Oracle® Audit Vault and Database

Firewall
Administrator's Guide

Release 20
E93408-21
March 2023
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Administrator's Guide, Release 20

E93408-21

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Contents
Preface
Audience xxviii
Documentation Accessibility xxviii
Diversity and Inclusion xxviii
Related Documents xxviii
Conventions xxviii
Translation xxix

Quick Reference for Common Tasks

About this Quick Reference xxx
Audit Vault Server xxx
Database Firewall xxxi
Hosts xxxii
Agent xxxii
Host Monitor Agent xxxiii
Targets xxxiii
Other Administrator Tasks xxxiv
Reference Information xxxiv

Part I Getting Started with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

1 Changes in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Release 20

2 Introducing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

2.1 Downloading the Latest Version of This Manual 2-1
2.2 Learning About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 2-1
2.3 Supported Platforms for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 2-1
2.4 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall System Features 2-2
2.4.1 About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 2-2

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 2.4.2 Security Technical Implementation Guides and Implementation for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall 2-2
2.4.3 System Requirements for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 2-3
2.4.4 Supported Targets for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 2-3
2.4.5 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Administrative Features 2-3
2.4.6 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditing Features 2-4
2.4.7 Integrating Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall with Oracle Key Vault 2-4
2.5 Separation of Duties 2-4
2.6 Understanding the Administrator's Role 2-5
2.7 Planning Your Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall System Configuration 2-6
2.7.1 Guidance for Planning Your Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Configuration 2-6
2.7.2 Step 1: Plan Your Oracle Audit Vault Server Configuration 2-6
2.7.3 Step 2: Plan Your Oracle Database Firewall Configuration 2-7
2.7.4 Step 3: Plan Your Oracle Audit Vault Agent Deployments 2-7
2.7.5 Step 4: Plan Your Audit Trail Configurations 2-8
2.7.6 Step 5: Plan for High Availability 2-9
2.7.7 Step 6: Plan User Accounts and Access Rights 2-9
2.8 Summary of Configuration Steps 2-9
2.8.1 Configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall and Deploying the Agent 2-9
2.8.2 Configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall and Deploying Oracle
Database Firewall 2-10
2.9 Using Audit Vault Server Console 2-10
2.9.1 Log in to Audit Vault Server Console 2-10
2.9.2 Log in to Database Firewall Console 2-11
2.9.3 Understanding the Tabs and Menus in Audit Vault Server Console 2-12
2.9.4 Working with Lists of Objects in the Audit Vault Server Console 2-13
2.10 Using the Audit Vault Command Line Interface 2-14
2.11 Using the Oracle Audit Vault and Oracle Database Firewall Enterprise Manager
Plug-In 2-14
2.12 Logging In to Oracle AVDF Appliances Through SSH 2-16
2.13 Unlocking and Locking the AVSYS User 2-16
2.13.1 Unlocking the AVSYS User 2-17
2.13.2 Locking the AVSYS User 2-17

3 General Security Guidelines

3.1 Installing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Securely to Protect Your Data 3-1
3.1.1 Installing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Securely 3-1
3.1.2 Protecting Your Data 3-1
3.2 General Security Recommendations 3-2
3.3 External Network Dependencies 3-2

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3.4.1 Monitoring Encrypted Traffic with the Database Firewall 3-3
3.4.2 Managing Database Firewall Server Side SQL and Context Configurations 3-3
3.4.3 How Oracle AVDF Works with Various Database Access Paths 3-4
3.4.4 Database Firewall Configuration for Oracle Database Target Configured in
Shared Server Mode 3-4
3.4.5 Additional Client and Listener Behavior Considerations 3-5
3.5 Security Considerations for Special Configurations 3-5
3.5.1 Custom Collector Development 3-5
3.6 About Setting Transport Layer Security Levels 3-6
3.7 Certificates 3-12
3.7.1 Platform Certificates 3-12
3.7.2 About Audit Vault Agent Certificates 3-12
3.7.3 Rotating Audit Vault Agent Certificates 3-13
3.7.3.1 Step 1: Download the Patch for Validating Audit Vault Agent Certificates 3-13
3.7.3.2 Step 2: Check the Validity of the Audit Vault Agent Certificates 3-13
3.7.3.3 Step 3: Patch the Audit Vault Agents to Enable Certificate Rotation
(Oracle AVDF 20.1 to 20.6 Only) 3-13
3.7.3.4 Step 4: Rotate the Audit Vault Agent Certificates 3-14
3.7.4 Rotating Audit Vault Server Certificates 3-15
3.7.5 Rotating Database Firewall Certificates 3-20
3.7.6 Creating TLS Proxy Certificates for Database Firewall 3-22

4 Configuring Audit Vault Server

4.1 About Configuring Audit Vault Server 4-1
4.2 Changing the UI (Console) Certificate for Audit Vault Server 4-2
4.3 Specifying Initial System Settings and Options on Audit Vault Server (Required) 4-3
4.3.1 Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings 4-3
4.3.2 Changing the Time Zone 4-7
4.3.3 Specifying Audit Vault Server System Settings 4-7
4.3.3.1 Changing the Primary Audit Vault Server Network Configuration 4-8
4.3.3.2 Changing the Standby Audit Vault Server Network Configuration 4-10
4.3.3.3 Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services 4-11
4.3.3.4 Changing the Standby Audit Vault Server System Settings 4-12
4.3.3.5 Changing IP Addresses of Active and Registered Agents 4-13
4.3.4 Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations 4-13
4.3.5 Configuring Custom Ports on Network Interfaces 4-15
4.4 Configuring the Email Notification Service 4-16
4.4.1 About Email Notifications in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 4-16
4.4.2 Configuring Email Notifications 4-17
4.5 Configuring Archive Locations and Retention Policies 4-17

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 4.5.1 About Archiving and Retrieving Data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall 4-18
4.5.2 Defining Archive Locations 4-20
4.5.3 Creating and Deleting Archive and Retention Policies 4-25
4.5.3.1 Creating Archive and Retention Policies 4-25
4.5.3.2 Deleting Archive and Retention Policies 4-27
4.5.4 Viewing Archived Datafiles 4-27
4.5.5 Running Archive and Retrieval Jobs 4-28
4.6 Managing Archival and Retrieval in High Availability Environments 4-29
4.7 Defining Resilient Pairs for High Availability 4-30
4.8 Registering Database Firewall in Audit Vault Server 4-31
4.9 Testing Audit Vault Server System Operations 4-31
4.10 Configuring Fiber Channel-Based Storage for Audit Vault Server 4-32
4.11 Adding Local Disks to the New ASM Disk Group 4-33
4.12 Fiber Channel Based Multipath in Oracle AVDF 4-36
4.13 Adding Network Address Translation IP Addresses to Audit Vault Agent 4-37

5 Configuring Database Firewall

5.1 About Configuring Database Firewall 5-1
5.2 Introduction to Database Firewall Deployment 5-2
5.2.1 Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) 5-3
5.2.2 Monitoring (Out-of-Band) 5-7
5.2.3 Monitoring (Host Monitor) 5-8
5.3 Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address 5-10
5.4 Managing the Oracle Database Firewall Network and Services Configuration 5-11
5.4.1 Configuring Network Settings for Oracle Database Firewall 5-12
5.4.2 Configuring Network Services for Oracle Database Firewall 5-13
5.4.3 Configuring SNMPv3 Users in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 5-14
5.5 Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall 5-16
5.6 Changing the IP Address on a Single Instance of the Database Firewall Server 5-17
5.7 Changing the Database Firewall Host Name 5-19
5.8 Configuring the Database Firewall and Its Traffic Sources on Your Network 5-19
5.8.1 About Configuring Oracle Database Firewall and Traffic Sources On Your
Network 5-19
5.8.2 Configuring Network Settings 5-20
5.8.3 Configuring the Database Firewall As a Traffic Proxy 5-20
5.9 Viewing the Status and Diagnostics Report for Database Firewall 5-21
5.10 Configure and Download the Diagnostics Report File 5-21
5.11 Configuring Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer with Database Firewall 5-25

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6 Registering Hosts and Deploying the Agent
6.1 About Registering Hosts and Deploying the Agent 6-1
6.2 Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server 6-2
6.3 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers 6-3
6.3.1 Audit Vault Agent Requirements 6-4
6.3.2 Audit Vault Agent Machine Java Best Practices 6-5
6.3.3 Validation During Audit Vault Agent Deployment 6-5
6.3.4 About Deploying the Audit Vault Agent 6-6
6.3.5 Steps Required to Deploy and Activate the Audit Vault Agent 6-10
6.3.6 Registering the Host 6-10
6.3.7 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent 6-10
6.3.8 Activating and Starting the Audit Vault Agent 6-12
6.3.9 Changing Host Names 6-13
6.3.10 Configuring Agent Auto Restart Functionality 6-14
6.3.11 Configuring Agent Auto Restart Functionality Remotely 6-15
6.3.12 Check if Audit Vault Agent Has Auto Restart Functionality Enabled 6-16
6.3.13 Registering and Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service 6-16
6.3.13.1 About the Audit Vault Agent Windows Service 6-16
6.3.13.2 Registering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service 6-17
6.3.13.3 Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service 6-18
6.4 Stopping, Starting, and Other Agent Operations 6-18
6.4.1 Stopping and Starting Audit Vault Agent 6-19
6.4.1.1 Stopping and Starting the Agent on Unix Hosts 6-19
6.4.1.2 Stopping and Starting the Agent on Windows Hosts 6-19
6.4.1.3 Autostarting the Agent on Windows Hosts 6-20
6.4.2 Changing the Logging Level for the Audit Vault Agent 6-21
6.4.3 Viewing the Status and Details of Audit Vault Agent 6-21
6.4.4 Deactivating and Removing Audit Vault Agent 6-22
6.5 Updating Audit Vault Agent 6-23
6.6 Deploying Plug-ins and Registering Plug-in Hosts 6-23
6.6.1 About Plug-ins 6-23
6.6.2 Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled in a Target 6-24
6.6.3 Registering the Plug-in Host in Audit Vault Server 6-24
6.6.4 Deploying and Activating the Plug-in 6-24
6.6.5 Removing Plug-ins 6-26
6.7 Deleting Hosts from Audit Vault Server 6-26

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7 Configuring Targets, Audit Trails, and Database Firewall Monitoring
Points
7.1 About Configuring Targets 7-1
7.2 Registering Targets and Creating Groups 7-1
7.2.1 Registering or Removing Targets in Audit Vault Server 7-1
7.2.1.1 About Targets in the Audit Vault Server 7-2
7.2.1.2 Registering Targets 7-2
7.2.1.3 Modifying Targets 7-9
7.2.1.4 Removing Targets 7-9
7.2.2 Creating a Target Group 7-10
7.2.3 Modifying a Target Group 7-10
7.2.4 Controlling Access to Targets and Target Groups 7-11
7.2.5 Moving a Target from One Host Machine to Another 7-11
7.3 Preparing Targets for Audit Data Collection 7-13
7.3.1 Using an NTP Service to Set Time on Targets 7-14
7.3.2 Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled on the Target 7-14
7.3.3 Setting User Account Privileges on Targets 7-15
7.3.4 Scheduling Audit Trail Cleanup 7-15
7.4 Preparing Targets for Data Discovery 7-15
7.4.1 Prerequisites for Enabling Data Discovery 7-16
7.4.2 Managing Privileges for Data Discovery 7-16
7.4.3 Managing Statistics Gathering for Data Discovery 7-17
7.5 Configuring and Managing Audit Trail Collection 7-17
7.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server 7-17
7.5.2 Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection 7-18
7.5.3 Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection 7-19
7.5.4 Stopping, Starting, and Autostart of Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server 7-21
7.5.5 Checking the Status of Trail Collection in Audit Vault Server 7-21
7.5.6 Audit Collection Best Practices 7-24
7.5.7 Handling New Audit Trails with Expired Audit Records 7-25
7.5.8 Deleting an Audit Trail 7-26
7.5.9 Converting Audit Record Formats for Collection 7-26
7.5.9.1 Prerequisites for Converting Oracle Audit Vault Record MySQL Formats 7-26
7.5.9.2 Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats 7-26
7.5.9.3 Converting Binary Audit Files to ASCII Format for IBM DB2 7-28
7.5.10 Configuring Audit Trail Collection for Oracle Real Application Clusters 7-31
7.5.11 Configuring Audit Trail Collection for CDBs and PDBs 7-32
7.5.12 Migrating Audit Trails from Agentless Collection to Agent-Based Collection 7-34
7.6 Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points 7-34
7.6.1 About Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points for Targets 7-35

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7.6.3 Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point 7-40
7.6.4 Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring Points 7-42
7.6.5 Viewing the Status of Database Firewall Monitoring Points 7-43
7.6.6 Finding the Port Number Used by a Database Firewall Monitoring Point 7-43
7.6.7 Configuring a Database Firewall to Connect to an Oracle Autonomous
Database 7-44
7.7 Configuring Stored Procedure Auditing (SPA) 7-45
7.8 Configuring Database Firewall for Databases That Use Native Network Encryption 7-45
7.8.1 Step 1: Apply the Specified Patch to the Oracle Database 7-46
7.8.2 Step 2: Run the Oracle Advance Security Integration Script 7-46
7.8.3 Step 3: Provide the Database Firewall Public Key to Oracle Database 7-47
7.8.4 Step 4: Enable Native Network Encrypted Traffic Monitoring for Oracle
Database 7-48
7.9 Configuring Advanced Settings for Database Firewall 7-48
7.9.1 About Native Network Encryption for Oracle Databases 7-48
7.9.2 Monitor Native Network Encrypted Traffic Through Database Firewall for
Oracle Databases 7-49
7.9.3 Disabling Encrypted Traffic Monitoring for Oracle Databases 7-50
7.9.4 Retrieve Session Information for Non Oracle Databases 7-51
7.9.4.1 Setting Permissions to Retrieve Session Information in Microsoft SQL
Server 7-51
7.9.4.2 Setting Permissions to Retrieve Session Information in Sybase SQL
Anywhere Database 7-52
7.10 Monitoring TLS Encrypted SQL Traffic 7-52
7.10.1 Using Default Self Signed Certificates Created During Monitoring Point
Creation 7-53
7.10.2 Configuring Mutual Authentication for Inbound or Outbound TLS
Communication 7-54
7.10.3 Using External Certificates Signed by Certificate Authority 7-55
7.10.4 Disabling Mutual Authentication for Inbound or Outbound TLS Communication 7-59
7.10.5 Configuring a TLS Proxy for an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database 7-60
7.10.6 (Optional) Enabling Common Name Verification for the Database Server 7-61
7.11 Configuring and Using Database Response Monitoring 7-62
7.11.1 About Database Response Monitoring 7-62
7.11.2 Enabling Database Response Monitoring 7-63
7.12 Securing the Agent and Oracle Database Target Connection 7-63
7.13 Upgrading the Target Database 7-64

8 Using the Host Monitor Agent

8.1 About Host Monitoring 8-1
8.2 Installing and Enabling the Host Monitor Agent 8-1

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8.2.2 Validation During Host Monitor Agent Deployment 8-3
8.2.3 Registering the Host Machine That Will Run the Host Monitor Agent 8-4
8.2.4 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent 8-4
8.2.4.1 Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Windows Host Machine 8-4
8.2.4.2 Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Unix Host Machine 8-7
8.2.5 Creating a Target for the Host-Monitored Database 8-9
8.2.6 Creating a Monitoring Point for the Host Monitor Agent 8-9
8.2.7 Creating a Network Audit Trail 8-11
8.3 Starting, Stopping, and Other Host Monitor Agent Operations 8-11
8.3.1 Starting the Host Monitor Agent 8-11
8.3.2 Stopping the Host Monitor Agent 8-12
8.3.3 Changing the Logging Level for a Host Monitor Agent 8-12
8.3.4 Viewing Host Monitor Agent Status and Details 8-12
8.3.5 Checking the Status of a Host Monitor Agent Audit Trail 8-12
8.3.6 Uninstalling a Host Monitor Agent (Unix Hosts Only) 8-13
8.4 Updating a Host Monitor Agent (Unix Hosts Only) 8-13
8.5 Using Mutual Authentication for Communication Between the Database Firewall and
the Host Monitor Agent 8-13

9 High Availability in Oracle AVDF

9.1 About High Availability in Oracle AVDF 9-1
9.2 Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers 9-1
9.2.1 About High Availability in Audit Vault Servers 9-1
9.2.2 Prerequisites for Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers 9-3
9.2.3 Configure the Designated Standby Audit Vault Server 9-3
9.2.4 Configure the Designated Primary Audit Vault Server 9-4
9.2.5 Checking the High Availability Status of an Audit Vault Server 9-5
9.2.6 Post High Availability Pairing Steps 9-5
9.2.7 Audit Vault Agent Communication with Audit Vault Server in High Availability 9-6
9.2.8 Swapping Roles Between a Primary and Standby Audit Vault Server 9-7
9.2.9 Handling a Failover Scenario 9-8
9.2.10 Unpair Primary and Standby Audit Vault Servers 9-8
9.2.11 Disabling or Enabling Failover of the Audit Vault Server 9-9
9.2.12 Archiving and Retrieving in High Availability 9-9
9.2.13 Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server in High Availability 9-11
9.3 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls 9-11
9.3.1 High Availability for Database Firewall 9-11
9.3.2 High Availability for Database Firewall in Host Monitor Agent or Out of Band
Modes 9-13
9.3.3 Swapping Roles Between Primary and Standby Database Firewalls 9-14

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9.3.5 Configuring High Availability of Database Firewall Instances With Monitoring
Points 9-15
9.4 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls in Proxy Mode 9-16
9.4.1 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewall in Proxy Mode through
Client Configuration 9-16
9.4.2 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewall in Proxy Mode using DNS 9-18

