View AIDE system events, jobs, and audit log
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As a storage administrator, you can review the events, jobs, and audit log messages generated by AIDE to track internal processing and diagnose potential problems. The AIDE system can be configured to forward this information, along with other related data, for additional processing and archival.
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You need storage administrator privileges to perform AIDE ONTAP-related administrative tasks.
Monitor AIDE activities, events, and jobs
You can use the centralized Activity view to monitor AIDE-specific events and jobs across all workspaces, or review activity scoped to individual workspaces.
View cluster-wide AIDE activity
Monitor workspace operations, troubleshoot metadata extraction issues, and track data collection publishing across your entire AIDE deployment.
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In ONTAP System Manager, in the navigation pane select Data engine and then Activity.
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Select the Events tab:
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Review recent AIDE-specific events such as the following:
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Workspace creation, update, or deletion
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Data container add/remove operations
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Data collection publishing (if present)
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Use filters (by severity, object type, workspace, or time range) to focus on active or critical events.
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Select an individual event to open and review:
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Description and timestamp
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Affected workspace, data collection, or data source
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Recommended action, if provided
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Select the Jobs tab:
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Monitor long-running jobs such as:
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Initial metadata extraction for a workspace
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Workspace refresh / catalog update jobs
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Data collection publishing or refresh jobs
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Check job status and progress.
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Select a job to open the peek view and review:
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Start and end time
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Progress percentage and phase (for example, Scanning, Publishing)
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Affected workspace, data collection, or data source
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Error messages for failed jobs
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View workspace-specific activity
To troubleshoot a specific workspace, open the workspace details (Data engine > Workspaces, select a workspace) and use the Activity tab:
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Review events and jobs scoped to that workspace only.
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Use this view to isolate issues such as a single workspace stuck in
Processingstate.
View cluster-wide events
Review event messages for a valuable record of system activity. Each event includes a description and unique identifier along with a recommended action.
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In ONTAP System Manager, select Events & jobs and then Events.
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Review and respond to the recommended actions at the top of the page, such as enabling automatic update.
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Select the Events log tab to display a list of the messages.
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Select an event message to examine it in more detail, including the sequence number, description, event, and recommended action.
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Optionally select the Active IQ suggestions tab and register with Active IQ to get detailed risk information for the cluster.
View cluster-wide jobs
View all jobs running on the AIDE cluster, including AIDE-specific jobs and general ONTAP jobs.
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In ONTAP System Manager, select Events & Jobs and then Jobs.
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Customize the display as well as search and download the job information as needed.
View audit log
Use the audit log to review a record of system activity based on the use of access protocols such as HTTP.
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In ONTAP System Manager, select Events & jobs and then Audit logs.
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Select Settings to enable or disable the operations that are tracked.
Manage notifications
Configure notification destinations to automatically forward AIDE events and audit logs.
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In ONTAP System Manager, select Cluster and then Settings.
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Navigate to Notification management and select
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Select the appropriate action to view or configure the destinations used by AIDE:
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Event destinations: Select View event destinations
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Audit log destinations: Select View audit destinations
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Select Add as appropriate and provide the destination information.
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Select Save.