Policy audits

Policy audits provide a detailed history of the policy. It includes type of action, date last run, start and end dates with times, average speed, total data objects, and data object counts. They can be viewed by name, volume, time, and by discovery export.

Policy audit by name

Table 1. Policy audit by name: Fields and descriptions
Policy audit by name field Description
Policy name The policy name.
Policy status The policy's status.
Number of times executed The number of times that the policy was run.
Most recent date executed The date on which the policy was last run.

Policy audit by volume

Table 2. Policy audit by volume: Fields and descriptions
Policy audit by volume field Description
Volume The name of the volume on which the policy was run.
Most recent date a policy was executed The most recent date on which the policy was last run.
Number of policies executed The number of policies that were run.

Policy audit by time

Table 3. Policy audit by time: Fields and descriptions
Policy audit by time field Description
Policy name The policy name.
Policy status The status of the policy: Complete or Incomplete.
Start The time at which the policy's execution was started.
End The time at which the policy's execution was complete.
Success count The number of processed messages that are classified as a success.
Failure count The number of processed messages that are classified as a failure.
Warning count The number of processed messages that are classified as a warning.
Other count The number of processed messages that are classified as other.
Total data objects The total number of data objects.
Action type The type of policy that took place.
Ag. actions/second The average number of actions per second.

Policy audit by discovery export

Table 4. Policy audit by discovery exports: Fields and descriptions
Policy audit by discovery export field Description
Discovery export name The name of the discovery export.
Number runs The number of times the policy ran.
Most recent export status The status of the most recent discovery export.
Most recent load file status The status of the most recent load file.
Most recent date executed The date of the most recent policy execution.

Discovery export runs by discovery export

Table 5. Discovery export runs by discovery export: Fields and descriptions
Discovery export runs by discovery export field Description
Discovery export run The name of the discovery export run.
Number of executions The number of times the run was started.
Success count The number of processed messages that are classified as a success.
Failure count The number of processed messages that are classified as a failure.
Warning count The number of processed messages that are classified as a warning.
Other count The number of processed messages that are classified as other.
Total data objects The total number of data objects.
Export status The status of the export: Complete or Incomplete.
Load file status The status of the load file: Complete or Incomplete.
Note: A warning in a policy audit trail is a success with the following conditions:
  • If you copy an Exchange item such as re:, the re is copied, not the:. It generates a warning.
  • The copied file is renamed.
  • The file system to which you are copying does not accept characters in the file name.