Administering AuditMaster

A Walk-through of Administrative Tasks

As an administrator, you will perform certain tasks to define how AuditMaster operates. As for adding audit configurations, the menu commands for these tasks are available only to users with administrative rights.

n	Adding and Removing Servers

n	Removing the Network Share

n	Reviewing System Activity in the Status Log

n	Maintaining Users

n	Setting the Audit Filter

n	Maintaining Server Settings

Adding and Removing Servers

In AuditMaster, a server is a Pervasive PSQL server on which an AuditMaster event handler is running. The file amserver contains the server connection settings used by AuditMaster. This file is typically located on the server in the data folder of the AuditMaster installation directory.

This section provides instructions for the following topics:

n	Adding a Server

n	Editing the Server Description

n	Removing a Server

Adding a Server

When you add an AuditMaster server, you enable the AuditMaster Viewer client to connect to an AuditMaster server either on the local machine or elsewhere on the network. You can add any AuditMaster server to which you have network access and file permissions.

‰	To add a server

1	Check the server machine you wish to add to make sure that Pervasive PSQL services are running. You may use Pervasive PSQL Control Center for this verification.

2	From AuditMaster Viewer, select Server  Add.

The Locate 'amserver' on Your AuditMaster Server dialog box appears.

3	Enter the path to the file amserver to read the settings for the AuditMaster server to which you want to a client connection.

This path is \\server\PVSWAUDIT$\DATA\amserver in a default installation, where server is the name of the Pervasive PSQL machine with the database to be monitored. Note that a share name other than PVSWAUDIT$ may have been chosen.

4	Click Open.

The server you selected is added to the list.

Note If your client is unable to connect successfully to the AuditMaster server, you may receive a –108 error message. The cause may be a faulty network mapping or other network problem. It may also involve a license key with too low a user count. See Authorization License.

5	Right-click a server configuration to select Login. You may also double-click.

The AuditMaster Login dialog box appears.

6	Enter a valid user name and password, and click OK.

Note The built-in user ID admin has the default password MASTER. Passwords are case-sensitive; user names are not. To change this password, see Changing Your User Password. For information on the relation of AuditMaster logins to database and OS logins, read under Displaying Audit Records under Pervasive PSQL Security.

The new server is now ready for monitoring.