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Native NAS Auditing : ONTAP vs 7Mode

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Auditing

Answer

  1. Can we configure Auditing in ONTAP to capture CIFS events with path in “\” backslash format like 7Mode?
    • No, ONTAP captures all NAS audit events with '/' forward slash by design and it is not configurable
    • There is a field in the Audit event named "Source" which differentiates the protocol of access like CIFS, NFSV3 etc.

Example:

7Mode Event log for CIFS
Object Name:    \vol\volume_name\dir1\dir2\file.txt

ONTAP Event Log 
<Event>
<System>
    .
    <Source>CIFS</Source>
    .
</System>
<EventData>
    .
    <Data Name="ObjectName"> (volume_name);/dir1/dir2/file.txt</Data>
    .
</EventData>
</Event>

  1. Can we capture audit logs in .evt format like in 7Mode ?
    • No, ONTAP can only capture Audit logs in XML or EVTX format

Additional Information

This parameter specifies the output format of the audit logs. The output format can be either Data ONTAP-specific XML or Microsoft Windows EVTX log format. By default, the output format is EVTX.

 

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