CMS Audit database records purge

I was recently notified by our DBA that the size of our Audit database has surpassed the size of all other tables on the production (Oracle) schemas of the CMS.
Since audit is only a historical record of user and past report activities, most of it is no longer needed.
Is there any way to purge or limit the size or this database within Business Objects Enterprise?

There is no way to limit the size of the Audit DB from within BOE itself.
It is however possible to purge audit data the db itself. This is in SAP NOTE 1480761 - How to purge or cleanup old data from the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Audit Database.
NOTE that SAP does not support this.
Best,
Srinivas

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Hello,
We are planing to deploy BOE 3.1 for about 3,00,000 users the OS is windows and CMS database would be SQL server 2008.
Any help would be appreciated to help me arrive at an estimation of the size for CMS and Audit database for these many users?
Thanks
Ranjit Krishnan

Hi Ranjit, it really depends on how many metrics you are auditing (in another word, the items on CMC that are checked for auditing). We have 20,000+ users in our system and I am auditing about 90% of the metrics. Our audit schema grows to 8-10 GB in about 3, 4 months.
Frankly, in this day and age, disk drives are cheap. So storage is not your main concern. Your concern should be the performance. When the audit schema gets too large, naturally, the query performance will decrease. Therefore, I have our DBA archived off the audit schema every 6 months to reduce the size. And you need to back up the log files as well. In another word, we only keep a 6-months history. If someone needs older information, we can bring them back from the archive for a one-off query.
This is something you must sit down with your DBA and come up with a strategy that makes sense for your organization. Every company has different need. So there is no cookie-cutter formula to handle this.
Hope this helps.
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Connections to CMS/AUDIT system Databases lost

we are often losing connection to CMS/AUDIT system Databases therefore
users can not log into Infoview.
The work around is to restart the Server Intelligence Agent (sia.exe)
Server Details: we have BusObjects Edge standard XI 3.0
Application Server: MS Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2
Database Server: MS Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2
There are multiple errors in our event viewer showing these errors.
They have been happening for the last week.
Not sure why this is happening or how to reproduce anyone know how to fix?
Event viewer > application details:
Event Type:      Error
Event Source:   BusinessObjects_CMS
Event Category:            Database
Description:
BusinessObjects Enterprise CMS: All connections to CMS system database ""BO_CMS"" have been lost. The CMS is entering the ""Waiting For Resources"" state. Reason [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure
Description:
BusinessObjects Enterprise CMS: All connections to CMS audit database ""BO_AUDIT"" have been lost. The CMS can no longer serve as Auditor. Reason: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure
Edited by: Dennis Alishah on Dec 15, 2010 11:37 PM

no network problems
thanks
Found this is the SAP SMP I also asked them waiting for their reply to see if the below fix is suitable:
SAP Knowledge Base Article
Symptom
CMS restarts and throws Database access error. Reason [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure in the event viewer.
BusinessObjects_CMS,Warning,Database ,33300,N/A,GADEVBO1,Database access error. Reason [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure.
BusinessObjects_CMS,Warning,Database ,33301,N/A,GADEVBO1,Retryable error returned from CMS database. Will retry the request 3 time(s).
BusinessObjects_CMS,Warning,Database ,33300,N/A,GADEVBO1,Database access error. Reason [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionWrite
Cause
The error occurs because Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) implement a security feature that the queue for concurrent TCP/IP connections to the server. This feature helps prevent denial of service attacks.
Under heavy load conditions, the TCP/IP protocol in Windows Server 2003 SP1 and in Windows Server 2003 SP2 may incorrectly identify valid TCP/IP connections service attack.
Resolution
WARNING *** The following resolution involves editing the registry. Using the Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious Use the Registry Editor at your own risk. Refer to Note 1323322 for more information.
To resolve this issue, turn off this new functionality in Windows Server 2003 SP1 or in Windows Server 2003 SP2 by adding the SynAttackProtect entry to the following registry computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server that houses your BizTalk Server databases.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Set the SynAttackProtect entry to a DWORD value of 00000000.
To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Type SynAttackProtect, and then press ENTER.
5. On the Edit menu, click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 00000000. Click OK.
7. Quit Registry Editor.
Note To complete this registry change, you must restart the computer that is running SQL Server.
See Also
For detailed information, go to the following Microsoft website:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;899599
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References
Product
1375277 - CMS lost the SQLServer 2000/2005 communication and restarts intermittently
Version 1 Validity: 12.08.2009 - active Language English
Released on 07.10.2009 15:35:25
Release status Released to Customer
Component BI-BIP-ADM User & server configuration, InfoView refresh, user rights
Priority Normal
Category Problem
Database MSSQLSRV 2005
Operating System WIN 2003
Type ID Title
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Product Product Version
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Edited by: Dennis Alishah on Dec 16, 2010 12:23 AM

DB2 UDB9.1 support as CE10 CMS and Audit database

Does any body know if DB2 UDB 9.1 is supported as CMS and Audit database for Crystal Enterprise (CE) version 10?
I know CE 10 is not supported by BO any more, we are in the process of migrating to BOXI but mean while we have a need to upgrade DB2 UDB from 8.1 to 9.1 version.
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Hello Romain,
Thank you very much for your clarifications.
I guess there was a second question hidden behind my first question.
Here is the whole story, we had a workshop yesterday with some Consultants specialized on BI.4 technologies. We were discussing the architecture, and more particularly which would be the most suitable Web Application Server :
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Your latest answer seems to suggest that it is definitely not a good idea.
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CMS Databae/Audit Database

