ZCM 11 SP3 auditing database

Hi there,
We am upgrading to ZCM 11 SP3. Our external database which is on MS SQL 2008 is moving to MS SQL 2012.
The dev server upgraded fine. We will create a new auditing database, but I need to know the following.
We have roughly 5000 devices, how big will this database be / grow to and can we turn off auditing once upgraded should
the database size be a problem of this feature not be needed. ?
Thanks
Mark

Ok from the audit management PDF, from what I can see, this will remain off until events are added / configured.

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Really appreciate your the help
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Hi,
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Hello everyone!
Today after work I wanted to finally upgrade ZCM but run into some problems.
We have three servers: Two primary servers and one database-server (OEM Sybase SQL Anywhere). All three are running on SLES 11.
I want to upgrade our ZCM11.2.4MU1 to ZCM11.3a and then to 11.3.1.
I started by upgrading the Sybase database and running dbunload according to the documentation.
Then I continued with "sh install.sh -c" and chose "Audit Database". I selected the OEM Sybase SQL Anywhere with port 2639.
Admin, password and database-name were unique. But I made the mistake to set the servername to the same as the zenworks-database. *sigh*
The installation completed.
The sybase-asa and sybase-audit-asa services couldn't run at the same time, therefore I rebooted the database-server and installed the audit database again with a unique database-name.
Before the upgrade I could start dbisql and connect without problems to backup the database. Now I cannot connect anymore without using the additional parameter: links=tcpip{host=IPorDNSName,port=2638}
Connecting to the Audit Database via dbisql is not possible, with the following message:
Code:
Could not connect to the database.
Database server not found
Ensure that the name in the "Server name" field is spelled correctly, that the network options on the network tab are correct and that the database server has been started.
[Sybase][ODBC Driver][SQL Anywhere]Database server not found
SQLCODE=-100
SQLSTATE=08001
Connection parameters:
User=zenauditadmin
Password=***
Server=zenworks_audit_database_server
DBN=zenworks_audit_database2
LINKS=ShMem
ENC=NONE
links=tcpip{host=<ip>,port=2639}
With that said, it is not possible to upgrade the first primary server because the setup routine is also not possible to connect to the Audit Server:
Code:
We were unable to create a connection to the database. Please check your
connection information.
Specify the existing ZENworks database and database authentication information
for an existing user with sufficient permissions.
The services sybase-asa and sybase-audit-asa are both running. I also restarted them a couple of times.
zenworks_database.conf and zenworks_database_audit.conf look fine.
Do you have any idea what I missed?
Is the duplicate servername still somewhere existend and prevents the proper running?
Thank you very much in advance for pointing me in any direction!

novellchuck wrote:
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> Today after work I wanted to finally upgrade ZCM but run into some
> problems.
>
> We have three servers: Two primary servers and one database-server
> (OEM Sybase SQL Anywhere). All three are running on SLES 11.
> I want to upgrade our ZCM11.2.4MU1 to ZCM11.3a and then to 11.3.1.
>
> I started by upgrading the Sybase database and running dbunload
> according to the documentation.
> Then I continued with "sh install.sh -c" and chose "Audit Database". I
> selected the OEM Sybase SQL Anywhere with port 2639.
>
> Admin, password and database-name were unique. But I made the mistake
> to set the servername to the same as the zenworks-database. sigh
> The installation completed.
> The sybase-asa and sybase-audit-asa services couldn't run at the same
> time, therefore I rebooted the database-server and installed the audit
> database again with a unique database-name.
>
> Before the upgrade I could start dbisql and connect without problems
> to backup the database. Now I cannot connect anymore without using the
> additional parameter: links=tcpip{host=IPorDNSName,port=2638}
>
> Connecting to the Audit Database via dbisql is not possible, with the
> following message:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> Could not connect to the database.
> Database server not found
>
> Ensure that the name in the "Server name" field is spelled
> correctly, that the network options on the network tab are correct
> and that the database server has been started. [Sybase][ODBC
> Driver][SQL Anywhere]Database server not found SQLCODE=-100
> SQLSTATE=08001
> Connection parameters:
> User=zenauditadmin
> Password=***
> Server=zenworks_audit_database_server
> DBN=zenworks_audit_database2
> LINKS=ShMem
> ENC=NONE
> links=tcpip{host=<ip>,port=2639}
> --------------------
>
>
> With that said, it is not possible to upgrade the first primary server
> because the setup routine is also not possible to connect to the Audit
> Server:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> We were unable to create a connection to the database. Please
> check your connection information.
>
>
> ************************************************** ********************
> ******** Specify the existing ZENworks database and database
> authentication information for an existing user with sufficient
> permissions. --------------------
>
>
> The services sybase-asa and sybase-audit-asa are both running. I also
> restarted them a couple of times.
> zenworks_database.conf and zenworks_database_audit.conf look fine.
>
> Do you have any idea what I missed?
> Is the duplicate servername still somewhere existend and prevents the
> proper running?
>
> Thank you very much in advance for pointing me in any direction!
Oh boy... and no backup?
Not sure how to get the sybase back working again... my first choice in
such a case would be to make a contact to Novell, are you able to
create an SR on this?
Niels
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Audit database on different devices?