10 Integration with Third Party SIEM and Log-data Analysis Tools

11 Using Oracle Database Firewall with Oracle RAC

11.1 Configuring a Database Firewall with Oracle RAC for Monitoring and Blocking 11-1
11.1.1 About Configuring Database Firewall with Oracle RAC for Monitoring and
Blocking 11-1
11.1.2 Configure a Proxy Using the Audit Vault Server Console 11-1
11.2 Configuring a Database Firewall with Oracle RAC for Monitoring 11-2

12 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

12.1 About Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 12-1
12.2 Benefits of Provisioning Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 12-1
12.3 Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Machine Shapes 12-2
12.4 Provisioning Oracle AVDF with the Oracle Cloud Marketplace Image 12-2
12.4.1 Accessing the Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace Image 12-3
12.4.2 Creating an Oracle AVDF instance with Oracle Cloud Marketplace Image 12-3
12.4.3 Post Instance Creation Steps 12-5
12.5 Connecting to Oracle AVDF Instance 12-6
12.6 Scaling up Oracle AVDF Instance 12-7
12.7 Changes in Functionality for Oracle AVDF Instances on OCI 12-8
12.8 Ports for Communication between Oracle AVDF Components 12-9
12.9 High Availability for Oracle AVDF Instance 12-9
12.10 Deploying Audit Vault Agents 12-10
12.11 Configuring Audit Trail Collection 12-11
12.12 Deploying Database Firewall for Monitoring 12-11
12.13 Monitoring Oracle Autonomous Database Services 12-12
12.14 Monitoring DB Systems on OCI 12-13
12.15 Backup and Restore of Oracle AVDF Instances in OCI 12-13
12.16 Archiving and Retrieving Audit Data 12-14
12.17 Starting or Stopping the Oracle AVDF Instance 12-14

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13 Oracle Audit Vault And Database Firewall Hybrid Cloud Deployment

13.1 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hybrid Cloud Deployment and
Prerequisites 13-1
13.2 Opening Ports on Oracle Database Cloud Service 13-3
13.3 Configuring Hybrid Cloud Target Using TCP 13-4
13.3.1 Step 1: Registering On-premises Host on the Audit Vault Server 13-4
13.3.2 Step 2: Installing Audit Vault Agent on Registered On-premises Hosts 13-4
13.3.3 Step 3: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Database Cloud Service Target
Instances 13-5
13.3.4 Step 4: Setting Up or Reviewing Audit Policies on Target Oracle Database
Cloud Service Instances 13-6
13.3.5 Step 5: Creating Targets on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database
Cloud Service Instances 13-6
13.3.6 Step 6: Starting Audit Trail on Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database Cloud
Service Instances 13-7
13.4 Configuring TCPS Connections for DBCS Instances 13-8
13.4.1 Step 1: Creating Server Wallet and Certificate 13-8
13.4.2 Step 2: Creating Client (Agent) Wallet and Certificate 13-10
13.4.3 Step 3: Exchanging Client (Agent) and Server Certificates 13-13
13.4.4 Step 4: Configuring Server Network 13-16
13.4.5 Step 5: Connecting to DBCS instances in TCPS mode 13-18
13.5 Configuring Hybrid Cloud Target Using TCPS 13-18
13.5.1 Step 1: Registering On-premises Host on Oracle Audit Vault Server 13-18
13.5.2 Step 2: Installing Oracle Audit Vault Agent on Registered On-premises Hosts
and Configuring TCPS 13-19
13.5.3 Step 3: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Database Cloud Service Target
Instances 13-19
13.5.4 Step 4: Setting Up or Reviewing Audit Policies on Target Oracle Database
Cloud Service Instances 13-20
13.5.5 Step 5: Creating Targets on Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database Cloud
Service Instances 13-21
13.5.6 Step 6: Starting Audit Trail on Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database Cloud
Services Instances 13-22
13.6 Configuring Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service Target Using TCPS 13-22
13.6.1 Step 1: Installing Audit Vault Agent on registered On-premises Hosts and
Configuring TCPS 13-23
13.6.2 Step 2: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service
Instances 13-23
13.6.3 Step 3: Creating Targets on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle Exadata
Express Cloud Service Instances 13-24
13.7 Configuring Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service Target Using TCP 13-24
13.7.1 Step 1: Registering On-premises Hosts on Oracle Audit Vault Server 13-24

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13.7.3 Step 3: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Target
Instances 13-24
13.7.4 Step 4: Setting Up or Reviewing Audit Policies on Target Oracle Exadata
Express Cloud Instances 13-25
13.7.5 Step 5: Creating Targets on Oracle Audit Vault Servers for Oracle Exadata
Express Cloud Instances 13-25
13.7.6 Step 6: Starting Audit Trail on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle Exadata
Express Cloud Instances 13-25
13.8 Configuring Autonomous Data Warehouse and Autonomous Transaction
Processing 13-26
13.8.1 Step 1: Install Audit Vault Agent on Registered Host 13-26
13.8.2 Step 2: Create User Accounts on Oracle Cloud Instances 13-26
13.8.3 Step 3: Create Targets on Audit Vault Server for the Cloud Instances 13-27
13.8.4 Step 4: Start Audit Trail on Audit Vault Server for the Autonomous Data
Warehouse and Autonomous Transaction Processing Cloud Instances 13-27
13.8.5 Step 5: (Optional) Revoke Audit Vault and Database Firewall Privileges for a
User 13-28

Part II General Administration Tasks

14 Managing User Accounts and Access

14.1 About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Administrative Accounts 14-1
14.2 Security Technical Implementation Guides and Implementation for User Accounts 14-2
14.3 Configuring Administrative Accounts for Oracle Audit Vault Server 14-2
14.3.1 Guidelines for Securing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall User
Accounts 14-2
14.3.2 Creating Administrative Accounts for Audit Vault Server 14-3
14.3.3 Viewing the Status of Administrator User Accounts 14-3
14.3.4 Changing User Account Types for Audit Vault Server 14-3
14.3.5 Unlocking User Accounts 14-4
14.3.6 Deleting Oracle Audit Vault Server Administrator Accounts 14-5
14.4 Configuring sudo Access for Users 14-5
14.4.1 About Configuring sudo Access 14-5
14.4.2 Configuring sudo Access for Users 14-5
14.5 Managing User Access Rights to Targets and Groups 14-6
14.5.1 About Managing User Access Rights 14-7
14.5.2 Controlling Access Rights by User 14-7
14.5.3 Controlling Access Rights by Target or Group 14-7
14.6 Changing User Passwords in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 14-8
14.6.1 Password Requirements 14-8
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14.6.2.2 Changing the Password of Another Administrator 14-9
14.6.2.3 Changing the Expired Password of an Administrator 14-10
14.7 Integrating Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall with Microsoft Active Directory
or OpenLDAP 14-11
14.7.1 About Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP Integration 14-11
14.7.2 Configuring an LDAP Server 14-12
14.7.3 Creating New Users 14-13
14.7.4 Logging In as an OpenLDAP or Microsoft Active Directory User 14-14

15 Managing the Audit Vault Server and Database Firewalls

15.1 Managing Audit Vault Server Settings, Status, and Maintenance Operations 15-1
15.1.1 Checking Server Status and System Operation 15-1
15.1.2 Managing Diagnostics 15-1
15.1.2.1 About Managing Diagnostics 15-1
15.1.2.2 Running Diagnostics Checks for the Audit Vault Server 15-2
15.1.2.3 Downloading Detailed Diagnostics Reports for Oracle Audit Vault Server 15-3
15.1.2.4 Clearing Diagnostic Logs 15-4
15.1.3 Accessing the Audit Vault Server Certificate and Public Key 15-4
15.1.3.1 Accessing the Server Certificate 15-4
15.1.3.2 Accessing the Server Public Key 15-5
15.1.4 Changing the Keyboard Layout 15-5
15.1.5 Restarting or Powering Off the Audit Vault Server 15-5
15.2 Changing Oracle Audit Vault Server Network and Services Configurations 15-6
15.3 Managing Server Connectors for Email and Syslog 15-6
15.4 Configuring Remote Syslog Over TLS 15-6
15.5 Archiving and Retrieving Audit Data 15-9
15.5.1 Enabling Automatic Archival 15-9
15.5.2 Starting an Archive Job Manually 15-10
15.5.3 Retrieving Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Audit Data 15-11
15.6 Managing Repository Encryption 15-13
15.6.1 About Oracle Audit Vault Server Repository Encryption 15-13
15.6.2 Rotating the Master Key for Repository Encryption 15-14
15.6.3 Changing the Keystore Password 15-14
15.6.4 Backing Up TDE Wallets 15-15
15.6.5 Data Encryption on Upgraded Instances 15-15
15.7 Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server 15-19
15.7.1 About Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server 15-19
15.7.2 Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore in High Availability Environment 15-21
15.7.3 About Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore Utility 15-22
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15.7.6 Configuring Audit Vault Server Backup 15-30
15.7.7 Performing Audit Vault Server Backup 15-31
15.7.8 Monitoring and Validating the Audit Vault Server Backup 15-33
15.7.9 Automating the Backup Schedule 15-34
15.7.10 Performing Audit Vault Server Backup in High Availability 15-36
15.7.11 Restoring from Audit Vault Server Backup 15-36
15.7.12 Post Restore Tasks 15-38
15.7.13 Monitor the Restore Process 15-41
15.7.14 Restoring Audit Vault Server in High Availability 15-42
15.8 Backing Up and Restoring the Database Firewall 15-42
15.9 Enabling Oracle Database In-Memory for the Audit Vault Server 15-43
15.9.1 About Enabling Oracle Database In-Memory for Oracle Audit Vault Server 15-43
15.9.2 Enabling and Allocating Memory for Oracle Database In-Memory 15-44
15.9.3 Disabling Oracle Database In-Memory 15-44
15.9.4 Monitoring Oracle Database In-Memory Usage 15-45
15.10 Managing Plug-ins 15-45
15.11 Monitoring Server Tablespace Space Usage 15-45
15.12 Monitoring Server Archive Log Disk Space Use 15-45
15.13 Monitoring Server Flash Recovery Area 15-47
15.14 Monitoring Jobs 15-48
15.15 Scheduling Maintenance Jobs 15-48
15.16 Downloading and Using the AVCLI Command Line Interface 15-49
15.16.1 About the AVCLI Command-Line Interface 15-49
15.16.2 Downloading the AVCLI Command Line Utility and Setting JAVA_HOME 15-50
15.16.3 Logging in to AVCLI 15-50
15.16.3.1 About Logging in to AVCLI 15-50
15.16.3.2 Logging in to AVCLI Interactively 15-51
15.16.3.3 Storing or Overwriting Administrative Credentials 15-52
15.16.3.4 Logging in to AVCLI Using Stored Credentials 15-52
15.16.4 Running AVCLI Scripts 15-53
15.16.5 Specifying Log Levels for AVCLI 15-54
15.16.6 Displaying Help and the Version Number of AVCLI 15-54
15.17 Downloading the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall SDK 15-55
15.18 Managing Database Firewalls 15-55
15.18.1 Changing the Database Firewall Network or Services Configuration 15-55
15.18.2 Viewing Network Traffic in a Database Firewall 15-55
15.18.3 Capturing Network Traffic in Database Firewall 15-56
15.18.4 Restarting or Powering Off Database Firewall 15-56
15.18.5 Removing Database Firewall from Audit Vault Server 15-57
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15.18.8 Resetting Database Firewall 15-58
15.18.9 Restoring Database Firewall Monitoring Points 15-58
15.19 System Alerts 15-59
15.19.1 About System Alerts 15-59
15.19.2 Viewing System Alerts 15-59
15.19.3 Closing System Alerts 15-60
15.19.4 System Alerts Severity Levels 15-60
15.19.5 System Alerts and Recommendations 15-60

16 Configuring a SAN Repository

16.1 About Configuring a SAN Repository 16-1
16.2 Configuring a SAN Server to Communicate with Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall 16-1
16.3 Registering or Dropping SAN Servers in the Oracle Audit Vault Server 16-2
16.3.1 Registering a SAN Server 16-3
16.3.2 Dropping a SAN Server 16-3
16.4 Discovering Targets on a SAN Server 16-4
16.4.1 About SAN Targets and Disks 16-4
16.4.2 Discovering Targets on a SAN Server and Making Disks Available 16-4
16.4.3 Logging Out of Targets on SAN Servers 16-4
16.5 Adding or Dropping SAN Disks in the Audit Vault Server Repository 16-5
16.5.1 About Disk Groups in the Oracle Audit Vault Server Repository 16-5
16.5.2 Adding SAN Disks to the Audit Vault Server Repository 16-6
16.5.3 Dropping SAN Disks from the Audit Vault Server Repository 16-6

Part III General Reference

A AVCLI Commands Reference

A.1 About AVCLI Commands A-1
A.2 Agent Host AVCLI Commands A-1
A.2.1 About the Agent Host AVCLI Commands A-1
A.2.2 ACTIVATE HOST A-1
A.2.3 ALTER HOST A-2
A.2.4 DEACTIVATE HOST A-4
A.2.5 DROP HOST A-5
A.2.6 LIST HOST A-6
A.2.7 REGISTER HOST A-7
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A.3 Database Firewall AVCLI Commands A-9
A.3.1 About the Database Firewall AVCLI Commands A-9
A.3.2 ALTER FIREWALL A-9
A.3.3 CREATE RESILIENT PAIR A-10
A.3.4 DROP FIREWALL A-11
A.3.5 DROP RESILIENT PAIR A-11
A.3.6 LIST FIREWALL A-12
A.3.7 POWEROFF FIREWALL A-12
A.3.8 REBOOT FIREWALL A-12
A.3.9 REGISTER FIREWALL A-13
A.3.10 SWAP RESILIENT PAIR A-13
A.3.11 SHOW STATUS FOR FIREWALL A-14
A.4 Database Firewall Monitors AVCLI Commands A-14
A.4.1 About Database Firewall Monitors AVCLI Commands A-14
A.4.2 ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR A-14
A.4.3 CREATE DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR A-17
A.4.4 DROP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR A-21
A.4.5 LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR A-21
A.4.6 START DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR A-22
A.4.7 STOP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR A-22
A.5 Target AVCLI Commands A-23
A.5.1 About the Target AVCLI Commands A-23
A.5.2 ALTER SECURED TARGET A-23
A.5.3 DROP SECURED TARGET A-25
A.5.4 LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET A-25
A.5.5 LIST METRICS A-26
A.5.6 LIST SECURED TARGET A-26
A.5.7 LIST SECURED TARGET TYPE A-27
A.5.8 REGISTER SECURED TARGET A-27
A.5.9 UPLOAD OR DELETE WALLET FILE A-29
A.6 Target Group AVCLI Commands A-30
A.6.1 ADD TARGET A-30
A.6.2 ALTER TARGET GROUP A-31
A.6.3 CREATE TARGET GROUP A-32
A.6.4 DELETE TARGET A-33
A.6.5 DROP TARGET GROUP A-33
A.6.6 LIST TARGET GROUPS A-34
A.6.7 LIST TARGETS OF TARGET GROUP A-34
A.7 Audit Trail Collection AVCLI Commands A-35
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A.7.3 LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET A-37
A.7.4 START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET A-38
A.7.5 Create Audit Trail for a Secured Target A-43
A.7.6 STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET A-44
A.8 SMTP Connection AVCLI Commands A-48
A.8.1 About the SMTP Connection AVCLI Commands A-48
A.8.2 ALTER SMTP SERVER A-48
A.8.3 ALTER SMTP SERVER DISABLE A-50
A.8.4 ALTER SMTP SERVER ENABLE A-50
A.8.5 ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE OFF A-51
A.8.6 ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON A-51
A.8.7 DROP SMTP SERVER A-52
A.8.8 LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER A-52
A.8.9 REGISTER SMTP SERVER A-53
A.8.10 TEST SMTP SERVER A-54
A.9 Security Assessment AVCLI Commands A-55
A.9.1 RETRIEVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT FROM TARGET A-55
A.10 Security Management AVCLI Commands A-56
A.10.1 About the Security Management AVCLI Commands A-56
A.10.2 ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION A-56
A.10.3 ALTER USER A-56
A.10.4 GRANT ACCESS A-57
A.10.5 GRANT ADMIN A-57
A.10.6 GRANT AUDITOR A-58
A.10.7 GRANT SUPERADMIN A-58
A.10.8 GRANT SUPERAUDITOR A-59
A.10.9 REVOKE ACCESS A-59
A.10.10 REVOKE ADMIN A-60
A.10.11 REVOKE AUDITOR A-60
A.10.12 REVOKE SUPERADMIN A-61
A.10.13 REVOKE SUPERAUDITOR A-61
A.10.14 SHOW DATA ENCRYPTION STATUS A-62
A.11 SAN Storage AVCLI Commands A-62
A.11.1 About the SAN Storage AVCLI Commands A-62
A.11.2 ALTER DISKGROUP A-63
A.11.3 ALTER SAN SERVER A-63
A.11.4 DROP SAN SERVER A-64
A.11.5 LIST DISK A-65
A.11.6 LIST DISKGROUP A-65
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A.11.9 REGISTER SAN SERVER A-66
A.11.10 SHOW iSCSI INITIATOR DETAILS FOR SERVER A-67
A.12 Remote File System AVCLI Commands A-68
A.12.1 About the Remote File System AVCLI Commands A-68
A.12.2 ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM A-68
A.12.3 DROP REMOTE FILESYSTEM A-69
A.12.4 LIST EXPORT A-69
A.12.5 LIST REMOTE FILESYSTEM A-69
A.12.6 REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM A-70
A.12.7 SHOW STATUS OF REMOTE FILESYSTEM A-71
A.13 Server Management AVCLI Commands A-71
A.13.1 About the Server Management AVCLI Commands A-71
A.13.2 ALTER SYSTEM SET A-72
A.13.3 DOWNLOAD LOG FILE A-74
A.13.4 SHOW CERTIFICATE A-74
A.14 Collection Plug-In AVCLI Commands A-74
A.14.1 About the Collection Plug-In AVCLI Commands A-74
A.14.2 DEPLOY PLUGIN A-75
A.14.3 LIST PLUGIN FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE A-75
A.14.4 UNDEPLOY PLUGIN A-76
A.15 General Usage AVCLI Commands A-76
A.15.1 About the General Usage AVCLI Commands A-76
A.15.2 CLEAR LOG A-77
A.15.3 CONNECT A-77
A.15.4 HELP A-77
A.15.5 -HELP A-78
A.15.6 QUIT A-79
A.15.7 SHOW USER A-79
A.15.8 STORE CREDENTIALS A-79
A.15.9 -VERSION A-80
A.16 Retention Policy AVCLI Commands A-80
A.16.1 APPLY RETENTION POLICY A-80
A.16.2 CREATE RETENTION POLICY A-81
A.16.3 DELETE RETENTION POLICY A-81
A.16.4 LIST RETENTION POLICIES A-82
A.16.5 SHOW RETENTION POLICY FOR TARGET A-82
A.17 Alert Policy Management AVCLI Commands A-83
A.17.1 DELETE ALERT POLICY A-83
A.17.2 DISABLE ALERT POLICY A-84
A.17.3 ENABLE ALERT POLICY A-84

