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How to access audit logs?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS
  • CIFS Auditing

Answer

  1. Determine the destination volume of the audit logs from the ONTAP CLI:

vserver audit show -vserver <vserver> -fields destination 

Example:

Cluster::> vserver audit show -vserver VS1 -fields destination
vserver      destination
------------ -----------
VS1          /audit
 

  1. Configure a CIFS share to allow access to the volume listed in step 1 from the ONTAP CLI:

vserver cifs share create -vserver <vserver> -share-name <share_name> -path <path_from_step_1> 

Note: By default, ONTAP will grant full control to the Everyone group, access can be restricted via file level ACLs. 

  1. (Optional) Mount the volume listed in step 1 via NFS.

Note: By default, ONTAP converts the binary logs to the EVTX file format.

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