KBI 311534 How To Save Space By Disabling Saving Of Raw Audit Log To File System

Version

Argent for Compliance – All Versions

Date

Monday, 3 April 2017

Summary

By default, Argent for Compliance saves a copy of the raw audit log to the file system. This may not be the ideal option for customers wanting to conserve disk space.

Technical Background

A copy of the raw audit log will be stored in the following folder:

X:\Argent\ArgentForCompliance\LOG_ARCHIVE

The following steps show how to disable saving of raw audit logs to the file system.

Resolution

Navigate to ‘Control Information‘ > ‘Administration‘ > ‘License Manager

Right click on one or multiple (Using SHIFT key to select multiple) licensed nodes and select ‘Licensed Server/Device Properties

Set the ‘Save Raw Audit Data‘ option to ‘Do NOT Save‘ and click on the ‘OK‘ below.