Change Auditor 7.1.1 - Release Notes

Outlook “Show New Mail Desktop Alert” triggers the “Message Read by Owner” event: When this option is enabled, new email that arrives flashes a semi-transparent “alert” near the desktop system tray. Change Auditor captures a Message Read by Owner event when this occurs. The new email alert window opens each new email message as it arrives to build the alert. Note: The “Message Read by Owner” event is disabled by default in Audit Event configuration.

Microsoft Outlook/Exchange add-Ins: Change Auditor may be incompatible with Microsoft Outlook or Exchange “add-ins” (commercial or custom) that interact with Exchange Servers. While Quest makes every effort to ensure proper functionality and performance, we are unable to validate against the many add-ins available for Microsoft Outlook or Exchange Server.

“By Owner” auditing feature: Selecting ‘By Owner’ auditing for many mailboxes can produce many events. This adversely affects Change Auditor auditing and in severe cases the performance of the Exchange Server itself. In extreme cases, Outlook connections may be slowed or dropped. Select owner auditing for at most only a few critical mailboxes.

Auditing mailboxes with many delegates: Auditing normal mailboxes where access permission is granted to many delegates (more than 10), can produce large numbers of non-owner events. This will adversely affect Change Auditor auditing and in severe cases, the performance of the Exchange Server itself. If these mailboxes need to be audited, add them to the Shared Mailbox list (User Defined tab) to reduce unwanted non-owner events and to improve performance.

SMTP alert notifications on owner mailbox “event storm”: It is highly recommended that mailboxes configured to receive SMTP alerts are excluded from auditing “by Owner” events. An “event storm” could occur when a new SMTP alert is received on an audited mailbox by owner, generating a never-ending cycle of “Inbox opened by owner” and “Message read by owner” events.

Upgrading agents on high volume Exchange Servers: It is critical that agent upgrades be scheduled for maintenance intervals or other periods of low user mailbox activity for any configuration of Exchange Server. Change Auditor for Exchange agent upgrades should not be attempted on an active Exchange Server cluster node in any case.

Control Stations: The Control Station is a dedicated management computer that monitors and controls cabinet components and allows access to the full functionality of the Celerra or VNX Network Server software. It contains utilities for installing and configuring the Celerra or VNX Network Server, maintaining the system, and monitoring system performance. The Control Station runs a set of programs that are collectively referred to as the Control Station software. The Control Station itself uses an EMC-customized version of Linux as its operating system.

Data Movers: Data Movers are the Celerra or VNX components that transfer data between the storage system and the network client. Data Movers are managed by using a Control Station. By default, Data Movers are named server_n, where n is the slot number of the Data Mover. For example, server_2 is the Data Mover in slot 2.