.
10.Click OK the apply the settings, or click Cancel.
Description of the audit log file
The audit log file includes the following components:
• File type. There are three type of audit log files:
• The login information file (login.log)
• The setting information file (audit.log)
• The syslog information file (syslog.log)
• These files are compressed to the tgz file when they are downloaded. The default file name is
AuditYYYYMMDD.tgz where YYYY represents the year, MM represents month and DD
represents the day that the file was downloaded.
NOTE: Because line feed codes for Windows (CR+LF) are used in the audit log file, some text
editors cannot display the reunified codes accurately.
• File output. The audit log files display the following information:
• Login and logout information
• Basic and detailed information about settings made for each operation, program, or product
• For more information on the format of this output and how to read the audit log file, see Audit
log file format, page 25.
• Maximum line size: 256 bytes
• Maximum number of entries:
• Login information: 10,000 lines of data
• Setting information: 250,000 lines of data
• Login information: 2.5 MB