We want to upgrade from 11.2.3 to 11.3.0a.
We are a small office with < 100 users. We have two primary servers and one satellite server off site. The primary servers are SLES 11 SP2 and use the embedded Sybase database.
In the upgrade documentation, under Prerequisites there is the following line that confuses me
(Recommendation) For server upgrade both OEM ZENworks database and Audit database cannot be present on the same device; different devices have to host the databases.
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IMHO, It is non-sensical jibberish since the 11.3 Appliance is a single
server that can do everything.
Furthermore, the recommendation is devoid of details or conditions as to
be beyond pointless.
Let's argue that it was a "Performance Issue"..........
But what is both "Hosts" were both Virtual and on the same VM Host?
Clearly little would be gained and it may actually be a NEGATIVE with
some other added overhead.
One thing to keep in mind, the Sybase Database in ZCM 11.3 is now a
64-bit Database so it can make use of MUCH more memory than the 11.2
version.
On 6/2/2014 2:46 PM, rdiekmeyer wrote:
>
> We want to upgrade from 11.2.3 to 11.3.0a.
>
> We are a small office with < 100 users. We have two primary servers and
> one satellite server off site. The primary servers are SLES 11 SP2 and
> use the embedded Sybase database.
>
> In the upgrade documentation, under Prerequisites there is the following
> line that confuses me
>
> (Recommendation) For server upgrade both OEM ZENworks database and Audit
> database cannot be present on the same device; different devices have to
> host the databases.
>
> So, is it recommended to have the databases on different devices or
> required (cannot be present on the same device)? Does that mean I have
> to create a new server to host the audit database? What does this line
> mean exactly.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
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Hello,
1480761 - How to purge or cleanup old data from the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Audit Database
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best regards
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Thanks for your reply.
It is not a BO cluster.
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Wed Nov 17 2010 10:17:02 GMT+0700 (THAIST) Warning: No username supplied, setting username and password to default.
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AUDIT 기능을 이용하여 DATABASE 사용자를 확인하는 방법.

