Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR, System Management Manual

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Accounting Logs
224 7705 SAR OS System Management Guide
Accounting Files
When a policy has been created and applied to a service, the accounting file is stored on the
compact flash in a compressed XML file format. The 7705 SAR creates two directories on
the compact flash to store the files. The following output displays a directory named
act-collect
that holds accounting files that are open and actively collecting statistics,
and a directory named
act
that stores the files that have been closed and are awaiting
retrieval.
ALU-1>file cf3:\# dir act*
12/19/2006 06:08a <DIR> act-collect
12/19/2006 06:08a <DIR> act
ALU-1>file cf3:\act-collect\ # dir
Directory of cf3:\act-collect#
12/23/2006 01:46a <DIR> .
12/23/2006 12:47a <DIR> ..
12/23/2006 01:46a 112 act1111-20031223-014658.xml.gz
12/23/2006 01:38a 197 act1212-20031223-013800.xml.gz
Accounting files always have the prefix
act
followed by the accounting policy ID, log ID
and timestamp. The accounting log file naming and log file destination properties (such as
rollover and retention) are discussed in more detail in
Log Files .
A file ID can only be assigned to either one event log ID or one accounting log.
Design Considerations
The 7705 SAR has ample resources to support large-scale accounting policy deployments.
When preparing for an accounting policy deployment, verify that data collection, file
rollover, and file retention intervals are properly tuned for the amount of statistics to be
collected.
If the accounting policy collection interval is too brief, there may be insufficient time to store
the data from all the services within the specified interval. If that is the case, some records
may be lost or incomplete. Interval time, record types, and number of services using an
accounting policy are all factors that should be considered when implementing accounting
policies.