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Change Auditor for Windows File Servers 7.4 - User Guide

Make File System changes and run a report

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NOTE: If you do not refresh the agent’s configuration, the agent will automatically check for a new agent configuration based on the polling interval setting (located on the System Settings tab of the Configuration Setup dialog). The default is every 15 minutes.
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To test file system auditing, make some changes to the Windows® file server being monitored.
For example:
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add a .docx or .txt file
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change the security permissions on a file (right-click file, open the Security tab and add another user with full control)
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delete the .txt file
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add a subfolder
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change the security permission of the new folder
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rename the subfolder
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Select Start | All Programs | Quest | Change Auditor | Change Auditor Client) to review the events generated.
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Open the Searches tab.
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Expand the Shared | Built-in | All Events folder in the left pane.
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Locate and double-click All File System Events in the right pane.
A new Search Results tab is added to the client displaying the Custom File System Monitoring events captured over the last seven days.
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Select an event from the Search Results grid to display the event details for the selected event.

Troubleshooting steps

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NOTE: If the Search Properties tabs are displayed across the bottom of the Search Results page, double-click an event to display the event details for the selected event.

If the Windows file server events do not appear as expected, check the following:

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Verify that the File System Auditing template is assigned to the agent configuration for your agents.
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Refresh the specified agent configurations on the Agent Configuration page to ensure the latest File System Auditing template is being used.
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Verify that you have selected those types of events in the File System Auditing template. (Events tab in the wizard.)
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Verify that you have included the correct subfolders and files in the File System Auditing template. (Inclusions tab in the wizard.)
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NOTE: Entering * will include all subfolders and paths.
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Verify that you have not excluded the specified subfolders or files in the File System Auditing template. (Exclusions tab in the wizard.)
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Verify that you have not excluded the process making the file changes in the File System Auditing template. (Last page in the wizard.)

File System Auditing

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Introduction
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File System Auditing page
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File System Auditing templates
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File System Auditing wizard
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File System Event settings
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File System event logging

Introduction

To capture Windows file server events, you must define the files/folders to be audited and the events to be captured:

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Create a File System Auditing template which specifies the files/folders and events to be audited.
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Add this template to an agent configuration.
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Assign the agent configuration to agents.
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TIP: Quest recommends a phased approach to setting up file/folder auditing for all servers. A phased approach will allow file/folder auditing to be deployed in stages so that the coordinator performance is not degraded.
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NOTE: Windows File System auditing is supported in a Windows failover cluster configuration. However, the agent is not aware of the cluster and will only audit the active nodes in the cluster where agents are deployed.

 

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