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A.18 Unified Audit Policy AVCLI Commands A-85
A.18.1 ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY A-85
A.18.2 LIST UNIFIED AUDIT POLICIES A-89
A.18.3 DISABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY A-90
A.18.4 RETRIEVE AUDIT POLICIES A-90
A.19 AVCLI User Commands A-91
A.19.1 About the User AVCLI Commands A-91
A.19.2 ALTER ADMIN A-91
A.19.3 ALTER AUDITOR A-92
A.19.4 CREATE ADMIN A-94
A.19.5 CREATE AUDITOR A-95
A.19.6 DROP ADMIN A-96
A.19.7 DROP AUDITOR A-97
A.19.8 LIST ADMIN A-97
A.19.9 LIST ADMINS A-98
A.19.10 LIST AUDITOR A-98
A.19.11 LIST AUDITORS A-99

B System Configuration Utilities

B.1 CONFIG-ASO B-1
B.2 CONFIG-AVS B-1
B.3 CONFIG-BOND B-2
B.4 CONFIG-CAPTURE B-4
B.5 CONFIG-DIAGNOSTICS B-5
B.6 CONFIG-DNS B-5
B.7 CONFIG-KEYTABLE B-6
B.8 CONFIG-NIC B-7
B.9 CONFIG-NTP B-8
B.10 CONFIG-PROXY B-9
B.11 CONFIG-SNMP B-10
B.12 CONFIG-SSH B-11
B.13 CONFIG-STATUS B-11
B.14 CONFIG-SYSLOG B-12
B.15 CONFIG-TIME B-13
B.16 CONFIG-PKI_IDENTITY B-14

C Plug-In Reference
C.1 About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Plug-ins C-1

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C.2.1 About Plug-ins C-1
C.2.2 Oracle Database Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-4
C.2.3 MySQL Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-7
C.2.4 Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-8
C.2.5 PostgreSQL Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-11
C.2.6 IBM DB2 Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-12
C.2.7 Sybase ASE Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-13
C.2.8 Sybase SQL Anywhere Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-14
C.2.9 Quick JSON Target Type for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-15
C.2.10 Oracle Solaris Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-17
C.2.11 Linux Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-17
C.2.12 IBM AIX Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-19
C.2.13 Microsoft Windows Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-20
C.2.14 Microsoft Active Directory Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall C-21
C.2.15 Oracle ACFS Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-22
C.2.16 Summary of Data Collected for Each Audit Trail Type C-22
C.3 Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Targets C-26
C.3.1 About Scripts for Setting up Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Account
Privileges C-26
C.3.2 Oracle Database Setup Scripts C-26
C.3.3 Sybase ASE Setup Scripts for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall C-29
C.3.3.1 About Sybase ASE Setup Scripts C-29
C.3.3.2 Setting Up Audit Data Collection Privileges for Sybase ASE Targets C-29
C.3.3.3 Setting Up Stored Procedure Auditing Privileges for Sybase ASE Targets C-30
C.3.4 Sybase SQL Anywhere Setup Scripts C-31
C.3.5 Microsoft SQL Server Setup Scripts C-32
C.3.5.1 About the SQL Server Setup Script C-32
C.3.5.2 Setting Up Audit Data Collection Privileges for SQL Server Targets C-32
C.3.5.3 Setting Up Stored Procedure Auditing Privileges for SQL Server Targets C-33
C.3.6 IBM DB2 for LUW Setup Scripts C-35
C.3.6.1 About the IBM DB2 for LUW Setup Scripts C-35
C.3.6.2 Setting Up Audit Data Collection Privileges for IBM DB2 for LUW C-35
C.4 Audit Collection Consideration C-36
C.4.1 Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle Active Data Guard C-36
C.4.2 Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle Data Guard C-38
C.5 Audit Trail Cleanup C-39
C.5.1 Oracle Database Audit Trail Cleanup C-39
C.5.1.1 About Purging the Oracle Database Target Audit Trail C-39
C.5.1.2 Scheduling Automated Purge Jobs C-40
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C.5.2.1 Cleaning Up Oracle GoldenGate Extracts C-43
C.5.3 MySQL Audit Trail Cleanup C-43
C.5.4 IBM DB2 Audit Trail Cleanup C-43
C.6 Procedure Look-Ups: Connect Strings, Collection Attributes, Audit Trail Locations C-43
C.6.1 Target Locations (Connect Strings) C-43
C.6.2 Audit Collection Attributes C-45
C.6.2.1 About Audit Collection Attributes C-45
C.6.2.2 Oracle Database Audit Collection Attributes C-45
C.6.2.3 IBM DB2 for LUW Audit Collection Attribute C-47
C.6.2.4 MySQL Audit Collection Attributes C-48
C.6.2.5 Oracle ACFS Audit Collection Attribute C-48
C.6.3 Audit Trail Locations C-49

D Transaction Log Audit Data Collection for Oracle Database

D.1 Introduction to Transaction Log Audit Trails for Oracle Database Using Oracle
GoldenGate D-1
D.2 Sizing Guidelines D-2
D.3 Restricted Use License for Oracle GoldenGate D-3
D.4 Installing Oracle GoldenGate on Oracle Database D-3
D.5 Capturing Transaction Log Data from Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 and Later D-4
D.6 Downstream Mining to Capture Transaction Log Data from Oracle Database Prior to
12.2.0.1 D-4
D.7 Migrating Transaction Log Audit Trail from Oracle AVDF 12.2 to 20 D-5
D.8 Create User and Grant Relevant Privileges D-5
D.9 Configure Oracle GoldenGate Parameters for Oracle Database D-7
D.10 Create New Credential in GoldenGate Administration Server D-9
D.11 Create a New Integrated Extract in Oracle GoldenGate Administration Server D-10
D.12 Periodic Backup of LogMiner Dictionary D-12
D.13 Sample Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract Parameter Files D-12
D.14 Audit Trail Creation in Audit Vault Console D-14
D.15 Audit Trail Cleanup D-15
D.16 Configure GoldenGate Downstream Mining D-15

E Transaction Log Audit Data Collection for Microsoft SQL Server

E.1 Introduction to the Transaction Audit Log Trail Using Oracle GoldenGate for
Microsoft SQL Server E-1
E.2 Sizing Guidelines E-2
E.3 Restricted Use License for Oracle GoldenGate E-2
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2019) E-3
E.5.1 Creating Users and Privileges E-3
E.5.2 Creating the Manager Process E-4
E.5.3 Preparing the System for Oracle GoldenGate E-5
E.5.4 Preparing the System for the CDC Capture E-5
E.5.5 Creating the GoldenGate CDC Extract E-6
E.6 Creating Audit Trails in the Audit Vault Console E-7
E.7 Cleaning Up Audit Trails E-8

F PostgreSQL Audit Data Collection Reference

F.1 Introduction to PostgreSQL Audit Data Collection F-1
F.2 Installing PostgreSQL F-1
F.3 Steps After Installing PostgreSQL F-1

G Ports Used by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

G.1 Ports for Deploying Database Firewall for Targets G-1
G.2 Ports for Services Provided by Audit Vault Server G-1
G.3 Ports for Services Provided by Database Firewall G-2
G.4 Ports for External Network Access by Audit Vault Server G-3
G.5 Ports for External Network Access by Database Firewall G-4
G.6 Ports for Internal TCP Communication G-5

H Message Code Dictionary for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
H.1 Audit Vault Messages H-1
H.2 Database Firewall Messages H-40
H.3 Agent Messages H-52

I Security Technical Implementation Guides

I.1 About Security Technical Implementation Guides I-1
I.2 Enabling and Disabling STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall I-2
I.2.1 Enabling STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall I-2
I.2.2 Disabling STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall I-3
I.3 Current Implementation of STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall I-3
I.4 Current Implementation of Database STIG Guidelines I-3
I.5 Additional STIG Guideline Notes I-12
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I.5.3 DG0116-ORACLE11 STIG Guideline I-12
I.6 Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Rules I-13

J Enabling FIPS 140-2 in Oracle AVDF

J.1 About FIPS and Oracle AVDF J-1
J.2 Enabling FIPS 140-2 on the Audit Vault Server J-2
J.3 Enabling FIPS 140-2 in Database Firewall J-3
J.4 Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall Instances in High Availability J-3
J.5 Verify the Status After Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall Instances in High
Availability J-4
J.6 Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall Instances in High Availability Deployed in
Proxy Mode J-4

K Troubleshooting Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

K.1 Audit Vault Agent or Host Monitor Agent Is Not Upgraded to the New Release K-1
K.2 Failure While Building a Host Monitor Agent or Collecting Oracle Database Trails K-2
K.3 Error When Running Host Monitor Agent Setup K-3
K.4 Host Monitor Agent Fails to Start K-4
K.5 Host Monitor Agent Network Trail is in STOPPED State K-4
K.6 Network Audit Trail Does Not Start on Unix Platforms K-5
K.7 Partial or No Traffic Seen for an Oracle Database Monitored by Oracle Database
Firewall K-6
K.8 Incomplete or Missing SQL Statements or Network Traffic in Oracle AVDF Reports K-7
K.9 Agent Activation Request Returns 'host is not registered' Error K-10
K.10 Unable to Deploy Agent on the Secondary Audit Vault Server K-11
K.11 'java -jar agent.jar' Failed on Windows Machine K-11
K.12 Unable to Install the Agent or Generate the agent.jar File K-11
K.13 Unable to Un-install the Oracle Audit Vault Agent Windows Service K-12
K.14 Access Denied Error While Installing Agent as a Windows Service K-12
K.15 Unable to Start the Agent Through the Services Applet on the Control Panel K-13
K.16 Error When Starting the Agent K-13
K.17 Alerts on Oracle Database Targets Are Not Triggered for Extended Periods of Time K-14
K.18 Error When Creating an Audit Policy K-14
K.19 Connection Problems When Using Oracle Database Firewall Monitoring and
Blocking K-15
K.20 Audit Trail Does Not Start K-16
K.21 Cannot See Data for Targets K-16
K.22 Problems Pairing Oracle Database Firewall and Oracle Audit Vault Server K-18
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K.25 Problems Retrieving or Provisioning Audit Settings on Oracle Target K-20
K.26 Operation Failed Message Appears When Attempting to Enable Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall Policies K-20
K.27 Out of Memory Error Message During Restore K-21
K.28 JAVA.IO.IOEXCEPTION Error K-21
K.29 Failed to Start ASM Instance Error K-22
K.30 Internal Capacity Exceeded Messages Seen in the /var/log/messages file K-22
K.31 First Archive Or Retrieve Job After Upgrade K-24
K.32 Audit Vault Agent Installation Fails After HA Pairing Or Separation K-24
K.33 Error in Restoring Files K-25
K.34 DB2 Collector Fails Due to Source Version NULL Errors K-26
K.35 DB2 Collector Fails Due to Database Connection or Permission Issues K-26
K.36 ORA-12660 Error While Registering Target K-27
K.37 Audit Trail Performance Issues Occur After Audit Vault Server Upgrade K-27
K.38 Failures Due to Dropping Users K-28
K.39 Failure of Agent Automatic Upgrades K-28
K.40 Some Services May Not Start After Backup K-28
K.41 Data Overflow Issues in the Oracle Audit Vault UI K-29
K.42 Oracle Audit Vault Agent is Unreachable and the Transaction Log Audit Trail is
Frozen in Starting Status K-29
K.43 Scheduled PDF or XLS Reports Result in a Hung State K-30
K.44 Pending Reports Remain in Scheduled Status K-30
K.45 Audit Vault Log Displays a Message to Install WinPcap and OpenSSL K-31
K.46 Error OAV-47409 While Managing Archive Locations K-33
K.47 Error OAV-47402 While Defining Archive Locations Using NFS Mount Point K-33
K.48 Audit Trail Stopped After Relocating Windows Event Log Files K-34
K.49 Missing or Incomplete Client Information in Oracle Database Firewall Logs K-34
K.50 Issues with Retrieving Session Information Through Clients Connecting to
Microsoft SQL Server K-35
K.51 Performance Issues Due to High Memory Usage K-36
K.52 httpd Crash Issue on Database Firewall K-36
K.53 Issue with Retrieval of Return Row Count K-38
K.54 Unable to Log in to the Oracle AVDF Appliance through SSH K-39
K.55 Error When Changing IP Address of Management Interface K-40
K.56 Unable to Configure Microsoft SQL Server XEL Audit Trail After Upgrade K-40
K.57 Transaction Log Audit Trail Stops Due to an Error While Parsing XML File
Containing Emoji K-41
K.58 Unable to Find the FIPS Status for Database Firewall Instance K-42
K.59 Unable to Modify the Database Firewall FIPS Mode Through Audit Vault Server
Console K-42
K.60 The FIPS Status on Both the Database Firewall Instances is Different K-43

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Switchover K-43
K.62 Incorrect Syntax Near Connectivity Entry in Audit Logs K-44
K.63 Certificate Regenerate Failure Error K-44
K.64 User Entitlement or Audit Policy Job Stuck in Running State K-45
K.65 Audit Trails are Toggling Between COLLECTING and UNREACHABLE Status K-46
K.66 Displaying Job Status Takes Lot of Time in the Audit Vault Server Console K-46
K.67 Microsoft SQL Server Database Audit Trails are in Stopped State After Upgrading
Java K-47
K.68 Unable to Delete Database Firewall K-47
K.69 Issue in Language Setting of the Audit Vault Agent K-49
K.70 Unable to Create a Database Firewall Monitoring Point K-49
K.71 Issue with Configuring or Managing Oracle AVDF through Oracle Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control K-50
K.72 Unable to Connect to Audit Vault Server through Console or SSH K-50
K.73 Audit Vault Agent Fails with the ORA-01745 Error K-52
K.74 Oracle Directory or Table Audit Trail Stops with Error PLS-00201 K-52
K.75 Error with Potential Insecure Path K-52
K.76 Error "ORA-28000 the Account Is Locked" After Changing the Admin User
Password K-53
K.77 Error OAV-47112 When Trying to Delete an Existing Archive Location K-53
K.78 Transaction Log Audit Trail Stops Due to XML Parsing Error K-53
K.79 "-bash: permission denied" Error When Trying to Run Custom Backup Script from /
home/oracle K-54
K.80 Issues Deleting Target Database With Audit Trail Still Running K-54
K.81 Deleting Audit Records Requires Applying Retention Period to Purge Records K-54
K.82 Unable to Mount NFS on New AVDF 20.3 Server K-54
K.83 Alert Email Notifications Are Not Received from Oracle AVDF Server K-56
K.84 Audit Vault Agent is Stuck in Starting State: Error OAV-46573 K-57
K.85 SSH Becomes Disabled After Enabling FIPS Mode K-57

L Multiple Network Interface Cards

L.1 About Multiple Network Interface Cards L-1
L.2 Enabling SSH on a Secondary Network Interface Card L-2
L.3 Enabling Agent Connectivity on a Secondary NIC for Audit Vault Server 20.7 and
Earlier L-3
L.4 Enabling Agent Connectivity on a Secondary NIC for Audit Vault Server 20.8 and
Later L-4
L.5 Enabling the Agent for High Availability Connection on a Secondary NIC for Audit
Vault Server L-5
L.6 Bonding of Network Interface Cards L-6
L.7 Configuring Routing on Secondary Network Interface Cards L-7

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M Configuring Quick JSON Target Type to Collect Audit Data from

MongoDB

N Audit Vault Agent Auto Start Configuration

N.1 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With OL7 and OL8 N-1
N.2 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With OL6 N-3
N.3 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With Windows x64 N-4
N.4 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With Solaris [SPARC/x64] N-5
N.5 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With IBM AIX N-7

O Adding User Content To System Configuration Files

P Monitoring Audit Vault Server

P.1 About Auditing Operating System P-1
P.2 About Auditing Audit Vault Server Repository P-1
P.3 About Purging Unified Audit Trail on the Main Audit Vault Server P-5
P.4 Storage Requirement for Main Audit Vault Server P-6
P.5 Collecting Audit Records to Shadow Audit Vault Server P-7
P.6 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on the Main Audit Vault Server P-7
P.7 Adding a Trail to Collect Data From Unified Audit Trail on the Main Audit Vault Server P-9
P.7.1 Registering the Main Audit Vault Server as an Oracle Database Target P-9
P.7.2 Configuring Trail to Collect Data from Unified Audit Trail on the Main Audit
Vault Server P-10
P.8 Adding a Trail to Collect Data from OS Audit Trail on the Main Audit Vault Server P-10
P.8.1 Registering the Main Audit Vault Server as a Linux Target P-10
P.8.2 Configuring a Trail to Collect Data from OS Audit Trail on the Main Audit Vault
Server P-11

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Preface
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Administrator's Guide explains how to
configure an Audit Vault and Database Firewall installation.

