Symantec 14541094 User Guide - Page 221

10 Chapter Monitoring and recording sessions This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Monitoring events in Symantec pcAnywhere ■ Managing log files ■ About recording and replaying sessions Monitoring events in Symantec pcAnywhere Event logging in pcAnywhere lets you monitor session activities and track issues for security, troubleshooting, and auditing purposes. For security purposes, you can log information about failed logon attempts, how many host sessions are running and who has connected, or whether sensitive files have been accessed. Depending on your environment, you can send information about events that occurred during a session to a pcAnywhere-generated log file, the Windows Event Viewer, or a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) console. Symantec pcAnywhere supports centralized logging, so that you can archive the logs on a secure, central server. Although logging can be a useful tool, be aware that tracking some types of events, such as logging every file that is opened on the host, can degrade performance. For more information, see the Symantec pcAnywhere Administrator's Guide. Sending logging events to an SNMP trap Symantec pcAnywhere supports the centralized logging of events to a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) console. SNMP is an industry standard