User's Guide

Audit Records

To find out whether the configuration actually loaded in a device matches the configuration listed as active in the Deployment Manager database, you perform an Audit task. Deployment Manager maintains a list of all audits performed for each device. You can use the Audit Records task panel to manage audit records.

To display the Audit Records task panel, click Audit Records from the navigation tree.

The Audit Records task panel is divided into these panes:

• Filter
• Filtered List
• Custom List

You can display the help panel for the Audit Records task panel by clicking Help.

Filter Pane

The Filter pane provides a way to search the Deployment Manager database for audit records. The Filter pane is a table containing these columns:

• Properties. The Properties column is a list of audit record properties on which you can search theNwDM database.
• Comparison Operator. The Comparison Operator column lists all of the ways to refine the search of the NwDM database.
• Property Value field. When you apply the filter to the database, Deployment Manager compares the data you enter in the Property Value field with the Job records found in the database using the comparison operator you specified.

After entering data in the Filter pane, click Apply Filter to display the results of the search in the Filtered List pane.

Audit Record Filter Properties

You can search on these audit record properties:

This property...	Is used to describe ...
Job ID	The identifier for a job. Jobs are numbered sequentially within the NwDM database.
Version	The configuration version in the NwDM database for which the audit is being performed.
Device ID	The identifier for the device for which the audit is being performed.
Performed At	The date and time that the audit task completed. The date and time are based on the time zone of the server where the NwDM database is stored. The Performed At property has the format yy/mm/dd hh:mn d where: yy is the year (1-99) mm is the month (1-12) dd is the day of the month (1-31) hh is the hour of the day (1-24) mn is the minute of the hour (1-60) d is either AM (before noon) or PM (before midnight)
Result	A determination of whether or not the audit was successful. The Result property can have a value of either successful or failed.
Details	A summary of the details regarding audit processing. The specific details are stored in the job log for the Audit task.

Audit Record Filter Comparison Operators

Over time the number of audit records stored in the NwDM database can grow to be quite large. Using comparison operators allow you to refine your search of the database so that only audit records that meet specific criteria are returned. For a list of the comparison operators and information about entering data into the Audit Record filter, see Working with Deployment Manager Filters and Tables.

Filtered List Pane

The results of the search from the Filter are displayed in the Filtered List task pane.

The Filtered List task pane displays each audit record as a separate row. To select an audit record, click in anywhere in the row, which highlights the row. Use one of these methods to select multiple audit records:

• Click on a single row and without releasing the mouse button, drag the mouse either up or down.
• Press and hold the Ctrl key; then click on the rows that you want to select.

Information about the audit record is displayed in each of the columns. To reorder the columns, press Ctrl and Shift keys, and then click on the header of the column you want to move. The cursor changes to a hand. Drag the cursor to the desired location and release both keys.

You can also sort the Filtered List by the values in a column. Click the column header to sort the Jobs List in ascending order by the values in that column. Click the column header again to sort the values for that column in descending order.

Filtered List Action Buttons

Use the Filtered List action button to perform actions on one or more selected audit records. These action buttons are displayed for the Jobs List task pane:

Clicking this button...	Performs this action...
Select All	Selects all audit record listed in the Filtered List task pane.
Unselect All	Deselects all selected audit records listed in the Filtered List task pane.
Process Selected...	Displays the pop-up menu for the Filtered List task pane.
Add Selected to custom list...	Add the selected audit records to the Custom List task pane.

Filtered List Pop-Up Menu

To display the Filtered List pop-up menu, select one or more rows and click Process selected....

In addition to the actions available from the action buttons, these actions are available from the Filtered List pop-up menu:

Clicking...	Performs this action...
Hide Column...	Displays the Visible Column dialog, which allows you to hide one or more columns in the Filtered List task pane. From the Visible Column dialog, click the columns that you want to hide and click Ok.
Show Column...	Displays the Hidden Column dialog, which allows you to display columns in the Filtered List task pane. From the Hidden Column dialog, click the columns that you want to appear in the Filtered List and click Ok.
Go to Row...	Displays the Go to Row dialog, which allows you to go to a specified row in the Filtered List task pane. From the Go to Row dialog, type a row number and click Ok. The cursor is displayed at that row in the Filtered List task pane.
Print...	Displays the Print dialog, which allows you to print selected audit records. From the Print dialog, verify the print information is correct and click Print.
Print Preview...	Displays a preview of how the selected audit records will print. Click Close to return to the Filtered List task pane.
View details for selected...	Displays details about the selected audit records.
View job logs for selected...	Displays job logs for the selected audit records.
Delete selected...	Deletes the selected audit record from the NwDM database.
Delete job logs for selected...	Deletes all jobs logs for the selected audit records.

Custom List Pane

The Custom List Pane is a table similar to that displayed in the Filtered List pane. In fact, the action buttons and pop-up menu are the same for the Custom List pane as for the Filtered List pane (except that the Add selected to custom list action button is replaced with Removed selected from custom list action button).

The Custom List pane provides a way to generate a list of audit records based on the results of applying multiple filters. For example, assume you want to work with all audit records for two 2210 devices. First, you would generate a list of audit records for a specific device ID in the Filtered List pane (using the = comparison operator to specify Device ID = devicename). Next, you would select any or all of those records and click Add selected to custom list to add them to the Custom List pane. Then, you would apply a filter to generate a list of audit records for a different device ID. Again, select any or all of these records and apply them to the custom list. The result is a custom list based on the results of different filters.