Hi ,
I am using BO Edge Series XI3.1 Sp3
My CMS , AUdit data base both are in SQL Server 2008 R2.
below are the my queries.
1. My CMS Database Log file growing rapidly , how i can stop it.
2. how does keep only last 1 month data in Audit database.
please help me out.
thanks in advance.
reddeppa k

Hello,
1480761 - How to purge or cleanup old data from the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Audit Database
1581890 - Does BusinessObjects Enterprise support to clean up audit database?
I think, that you find much informations about you problem.
best regards
Krys

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We have a senario where out database server is completely down , we are unable to start services on SQL Server and it is not possible to restore them. Now we have our CMS and Auditing databases on that database. We have access to the file system from which we can take mdf and ldf files and restore the same to a new database. But CMS database cannot be restored in that way. How can i restore the CMS to original state. We also have a backup for those databases i.e., .bak file. Please help

Anil,
You should be able to copy the *.MDF & *.LDF set from one SQL Server to another and mount them on another working SQL server. Once you have validated the SQL Server database is mounted properly simple update the ODBC on the BOBJ box to point to the new server. Make sure the ODBC name stays the same.
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Hello expert,
I want to enable audit database for Business Object and I has followed the admin guide but not work.
I install Business Object enterprise XI 3.1 on AIX 5.3 .
When I installed BO ,I choose 'Use an existing database' and choose DB2. (The same database of SAP BW database)
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Does the audit table will create after installation?
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I run serverconfig.sh and I can't see the Enable Audit option when I choose 'modify a server'.
Any idea?
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Chai

Hello,
Thanks for your reply.
It is not a BO cluster.
And a log detail when select audit data source is show as below
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) /bodev/bobje/setup/jscripts//ccmunix.js started at Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST)
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) About to process commandline parameters...
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Finished processing commandline parameters.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No password supplied, setting password to default.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No username supplied, setting username and password to default.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No authentication type supplied, setting authentication type to default.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No CMS name supplied, setting CMS name to machine name.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Select auditing data source was successful.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) /bodev/bobje/setup/jscripts//ccmunix.js started at Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST)
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) About to process commandline parameters...
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Finished processing commandline parameters.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No password supplied, setting password to default.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No username supplied, setting username and password to default.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No authentication type supplied, setting authentication type to default.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No CMS name supplied, setting CMS name to machine name.
Wed Nov 17 2010 10:25:22 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Select auditing data source was successful.
And the CMS log file did not show any error.
Additional detail:
- My BW and BO are in the same server.
- I already grant all the rights to the user who relate to audit database.
- My BW and BO are in the same database.
- There is no audit table appear in the database.
- No Fix pack installed.
I wonder why BO audit connection did not see my database.
(In case of DB2, I think the db2 alias name is the same name of the database name (as default).
So if my database name is BWD then the database alias name should be BWD, am I right?)
Any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Chai

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ORA-20212: Active audit detail record does not exist

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Business Objects Auditing Database

Hi,
Is there any way to filter events in the auditing database for a particular user, so that these events are not written to the audit database?
Also, in terms of the management of the auditing database, i.e. purging old data, truncating, setting constraints etc, are there any do's and dont's around this or is at the discretion of the dba?
Thanks

Benjamin:
Also, in terms of the management of the auditing database, i.e. purging old data, truncating, setting constraints etc, are there any do's and dont's around this or is at the discretion of the dba?
Purging or truncating data: this requires understanding the data model. There are two tables that are transactional in nature (audit_detail & audit_event). If you delete data from one, then you should also delete data from other at or about the same time. Here is an SQL statement for deleting (note, change the date values accordingly, this snip-it deletes all 2007 data...
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We are going to upgrade the current R2 to R3 in the same box. (With AD as authentication).
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Can I use the same audit database? Or should I create a new audit database?
Do I need to turn off the audit feature before upgrading to R3?

The current environment is R2 with SP2...
We use Java Tomcat as web server, Windows AD as authentication, SQL 2005 DB for CMS and Audit Databases.
Install R3 from scratch? So we will have both R2 and R3 in same machine?
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BOBJ Audit Database disabled

Dear All,
We installed BOBJ without audit database. The system detail as below:
Product Version: BOE XI 3.1.
Product Patches installed: SP3
OS: AIX 5.3
CMS DB: QO1 (DB2/AIX64 9.1.8)
Audit DB: QA1 (DB2/AIX64 9.1.8)
Authentication Type: SAP
Now we need to activate the audit database for our BOBJ systems.
We have successfully applied SAP note 1440647 for the same. But the audit database is still disabled in CMC.
We have tried some alternative and created new DB. But no success as yet.
Do you have any idea how this could be solved?
Appreciate your input / advice to resolve the issue.
If you need any clarification, kindly get back to me.
With Regards,
Uttam.

Uttam,
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Brandon

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Art,
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Hi,
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