Symantec PCANYWHERE - V12.1, User Manual

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Creating an activity log report
An activity log report is a chronological listing of the session events that are
contained in a pcAnywhere-generated log file. This information can be useful for
security, troubleshooting, billing, or audit purposes.
Symantec pcAnywhere provides several options for report formats. Fully formatted
reports contain the most information, including a listing of all possible events
and how frequently they occurred. Data-only formats contain only the events
that occurred during the session. You can save data-only reports in
comma-delimited format or fixed-field format.
To create an activity log report
1
In the Symantec pcAnywhere window, on the left navigation bar, click
pcAnywhere Tools.
2
In the right pane, under Application, double-click Activity Log Processing.
3
In the Activity Log Processing window, click Report.
4
In the Choose Input Log file window, select the event log file (*.PL9) from
which you want to generate a report, and then click Open.
If you do not see a .PL9 file, you should verify that you have enabled
pcAnywhere logging to a local log file.
See “Generating a pcAnywhere log file” on page 229.
5 In the Host and Remote Session Log Report dialog box, select the report type
that you want to use.
6
Type the date range for the report.
7
Click OK.
8
In the Select Destination File For Output dialog box, type a name for the
report.
Fully formatted reports use a .log extension. Comma-delimited reports use a
.csv extension. Fixed-field reports use a .txt extension.
9
Click Save.
10
To view the file, in the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
Archiving or deleting log file data
Symantec pcAnywhere-generated log files are not cleared automatically. New log
information is appended to these log files, which causes them to increase in size.
When a log file becomes too large, you can archive or delete older data.
233 Monitoring and recording sessions
Managing log files