Symantec 14541094 User Guide - Page 226
Managing log files, Creating an activity log report, Preferences, Enable, Windows Event Viewer logging
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226 Monitoring and recording sessions Managing log files To log events in the Event Viewer on another computer 1 In the Symantec pcAnywhere window, on the Edit menu, click Preferences. 2 In the pcAnywhere Options window, on the Event Logging tab, check Enable Windows Event Viewer logging. 3 Click Log to the Event Viewer on another computer. 4 In the Computer box, type the computer name or IP address of the computer on which you want to send the logging information. 5 To specify the authentication information needed to access the computer, click Advanced. 6 In the Authentication Information dialog box, in the User name box, type your user name. 7 In the Password box, type your password. 8 If you are connecting to a Windows XP/2003 Server/2000/NT host and have been assigned to a domain, in the Domain box, type your domain name. 9 Click OK. This returns you to the Event Logging tab from which you can test your computer connection or select the events that you want to log. See "Logging events in the Windows Event Viewer" on page 224. 10 In the pcAnywhere Options window, click OK. Managing log files The pcAnywhere-generated log file contains information about activities that occurred during a remote session. You can use this information to create reports that track security or performance issues or gather billing or audit information. Once you create a report, you can remove or archive older information that is contained in the log file. You should periodically archive or delete older log information to free up disk space. 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