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ACE,package,andinstanceUIDsandpolicyversionprovidecoordinatesofthelogeventinthespaceofACE
Serverobjects.Theyhelplinktheeventwiththestateofthesystem.Byusingdatabasequerytools,youcan
findallACEadministrationeventsthataffectedaparticularACEinstancefrom
itscreationuntilitsdeletion.
Notallcoordinatesarepresentforallevents.Forexample,ifapackageexpirationdateupdateislogged,the
instanceUIDfieldisnotset,becauseallinstanceswithinthepackageareaffected.
Ifimmutabledataisstoredpermanentlyelsewhereinthedatabase,itis
notduplicatedinthelogentry.For
example,whenanewpolicyispublished,thecompletepolicytextisnotincludedinthelogentry.Instead,its
versionnumberisreferenced,sothatthecompletedataoftheeventcanbereconstructedfromPolicyDb_
RuntimePolicyandPolicyDb_Accesstablesifnecessary.
The
eventtypecodeisassociatedwithalookuptablePolicyDb_EventType,whichcontainsatextmessage
templateforeachtypeofevent,category,andlogleveloftheevent.Themessagecancontain%sparameter
placeholders,inwhichcasetheMessageParametersfieldinthelogentrycontainsatabdelimited
listof
valuesfortheseparameters.Forexample,aninstanceadministrationeventwithtype=4110hasthefollowing
message:
4110 -> "Instance Set Guest Info requested, IP address = %s, MAC address %s, configuration
message \"%s\", machine name \"%s\", configuration status %s"
Inthisexample,theMessageParametersfieldshows:
10.17.0.3 00:0C:29:1A:2B:3C OK ACETest 0
Theresultingparametersreplacethe%splaceholdersinthemessagetemplate.
Loginusername
AffectedACEUID(FK)
AffectedpackageUID(FK)
AffectedinstanceUID(FK)
AffectedPolicySetVersion
Eventcategory Auth,AceAdmin,PkgAdmin,PolicyAdmin,
InstAdmin
Eventtypecode(FK) ReferencesPolicyDb_EventTypetable
SessionID Debug
IncomingIPaddress Reservedforfutureuse
ServerIPAddress Reservedforfutureuse
Operationturnaroundtime Timespentinserver
inms
Operationhandlername(debug)
Returncodetext Success,failure,specificerror
Messageparameters Tabseparatedlist
PreviouseventUUIDtoprevent
unauthorizedrecorddeletionorinsertion
Logintegrity
Eventrecordhashwithaserverkeytoreveal
modificationoftherecord
Logintegrity
NOTEACEManagementServerdoesnotlogsensitivedatalikepasswordsorencryptionkeys.
Table A-1. Log Entry Data (Continued)
Data Description