제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 1999-02-19
Audit 기능을 이용하여 Database 사용자를 확인하는 방법.
==================================================
1. init.ora 에 다음 파라미터를 셋팅한다.
audit_trail=none
기존에 true 등으로 셋팅되어 있다면 반드시 none 으로 변경한다.
none 이 아닌 TRUE, DB 등으로 셋팅되어 있으면 반드시 none 으로 변경 후
반드시 DB 재기동이 필요하다.
이 작업없이 2번 작업을 하고 나면 DB 에 접속 시 error 가 발생한다.
물론 다시 해당 오브젝트를 drop 하면 문제가 해결된다.
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SVRMGR>
create table accounting
(USERNAME VARCHAR2(30),
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PROGRAM VARCHAR2(64),
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CPU_TIME NUMBER)
Trigger 를 생성한다.
SVRMGR>
create table oper (act varchar2(27));
create or replace trigger acc_trigger
after update on system.aud$ for each row
when (new.action# = 101 or new.action# = 102)
begin
insert into accounting
select :new.userid,:new.timestamp#,:new.logoff$time,
ss.schemaname, ss.osuser, ss.process, ss.machine, ss.terminal,
ss.program, ss.type, :new.logoff$lread, :new.logoff$pread,
st.sid, ss.audsid, st.value
from V$STATNAME S, V$SESSTAT ST, V$SESSION SS
where S.STATISTIC# = ST.STATISTiC# AND ST.SID = SS.SID
and :new.sessionid = SS.AUDSID
and S.NAME='CPU used by this session';
insert into oper
select audit_actions.name
from audit_actions
where :new.action# = audit_actions.action;
end;
3. init.ora 파일에 다음과 같이 파라미터를 다시 변경후 DB 재기동 한다.
audit_trail=DB
timed_statistics=TRUE
4. Audit 기능을 설정한다.
예) audit session by hanseo
예) audit all on username.table명
예) audit table by scott by access whenever successful
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to_char(LOGOFF_TIME,'dd.mm.yy:hh:mi') logout, MACHINE, CPU_TIME
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SQL>
OSUSER USERNAME LOGIN LOGOUT MACHINE CPU_TIME
hanseo HANSEO 29.01.99:11:07 29.01.99:11:12 윤 한서 66
1 row selected.
OSUSER : windows login name
USERNAME : DB username
MACHINE : 제어판--네트워크--컴퓨터확인--컴퓨터이름 이다.

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I am part of spport team. BO was installed just 2 yrs back, We have about 15,000+ plus user and growing fast.
Our current Audit DB is set up with main focus to monitor webi and CR. Due to large volume of data, ever 6 months we dump the audit data into our 'history database' (" would like to if there are any best practice for this "). We still are using same activity universe, but this affects our performance of audit reports. what is best appraoch to get most from our audit DB with optimum performance. Do you have any methodologies or suggestion. do we need to tweak the universe to perform better ? Would like to know the best practice to maintani the Audit database any though on this would be helpful. Have looked in BO admin guide chapter 14 "Audit Reports", this is only chapter which talks about Audit. i am looking for guide for maitainance and support for the audit DB, as our environment is gorwing need to have good reoprts on Audit informations to address our performance issues.
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As you are probably aware the activity universe is not ideal for reporting.
For one of my previous clients we created a small data warehouse based on the audit data.
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I hope this helps.
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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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delete from audit_event where convert(char(11),start_timestamp,112)
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Setting constraints: I would not recommend doing this as BOE populates the two transactional data using its own methodolgies. You shouldn't have trouble making the relationships work properly in any free-hand SQL you apply. Even though integrity constraint is not enforced via PK/FK connections, BOE is tight with what it is doing...
Thanks,
John

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Hi Experts,
We do not have a new Production Server for new R3 installation.
We are going to upgrade the current R2 to R3 in the same box. (With AD as authentication).
We have turned on the Audit service as well. So we have2 databases - CMS and Audit databases.
May I know what are the steps to perform this upgrade?
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?
In that case, I should get the DBA (we do not have rights to create DB) to create 2 empty databases (CMS and Audit) for R3...
Below are the steps I can think of, to have 2 BO in one machine:
1. Get the DBA to create 2 new databases
2. Install R3
3. Point CMS connection and Audit connection to the new databases
4. Use the import wizard to import reports/users/universes.
Below are the steps for upgrading R3 (only one BO in one machine):
1. Install R3
2. Choose the option "Upgrade"
Did I miss out anything? Appreciate your advice. Thanks!
Edited by: BK Ong on May 11, 2010 11:46 AM

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I am using BOXI R3.0, we have configured the auditing.
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We need to configure such that it should keep only last 3 months data and it should remove prior data from Audit database.
Thanks for the help in advance.
Thanks,
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