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Change Auditor 7.1 - User Guide

Change Auditor Overview Agent Deployment Change Auditor Client Overview Overview Page Searches Search Results and Event Details Custom Searches and Search Properties Enable Alert Notifications Administration Tasks Agent Configurations Coordinator Configuration Purging and Archiving your Change Auditor Database Disable Private Alerts and Reports Generate and Schedule Reports SQL Reporting Services Configuration Change Auditor User Interface Authorization Client Authentication Integrating with On Demand Audit Enable/Disable Event Auditing Account Exclusion Registry Auditing Service Auditing Agent Statistics and Logs Coordinator Statistics and Logs Change Auditor Commands Change Auditor Email Tags

Agent Log page

A new log page is created whenever the View Agent Log command is selected and displays the event details recorded in the trace log for the selected agent.

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IMPORTANT: For workstation log management (such as Get Logs or View Agent Log), the following must be enabled on the workstation:
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) must be enabled in the firewall rule set (usually domain) on the workstation
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Network Discovery and File Sharing must be enabled
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Remote Registry Service must be set to ‘Start Automatically’. By default, this service is stopped and set to ‘Manual’ for Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 10.

The data grid and event details pane on this page contains the following information for each log entry. The default column in the table below identifies the fields that are displayed in the data grid by default. To display different fields, click the Field Chooser button located to the far left of the column headings.

 
Table 10. Agent Log page: Field descriptions
Column
Default
Description

File

No

Specifies the name of the source file that logged the message.

Function

No

Displays the name of the function that logged the message.

ID

No

Displays the event ID used to identify the event.

Level

Yes

Indicates the severity of the event message:

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Info - ‘For your information’; does not require attention
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Error - events that indicate a problem has occurred; requires attention
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Warning - events that warn of potential problems; does not require immediate attention

Line

No

Specifies the line within the source file that logged the message.

Logger

No

Specifies the logger used to log events.

Message

Yes

Displays the event message that was posted to the log.

Thread

No

Specifies the thread within the source file that logged the message.

Timestamp

Yes

Displays the date and time when the entry was posted to the log.

NOTE: Based on the client’s current local date and time. The format used to display this date and time is determined by the local machine’s regional and language setting.

Use the tool bar buttons at the top of the log page to scroll through the log and search for log entries.

 
Table 11. Agent Log page: Tool bar buttons

Refresh

Use to refresh and reload the log entries from the source file.

NOTE: Not available when the log page is launched using the View Agent Log command.

Copy

Use to copy the selected content to the clip board. Use with the Select All button to copy and paste the contents of the entire log into another application.

Select All

Use to select the entire contents of the log. Use with the Copy button to copy and paste the contents of the log into another application.

Find:

Enter a specific string of characters or word to be located in the log and use the Find button to locate the text.

Show Matched Entries Only (Ctrl+M)

Use to display only the entries that match the word/string of characters entered in the search text.

Match Case

Use to locate entries that match the case as it was entered in the search text.

Previous

Use to move to the previous entry that contains the search text.

Next

Use to move to the next entry that contains the search text.

Print

Use one of the Print options to print or save the contents of the log.

View and save agent trace logs

To view Change Auditor logs (Statistics page):
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Open the Statistics page and select Logs | Open Log.
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On the Open Log File dialog, use the controls at the top of the dialog to locate the Change Auditor log to view. Select the log file and click Open.
This opens a new page in the client which displays the log entries for the selected log.
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Whenever an entry is highlighted in the top pane, the corresponding details are displayed in the Event Details pane across the bottom of the screen.
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Use the tool bar buttons to search the log for a specific entry, to copy and paste the contents of this log for use in another application, and print or save the contents of this log.
To save Change Auditor logs to a specific location (Agent Statistics page):
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Open the Agent Statistics page.
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Select one or more agents from the list and select Logs | Get All Logs.
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On the Browse for Folder dialog, select the location to save the logs for the selected agents. Click OK to save your selection.
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NOTE: If necessary, select Make New Folder to create a new folder for these logs.
To view Agent logs (Agent Statistics page):
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Open the Agent Statistics page.
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Select one or more agents from the list and select Logs | View Agent Log.
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This opens a new page in the client which displays the selected agent’s log (ChangeAuditor.AgentLog.nptlog). If multiple agents are selected, multiple log pages are created.
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Whenever an entry is highlighted in the top pane, the corresponding details are displayed in the Event Details pane across the bottom of the screen.
In addition, when an error is highlighted in the top pane and there is a call stack available for that error, an Exception pane will also be displayed.
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Use the tool bar buttons to search the log for a specific entry, to copy and paste the contents of this log for use in another application, and to print or save the contents of this log.
To view Agent logs (agent system tray icon):
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NOTE: The agent system tray icon is only available for server agents.
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On the server where the agent is installed, right-click the agent system tray icon and select View Agent Logs.
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This opens the log viewer allowing you to review the events recorded in the selected agent’s log (ChangeAuditor.AgentLog.nptlog).

Coordinator Statistics and Logs

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Introduction
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Coordinator Statistics page
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Coordinator system tray icon
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View coordinator status and statistics
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Manage Change Auditor coordinators
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Coordinator Log page
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View and save coordinator trace logs

Introduction

In addition to the overview information provided in the Coordinator Status pane on the Overview page, you can obtain coordinator status and statistics through the following options:

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The Coordinator Statistics page which provides a global view of all installed coordinators, including the current status and other usage statistics for each coordinator.
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The Change Auditor Coordinator Status dialog, which is accessed using the coordinator system tray icon, provides the status and usage statistics for a single coordinator.

You can also view or retrieve coordinator trace logs from the Coordinator Statistics page or by using the coordinator system tray icon.

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