Introducing Adabas Audit Data Retrieval

Overview

Adabas Auditing for z/OS (ALA) is an extension for Adabas/Natural, which provides the following functions:

  • Filtering, saving, and archiving of Adabas logs in a unified format
  • Retrieving logs based on customer-specific search criteria
  • Displaying search results

Adabas Auditing for z/OS (ALA) is able to answer questions like:

  • When was the data accessed?
  • Who accessed the data?
  • Which data was affected by the access?
  • Which type of access took place (read, update, delete, insert)?

Components

Adabas Auditing for z/OS (ALA) comprises the following components:

  • Adabas Event Hub (EAB)

    This component selects, filters, and prepares Adabas audit data for indexing by the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval (AAR) component. The extracted data is stored in so-called ALOG datasets.

    The Adabas Manager (AMN), which is the graphical user interface (GUI) for the administration of Adabas, provides functionality to support ALA/EAB administration.

  • Adabas Audit Data Retrieval (AAR)

    This component imports the ALOG datasets into its database and creates appropriate indexes to enable fast retrieval.

    The indexed data can be archived on various storage systems, for example, on tape or on optical disks.

  • Adabas Audit Data Viewer (AAV)

    This component is the web user interface that enables end users to search and display the data that has been indexed by the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval (AAR) component.

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval features

  • Adabas Audit Data Retrieval indexes and archives lists and allows online retrieval and viewing for multiple users.
  • Adabas Audit Data Retrieval builds indexes for your log datasets according to the structure information included in the logs. It is also possible to create your own index definitions if additional processing instructions are needed.
  • Administrators can access definitions and indexed lists with the help of panels on 3270-type terminals. The end-user tool for accessing the indexed data is Adabas Audit Data Viewer (AAV).

Host components

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval runs as a subsystem on your z/OS host computer. Adabas Audit Data Retrieval includes the following components on the host:

  • The started task (B97STC) provides access to the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database and controls communication between the various components.
  • The reader program (B97RDR00) reads Adabas log audit datasets (ALOG datasets) and processes the contained data according to the definitions in the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval database and the structure information included in the datasets.
  • An ISPF application to access definitions and indexed lists via a 3270-type terminal
  • Various maintenance batch utilities (archive, reload, cleanup)

Two-digit numeric identifier

97 is the identifying number of Adabas Audit Data Retrieval. You will see the identifying number in:

  • Program and job names like B97DLOAD
  • LST parameters (B97_SSID)
  • LST member name (B97LSTxx)
  • System identifier in the JCL ('S=97')