HP SIM audit log configuration

Overview

Several features of the HP SIM Audit Log are configurable. For example, you can specify which tools log data and the maximum Audit Log file size. The HP SIM Audit Log is configured through the log.properties file, and tool logging is enabled or disabled through the XML tool definition files.

Tool behaviors. The XML tool definition file provides an option to disable logging of single-system aware (SSA) and multiple-system aware (MSA) command tools. The log attribute for the command element specifies whether the results of the command are output to the HP SIM log file. Command output is logged by default.

Audit log parameters. In the log.properties file, you can configure the following Audit Log parameters:

Audit log location. The location of the Audit Log can be configured using the path.properties file.

Implementation

Changes made to the log.properties file do not take effect until the log manager daemon or service is restarted. For Linux, restart the HP SIM daemons using mxstop and mxstart.

	CAUTION: The queue size should be changed only with extreme care. If the queue is set too high, the log manager consumes too much system memory.

	NOTE: When the Audit Log file reaches the maximum file size, the log is renamed with MX_LOGROLLFILEEXT extension and a new file is started. If a previous version of the file has already been renamed with the MX_LOG_ROLLFILEEXT extension, it will be an automatic roll-over of an audit log file. A roll-over will not occur until a task running is completed. However, after one hour of exceeding the maximum file size, if the task is not finished, then the audit log file will roll over to another file.

To configure the location of the Audit Log: