Using JP1/NETM/Audit allows you to collect and centrally manage the system's audit logs^#, and maintain them for an extended period. A graphical user interface is also provided for retrieving and tallying audit logs, and for managing the backup history. Through provisioning of such tools, JP1/NETM/Audit supports evaluation and auditing of internal corporate regulations. By processing the data in the audit trail tables that are output by HiRDB for use by JP1/NETM/Audit, you can link to JP1/NETM/Audit to centrally manage the HiRDB audit trails and other products' audit logs. To process HiRDB's audit trails for JP1/NETM/Audit, you use the audit log output utility for JP1/NETM/Audit (pdaudput command).

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Audit log is a general term for the audit trails collected from the entire system by JP1/NETM/Audit.

The following figure provides an overview of linkage with JP1/NETM/Audit.

Figure 2-12 Linkage with JP1/NETM/Audit

Explanation

The audit log management server (the server machine on which JP1/NETM/Audit resides) automatically collects and centrally manages the audit logs that are output to the local disk of the audit log collection-target server (the server machine on which HiRDB resides together with other products from which audit logs are to be collected).

In the audit log collection-target server where HiRDB resides, the audit log output utility for JP1/NETM/Audit (pdaudput) converts the necessary data in the audit trail tables so that it can be used by JP1/NETM/Audit, and then outputs it to the audit log output file for JP1/NETM/Audit. JP1/Base collects this file and stores it in the event database. The JP1/Base of the audit log management server collects audit logs from the JP1/Base of the audit log collection-target server and transfers them to JP1/NETM/Audit.

For details about linkage with JP1/NETM/Audit, see the HiRDB Version 9 System Operation Guide. For details about JP1/NETM/Audit, see the following manuals:

• JP1 Version 9
  JP1 Version 9 Job Management Partner 1/NETM/Audit Setup, Description and Operation Guide
  
• JP1 Version 8
  JP1 Version 8 Job Management Partner 1/NETM/Audit