Audience
This document is intended for security managers, audit managers, and database
administrators (DBAs) who are involved in the configuration of Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.

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Related Documents
See Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Release 20 Books.

Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this document:

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Convention Meaning
boldface Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an
action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which
you supply particular values.
monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in
examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.

Translation
This topic contains translation (or localization) information for Oracle AVDF User Interface
and Documentation.
The Web based User Interface or the Audit Vault Server console is translated and made
available in the following languages. This includes the User Interface, error messages, and
help text.
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Spanish
• Portuguese - Brazil
• Chinese - Traditional
• Chinese - Simplified
Oracle AVDF Documentation is available in the following languages:
• English
• Japanese

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Quick Reference for Common Tasks

This section lists some of the common tasks performed using Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.

About this Quick Reference

This chapter is intended for users who are familiar with Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF), and who want to locate step-by-step instructions for
common tasks. If you are new to Oracle AVDF, then we recommend that you read the
documentation to understand the product and plan your configuration.
See Summary of Configuration Steps to understand the workflows for configuring
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Audit Vault Server

System Settings
"Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings"
"Changing the Primary Audit Vault Server Network Configuration"
"Changing the UI (Console) Certificate for Audit Vault Server"
"Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services"
"Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations"
"Configuring Email Notifications"
"Testing Audit Vault Server System Operations"
"Data Encryption on Upgraded Instances"

Archiving and Retrieving

"Defining Archive Locations"
"Creating Archive and Retention Policies"
"Deleting Archive and Retention Policies"
"Starting an Archive Job Manually"
"Retrieving Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Audit Data"

High Availability Configuration of Audit Vault Servers

"Configure the Designated Standby Audit Vault Server"

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"Configure the Designated Primary Audit Vault Server"

"Checking the High Availability Status of an Audit Vault Server"
"Post High Availability Pairing Steps"
"Disabling or Enabling Failover of the Audit Vault Server"

AVCLI (Command Line Interface)

"Downloading the AVCLI Command Line Utility and Setting JAVA_HOME"
"About Logging in to AVCLI"
"Displaying Help and the Version Number of AVCLI"
"Running AVCLI Scripts"
"Specifying Log Levels for AVCLI"
"AVCLI Commands Reference"

Other Operations
"Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server"
"Rotating the Master Key for Repository Encryption"
"Changing the Keystore Password"
"Enabling Oracle Database In-Memory for the Audit Vault Server"
"Monitoring Jobs"
"Checking Server Status and System Operation"
"Accessing the Audit Vault Server Certificate and Public Key"
"Restarting or Powering Off the Audit Vault Server"
"Changing the Keyboard Layout"
"Running Diagnostics Checks for the Audit Vault Server"

Database Firewall
Firewall System Settings
"Configuring Network Settings for Oracle Database Firewall"
"Configuring Network Services for Oracle Database Firewall"
"Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall"
"Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address"
"Viewing the Status and Diagnostics Report for Database Firewall"

Firewall Network Configuration

"Configuring Network Settings"
"Configuring the Database Firewall As a Traffic Proxy"

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"Viewing Network Traffic in a Database Firewall"

Managing Database Firewalls in the Audit Vault Server

"Registering Database Firewall in Audit Vault Server"
"Restarting or Powering Off Database Firewall"
"Removing Database Firewall from Audit Vault Server"
"Fetching an Updated Certificate from Database Firewall"

High Availability Pairing of Database Firewalls

"High Availability for Database Firewall in Host Monitor Agent or Out of Band Modes"
"Swapping Roles Between Primary and Standby Database Firewalls"
"Unpair Primary and Standby Database Firewalls"

Hosts
"Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server"
"Changing Host Names"
"Deleting Hosts from Audit Vault Server"
"Deploying Plug-ins and Registering Plug-in Hosts"
"Removing Plug-ins"

Agent
Agent Deployment
"Steps Required to Deploy and Activate the Audit Vault Agent"
"Deploying the Audit Vault Agent"
"Activating and Starting the Audit Vault Agent"
"Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service"
"Stopping and Starting the Agent on Unix Hosts"
"Stopping and Starting the Agent on Windows Hosts"
"Changing the Logging Level for the Audit Vault Agent"
"Deactivating and Removing Audit Vault Agent"

Updating Agent
"Updating Audit Vault Agent"

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Host Monitor Agent

Host Monitor Agent Installation
"Registering the Host Machine That Will Run the Host Monitor Agent"
"Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Windows Host Machine" or "Deploying the Host
Monitor Agent on a Unix Host Machine"
"Creating a Target for the Host-Monitored Database"
"Creating a Monitoring Point for the Host Monitor Agent"

Host Monitor Agent Operations

"Starting the Host Monitor Agent"
"Stopping the Host Monitor Agent"
"Changing the Logging Level for a Host Monitor Agent"
"Checking the Status of a Host Monitor Agent Audit Trail"
"Uninstalling a Host Monitor Agent (Unix Hosts Only)"

Updating
"Updating a Host Monitor Agent (Unix Hosts Only)"

Host Monitor Agent Security

"Using Mutual Authentication for Communication Between the Database Firewall and the
Host Monitor Agent"

Targets

Registering and Managing

"Registering Targets"
"Removing Targets"
"Creating a Target Group"
"Managing User Access Rights to Targets and Groups"

Auditing
Preparing for Auditing
"Preparing Targets for Audit Data Collection"
"Using an NTP Service to Set Time on Targets"
"Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled on the Target"

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"Setting User Account Privileges on Targets"

"Scheduling Audit Trail Cleanup"

Audit Trails
"Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection"
"Stopping, Starting, and Autostart of Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server"
"Checking the Status of Trail Collection in Audit Vault Server"
"Deleting an Audit Trail"
"Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats"

Monitoring with Database Firewall

Database Firewall Monitoring Points
"Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point"
"Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point"
"Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring Points"
"Viewing the Status of Database Firewall Monitoring Points"
"Finding the Port Number Used by a Database Firewall Monitoring Point"

Native Network Encrypted Traffic Monitoring

"Configuring Advanced Settings for Database Firewall"
"Changing the Database Firewall Host Name"
"Configuring Database Firewall for Databases That Use Native Network Encryption"
"Monitor Native Network Encrypted Traffic Through Database Firewall for Oracle
Databases"
"Disabling Encrypted Traffic Monitoring for Oracle Databases"

Other Administrator Tasks

"Downloading the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall SDK"
"Monitoring Server Tablespace Space Usage"
"Monitoring Server Archive Log Disk Space Use"
"Monitoring Server Flash Recovery Area"
"Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server"

Reference Information
Plug-ins
About Plug-ins

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Summary of Data Collected for Each Audit Trail Type

Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Targets
Audit Trail Cleanup
Target Locations (Connect Strings)
Audit Collection Attributes
Audit Trail Locations

Other Reference Information

AVCLI Commands Reference
Transaction Log Audit Data Collection for Oracle Database
Ports Used by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Troubleshooting Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Oracle AVDF 20 Cookbook

Cookbook: Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20 for Beginners

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Getting Started with Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Learn to configure Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Part I describes how to configure a basic Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall system.
Part I takes you from a new installation through the process of configuring the Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall components.
This part contains the following chapters:
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Changes in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall Release 20
New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.9
• Security Assessment: AVDF 20.9 introduces a centralized security assessment solution
for enterprises by integrating the popular Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT)
for Oracle Databases. The full-featured assessment with compliance mappings and
recommendations will help organizations clearly understand their security posture for all
their Oracle databases in one central place.
• Before/After reporting for Microsoft SQL Server: The Before/After report for the
Microsoft SQL server is a valuable addition to the already available before/after report for
the Oracle database, helping organizations improve their compliance posture.
• Upgraded Platform: The operating system for the Oracle Audit Vault Server and
Database Firewall Server has been updated to Oracle Linux 8, delivering enhanced
security and stability to the embedded platform.
• Discover sensitive objects and privileged users: AVDF 20.9 now helps customers
discover sensitive data and privileged users in the Oracle database. Customers can also
create Database Firewall global sets with the discovered privileged users and sensitive
objects, and use them to create database firewall policy in just three steps.
• Agentless Audit Collection: Customers can now accelerate the deployment of AVDF
with the agentless audit collection service for Oracle databases. With this feature, there's
no need for agent installation or upgrades on target Oracle databases, making
deployment quick and effortless. The agentless audit collection service helps small or
remote deployments and proof of concepts where time and resources are limited.
• Agent security hardening: When updating to Oracle AVDF 20.9 or later, tighten the
agent user privileges after all the agents have been updated.
• Administrator dashboard: The admin dashboard has been re-designed to provide
administrators with more insights and details about the targets, agents, and database
firewalls in Oracle AVDF. Administrators have the option to drill down into the charts and
tables to view more detailed information as well.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.8

• Introducing support for renewing or rotating certificates for Audit Vault Agent, Database
Firewall, and Audit Vault Server. See Certificates for complete information.
• Enhanced administration of the TLS proxy certificates through Audit Vault Server
console. See Creating TLS Proxy Certificates for Database Firewall and Modifying a
Database Firewall Monitoring Point for complete information.
• Capability to decrypt TLS traffic and analyze the SQL statements going to Oracle RAC
targets. See Configuring a TLS Proxy for an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
for complete information.
• Audit Vault Agent auto restart functionality can now be configured remotely. See the
following topics for complete information:

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– Configuring Agent Auto Restart Functionality Remotely

– Check if Audit Vault Agent Has Auto Restart Functionality Enabled
– ALTER HOST
• Automatic renewal of Audit Vault Agent certificate before it expires. See About
Audit Vault Agent Certificates for complete information.
• Introducing a new AVCLI command to RETRIEVE AUDIT POLICIES.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.7

• Introducing VM.Standard.E4.Flex as a supported shape for installing Oracle AVDF
appliances on OCI.
• New Features in Database Firewall:
– Capability to decrypt TLS traffic and analyze the SQL statements going to
Oracle Database targets. See Monitoring TLS Encrypted SQL Traffic for more
information.
– A new Default policy is added to Pre-defined Policies. It logs all login and
logout events to the database along with DDL or DCL activities. See Creating
and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point for more information.
– ERSPAN support for Database Firewall deployed in Monitoring (Out of
Band) mode. See Configuring Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer
with Database Firewall for more information.
– In case a Linux host machine has multiple network devices, then the Host
Monitor Agent can now monitor all those network devices. See Creating a
Monitoring Point for the Host Monitor Agent and Creating a Network Audit Trail
for more information.
• New Features in Audit Vault Server:
– Introducing support for monitoring of Audit Vault Server. See Monitoring Audit
Vault Server for more information.
– Improved audit trail status reporting mechanism in the Audit Vault Server
console. This feature eliminates incorrect reporting of unreachable trails. See
Checking the Status of Trail Collection in Audit Vault Server and ALTER
SYSTEM SET for more information.
– Network and system settings for the standby Audit Vault Server can now be
configured using the primary Audit Vault Server console. See Changing the
Standby Audit Vault Server Network Configuration and Changing the Standby
Audit Vault Server System Settings for more information.
– Ability for super administrator to create and edit a user-defined data retention
policy and set it as default. The retention policy can be selected during target
registration. See Creating Archive and Retention Policies and Registering
Targets for more information.
• New Features in Audit Vault Agent:
– Introducing Audit Vault Agent auto restart functionality that restarts the Agent
in case host machine is restarted or the Agent goes down for any reason. See
Configuring Agent Auto Restart Functionality for more information.
– Oracle AVDF can collect unified audit trail data from both primary and standby
Oracle Active Data Guard databases consistently. With this feature Oracle
AVDF can now collect audit data generated on the standby database. See

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Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle Active Data Guard for more
information.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.6

• Automated pre-check of Audit Vault Agent on the host machine. See the topics Validation
During Audit Vault Agent Deployment and Validation During Host Monitor Agent
Deployment for more information.
• Provide historical data of audit trail downtime for better visibility of audit trail status. See
Checking the Status of Trail Collection in Audit Vault Server for more information.
• Database Firewall instances with existing monitoring points can now be paired for high
availability. See Configuring High Availability of Database Firewall Instances With
Monitoring Points for more information.
• Broaden Oracle AVDF with support for Microsoft SQL Server (Standard Edition) version
2019 for audit collection. See Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall for more information.
• Providing flexibility by setting user's preferred time zone in Audit Vault Server console for
a specific session. See Changing the Time Zone for more information.
• For installation of Host Monitor Agent on Windows, manual installation of Npcap is no
longer needed. Npcap is automatically installed along with the Agent installation. See
Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Windows Host Machine for more information.
• A super administrator can view all the archived datafiles. See Viewing Archived Datafiles
for complete information.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.5

• To improve security posture, introducing Security Technical Implementation Guidelines
(STIG) unified audit policy for provisioning on Oracle Database targets. See ENABLE
UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY for more information.
• Broaden Oracle AVDF platform compatibility with support for IBM DB2 Database
Partitioning Feature (DPF) on Linux and AIX platform for audit collection. See Converting
Binary Audit Files to ASCII Format for IBM DB2 for more information.
• For Host Monitoring on Windows, Npcap is automatically downloaded along with the
Agent software (agent.jar) file. See Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Windows
Host Machine for more information.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.4

• Introducing capability to enable FIPS 140-2 for Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall.
See Enabling FIPS 140-2 in Oracle AVDF for more information.
• 2X audit collection rate. See Registering Targets for more information.
• Support for audit collection and network monitoring (using Database Firewall) of Oracle
Database 21.
• Support for audit collection from Autonomous Data Warehouse (Dedicated) and
Autonomous Transaction Processing (Dedicated).
• Support for audit collection from MongoDB 4.4.
• Enable conditional auditing for Unified Audit policies. See ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT
POLICY for more information.

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• Additional user management capability through AVCLI. See AVCLI User

Commands for more information.
• Introducing Oracle GoldenGate Extract Cleanup utility to simplify maintenance.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.3

• Support for audit collection and network monitoring (using Database Firewall) of
Microsoft SQL Server (Enterprise Edition) 2019. See Product Compatibility Matrix
for complete information.
• Support for audit collection from Microsoft SQL Server Extended events. See
Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for
complete information.
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server Always On availability group.
• Support for automating retention policy configuration, unified audit policy
provisioning, and alert policy management tasks through AVCLI. See Retention
Policy AVCLI Commands, Unified Audit Policy AVCLI Commands, and Alert Policy
Management AVCLI Commands for complete information.
• Support for Audit Vault Agent configuration to restart automatically when the host
machine is restarted. See Audit Vault Agent Auto Start Configuration for complete
information.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.2

• Audit Vault Agent can be associated with more than one IP address for Audit Vault
Server communication. See section Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server
for complete information.
• Supporting audit collection, Audit Vault Agent deployment, and Host Monitor Agent
deployment on Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64) version 2019. See Microsoft
Windows Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for complete
information.
• Enhancement in audit collection from CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL for PDBs. See
section Configuring Audit Trail Collection for CDBs and PDBs for complete
information.
• Supporting audit records collection from DB2 instance level audit.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.1

• Supports audit data collection from new target types and versions. Unified console
for Audit and Firewall management. Registering a target for audit collection and
Database Firewall monitoring is now simplified. Refer to the following sections for
more information:
– Registering Targets
– Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection
– Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
• Supports audit collection for more target types and version. See Platform Support
for more information.
• Supports automatic archival of audit or log data. See the following sections for
complete information:
– Enabling Automatic Archival

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– Starting an Archive Job Manually

– About Archiving and Retrieving Data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
– Error OAV-47409 While Managing Archive Locations
• You can now restore a backup to a new system with a new IP address and not retain the
old IP address by default:
Post Restore Tasks
• Supports changing the TCP/TCPS ports used by Audit Vault Server database. See
Configuring Custom Ports on Network Interfaces for complete information.
• Supports provisioning of recommended Unified audit policies.
• Supports audit collection from Container Database. See Configuring Audit Trail Collection
for CDBs and PDBs for complete information.
• Improved audit collection performance.
• Introduced new command-line interface commands. See Specifying the Audit Vault
Server Certificate and IP Address and Configuring Network Services for Oracle Database
Firewall for complete information.
• Secure communication between the syslog clients and servers using authentication and
encryption. See Configuring Remote Syslog Over TLS.
• Supports user authentication with Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP for users
connecting to Audit Vault Server console. See Integrating Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall with Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP for complete information.
• Using Oracle Database Firewall with Oracle RAC is simplified.
• Enhanced DDI to retrieve session information for Oracle Database targets. This is
available for Oracle Database Firewall in monitoring and blocking, or in monitoring only
mode. See Step 2: Run the Oracle Advance Security Integration Script for complete
information.
• Supports Bonding of Network Interface Cards for increased throughput.
• Introducing new System Configuration Utilities.
• Supports fiber channel based storage with multipath. See Configuring Fiber Channel-
Based Storage for Audit Vault Server for complete information.
• Introduced Quick JSON collector to collect audit data from any JSON audit file including
MongoDB. See Configuring Quick JSON Target Type to Collect Audit Data from
MongoDB for complete information.
• Built-in support for PostgreSQL.

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Introducing Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall
To begin using Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF), perform preliminary
tasks, such as downloading the latest version of this manual and understanding the basic
Oracle AVDF concepts.

2.1 Downloading the Latest Version of This Manual

Learn how to download the latest documentation for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall.
Download the latest version of this manual from the following website:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/audit-vault-database-firewall/20/sigad/index.html
Find documentation for other Oracle products at the following website:
https://docs.oracle.com

2.2 Learning About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Understanding the basic concepts of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall is key to a
successful Oracle AVDF deployment.
Oracle recommends that you read Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Concepts Guide
to understand the features, components, users, and deployment procedures of Oracle AVDF.

2.3 Supported Platforms for Oracle Audit Vault and Database

Firewall
You can run Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall on various platforms.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) consolidates activity audit data from
Oracle and non-Oracle databases, operating systems, and directories. It provides security
and compliance reports through an accurate SQL grammar based engine. Database Firewall
monitors SQL traffic and blocks unauthorized SQL.
See Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide for detailed platform support
for the current release.

