Safeguard Audit Service Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

Managing the Audit Trail
Safeguard Audit Service Manual—520480-014
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Creating an Audit Pool
Creating an Audit Pool
To create an audit pool, you specify its location. Optionally, you can also specify the
number of audit files to be included in the audit pool, and you can set limits on the size
of each audit file.
For example, use this ADD AUDIT POOL command to create an audit pool on volume
$SECURE and subvolume AUDIT1:
=ADD AUDIT POOL $secure.audit1
This form of the command adds the audit pool using predefined default values for the
size and number of audit files. By default, there are two files, and each has a primary
extent of 128 pages, a secondary extent of 128 pages, and 16 maximum extents.
When you add an audit pool, the audit service fully allocates the disk space for all
extents of the audit files defined for that audit pool.
If you want to tailor the number of audit files and their size, you can use these optional
parameters when you create the audit pool:
EXTENTSIZE
specifies the size of the primary and secondary extents for each audit file. The
default value for both primary and secondary extents is 128 disk pages.
MAXEXTENTS
specifies the maximum number of disk file extents for each audit file. The default
value is 16 extents.
MAXFILES
specifies the maximum number of audit files that can be allocated. The default
value is two files.
For example, use the following command to create an audit pool on the subvolume
$SECURE.AUDIT2 consisting of six files, each of which has a primary extent of 256, a
secondary extent of 256, and 32 maximum extents:
=ADD AUDIT POOL $secure.audit2 EXTENTSIZE (256,256), &
=MAXEXTENTS 32, MAXFILES 6
Use this INFO AUDIT POOL command to verify the new disk allocation parameters:
=INFO AUDIT POOL $secure.audit2
This output appears:
AUDIT POOL $SECURE.AUDIT2 CONFIGURATION
MAXFILES 6
MAXEXTENTS 32
EXTENTSIZE 256,256