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Event Sources and Configurations

Most networks have some Windows and some syslog-based devices whose event logs must be collected, stored, monitored, and audited. Your network can also have other device types, including applications, databases, badge readers, biometric devices, or existing CA Audit Recorders and iRecorders. The CA User Activity Reporting Module services, adapters, agents, and connectors represent the configurations required to connect to these event sources to receive event data.

CA User Activity Reporting Module services include the following areas for configurations and settings:

Service configurations can be global, meaning that they affect all CA User Activity Reporting Module servers installed under a single application instance name in the management server. Configurations can also be local, affecting only a selected server. Configurations are stored in the management server with a local copy on the collection CA User Activity Reporting Module server. In this way, if network connectivity is lost or the management server goes down for some reason, event logging continues without interruption on the collection servers.

The System Status access panel provides you with tools to affect a CA User Activity Reporting Module server and its services, and to gather information for Support. Additional information about this area is available in the Administration Guide and online help.