How to generate the log and access the information
From the Spotlight Client
- Click Reports to show the reports that are available from this Spotlight Client.
- From Default Reports, select Audit Report.
- You may be required to provide authentication to the Spotlight Playback Database. Data for the log is stored in the Spotlight Playback Database.
- Fill in the input parameters.
- Click View Report.
For general information on Spotlight Reports, see Spotlight Reports.
Data source of the log
Data for the log is stored in the Spotlight Playback Database.
Record Details
For the following user actions the log records:
- The Spotlight user making the change.
- The time the change was made.
- The configuration that was changed (if applicable).
- The configuration value before and after the change (if applicable).
The log also records startup and shutdown of Spotlight Clients.
Changes to Configure | Spotlight
Connections
Manage the connections monitored by Spotlight. The log records all applied changes.
Alarms
Set the thresholds and severities that determine when an alarm is raised. The log records all changes as applied to a monitored connection or template.
Alarm Actions
Set actions for Spotlight to take when an alarm is raised. The log records all saved changes.
Scheduling
Spotlight collects data according to set schedules. The log records all changes to these schedules as applied to a monitored connection or template.
Planned Outage
Changes to Planned Outage are recorded in the log of user actions.
SQL Server Response Time
The log records changes to the SQL statement used to measure SQL Server response time as applied to a monitored connection or template.
Custom Counters
The log records changes to the configuration of custom counters as applied to a monitored connection or template.
Error Log Entries
The log records changes to the error log entries Spotlight is configured to scan the SQL Server error log for, as applied to a monitored connection or template.
Monitored Files
The log records changes to the list of files tracked for size by Spotlight as applied to a monitored connection or template.
Spotlight
Changes to the configuration of the Spotlight Client are not recorded in the log of user actions. The Spotlight Client is configured by changes to:
- Configure | Spotlight | Change Display
- Configure | Spotlight | Troubleshoot Spotlight
Diagnostic Server
The log does not record
- changes to the Spotlight Client connected to the Spotlight Diagnostic Server.
- changes made to the Select a Diagnostic Server dialog.
The log does record changes to the configuration of the Diagnostic Server:
- Configure PagerDuty
- Configure the Diagnostic Server’s mail server
- Configure the Playback Database
- Configure the SNMP Trap
- Configure the Spotlight Statistics Repository
- Configure the use of Extended Events
- Federate Diagnostic Servers
Spotlight Cloud
The log records changes to the configuration - upload data to the Spotlight Cloud.
User Experience
Changes to User Experience are not recorded in the log of user actions.
Configuration Templates
Changes to Configuration Templates (Save, Delete, Rename) are recorded in the log of user actions.
Changes to the Spotlight License
Help | About | Product license
Changes to the product license are recorded in the log of user actions.
When an alarm is acknowledged, snoozed or ignored
Acknowledge
The log records when an alarm is acknowledged.
Snooze Alarm
The log records when an alarm is snoozed.
Ignore Alarm
The log records when an alarm is ignored.
Changes to monitored SQL Server
SQL Activity drilldown
The log records when a user kills a session from the Spotlight Client. That is command Sessions | Kill Session.
Databases drilldown
The log records when a user runs the Update Statistics command on selected indexes from the Spotlight Client. This command is run from the Indexes page of the Databases drilldown.
Support Services drilldown
The log records when a user starts a SQL agent job from the Spotlight Client. That is command SQL Agent Jobs | Start Job.
The log records when a user changes the running state (Start / Stop) of a service from the Spotlight Client. This change is actioned from the Service Status page of the Support services drilldown.
The log records when a user takes the following actions on Cluster Services from the Spotlight Client:
- Take Offline - Makes a cluster resource or cluster group unavailable.
- Bring Online - Starts a cluster resource or group.
- Move Group - Moves a cluster group to another node of the cluster.
Configuration drilldown
The log records when a user changes a configuration parameter from the Spotlight Client.
Error Log drilldown
The log records when a user archives the current error log file and opens a new log file from the Spotlight Client. That is command Cycle Error log.
Changes to monitored Windows Server
Windows Server | Processes drilldown
The log records when a user:
- Ends a process from the Spotlight Client.
- Changes the running state (start, stop, pause, resume) of a service or device from the Spotlight Client.