2.18.9 Conversion of audit trail information (linkage with JP1/Audit Management - Manager)

This subsection describes conversion of audit trail information. To use JP1/Audit Management - Manager (JP1/Audit) to collect and manage the audit trail information about the HADB server, the audit trail information must be converted.

The adbconvertaudittrailfile command can be used to convert the audit trail information in an audit trail file into a common format that can be handled by JP1/Audit. This conversion is called conversion of audit trail information.

The converted audit trail information is output to a file in the directory that is specified when the adbconvertaudittrailfile command is executed (the output-directory for common format audit trails). This file is called a common format audit trail file. JP1/Audit can collect and manage the audit trail information in common format audit trail files.

As explained in 2.18.6 Referencing audit trails, audit trail information is output in binary format to audit trail files. Because JP1/Audit cannot handle audit trail information in this format, it is impossible to collect or manage audit trail information even if the HADB server is linked with JP1/Audit. Therefore, to collect and manage audit trail information by using JP1/Audit, it is necessary to convert the audit trail information by using the adbconvertaudittrailfile command.

Note

If JP1/Audit can collect and manage audit trail information of the HADB server, it becomes possible to centrally manage the audit trail information of HADB and other products.

The following figure shows an overview of conversion of audit trail information.

Figure 2‒67: Overview of conversion of audit trail information

Explanation

To convert audit trail information by using the adbconvertaudittrailfile command, specify an audit trail file that contains audit trail information to be converted and the output-directory for common format audit trails in the command.

The audit trail information converted by the adbconvertaudittrailfile command is output to common format audit trail files that are stored in the output-directory for common format audit trails.

If JP1/Audit is linked with the HADB server, JP1/Audit can collect and manage the converted audit trail information that has been output to common format audit trail files.

For details about how to link the audit trail facility with JP1/Audit, see 12.8 Linkage between the audit trail facility and JP1/Audit Management - Manager.

For details about the adbconvertaudittrailfile command, see adbconvertaudittrailfile (Convert the Audit Trail File) in the manual HADB Command Reference.

Important

Only HADB users having the audit viewer privilege can execute the adbconvertaudittrailfile command.

Note

The output-directory for common format audit trails can contain a maximum of four common format audit trail files. For details, see (1) Environment settings for the HADB server in 12.8.3 Environment settings for linking the audit trail facility with JP1/Audit.

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