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Change Auditor 7.3 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Change Auditor Overview

Available Change Auditor auditing modules

Agent Deployment

Deployment page Deploy agents Change the agent installation location and system tray option Enable auto deployment Refresh or clear Deployment page information

Change Auditor Client Overview

Starting the Change Auditor client Accessing Change Auditor news and updates Managing connection profiles

Connection wizard

Client components Customize table content

Sort data Resize or move columns Add or remove columns Group data

Using custom filters

Directory object picker

Overview My Favorite Search Define a favorite search Overview panes

Top Agent Activity Recent Event Activity Count of Events By Agent Status Coordinator Status

Event Details pane

Introduction Searches page

Explorer view Searches list Search Properties tabs

View a list of available searches Run searches Run a quick search

Search Results and Event Details

Introduction Search Results page

Search Results grid Search Properties tabs Event Details pane

View search results

Display results in different formats

Preview search results Compare results side-by-side View event details or search properties Copy event details Email event details Add comments View user context and run related searches Protect critical objects, mailboxes, files and folders Add search properties to existing event queries

Custom Searches and Search Properties

Introduction Create a custom search Search Properties tabs

Info tab Who tab What tab Where tab When tab Origin tab Alert tab Report tab Layout tab SQL tab XML tab

Enable Alert Notifications

Introduction Alert tab (Search Properties tabs) Enable alerts Disable alerts Alert History page View alert history View event details or alert properties

Administration Tasks

Administration Tasks tab Administration Task lists Export/import Administration Task settings

Agent Configurations

Introduction Agent Configuration page Define agent configurations Assign agent configurations to server agents Enable event logging

Coordinator Configuration

Coordinator Configuration page SMTP Configuration Configure email alert notifications/reports Customize alert email content Shared Folder Configuration Group Membership Expansion Add groups to Group Membership Expansion list Agent Heartbeat Check Disconnect client after 30 minutes of inactivity Scheduled Task Handling

Purging and Archiving your Change Auditor Database

Introduction Planning your jobs Purge and Archive page Create and maintain jobs Purge and Archive wizard Purge selected records

Disable Private Alerts and Reports

Introduction Private Alerts and Reports page Disable private alerts and reports

Generate and Schedule Reports

Schedule reports for distribution

Create global report template Define report content and layout Enable and schedule reporting

Launch Report Designer Publish reports Print or save a page's contents

SQL Reporting Services Configuration

Introduction SQL Reporting Services Page SQL Reporting Services Templates SQL Reporting Services Wizard

Change Auditor User Interface Authorization

Introduction Application User Interface Authorization page Add task definition Add role definition Add application group Remove a task definition

Client Authentication

Introduction Client Authentication Page

Changing authentication methods

Certificate authentication for client coordinator communication

Installation settings Deployment Coordinator configuration Windows client configuration

Integrating with On Demand Audit

Managing a Quest On Demand Audit integration

Creating an On Demand Audit configuration Working with an On Demand Audit configuration

Enable/Disable Event Auditing

Introduction Audit Events page Enable/disable event auditing Modify event's severity level or event class description Define events to be captured based on results View event information

Account Exclusion

Introduction Excluded Accounts Auditing page Excluded Accounts templates Excluded Accounts wizard

Registry Auditing

Introduction Registry Auditing page Registry Auditing templates Registry Auditing wizard

Service Auditing

Introduction Services Auditing page Service Auditing templates Service Auditing wizard

Agent Statistics and Logs

Introduction Agent Statistics page

Agent Statistics grid Resource Properties pane

Machine Info page Processors page Drives page Shares page Services page Exchange Mailboxes page

Agent system tray icon

Change Auditor Agent Status dialog

View agent status/statistics Manage Change Auditor agents Agent Log page View and save agent trace logs

Coordinator Statistics and Logs

Introduction Coordinator Statistics page Coordinator system tray icon

Change Auditor Coordinator Status dialog Coordinator Configuration tool

View coordinator status and statistics Manage Change Auditor coordinators Coordinator Log page View and save coordinator trace logs

Change Auditor Commands

Menu commands Tool bar buttons Right-click commands

Change Auditor Email Tags

Agent Heartbeat Check

Agent Heartbeat Check

The bottom pane on the Coordinator Configuration pane allows you to define how long the coordinator service will wait before an active agent that is not sending updates will be marked as ‘inactive’.

Use the following options to define the Agent heartbeat check settings:

Table 3. Coordinator Configuration page: Agent heartbeat check options
Options	Description
Agent goes offline after being inactive for nn minutes	By default, the coordinator service will mark an agent as ‘inactive’ when it has not received any updates from the agent for 30 minutes. Use this setting to specify the period of time an agent must be inactive before the coordinator service marks it as ‘inactive’. Valid range: 5 - 14400
Coordinator should try to restart agent service if an agent goes offline	Select this if you want to have the coordinator service try to restart an agent service before it marks it as inactive.

Disconnect client after 30 minutes of inactivity

Disconnect client after 30 minutes of inactivity

Enabling this option makes all client disconnect from the coordinator after 30 minutes of inactivity. If this is not selected, the option to disconnect after 30 minutes of inactivity can be selected by users when they log on to the client.

Scheduled Task Handling

This option allows you to load balance as needed in a a multi-coordinator environment. Specifically, it allows you to specify which coordinators should handle purge, archive, and scheduled reports jobs. This is helpful in situations where some coordinators are busier than others due to closer agent load or they are further removed from the database.

By default, all coordinators are allowed to process scheduled jobs.

To specify coordinators to handle scheduled jobs:

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Click Select allowed coordinators.

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Check the coordinators that you want to used for scheduled jobs. All other coordinators will be blocked from processing these jobs.

Purging and Archiving your Change Auditor Database

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Planning your jobs

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Purge and Archive page

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Create and maintain jobs

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Purge and Archive wizard

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Purge selected records

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