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Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall System Features

2.4 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall System

Features
Learn about the system features of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

Topics

2.4.1 About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall protects your IT infrastructure by monitoring
activity, blocking intrusion attempts, collecting audit data, and enacting customizable
firewall rules.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) secures databases and other
critical components of your IT infrastructure, such as operating systems, in the
following ways:
• Provides a database firewall that monitors activity and can block SQL statements
on the network based on your firewall policy.
• Collects audit data and presents the data in audit reports.
• Provides dozens of built-in, customizable activity, and compliance reports.
• Enables you to proactively configure alerts and notifications.
This section provides a brief overview of the administrative and auditing features of
Oracle AVDF.
Oracle AVDF auditing features are described in detail in Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall Auditor's Guide.
We strongly recommend that you read Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Concepts Guide for more information on the features, components, users, and
deployment of Oracle AVDF.

2.4.2 Security Technical Implementation Guides and Implementation

for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall compliance with Security
Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) standards.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) is compliant with the Security
Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) standards.

See Also:
Security Technical Implementation Guides

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2.4.3 System Requirements for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Read about the Oracle AVDF hardware and software requirements.
For hardware and software requirements, see Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Installation Guide.

2.4.4 Supported Targets for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall targets.
A target is a database or non-database product that you secure using either the Audit Vault
Agent, the Database Firewall, or both. If the target is a database, then you can monitor or
block its incoming SQL traffic with Database Firewall. If the target, whether or not it is a
database, is supported by the Audit Vault Agent, then you can deploy the Agent on that
target's host computer and collect audit data from the internal audit tables and operating
system audit files.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports various target products out of the box in
the form of built-in plug-ins.

See Also:

• About Plug-ins
• Plug-In Reference for detailed information on each plug-in.
• Table C-1 for supported target products and versions.
• Table C-19 for the data collected and platforms supported for each audit trail
type.
• Configuring Quick JSON Target Type to Collect Audit Data from MongoDB
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Developer's Guide for information on
creating custom plug-ins to capture audit trails from more target types using the
Oracle AVDF SDK.

2.4.5 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Administrative Features

You can use Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall administrative features to manage
targets and their hosts, firewalls, and other features.
You can use Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall administrative features to configure
and manage the following:
• Targets
• Database Firewalls
• High Availability
• Third party integrations
• Audit Vault Agent deployment

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• Audit trail collection

• Audit data lifecycle, archiving, and purging
• Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP

2.4.6 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditing Features

Learn about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall auditing features.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall auditing features enable you to configure
and manage the following:
• Firewall policies
• Audit policies for Oracle Database
• Reports and report schedules
• Entitlement auditing for Oracle Database
• Stored procedure auditing
• Alerts and e-mail notifications

See Also:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide for detailed
information about these auditing features

2.4.7 Integrating Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall with Oracle
Key Vault
You can integrate Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall with Oracle Key Vault.
Oracle Key Vault events are collected by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
See Oracle Key Vault Administrator's Guide for instructions about integrating Oracle
Key Vault with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

2.5 Separation of Duties

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall offers multiple roles as part of the separation
of duties between auditors and administrators.
To provide greater security, the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
administrator and auditor roles have different user interfaces, and different user
accounts. This separation of interfaces and accounts ensures that there is a
separation of duties between these two roles. In addition to these Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall user accounts, you can also set up user accounts on your
targets as necessary to access targets for collecting audit data. This is needed by the
Audit Vault Agent for connecting to the target and collecting the audit data from the
audit trails. Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall provides scripts to set up these
user accounts on database targets, and guidance for other types of targets.

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The following table shows the user accounts in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

Table 2-1 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall User Accounts

Account Description
Super Administrator Super administrators configure and maintain the Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall system, including Audit Vault Server settings
such as network settings, high availability, data retention policies, etc.
The super administrator can create other administrators or super
administrators, and has access to all targets. The super administrator
can also grant access to specific targets to other administrators.
Administrator The administrator can perform a subset of the system configuration
tasks that a super administrator can, such as registering hosts and
targets, running archive jobs, etc. Administrators can also manage
targets for which they have been granted access by a super
administrator.
An administrator cannot create another administrator. This can be
performed by a super administrator only.
Super Auditor The super auditor can create firewall policies, provision audit policies
for Oracle Database targets, and specify settings for target such as
whether to enable stored procedure auditing. Super auditors also
generate reports, and create alerts and notifications. The super
auditor can access all targets, create auditor or super auditor users,
and grant access to specific targets to those users.
Auditor Auditors can perform all the functions of super auditors, but only for
the targets to which they have access.

Additional accounts are provided for diagnostics and used under the guidance of Oracle
Support.

2.6 Understanding the Administrator's Role

Oracle AVDF administrators can configure system settings, create connections and targets,
deploy agents, configure audit trails, and more.

Oracle AVDF Administrator Tasks

As an Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall administrator, your tasks include:
• Configuring the system settings on Audit Vault Server.
• Configuring connections to host computers on which you deployed Audit Vault Agent.
This is usually the same computer as your targets.
• Creating targets on Audit Vault Server for each database or operating system that you
are monitoring.
• Deploying and activating Audit Vault Agent on target host computers.
• Configuring audit trails for targets that Audit Vault Agent monitors.
• Configuring Database Firewall on your network.
• Creating Database Firewall monitoring points for targets.
• Backing up and archiving audit and configuration data.
• Creating administrative users and managing access (super administrator only).

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• Configuring Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP.

• Creating high availability for Audit Vault Server.

Administrator Roles in Oracle AVDF

There are two Oracle AVDF administrator roles with different target access levels:
• Super Administrator - This role can create other administrators or super
administrators, has access to all targets, and grants access to specific targets and
groups to an administrator.
• Administrator - Administrators can only see data for targets to which they have
been granted access by a super administrator.

2.7 Planning Your Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

System Configuration
Learn about planning your system configuration for Oracle AVDF.

2.7.1 Guidance for Planning Your Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall Configuration
Learn about the steps for planning your Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
configuration.
The steps in this section summarize the planning steps with links to specific
instructions in this user guide.

See Also:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Concepts Guide for guidance on
planning deployments of Oracle Audit Vault Server, Oracle Audit Vault Agent,
and Oracle Database Firewall.

2.7.2 Step 1: Plan Your Oracle Audit Vault Server Configuration

Plan your Oracle Audit Vault Server configuration.
In this step, plan whether to configure a resilient pair of servers, whether to change the
network configuration settings that were made during the installation, and how to
configure optional services.

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See Also:

• Configuring Audit Vault Server for information on the Oracle Audit Vault Server
configuration settings.
• High Availability in Oracle AVDF for information about setting up resilient pairs
of Oracle Audit Vault Servers.
• Integrating Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall with Microsoft Active
Directory or OpenLDAP for authenticating users connecting to the Audit Vault
Server console.

2.7.3 Step 2: Plan Your Oracle Database Firewall Configuration

Learn how to plan your Oracle Database Firewall configuration.
If you are using Oracle Database Firewall, then plan how many you need, which target
databases they will protect, where to place them in the network, whether they will be for
monitoring only or for monitoring and blocking mode, and whether to configure a resilient pair
of firewalls. Also plan whether to change the Oracle Database Firewall network configuration
that was specified during installation.

See Also:

• Overview of Oracle Database Firewall Deployment for information on different

deployment types available.
• Configuring Database Firewall for information about the Oracle Database
Firewall configuration settings.
• High Availability in Oracle AVDF for information on setting up resilient pairs of
firewalls.

2.7.4 Step 3: Plan Your Oracle Audit Vault Agent Deployments

If you're deploying the Audit Vault Agent, determine the targets for which you want to collect
audit data and identify their host computers.
You register these hosts with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) and
deploy the Audit Vault Agent on each of them. Then you register each target in the Audit Vault
Server.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, you can use agentless collection instead of the Audit
Vault Agent for up to 20 Oracle Database table audit trails. See Adding Audit Trails
with Agentless Collection.

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See Also:

• Registering Hosts and Deploying the Agent

• Registering Targets and Creating Groups

2.7.5 Step 4: Plan Your Audit Trail Configurations

If you're deploying the Audit Vault Agent or using agentless collection (Oracle AVDF
20.9 and later) to collect audit data, then you need to configure audit trails.
Use these guidelines to plan audit trail configurations for the targets from which you
want to extract audit data. The type of audit trail that you select depends on the target
type, and in the case of an Oracle Database target, the type of auditing that you've
enabled in Oracle Database.
To plan the target audit trail configuration:
1. Ensure that auditing is enabled on the target. For Oracle Database targets, find
the type of auditing that Oracle Database uses.
See Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled in a Target.
2. If you're deploying the Audit Vault Agent, ensure that it's installed on a host
computer. This is also called the agent machine.
See Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, you can use agentless collection instead
of the Audit Vault Agent for up to 20 Oracle Database table audit trails.
See Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection.

3. Determine which type of audit trail to collect.

See Table C-19 for the types of audit trails that you can configure for each target
type and supported platform.
4. Familiarize yourself with the procedures to register a target and configure an audit
trail.
• Registering Targets and Creating Groups
• Configuring and Managing Audit Trail Collection
5. If you're collecting audit data from MySQL or IBM DB2 targets, see the additional
steps in the following topics:
• Prerequisites for Adding Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server
• Requirements for SQL Server, Sybase ASE, and IBM DB2 Databases
• Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats

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See Also:
Requirements for Collecting Audit Data from Targets

2.7.6 Step 5: Plan for High Availability

Learn how to plan for high availability.
In this step, consider the high availability options that are outlined in "High Availability in
Oracle AVDF".

2.7.7 Step 6: Plan User Accounts and Access Rights

Learn how to plan your user accounts and their access rights.
As a super administrator, you can create other super administrators and administrators.
Super administrators can see and modify any target. Administrators have access to the
targets that you enable them to access. In this step, determine how many super
administrators and administrators you create accounts for, and to which targets the
administrators will have access.

See Also:
Managing User Accounts and Access

2.8 Summary of Configuration Steps

Learn about the Oracle AVDF configuration steps.
With Oracle AVDF, you can deploy Oracle Audit Vault Agent, Oracle Database Firewall, or
both. This section suggests the high-level steps for configuring Oracle AVDF when you are:

2.8.1 Configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall and Deploying
the Agent
Use this procedure to configure Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) and
deploy the Audit Vault Agent or configure agentless collection (Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later).
1. Configure the Audit Vault Server. See Configuring Audit Vault Server.
2. If you're deploying the Audit Vault Agent, register the host computers where you'll deploy
the Audit Vault Agent. Then deploy and start the Audit Vault Agent on those hosts. See
Registering Hosts and Deploying the Agent.

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Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, you can use agentless collection instead
of the Audit Vault Agent for up to 20 Oracle Database table audit trails.
See Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection.

3. Create user accounts on your targets for Oracle AVDF. See Scripts for Oracle
AVDF Account Privileges on Targets.
4. Register the targets that you're monitoring in the Audit Vault Server, configure data
retention policies, and configure audit trails for these targets. See Configuring
Targets, Audit Trails, and Database Firewall Monitoring Points.
After you configure the system as an administrator, the Oracle AVDF auditor creates
and provisions audit policies for targets and generates various reports.

2.8.2 Configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall and

Deploying Oracle Database Firewall
Configure and deploy Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to enable you to
create firewall policies and assign them to the targets.
Complete this procedure to configure and deploy Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall.
1. Configure the basic Oracle Database Firewall settings and associate the firewall
with Oracle Audit Vault Server. Then configure the firewall on your network.
See "Configuring Database Firewall".
2. Configure Oracle Audit Vault Server and associate each Oracle Database Firewall
with the server.
See "Configuring Audit Vault Server".
3. Register the targets that you are monitoring with Oracle Database Firewall in
Oracle Audit Vault Server. Then configure the monitoring points for these targets.
Optionally, if you want to also monitor the database response to SQL traffic, then
use the scripts and configuration steps.
See "Configuring Targets, Audit Trails, and Database Firewall Monitoring Points"
After configuring the system as administrator, the Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall auditor creates firewall policies and assigns them to the targets. Your role and
tasks as an auditor are described in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Auditor's Guide.

2.9 Using Audit Vault Server Console

Learn how to log in and use Audit Vault Server console.

2.9.1 Log in to Audit Vault Server Console

Learn how to log in to Audit Vault Server console.
When you first log in after installing Audit Vault Server:

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• you must set up a password for root user

• create a super administrator or super auditor

See Also:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide for information on post-
installation tasks.

To log in to Oracle Audit Vault Server Console:

1. From a browser, enter the following URL:
https://host/
where host is the server on which you installed Oracle Audit Vault Server.
For example:
https://192.0.2.1/
If a message appears indicating that there is a problem with the Web site security
certificate, then this could be due to a self-signed certificate. Click the Continue to this
website (or similar) link.

See Also:
Changing the UI (Console) Certificate for Audit Vault Server for more
information on providing a new UI Certificate to avoid the certificate message in
future

2. In the Login page, enter your user name and password, and then click Login.
The Dashboard page appears.

Note:
The Audit Vault Server console has a maximum idle time of 30 minutes. Upon
launching the console, it can be used up to a maximum of 8 hours actively. The
session times out if the idle time reaches 30 minutes or 8 hours after the initial
launch.

2.9.2 Log in to Database Firewall Console

Learn how to log in to Database Firewall Console.
Starting with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 20.1.0.0.0, you can perform
Database Firewall related tasks on the Audit Vault Server console.
1. Log in to Audit Vault Server console.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab on the main page.

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As administrator, use the Database Firewalls tab in the Audit Vault Server console to
configure the network, services, and system settings for Database Firewall. You can
also use the console to identify the Audit Vault Server that manages each firewall
instance, to configure network traffic sources, monitor, and block threats to your target
databases.

See Also:
Configuring Database Firewall for detailed information on configuring the
Database Firewall using the Audit Vault Server console.

2.9.3 Understanding the Tabs and Menus in Audit Vault Server

Console
Audit Vault Server Console tabs and menus enable you to see statuses for Agents,
audit trails, targets, and more.
Oracle Audit Vault Server Console includes the following six tabs:
• Home - Displays a dashboard showing high-level information and status for:
– System Alerts
– Targets
– Audit Collection
– Database Firewall Monitoring
– Collection summary
– Jobs summary
– Data Retention summary
– System overview
• Targets - Provides menus for registering targets, managing target groups,
managing access rights, and monitoring audit trails.
• Agents - Provides menus for registering, deploying, activating, and managing
Audit Vault Agents.
• Database Firewalls - Provides menus for registering Database Firewalls in Audit
Vault Server, for creating resilient firewall pairs for high availability, managing, and
monitoring.
• Data Retention - Provides menus for viewing details of online and archived data,
viewing and creating archiving policies, assigning archive policies to targets, and
viewing and creating remote archiving locations.
• Settings - Provides menus for managing security, storage, archiving, users,
certificates, password, and system settings. From here, you can also download the
AVCLI command line utility.

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2.9.4 Working with Lists of Objects in the Audit Vault Server Console
Learn how to work with lists of objects in the Audit Vault Server console.
In the Audit Vault Server console, you can view lists of objects such as users, monitoring
points, and so on. You can also filter and customize the lists of objects using the Actions
menu and other filters. This section provides a summary of how you can create custom views
of lists of objects. For more detailed information, see the Reports chapter of Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide.
To filter and control the display of lists of objects in the Audit Vault Server console:
1. For any list (or report) in the UI, there is a search box and Actions menu:

2. To find an item in the list, enter the name in the search box.
3. To customize the list, from the Actions menu, select any of the following:
• Select Columns: Select the columns to display.
• Filter: Filter the list by column or by row using regular expressions with the available
operators. Rows provide more control and operators. When done, click Apply.
• Rows Per Page: Select the number of rows to display per page.
• Format: Format the list by selecting from the following options:

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– Sort
– Control Break
– Highlight
– Compute
– Aggregate
– Chart
– Group By
Enter the criteria for each option as needed and click Apply.
• Save Report: Save the current view of the list. Enter a name, description, and
click Apply.
• Reset: Reset the list to the default view.
• Help: Display the online help.
• Download: Download the list. Select the download format (CSV or HTML) to
download.

2.10 Using the Audit Vault Command Line Interface

Learn about using the Audit Vault Command Line Interface (AVCLI).
You can download AVCLI and use it as an alternative to Audit Vault Server Console
for:
• configuring and managing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
• creating Database Firewall monitoring points
• managing audit trails
• registering hosts and performing other Agent related tasks
• configuring both database and non database targets for Audit Vault Server
• managing archive locations

See Also:

• Downloading and Using the AVCLI Command Line Interface for

information on downloading and using AVCLI
• AVCLI Commands Reference for details of available commands and
syntax

2.11 Using the Oracle Audit Vault and Oracle Database

Firewall Enterprise Manager Plug-In
Learn about using the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Enterprise Manager
plug-in.

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With Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control you can install the Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall plug-in. Use this plug-in to manage and monitor Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall through Oracle Enterprise Manager.
You can perform the following tasks:
• View Audit Vault and Database Firewall topologies
• Monitor the availability and performance of Oracle Audit Vault components
• Provision Oracle Audit Vault Agent on targets
• Initialize and integrate Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall with targets including
Oracle Database, hosts, and audit trails for hosts as well as Oracle Database.
• Perform discovery of sensitive columns on targets
• Monitor targets
Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Audit Vault and Database Firewall plug-in, the following
components can be managed to perform certain operations:

Components Operations Performed

Database Firewall • Restart
• Delete
• Power Off
Audit Vault Agent • Activate
• Deactivate
• Delete
• Start
• Stop
Monitoring Point • Start
• Stop
• Delete
Audit Trail • Start
• Stop
• Delete
Target • Delete

Related Topics
• Managing Oracle AVDF in Cloud Control
• Manually Installing the Enterprise Manager Management Agent
• Compatibility with Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Issue with Configuring or Managing Oracle AVDF through Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control
Learn how to solve an issue with configuring or managing Oracle AVDF through Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

See Also:
Refer to MOS note (Doc ID 2855345.1) for more information to manually deploy
Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.x Agent on Audit Vault Server using the pull method.

