Re: CIFS Auditing log from NetApp

Hey,


Sorry Gord, if it isn't Windows(r) Genuine Advantage, then I can't
comment on quality or feature set :-)

 

If you are running WINE or something that emulates the event log
service, then you could use EvtOpenLog
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wes/we
s/evtopenlog.asp?frame=true>  to open the evt file and then use
ReadEventLog, etc. or even WMI to extract the event data- very
straightforward, lots of sample
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/eventl
og/base/reading_the_event_log.asp>  code lying around on the internet.

 

The log itself is not much more than a series of EVENTLOGRECORD
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/eventl
og/base/eventlogrecord_str.asp>  structures; I'll bet you can find it
documented on the internet somewhere.

 

Or you can use a 3rd party tool like Rainer's that can read the eventlog
file format.

 

Best regards,

Eric

 

________________________________

From: Gord Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:40 AM
To: Eric Fitzgerald
Cc: loganalysis
Subject: Re: [logs] CIFS Auditing log from NetApp

 

Thanks Eric, I wasn't aware of that registry value, so that may prove
handy for other things.

 

However, NetApp isn't running a real version of Windows. It's running a
Linux variant, which "emulates" CIFS, and as far as I know, it doesn't
have a "registry" equivalent. I believe that's why it really logs to
cifsaudit.alf, then does a periodic bulk-export to the .EVT file format.
Not sure how they're emulating language (string) files etc, but I
imagine they're just intercepting the inbound API calls, working some
foo, then passing the buffer back to the caller. 

 

Unless you know something I don't - and there is a config that works
with NetApp??

 

Right now, I can log files from almost all our platforms, but the
CIFSAudit log is a problem since it is neither a flat file, nor a true
windows system (so I can't install an agent). I can periodically pull
data from the eventlog, but then that causes me problems with either a)
duplicate records will many of the free/opensource tools for remotely
pulling eventlog files or b) loss of data if the eventlog overwrites.
This is why I prefer real-time a.la syslog style.

 

Anyone from NetApp on this distrib? I can go through our reseller, but
they're just going to forward the question, so if I can get a response
direct from someone who has actually done this, I'd prefer it - and it
would benefit the list. 
 

On 8/14/06, Eric Fitzgerald <[email protected]> wrote: 

Search for "autobackuplogfiles" in the KB (www.microsoft.com/support/kb
).

 

 

From: loganalysis-bounces+ericf= [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]
] On Behalf Of Gord Taylor
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 6:17 AM
To: loganalysis
Subject: [logs] CIFS Auditing log from NetApp

 

I'm looking to consolidate the logs on a NetApp server. For most of the
logs, this looks pretty simple - standard syslog stuff.

But for the filesystem auditing (cifsaudit), NetApp does a periodic
write to the adtlog.evt file from (I believe) the cifsaudit.alf file.
Anyone know if there is a way to PUSH the cifsaudit stuff from the
NetApp box rather than doing periodic exports of the EVT file??? 

Thanks in advance.

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