BOXI Auditing

[giggles7840]

If I want to turn on the Auditing feature does that need to be a separate db than the CMS database or if i select the CMS DB will the auditing info add into the CMS db?

 

[MJRBIM]

It's a separate Database from the CMS.

 

[giggles7840]

can i set up another oracla schema for it? do the same rules apply to it as they do to the cms schema?

 

[MJRBIM]

Yes, you can set up a blank ORACLE schema under a new USERID (eg. CMS = BOCMS, Audit = BOAUDIT).

The tables will be built when the BOXI audit first connects to the schema.

If you are going to run multiple environments (eg. DEV, TEST, PROD) of the same ORACLE server, you may want to name them BODEVCMS, BOTESTCMS, BOPRODCMS - so that you don't have any confusion.

 

[giggles7840]

well that worked but now i am getting a message saying that my license doesnt allow auditing. anyone know which licensing allows it? we have the XI pro cpu licensing.

 

[digitaldallas]

Auditing is an add-on for Pro (same for OLAP). Premium comes with both.

 

[giggles7840]

any idea as to how muhc the add on is? im just wondering if it would be cheaper than Apos - KPI tool at 3k per server....

 

[MJRBIM]

APOS KPI for BOXI doesn't contain the same data as the CE-Audit tables...it can't really be used to Audit user-activity.

 

[giggles7840]

KPI gives me some of the reporting that i would need. But if it cant report max number of users logged on in the past 6 months to which server then that isnt totally helpful. The auditing piece will get that type of data?

 

[digitaldallas]

Auditor, Explorer & Live Office each will run you around $20k for a processor license.