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2.12 Logging In to Oracle AVDF Appliances Through SSH

When installing or administering Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle
AVDF), you sometimes need to log in to the Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall
appliance through SSH.
1. Log in to the appliance through SSH as the support user.
The support user is set up during the post-installation process. See Post-Install
Configuration Tasks.

Note:
If you're using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) marketplace image,
connect through SSH as the OPC user.

ssh support@<appliance_ip_address>

2. Switch to the root user.

su - root

Note:
If you're using the OCI marketplace image, use the sudo su -
command.

Related Topics
• Connecting to Oracle AVDF Instance
Learn how to access Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall instances on
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Unable to Connect to Audit Vault Server through Console or SSH
Learn how to resolve if you are unable to log in to Audit Vault Server through the
console or SSH.

2.13 Unlocking and Locking the AVSYS User

When installing or administering Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle
AVDF), you sometimes need to unlock and relock the AVSYS user.

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2.13.1 Unlocking the AVSYS User

Use these steps to temporarily unlock the AVSYS user to complete an installation or
administration task.

Prerequisite
Log in to the Audit Vault Server through SSH and switch to the root user.

See Logging In to Oracle AVDF Appliances Through SSH.

Procedure
1. Switch to the dvaccountmanager user.

su - dvaccountmanager

2. Start SQL*Plus without the user name and password.

sqlplus /

3. Run the following command to unlock avsys:

alter user avsys identified by <password> account unlock;

4. Exit SQL*Plus.

exit

2.13.2 Locking the AVSYS User

Use these steps to lock the AVSYS user after you've unlocked it to complete an installation or
administration task.

Prerequisite
Log in to the Audit Vault Server through SSH and switch to the root user.

See Logging In to Oracle AVDF Appliances Through SSH.

Procedure
1. Switch to the dvaccountmanager user.

su - dvaccountmanager

2. Start SQL*Plus without the user name and password.

sqlplus /

3. Run the following command to lock avsys:

alter user avsys account lock;

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4. Exit SQL*Plus.

exit

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General Security Guidelines
Learn about general security guidelines.

3.1 Installing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Securely

to Protect Your Data
Learn how to securely install Oracle AVDF to protect your data.

3.1.1 Installing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Securely

Learn to securely install Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Oracle Audit Vault Server installs in a secure state by default. Therefore, it is important to be
careful if you change any of the default settings because your changes may compromise the
security of your setup.

See Also:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide for details of the
installation.

3.1.2 Protecting Your Data

Consider account naming, password use, and other guidelines to better enable Oracle AVDF
to protect your data.
Consider following these guidelines to protect your data:
• Account Names and Passwords: Use secure passwords for the Oracle Audit Vault Server
console UI, as well as for the root, support, and sys accounts and keep these
passwords safe.
• Administrator Accounts: Do not share Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Administrator accounts.
• Strong Password Policies: Encourage users to adopt strong passwords.
• Installed Accounts: Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall embeds operating system
and database accounts. Do not add new accounts of this type. Do not unlock the existing
accounts. Doing so may compromise the security of the Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall system.
• Secure Archiving: Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall sends archive data over the
network. Secure both the archive destination and intermediate network infrastructure.

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• Remote Access: The Settings tab of the services page of Oracle Audit Vault
Server console controls access to:
– web console
– shell (ssh)
– SNMP
Follow these guidelines when granting remote access:
– Grant access only if you need it for a specific task and then revoke access
when that task is completed.
– Restrict access by IP address. Do this immediately after installing the system.
– Grant terminal (shell) access only when doing a patch update or when
requested to do so by the documentation or by Oracle support.

3.2 General Security Recommendations

Learn about the general security recommendations for Oracle AVDF.
Oracle security recommendations:
• If you are using the Database Firewall to block unwanted traffic, then ensure that
all data flowing from the database clients to the database and back passes
through the Oracle Database Firewall. This includes both requests and responses.
• Use the appropriate security measures for your site to control access to the
computer that contains Oracle Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall. Give
access only to specific users.
• Ensure that passwords conform to best practice.
• Separate the duties of administrators and auditors by assigning these roles to
different people.
• Assign Oracle Audit Vault Server user the appropriate administrator, super
administrator, auditor, and super auditor roles.
• By default, the following accounts that are related to Oracle AVDF are locked: the
Oracle OS user account, Oracle Grid accounts, any Oracle Database Vault
accounts (for example, users who have been granted the DV_OWNER and
DV_ACCTMGR roles). Ensure that these accounts remain locked.
• Avoid sharing passwords between users and login sessions. Add new Operating
System users to distinguish access by different people.

3.3 External Network Dependencies

Ensure the security of your Oracle AVDF configuration by considering important
external network dependencies.
When you add an external network service to Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall,
you include these services to the trust model of your deployment.
For example, when you add a DNS server to an appliance, you trust the DNS server to
provide the correct information about the host names that you look up. If someone
compromises the DNS server, then they can control the network endpoints that are
accessed by Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall using the host name.

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There are analogous trust relationships in other services too, for example, NFS or NTP.
For this reason, add network services to Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall only when
the following are adequately secure:
• the service
• the host server
• the intermediate network

3.4 Considerations for Deploying Network-Based Solutions

Learn about what to consider when deploying network-based solutions.

3.4.1 Monitoring Encrypted Traffic with the Database Firewall

The Database Firewall supports monitoring Native Network Encrypted (NNE) traffic if it is
configured between a database client and an Oracle Database.
Starting with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) release 20.7, the
Database Firewall supports monitoring TLS-encrypted SQL traffic between a database client
and an Oracle Database when the Database Firewall is deployed in proxy mode. The
Database Firewall acts a TLS proxy terminating the session from the database client and
creating a new TLS outbound session to the database server.
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.8, the Database Firewall supports monitoring TLS-
encrypted SQL traffic between the database client and Oracle Real Application Clusters
(Oracle RAC).
To monitor TLS traffic for non-Oracle databases, you can use TLS termination solutions to
terminate TLS traffic just before it reaches the Database Firewall.

3.4.2 Managing Database Firewall Server Side SQL and Context

Configurations
Learn how to manage Database Firewall SQL and context configurations.
Database Firewall policy enforcement relies on capturing and understanding SQL traffic
between the database client and server. Because Database Firewall only analyzes network
traffic between the application tier and the database server, the firewall cannot examine SQL
that is directly sent from the database server. Some of the types of SQL statements that
Database Firewall cannot examine are system provided and user defined SQL that you run
from stored procedures and callouts. The firewall also cannot examine SQL that you run from
background jobs, such as those that created by the DBMS_JOB or DBMS_SCHEDULER PL/SQL
packages in Oracle databases, or SQL that is indirectly run from DDLs or other SQL
statements. You can use the Oracle AVDF auditing features to capture these types of SQL
statements.
Database Firewall builds its execution context entirely from the information that it captures
from the network traffic. However, enforcement may depend on context information on the
server. Any lack of context affects the resolution of identifiers that you use in database
objects.

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3.4.3 How Oracle AVDF Works with Various Database Access Paths
Learn how Oracle AVDF works with database access paths.
Oracle AVDF works with the following types of database access paths:
• Non SQL protocol access: Database platforms support different network protocols
beyond the database SQL based protocols. For example, Oracle Database
supports HTTP, FTP, Advanced Queuing, Direct Path, and NFS access to the data
in the database. The Database Firewall provides policy enforcement only for SQL
based access to the database. The protocols that Database Firewall understands
are Oracle TTC/Net and Tabular Data Stream (TDS) for Microsoft SQL Server,
Sybase ASE, and IBM Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA).
• IPv6 Connections: Oracle AVDF does not support IPv6 deployments.
• Non TCP based Connections: Database Firewall only supports TCP based
network connections to database servers. It cannot monitor connections that are
made to database servers using non TCP protocols such as Systems Network
Architecture (SNA), Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
(IPX/SPX).

3.4.4 Database Firewall Configuration for Oracle Database Target

Configured in Shared Server Mode
Learn about managing Database Firewall shared server configuration.
Shared server architectures enable databases to permit user processes to share
server processes. A dispatcher process directs multiple incoming network session
requests to a common queue, and then redirects these session requests to the next
available process of the shared server. By default, Oracle Database creates one
dispatcher service for the TCP protocol. In the init.ora file, this setting is controlled
by the DISPATCHERS parameter, as follows:
dispatchers="(PROTOCOL=tcp)"

In the default configuration, a dynamic port listens to the incoming connection using
the TCP protocol. With a shared server configuration, many user processes connect to
a dispatcher on this dynamic port. If the Database Firewall is not configured to monitor
the connections on this port, then the policy cannot be enforced on these connections.
To facilitate the Database Firewall connection configuration, you should explicitly
include the port number in the DISPATCHERS parameter. For example:
dispatchers="(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=nnnn)"

Choose a value for nnnn, and configure the Database Firewall to protect that address,
alongside the usual listener address.

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See Also:

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for more information about managing

shared servers
• Oracle Database Reference for more information about the DISPATCHERS
parameter

3.4.5 Additional Client and Listener Behavior Considerations

Learn about additional issues to be aware of with clients and shared listeners.
• Client-side context: You can configure Oracle Database Firewall policies to use client-
side context information such as client program name, client operating system username,
and so on. After the client transmits this information to the database, Oracle Database
Firewall captures it from the network. Oracle Database Firewall does not control or
enforce the integrity of the client side or network. Consider the integrity of this information
before using it to define security policies.
• Multiple databases and services on a shared listener: Oracle Database Firewall supports
policies based on Oracle Database service names. For non-Oracle databases, Oracle
Database Firewall enforces policies that are based on the IP address and port number. In
a configuration where a single listener endpoint (IP_address:port) is shared among
multiple databases, Oracle Database Firewall cannot differentiate traffic that is directed to
each individual database.

3.5 Security Considerations for Special Configurations

Learn about security considerations for special configurations.

3.5.1 Custom Collector Development

Learn about custom collector development.
Note the following if you develop custom collectors:
• Prevent resource leaks. Ensure that JDBC resources are closed appropriately. These
resources include the connections, result sets, and statements.
• Prevent data loss. Ensure that your audit data is purged from the target system only after
it has been successfully collected by the custom collector.
• Avoid frequent queries to the target system.
• Ensure that the custom collector does not consume a lot of system resources such as
CPU and memory on the target host.
• Avoid logging audit data because the audit records contain sensitive information.
• Grant only the required privileges on the target system to users who have access to the
Agent.
• Ensure that only necessary files are added to custom collector .jar file.
• Ensure that your custom collector code collects the audit data from your target system
securely.

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Note:
The collection framework ensures that audit data is transferred from the
collector to Oracle Audit Vault Server securely.

3.6 About Setting Transport Layer Security Levels

Learn about setting Transport Layer Security (TLS) levels in Oracle AVDF.
This topic describes the different levels of connection encryption deployed on Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall appliances. Oracle AVDF uses TLS for inter
component communication.
You can change the TLS levels and cipher suites for the following:
• Connection between Audit Vault Server and the Agent or Host Monitor Agent
• Connection between Host Monitor Agent and Database Firewall
• Connection between Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall
• Audit Vault Server console and the end user browsers

Note:

• Adhere to Host Monitor Agent Requirements.

• If any Agent is using Java 1.6, then upgrade the Java version to 1.8.

Connection Encryption Strength Used On Oracle AVDF Appliances

TLS Level TLS Version Description

Level-4 This level is the strongest, restricting TLS to version
(Default on new TLSv1.2 1.2 for inter communication between all the
installation) components in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall.
Note:
It is recommended to use Level-4 for all services
unless the supported service explicitly requires a
lower level of TLS.

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TLS Level TLS Version Description

Level-3 This level supports everything that Level-4 does.
TLSv1.2 For Oracle AVDF releases 20.1 to 20.3:
• If any Audit Vault Agent has to be deployed on
IBM AIX, then set the TLS level to Level-3 or
below (refer to row # 5 in the table below).
• Level-3 uses TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.1 for Audit Vault
Agent to Audit Vault Server communication. It is
the same for Host Monitor Agent to Database
Firewall communication.
Starting Oracle AVDF 20.4, Level-3 uses TLS 1.2
for Audit Vault Agent to Audit Vault Server
communication. It is the same for Host Monitor
Agent to Database Firewall communication.
Level-2 This level adds support for legacy and deprecated
TLSv1.2 ciphers.
Note:
• While upgrading to Oracle AVDF releases 20.1
TLSv1.1 to 20.3, the upgrade process does not
automatically set to Level-4 to maintain
connectivity while upgrading a multiple-
appliance deployment. Upon completion of the
upgrade, set to Level-4 unless interoperability
with legacy systems is required.
• While upgrading to Oracle AVDF releases 20.4
(or later), the upgrade process does not
automatically set to Level-4 in all cases. After
the upgrade process is complete (including
Agents), it is strongly advisable to set to
Level-4.
Level-1 This is a customizable cipher set that is configured
(Custom) TLSv1.2 with Level-4 strength by default.

How To Change TLS Levels and Other Tasks

Row Task Command Detailed Information

No.
1 To check the Log in as support user and run this
existing TLS levels grep CIPHER_LEVEL /usr/ command. Use this command to
for Audit Vault local/dbfw/etc/dbfw.conf check the actual configuration of
Server and the Audit Vault Server and
Database Firewall. Database Firewall.
2 To set the TLS Log in as root user and run this
level and to find /usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/ command. By default, on a new
more options. configure-networking -- installation the TLS level is set to
help Level-4.
On upgrade it is set to Level-2 by
default. This is appropriate to most
of the situations.
It is possible to change the level
set. Use this command to find the
options available.

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Row Task Command Detailed Information

No.
3 To set TLS level for Log in as root user and run this
the Audit Vault /usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/ command. This command sets the
Sever console. configure-networking -- TLS level for web browser
wui-tls-cipher-level connections to the AVS GUI. The
levels can be set to 1, 2, 3, or
[LEVEL]
4.

4 To set TLS level for Log in as root user and run this
communication /usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/ command. This command sets the
between Audit configure-networking -- desired TLS level and restarts the
Vault Server and internal-tls-cipher- internal services. The levels can
Database Firewall. be set to 1, 2, 3, or 4.
level [LEVEL]

5 To set the TLS Log in as root user and run this

level for Audit Vault /usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/ command. This command sets the
Agent to Audit configure-networking -- TLS level for communication
Vault Server, and agent-tls-cipher-level between the Audit Vault Agent to
Host Monitor Agent Audit Vault Server, and Host
[LEVEL]
to Database Monitor Agent to Database
Firewall Firewall. The levels can be set to
communication. 1, 2, 3, or 4.
Note:
Perform the following steps to
upgrade all Agents to the specified
TLS levels after executing the
configure-networking
command:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server
console as root user.
2. Change the directory by using
the command:
cd /usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv
3. Execute the script using the
command:
./
send_agent_update_signal.sh
This command must not be
executed more than once in a
period of one hour.

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No.
6 To apply For Audit Vault Server console:
By default, on a new installation
customized cipher • Edit: /usr/local/ the product is set to Level-4. On
set. dbfw/etc/platform- upgrade it is set to Level-2. This is
appropriate to most of the
configuration/
situations. It is possible to
tls_configuration_cu
customize. There are prompts and
stom_group.xml warning messages during the
Run: upgrade process which indicate
that the cipher levels are not set to
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/ maximum security. The cipher
priv/configure- levels are not automatically
changed during upgrade.
networking --wui-tls-
cipher-level 1 Use this command to apply the
custom defined level from the file
For Audit Vault Agent or Host created. These commands set the
Monitor Agent: TLS level for web browser
• Edit: /usr/local/ connections and restart the
internal services and Audit Vault
dbfw/etc/platform-
Server.
configuration/
tls_configuration_cu Note:
stom_group_agent.xml After running the command to
apply customized cipher set, verify
• Run:
the error output in the system log
file available at /var/log/
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/ messages to confirm that there
priv/configure- are no errors in the file.
networking --agent-
Log in as root user to run the
tls-cipher-level 1 command to edit the custom level
configuration file. The
For inter appliance communication:
customizable set of cipher suites is
• Edit: /usr/local/ defined in this file. By default, on a
dbfw/etc/platform- new installation the product is set
configuration/ to Level-4. This file can be
tls_configuration_cu modified to further restrict the
stom_group_services. cipher suite and include ciphers
xml available on the product.
• Run:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/
priv/configure-
networking --internal-
tls-cipher-level 1

7 To display the Log in as support user to run this

complete list of openssl ciphers -v command. Use this command to
available cipher display the current set of available
suites. cipher suites.
8 To change TLS See Modifying a Database Firewall Starting with Oracle AVDF release
levels for inbound Monitoring Point for complete 20.7, Database Firewall supports
connection from information. TLS encrypted SQL traffic. The
the database client TLS levels can be changed in the
to the Database Advanced settings of the Database
Firewall monitoring Firewall monitoring point using the
point. Audit Vault Server console.

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Row Task Command Detailed Information

No.
9 To change TLS See Modifying a Database Firewall Starting with Oracle AVDF release
levels for outbound Monitoring Point for complete 20.7, Database Firewall supports
connection from information. TLS encrypted SQL traffic. The
Database Firewall TLS levels can be changed in the
monitoring point to Advanced settings of the Database
Oracle Database. Firewall monitoring point using the
Audit Vault Server console.

When To Change TLS Levels

Oracle recommends leaving the internal TLS level at Level-4. Here is some more
information on when to change the TLS levels:

Component Situation
Internal communication Oracle recommends to set at Level–4 for increased security.
Audit Vault Server console To support old browsers, set the TLS level to match the
(GUI) browser.
Audit Vault Agent / Host Monitor Oracle recommends to set at Level–4 for increased security.
Agent / Audit Vault Server
Audit Vault Agent deployed with On a fresh installation of Oracle AVDF releases 20.1 to 20.3,
IBM AIX it is set to Level–4. Change the TLS level to Level-3 if any of
the Audit Vault Agents are deployed on IBM AIX.
On a fresh installation of Oracle AVDF 20.4 and later, it is set
to Level–4 and there is no change required.

