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An audit trail is a record of user-initiated actions in a NetBackup environment. Essentially, auditing gathers the information to help answer who changed what and when they changed it.
Auditing NetBackup administration can help provide information in the following areas:
Customers can gain insight from audit trails while they investigate unexpected changes in a NetBackup environment. For example, it might be found that the addition of a client or a backup path has caused a significant increase in backup times. The audit report can indicate that an adjustment to a schedule or to a storage unit configuration might be necessary to better accommodate the policy change.
Auditing creates a record of who changed what and when it was changed. The record complies with guidelines such as those required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).
For customers who must adhere to internal change management policies, NetBackup auditing offers a method to adhere to such policies.
The information from NetBackup auditing helps NetBackup Support to troubleshoot problems for customers.