HP Servicecontrol Manager 3.0 User's Guide

HP Servicecontrol Manager Introduction
Information Storage
Chapter 1
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Information Storage
SCM uses an audit log and a database repository to track activity and store your
management domain information.
SCM Audit Log
SCM logs all tasks performed by all SCM users on all nodes. The information is stored in
the audit log on the CMS. Each managed node that has the DTF agent running also
keeps a separate audit log that contains just the tasks performed on that node. The
complete SCM audit log on the CMS and the audit log for the individual managed nodes
are both located at: /var/opt/mx/logs/mx.log.
SCM logs all tasks with the following information:
•time stamp
•SCM user name
• nodes
•event
• tool result
By default, the stdout and stderr of command execution is logged (verbose level) for all
nodes. Commands like bdf or ls frequently have large and time sensitive output.
Therefore, the XML tool definition file provides options for logging or not logging the
command output. In addition, other aspects of the audit log, such as maximum file size,
can be configured in the log.properties file.
More information about configuring and maintaining the audit log is available in the
SCM online help.
Database Repository
SCM uses a repository database to store vital management domain information. The
repository contains information about:
• authorizations
• nodes
• node group definitions
•users
• passwords
• role definitions
• tool definitions
Database Software
SCM uses MySQL for the database. MySQL is an open source relational SQL database
developed by MySQL AB. Information about MySQL and MySQL AB is available at
http://www.mysql.com.
More information about backing up and restoring the SCM repository is available in the
SCM online help.