Setting Custom Cipher Sets

Log in as root user to run this procedure for setting the custom cipher set. Do this by
creating a custom file that defines the TLS levels and later applying the file.
1. The customizable set of TLS levels are defined in the following files:
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/platform-configuration/
tls_configuration_custom_group.xml
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/platform-configuration/
tls_configuration_custom_group_agent.xml
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/platform-configuration/
tls_configuration_custom_group_ssl_services.xml
2. The tls_configuration_custom_group.xml file can be modified as desired
to include available ciphers on the product.
3. Execute the following command to display the complete list of available ciphers:

openssl ciphers –v

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4. Open the tls_configuration_custom_group.xml file and verify the format of the

file. The format must be similar to the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>

<tls_configuration_groups xmlns='http://www.oracle.com/avdf'>

<tls_configuration level="1">

<ssl_protocols>

<ssl_protocol>...</ssl_protocol>

</ssl_protocols>

<ssl_cipher_suite>

<ssl_cipher>...</ssl_cipher>

</ssl_cipher_suite>

</tls_configuration>

</tls_configuration_groups>

5. In the customizable tls_configuration_custom_group.xml file, only the following

tags can be added or removed as required:

<ssl_protocol>...</ssl_protocol>

6. Multiple tags can be applied in a sequence as follows:

<ssl_cipher>...</ssl_cipher>

7. The values must be any of the following Apache protocol values:

a. TLSv1.2

b. TLSv1.1

c. TLSv1 (Deprecated)

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8. Execute the following command to apply the custom set.

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/configure-networking --wui-tls-cipher-
level 1 --internal-tls-cipher-level 1 --agent-tls-cipher-level 1

See Also:
Monitoring TLS Encrypted SQL Traffic

3.7 Certificates
Learn about different certificates in Oracle AVDF.

3.7.1 Platform Certificates

Learn all about Oracle AVDF platform certificates.
Oracle AVDF uses platform certificates for internal communication by various services.
Oracle AVDF release 20.6.0.0.0 and later provides the ability to renew platform
certificates for Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall appliances before they expire.
If the expiry period is less than 90 days, a warning message (ODF 10729) is displayed
in the /var/log/messages file. See the action column against ODF 10729 in the
section Database Firewall Messages for detailed procedure for renewing the
certificates manually.
If the certificates are not renewed manually and if they are about to expire in less than
30 days, then the platform certificates are automatically renewed and all the relevant
services are restarted.

3.7.2 About Audit Vault Agent Certificates

Learn about Audit Vault Agent certificates.
Audit Vault Agent certificates are used for communication between the Agent and
Audit Vault Server. These Audit Vault Agent certificates have to be rotated or renewed
for uninterrupted Oracle AVDF services.
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, the certificates can be renewed manually. For
Oracle AVDF release 20.6 and prior, a patch needs to be applied before renewing the
certificates.
After the Audit Vault Agent certificates are rotated or renewed, they are valid for a
period of 27 months across all releases.

Note:
The certificate rotation or renewal is applicable to Audit Vault Agent and Host
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3.7.3 Rotating Audit Vault Agent Certificates

Learn how to rotate Audit Vault Agent certificates.
Audit Vault Agent uses certificates for internal communication with various components and
services. These certificates are valid for a specific duration according to the following table:

Table 3-1 Audit Vault Agent Certificate Validity

Audit Vault Server Release Audit Vault Agent Certificate Validity

Oracle AVDF 12.2 10 years
Oracle AVDF 20.1 and later 27 months

Follow these steps to rotate the Audit Vault Agent certificates.

3.7.3.1 Step 1: Download the Patch for Validating Audit Vault Agent Certificates
Download this patch to check the validity of the Audit Vault Agent certificates to determine
when they will expire.
1. Log in to My Oracle Support.
2. Search for patch number 34412167.
3. Download p34412167_201000_Linux-x86-64.zip.
4. Extract the contents of the zip file.
5. Copy show-agent-certificate.py from the extracted location to the /tmp directory
on the Audit Vault Server.

3.7.3.2 Step 2: Check the Validity of the Audit Vault Agent Certificates
Check the validity of the Audit Vault Agent certificates to determine when they will expire.
1. Connect to the Audit Vault Server through SSH as the root user.
2. Switch to the oracle user:

su - oracle

3. Copy /tmp/show-agent-certificate.py to the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory.

4. Run the following command to check the validity of the Audit Vault Agent certificates:

./show-agent-certificate.py

5. Note the expiration date.

3.7.3.3 Step 3: Patch the Audit Vault Agents to Enable Certificate Rotation (Oracle
AVDF 20.1 to 20.6 Only)
If the results of Step 2 indicate that the agent certificates are already expired or will expire
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release 20.1 to 20.6, you first need to patch the Audit Vault Agents to enable certificate
rotation.

Note:
In a high availability environment, apply the patch on both the primary and
standby Audit Vault Servers.

1. Request a bundle patch for enhancement request (ER) 33869404.

2. Follow the instructions in the README that comes with the patch to apply the
patch on the Audit Vault Agents through the Audit Vault Server.

Note:
Apply this patch before rotating the Audit Vault Server certificate. See
Rotating Audit Vault Server Certificates.

3. Check the state of the Audit Vault Agents after the patching is complete.
• If the certificates were already expired, then the agents will be in the STOPPED
state.
• If the certificates were not already expired, then the agents should be in the
RUNNING state. If the agents are in the STOPPED state, then contact Oracle
Support.

3.7.3.4 Step 4: Rotate the Audit Vault Agent Certificates

If the results of Step 2 indicate that the agent certificates are already expired or will
expire within the next 30 days, then you need to rotate the agent certificates.

Note:
In a high availability environment, follow these steps for the primary Audit
Vault Server only.

1. Connect to the Audit Vault Server through SSH as the root user.
2. Change the directory:

cd /opt/avdf/lib/ruby/avdf

3. Run the following command to rotate the Audit Vault Agent certificates:

ruby update_agent_cert_task.rb

4. If the certificates were already expired:

a. Download the new agent.jar file from the Audit Vault Server console.

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b. Transfer the agent.jar file to all the agent machines.

c. Start all the Audit Vault Agents.
5. If the certificates were not already expired:
a. Validate the Audit Vault Agent certificate after the rotation. See Step 2: Check the
Validity of the Audit Vault Agent Certificates.
The Audit Vault Agent takes some time to update the new certificates. This depends
on the number of agents that are registered on the Audit Vault Server.
b. After the required time, verify that the Audit Vault Agents are in the RUNNING state.
If they are in the STOPPED state, then contact Oracle Support.

3.7.4 Rotating Audit Vault Server Certificates

Learn how to rotate Audit Vault Server certificates.
Audit Vault Server uses certificates for internal communication with various components and
services. Oracle AVDF enables you to rotate Audit Vault Server certificates before they
expire.

Note:
The following steps apply to Oracle AVDF releases 20.1.0.0.0 to 20.7.0.0.0.
For releases 20.8.0.0.0 and higher, skip steps 1 to 8. Start with step 9 to rotate the
certificates.

1. Log in to My Oracle Support.

2. Search for patch number 34378212.
3. Download p34378212_191000_Linux-x86-64.zip.
4. Extract the contents of the zip file.
5. Copy gensslcert.avs.tar.gz from the extracted location to the /tmp directory on
the Audit Vault Server.
6. Complete the installation on the Audit Vault Server:
a. Connect to the Audit Vault Server appliance through SSH as the support user.
b. Switch to the root user:

su - root

c. Create a new directory:

mkdir /root/gensslcert

d. Copy gensslcert.avs.tar.gz to the new directory:

cp /tmp/gensslcert.avs.tar.gz /root/gensslcert

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e. Change to the new directory:

cd /root/gensslcert

f. Extract the files:

tar xvfz gensslcert.avs.tar.gz

7. Note the following services on the Audit Vault Server appliance. You'll need to
restart these services during steps that mention [Restart AVS Services] later in
these instructions. To do this, run the following commands:

(root)$ systemctl reload httpd

(root)$ systemctl restart controller

8. Note the following services on the Database Firewall appliance. You'll need to
restart these services during steps that mention [Restart DBFW Services] later in
these instructions. To do this, run the following commands:

(root)$ systemctl reload httpd

(root)$ systemctl restart stund

9. Generate new certificate authority (CA) certificates on the primary (or standalone)
Audit Vault Server by running one of the following commands. This process
updates the central, self-signed CA certificate on the Audit Vault Server and
reloads the affected services.

Note:
For release 20.8.0.0.0 and higher, gensslcert is located on the Audit
Vault Server appliance at /usr/local/bin/gensslcert.

For AVDF releases 20.1.0.0.0 to 20.7.0.0.0, use the following command:

(root)$ /root/gensslcert/gensslcert destroy-certs create-ca

For AVDF release 20.8.0.0.0, use the following command:

(root)$ /usr/local/bin/gensslcert destroy-certs create-ca

10. Restart the services on the primary Audit Vault Server appliance:

primary(root)$ [Restart AVS Services]

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11. In a high availability environment, transfer the CA certificates from the primary Audit Vault
Server to the standby Audit Vault Server and reload the services on the standby instance:

primary(root)$ scp /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ca.crt support@<standby-ip>:/tmp/

ha_partner.crt

standby(root)$ cp /tmp/ha_partner.crt /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ha_partner.crt

12. Restart the services in the standby Audit Vault Server appliance:
standby(root)$ [Restart AVS Services]
13. In a high availability environment, regenerate the CA certificates and all certificates on
the standby Audit Vault Server instance. Reload the services by running one of the
following commands.

Note:
For release 20.8.0.0.0 and higher, gensslcert is located on the Audit Vault
Server appliance at /usr/local/bin/gensslcert.

For AVDF release 20.1.0.0.0 to 20.7.0.0.0, use the following command:

(root)$ /root/gensslcert/gensslcert destroy-certs create-ca

For AVDF release 20.8.0.0.0, use the following command:

(root)$ /usr/local/bin/gensslcert destroy-certs create-ca

14. Restart the services on the standby Audit Vault Server appliance:
standby(root)$ [Restart AVS Services]
15. In a high availability environment, transfer the standby CA certificates to the primary
instance and reload the services:

standby(root)$ scp /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ca.crt support@<primary-ip>:/tmp/

ha_partner.crt

primary(root)$ cp /tmp/ha_partner.crt /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ha_partner.crt

16. Restart the services on the primary Audit Vault Server appliance:
primary(root)$ [Restart AVS Services]
17. Update and regenerate the CA certificate bundles and services. Perform these steps on
the primary and standby Audit Vault Server instances one at a time.
a. Run the following command on the primary Audit Vault Server appliance:

primary(root)$ cat /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ha_partner.crt /usr/local/

dbfw/etc/ca.crt > /etc/pki/tls/certs/dbfw-ca.crt

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b. Restart the services on the primary Audit Vault Server appliance:

primary(root)$ [Restart AVS Services]
c. Run the following command on the standby Audit Vault Server appliance:

standby(root)$ cat /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ha_partner.crt /usr/local/

dbfw/etc/ca.crt > /etc/pki/tls/certs/dbfw-ca.crt

d. Restart the services on the standby Audit Vault Server appliance:

standby(root)$ [Restart AVS Services]
18. In a high availability environment, restart the observer on the primary Audit Vault
Server server:

primary(root)$ systemctl stop monitor

primary(oracle)$ /usr/local/dbfw/bin/observerctl --stop

primary(oracle)$ /usr/local/dbfw/bin/observerctl --start

19. Wait for two minutes for the observer process to come up.

To check the observer status:

a. Connect to the Audit Vault Server appliance through SSH as the support user.
b. Switch to the root user:

su - root

c. Switch to the oracle user:

su - oracle

d. Run the following command:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/setup_ha.rb –status

This displays all statuses, including the Data Guard observer status. It displays
Data guard observer = yes when the observer is running.
20. Run the following command:

primary(root)$ systemctl start monitor

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21. Copy and transfer the new CA certificates from the primary instance (and the standby
instance in a high availability environment) to each of the linked Database Firewall
instances:

primary(root)$ scp /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ca.crt support@<dbfw-ip>:/tmp/

primary.ca

standby(root)$ scp /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ca.crt support@<dbfw-ip>:/tmp/

standby.ca

dbfw(root) $ cp /tmp/primary.ca /usr/local/dbfw/etc/controller.crt

dbfw(root) $ cp /tmp/standby.ca /usr/local/dbfw/etc/controller_second.crt

22. Update the Database Firewall and Audit Vault Server controllers:

dbfw(root) $ cat /tmp/primary.ca | /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-avs

set avs=primary address=<primary-ip> certificate=-

dbfw(root) $ cat /tmp/standby.ca | /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-avs

set avs=secondary address=<standby-ip> certificate=-

23. Restart the services:

dbfw(root) $ [Restart DBFW Services]
24. Verify that the local and peer certificates are valid.

Verify the following local certificates:

• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ca.crt
• /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost_internal.crt
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/cert.crt
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/avs/avs_apex_client.crt
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/avs/avswallet
• /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
Verify the following peer certifcates:
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/avs/fwcerts/fw-[ip].cert
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ha_partner.crt
• /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/ava.cer
• /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/avs.cer

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Use the config-diagnostics, sappdiag, or openssl x509 command to verify the

certificate validity:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/sappdiag

openssl x509 -enddate -startdate -noout -in /usr/local/dbfw/etc/

ca.crt

3.7.5 Rotating Database Firewall Certificates

Learn how to rotate Database Firewall certificates.
Database Firewall uses certificates for internal communication with various
components and services. Oracle AVDF enables you to rotate Database Firewall
certificates before they expire.

Note:
Rotate certificates for each Database Firewall instance including those
paired for high availability.

Note:
The following steps apply to Oracle AVDF releases 20.1.0.0.0 to 20.7.0.0.0.
For releases 20.8.0.0.0 and higher, skip steps 1 to 6. Start with step 7 to
rotate the certificates.

1. Log in to My Oracle Support.

2. Search for patch number 34378217.
3. Download p34378217_191000_Linux-x86-64.zip.
4. Extract the contents of the zip file.
5. Copy gensslcert.dbfw.tar.gz from the extracted location to the /tmp
directory on the Database Firewall server.
6. Follow these steps to complete the installation on the Database Firewall Server:
a. Connect to the Database Firewall appliance through SSH as the support user.
b. Switch to the root user:

su - root

c. Create a new directory:

mkdir /root/gensslcert

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d. Copy gensslcert.dbfw.tar.gz to the new directory:

cp /tmp/gensslcert.dbfw.tar.gz /root/gensslcert

e. Change to the new directory:

cd /root/gensslcert

f. Run the following command:

tar xvfz gensslcert.dbfw.tar.gz

7. Generate the new certificate authority (CA) certificates on the Database Firewall
appliance. First regenerate the local CA certificates on the Database Firewall appliance
by running one of the following commands.

Note:
For release 20.8.0.0.0 and higher, gensslcert is located on the Database
Firewall appliance at /usr/local/bin/gensslcert.

For AVDF releases 20.1.0.0.0 to 20.7.0.0.0, use the following command:

dbfw(root)$ /root/gensslcert/gensslcert destroy-certs create-ca

For AVDF release 20.8.0.0.0, use the following command:

dbfw(root)$ /usr/local/bin/gensslcert destroy-certs create-ca

8. Run the following commands to restart the Database Firewall services:

dbfw(root) $ systemctl reload httpd

dbfw(root) $ systemctl restart stund

9. Update the Database Firewall certificate on the Audit Vault Server and regain control of
the Database Firewall. See Fetching an Updated Certificate from Database Firewall.
10. Verify that the following local certificates are valid:

• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/ca.crt
• /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost_internal.crt
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/cert.crt

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Use the config-diagnostics, sappdiag, or openssl x509 command to verify the

certificate validity.

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/sappdiag

openssl x509 -enddate -startdate -noout -in /usr/local/dbfw/etc/

ca.crt

11. Verify that the following peer certificates are valid:

• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/controller.crt
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/controller_second.crt
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/fw_ca.crt

3.7.6 Creating TLS Proxy Certificates for Database Firewall

Learn how to create and upload TLS proxy certificates for Database Firewall.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) release 20.8 (and later)
supports managing TLS proxy certificates for Database Firewall from the Audit Vault
Server console.
Database Firewall uses certificates for inbound (database client to Database Firewall)
and outbound (Database Firewall to target database) TLS connections. You can create
and manage certificates for both inbound and outbound TLS connections through the
Audit Vault Server console.

Note:

• This functionality is available to Oracle Database versions that are

supported by Oracle AVDF. It is not applicable to Oracle Real Application
Clusters (Oracle RAC) instances in Oracle AVDF release 20.7. It is
supported starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.8.
• This functionality is applicable to Database Firewall instances that are
deployed in Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode only.
• When using Database Firewall as a TLS proxy, password-based user
authorization with the database is supported. Certificate-based
authorization and third-party user authorization (RADIUS, Kerberos,
LDAP, and so on) with the database are not supported.

The following types of certificate signing methods are supported:

• Certificates that are signed by the Database Firewall certificate authority (CA)
You can use out-of-the-box certificates that are signed by the Database Firewall
CA for inbound and outbound TLS connections. Oracle strongly recommends that
you use third-party, externally signed certificates for production deployments.
You can choose this option when configuring monitoring points for a target
database.

