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Are there different options for IBM DB2 auditing like writing to database, OS file, system log, etc. and if so what do we recommend?

April 26, 2017Auditing database db2 different file IBM Options OS system writing

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Are there different options for IBM DB2 auditing like writing to database, OS file, system log, etc. and if so what do we recommend?

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The IBM DB2 audit facility operates at the instance level servicing all databases in the instance. When the facility is started, generated audit records are written into a buffer area and then flushed to disk into an audit file. Once the auditing period is over, the audit file can be converted from its raw format into a readable text file. Oracle Audit Vault only supports the extraction of the audit records from IBM DB2 from the readable text file. For more information on how Audit Vault converts the audit file to a text file, please take a look at the Audit Vault Administration Guide at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/auditvault.html.