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• Certificates that are signed by an external CA

To use a certificate that is signed by an external CA, create a certificate signing request
(CSR) with the relevant information, download it, get the certificate signed, and upload it
using the Audit Vault Server console.
After you upload the certificate, you can use it when configuring monitoring points for a
target database.
Follow these steps to generate a CSR, download the CSR, and upload the duly signed
certificate to the Database Firewall:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click the Security tab in the left navigation menu.
Only super administrators can see the subtabs and settings on the main page of the
Security tab.
4. Click the Certificate subtab on the main page.
5. Click the Database Firewall subtab.
6. Click the Generate CSR button.
The Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) dialog box appears.
7. Select the specific Database Firewall instance from the drop-down list.
8. Enter a common name.
9. Enter the organization name for the certificate.
10. Select the country or region.

11. (Optional) Complete the following fields:

• Organizational Unit
• State/Province
• City
• Email
12. Click Create to submit the CSR.

13. Click Download CSR and save the certificate to the local machine.

14. Get the certificate duly signed by a CA.

15. After the CA approves the certificate, click Upload Certificate.

The Upload Certificate dialog box appears.

16. Select the file from the local machine.

17. Click Upload.

18. Use the newly uploaded certificate when configuring monitoring points for a target
database.
See Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point for complete instructions.

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Viewing Certificate Details

In the Audit Vault Server console, you can view the details for each TLS proxy
certificate, including the status, start and end dates, expiry time, common name, and
so on.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click the Security tab in the left navigation menu.
4. Click the Certificate subtab on the main page.
5. Click the Database Firewall subtab.

Rotating Certificates
You can also rotate the TLS proxy certificates for Database Firewall.
For Database Firewall CA signed certificates, rotating creates new certificates and
assigns them to the same monitoring points.
For externally signed CA certificates, rotating creates a new CSR using the previously
configured values. You need to download the certificate and follow the same
procedure that you followed to create it, get it signed, and upload it.

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Learn about configuring Audit Vault Server.

4.1 About Configuring Audit Vault Server

Learn about configuring Audit Vault Server.
This chapter explains how to perform the initial Audit Vault Server configuration.

Note:
Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall are software appliances. You must not
make changes to the Linux operating system through the command line on these
servers unless you are following procedures as described in the official Oracle
documentation or you are working under the guidance of Oracle Support.

The main steps involved in the configuration process are as follows:

1. Perform the initial configuration tasks at the Audit Vault Server. For example, confirm
system services and network settings, and set the date and time.
2. (Optional) Configure the Audit Vault Agents.
3. (Optional) Define resilient pairs of servers for high availability.
4. (Optional) Add each Database Firewall at Audit Vault Server.
5. (Optional) Configure Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to work with third party
Security Information Event Management (SIEM) products that can read from Syslog.
6. (Optional) Configure Microsoft Active Directory or Open LDAP.
7. Check that the system is functioning correctly.

See Also:

• Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers for more information about
configuring a resilient pair of Audit Vault Servers for high availability. Perform
the initial configuration that is described in this chapter for both Audit Vault
Servers.
• Summary of Configuration Steps to understand the high level workflow for
configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

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4.2 Changing the UI (Console) Certificate for Audit Vault

Server
Learn how to change the UI certificate for Audit Vault Server.
When you first access the Audit Vault Server console, you see a certificate warning or
message. To avoid this type of message, you can upload a new UI certificate signed
by a relevant certificate authority.
Prerequisite
Log in to Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator. See Using Audit Vault
Server Console for more information
To change the UI certificate for the Audit Vault Server:
1. Click Settings.
2. Click the Security tab in the left navigation menu.
3. Click the Certificate sub-tab on the main page.
4. Click Console Certificate.
5. Click Generate Certificate Request.
The Generate Certificate Request dialog is displayed with the Common Name
for the certificate.
6. If you want to change the common name that is displayed, then click Change.
The certificate warnings are based on the common name used to identify Audit
Vault Server. To suppress the warning when you access Audit Vault Server
console using its IP address instead of the host name, also check Suppress
warnings for IP based URL access.
7. Complete the form and enter content in the mandatory fields.
8. Click Submit and Download.
9. Save the .csr file and then submit this file to a certificate authority. Ensure that the
certificate contains the following details. The COMMON NAME field is filled by default.

COMMON NAME

ISSUER COMMON NAME

10. After the certificate authority issues a new certificate, upload it by returning to the
Console Certificate sub tab, and then click Upload Certificate.

Note:
You may need to install the public certificate of the Certificate Authority in
your browser, particularly if you are using your own public key infrastructure.

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The certificate is valid for a specific duration as listed in the table below:

Oracle AVDF Release Validity Duration

20.1 to 20.3 10 years

20.4 27 months

4.3 Specifying Initial System Settings and Options on Audit Vault

Server (Required)
Learn how to specify initial system settings and options on Audit Vault Server.

4.3.1 Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings

Learn how to specify the Audit Vault Server date, time, and keyboard settings.
Super administrators can change the Audit Vault Server date, time, and keyboard settings. It
is important to ensure that the date and time that you set for Audit Vault Server are correct.
This is because events that the server generates are logged with the date and time at which
they occur according to the server's settings. In addition, archiving occurs at specified
intervals based on the server's time settings.

About Timestamps
Audit Vault Server stores all data in UTC. Timestamps are displayed as follows:
• If you are accessing data interactively, for example using the Audit Vault Server console
or AVCLI command line, then all timestamps are in your time zone. In the UI, the time
zone is derived from the browser time zone. If you are using AVCLI, then the time zone is
derived from the "shell" time zone (usually set by the TZ environment variable).
• If you log in to Audit Vault Server as root or support, then timestamps are displayed in
UTC, unless you change the TZ environment variable for that session.
• If you are looking at a PDF or XLS report that is generated by the system, then the
timestamps displayed reflect the Time Zone Offset setting in the Audit Vault Server
Manage link (see procedure below).

WARNING:
Do not change the Audit Vault Server database time zone through any
configuration files. Doing so causes serious problems in Audit Vault Server.

Prerequisite
Log in to Audit Vault Server console as super administrator. See Using Audit Vault Server
Console for more information.

Set the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings

1. Click Settings tab.
2. Click on the System tab in the left navigation menu.

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3. In the Configuration tab on the main page:

Click For Oracle AVDF Release

Manage 20.1 and 20.2

System Settings 20.3 and later

4. For Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later, click the Time & Keyboard tab in the System
Settings dialog box.
5. From the Timezone Offset drop down list, select your local time in relation to
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Timezone Offset is used in non-interactive
scheduled PDF or XLS reports. The time set here is converted to local time and is
displayed in Event Time field of the report.
For example, -5:00 is five hours behind UTC. You must select the correct setting to
ensure that the time is set accurately during synchronization.

Note:
To change the time only for the console and to the specific user session,
follow the steps in Changing the Time Zone. This functionality is
available starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.6.

6. From the Keyboard drop down list, select the keyboard setting.
7. In the System Time field, select Set Manually or Use NTP.
Selecting NTP synchronizes time with the average of the time recovered from the
time servers specified in the NTP Server 1/2/3 fields.
8. Select Use NTP, and then select Synchronize Periodically to start using the NTP
Server time.
If you do not enable time synchronization in this step, then you can still enter NTP
Server information in the steps below and enable NTP synchronization later.
9. Optionally select Synchronize Once After Save, to synchronize the time once
when you click Save.
10. In the NTP Server 1, NTP Server 2, and NTP Server 3 sections enter the IP
addresses or names of your preferred time servers.
If you specify a name, then the DNS server that is specified in the Services dialog
under System tab is used for name resolution.
11. Click Test Server to display the time from the server.

Click Apply Server to update the Audit Vault Server time from this NTP server.
The update will not take effect until you click Save.
12. Click Save.

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Note:

• In case of high availability environment the steps above change the time only
on the primary Audit Vault Server.
• In case of NTP, specify the IP address of the default gateway and a DNS server
to enable time synchronization.

Set the Time on Secondary Audit Vault Server

In case of high availability environment it is important that the primary and secondary Audit
Vault Servers must have same time. Follow the steps below to manually set the time on the
secondary Audit Vault Server.
For Oracle AVDF 20, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the secondary Audit Vault Server as root user.
2. Run the following commands:

systemctl stop monitor

systemctl stop controller

systemctl stop dbfwdb

systemctl stop asmdb

3. Set the date and time by running the following command:

date -s "Day Month DD HH:MM:SS UTC YYYY"

For example:

date -s "Fri Jun 02 07:51:17 UTC 2021"

4. Run the following commands:

systemctl start asmdb

systemctl start dbfwdb

systemctl start controller

systemctl start monitor

5. Verify the high availability status. It should be High Availability mode is enabled.

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For Oracle AVDF 12.2, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the secondary Audit Vault Server as root user.
2. Run the following commands:

/etc/init.d/monitor stop

/etc/init.d/controller stop

/etc/init.d/dbfwdb stop

/etc/init.d/asmdb stop

3. Set the date and time by running the following command:

date -s "Day Month DD HH:MM:SS UTC YYYY"

For example:

date -s "Fri Jun 02 07:51:17 UTC 2021"

4. Run the following commands:

/etc/init.d/asmdb start

/etc/init.d/dbfwdb start

/etc/init.d/controller start

/etc/init.d/monitor start

5. Verify the high availability status. It should be High Availability mode is

enabled.

See Also:

• Unable to Access the AVS Console After Changing the AVS Time
Manually or using NTP Server
• Changing the Primary Audit Vault Server Network Configuration
• Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services
• Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall

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4.3.2 Changing the Time Zone

Learn how to change the time zone in the Audit Vault Server console only for the active
session.
The time can be changed in the Audit Vault Server console only for the active session. This is
limited only for the console (User Interface). This functionality is available starting with Oracle
AVDF release 20.6. Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as Administrator, Super Auditor, Auditor, or
Readonly Auditor.
2. Click the drop down icon next to the user name in the top right corner. For example,
Admin or Auditor user icon.
3. Click Change Timezone option.
4. In the Change Timezone dialog, select your time zone in relation to Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC).
5. Click Save.

Note:

• The time zone changed here is applicable only to the user's active session.
The timestamps in the Audit Vault server console also reflect the selected
time zone.
• This time zone changed here is not reflected in the non-interactive (PDF/
XLS) reports. To change the time in the reports, follow the steps mentioned
in Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings.

4.3.3 Specifying Audit Vault Server System Settings

Learn about configuring Audit Vault Server system settings.

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4.3.3.1 Changing the Primary Audit Vault Server Network Configuration

The Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) installer configures the
initial network settings for Audit Vault Server during installation. You can change the
network settings after installation.

Note:
If you change the Audit Vault Server network configuration, then you must
also do the following:
1. If the audit trails are not started automatically, then you may have to start
them manually.
2. Reconfigure the resilient pair of Database Firewalls if you previously
configured them.
3. If the IP address of the Audit Vault Server has changed, then update this
information in the Database Firewall.
4. If the IP address of the Audit Vault Server is changed, then redeploy the
Audit Vault Agents.

To configure the Audit Vault Server network settings:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click System in the left navigation menu.
4. Under the Configuration, click Network Settings.
5. In the Network Settings dialog box, edit the following fields:
• Host Name: Enter the fully qualified domain name of the Audit Vault Server.
The host name must start with a letter, can contain a maximum of 64
characters, and cannot contain spaces.

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Note:

– Changing the host name reconfigures the Audit Vault Server

automatically. After changing the host name, click Save. The system
prompts for confirmation and reconfigures the Audit Vault Server. The
Audit Vault Server console is unavailable for a minimum of 10 minutes.
After this, the updated host name appears in the Network Settings
dialog box.
– In Oracle AVDF releases 20.1 to 20.6, you can't change the host name
in a high availability environment. If you need to change the host name,
unpair the Audit Vault Servers, change the host name, and pair them
again.
– In Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and later, you can change the host name
of the primary and standby Audit Vault Servers by using the primary
Audit Vault Server console.

• IP Address: If you need to update the IP address of the Audit Vault Server that was
set during the installation, enter the new IP address.

Note:
If you have a high availability configuration, then you need to unpair the
primary and standby Audit Vault Servers before changing the IP address,
network mask, and gateway. After you update the network settings on the
primary or standby Audit Vault Server, pair the two servers again. After you
complete the pairing process, redeploy the Audit Vault Agents to ensure
that they are updated with the new settings for the primary and standby
Audit Vault Servers.

• Network Mask: Enter the subnet mask of the Audit Vault Server.
• Gateway: Enter the IP address of the default gateway (for example, to access the
management interface from another subnet). The default gateway must be on the
same subnet as the Audit Vault Server.
• Link properties: Do not change the default setting unless your network has been
configured to not use autonegotiation.
6. Click Save.

See Also:

• Ports Used by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for a list of default
Audit Vault Server port numbers
• Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls to configure a resilient
pair of Database Firewalls
• Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address to update the
Audit Vault Server's IP address on the Database Firewall

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4.3.3.2 Changing the Standby Audit Vault Server Network Configuration

Learn how to change the standby Audit Vault Server network configuration.
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, the network settings of the standby Audit
Vault Server can be configured using the primary Audit Vault Server console.
To configure the standby Audit Vault Server network settings:
1. Log in to the primary Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click Settings tab.
3. Click System tab in the left navigation menu.
4. Under the Configuration sub tab in the main page, click Network Settings.
5. In the Network Settings dialog, the Settings sub tab is selected by default. Click
Standby Server radio button.
6. Edit the Host Name. The host name must be a fully qualified domain name of
Audit Vault Server. The host name can contain maximum of 64 characters, and
cannot contain spaces. The host name of the standby Audit Vault Server cannot
be the same as the primary.
7. Click Save.
The following confirmation dialog is displayed:
This operation reconfigures the standby Audit Vault Server. This
process takes at least 10 minutes. Do you want to continue?
8. Click OK.

Note:
During this time, the standby Audit Vault Server is unavailable for a
minimum of 10 minutes. An error message is displayed in the Network
Settings and System Settings dialog on the Audit Vault Server console
for failing to reach the standby Audit Vault Server.

See Also:

• Ports Used by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for a list of
default Audit Vault Server port numbers
• Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls to configure a
resilient pair of Database Firewalls
• Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address to
update Audit Vault Server's IP address in the Database Firewall

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4.3.3.3 Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services

Learn how to configure and change the Audit Vault Server sevices.
To configure the Audit Vault Server services:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click Settings tab.
3. Click System tab in the left navigation menu.
4. In the Configuration section on the main page:

Click For Oracle AVDF Release

System Services 20.1 and 20.2

System Settings 20.3 and later

5. Under the DNS tab, turn on the button and enter the IP address in the specific fields.
Enter the IP addresses of up to three DNS servers on the network. Audit Vault Server
uses these IP addresses to resolve host names. Keep the fields disabled if you do not
use DNS servers. Enabling these fields could degrade system performance if you use
DNS servers.

Note:
The Client Host (host name of the client) value is displayed in the reports only
if the DNS is configured here.

6. In the dialog, click Web/SSH/SNMP tab.

7. Complete the following fields as necessary:

Caution:
When allowing access to Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall you must be
careful to take proper precautions to maintain security.

• Web Access: If you want to allow only selected computers to access the Audit Vault
Server console, select IP Addresses and enter specific IP addresses in the box,
separated by spaces. Using the default value All allows access from any computer in
your site.
• SSH Access: You can specify a list of IP addresses that are allowed to access the
Audit Vault Server through SSH, from a remote console by selecting IP Addresses
and entering them in this field, separated by spaces. Using the value All allows
access from any computer in your site. Using the value Disabled prevents SSH
access from any computer.
• SNMP Access: You can specify a list of IP addresses that are allowed to access the
network configuration of Audit Vault Server through SNMP by selecting IP
Addresses. Then enter them in this field, separated by spaces. Selecting All allows

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access from any computer. If you disable this, it prevents SNMP access. The
SNMP community string is gT8@fq+E.
8. Click Save. A message is displayed.
9. Click OK in the confirmation dialog.

See Also:
Protecting Your Data for a list of recommendations and precautions to
maintain security

4.3.3.4 Changing the Standby Audit Vault Server System Settings

Learn how to change the system settings for the standby Audit Vault Server.
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, the system settings of the standby Audit Vault
Server can be changed using the primary Audit Vault Server console.
To configure the standby Audit Vault Server system settings:
1. Log in to the primary Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click Settings tab.
3. Click System tab in the left navigation menu.
4. Under the Configuration sub tab in the main page, click System Settings.
5. In the System Settings dialog, the DNS sub tab is selected by default. Click
Standby Server radio button.
6. Enter the IP address in the specific fields. Enter the IP addresses of up to three
DNS servers on the network. Audit Vault Server uses these IP addresses to
resolve host names. Keep the fields disabled if you do not use DNS servers.
Enabling these fields could degrade system performance if you use DNS servers.
7. In the System Settings dialog, click on the Web/SSH/SNMP tab.
8. Click Standby Server radio button.
9. Complete the Web/SSH/SNMP fields as necessary. The requirements are similar
to the primary Audit Vault Server as mentioned in the previous topic.
10. Click Save.

The following confirmation dialog is displayed:

This operation reconfigures the standby Audit Vault Server. This
process takes at least 2 minutes. Do you want to continue?
11. Click OK.

See Also:
Protecting Your Data for a list of recommendations and precautions to
maintain security

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Specifying Initial System Settings and Options on Audit Vault Server (Required)

4.3.3.5 Changing IP Addresses of Active and Registered Agents

Learn about changing the IP addresses of active and registered Agents.
Use this procedure to change the IP address of a live registered Agents without affecting the
functionality of the Audit Vault Agent.

Prerequisites
1. Stop all audit trails managed by the specific Audit Vault Agent. See section Stopping,
Starting, and Autostart of Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server for more information.
2. Stop Audit Vault Agent before changing the IP address of the target server. See section
Stopping, Starting, and Other Agent Operations for more information to stop the Audit
Vault Agent.

To change the IP address of a live registered Agent

1. Change the IP address of the machine on which agent is installed.
2. Change the IP address of the previously registered Agent entity of Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall using the Audit Vault Server console or Audit Vault command-line
interface.
3. Run the following to start the Audit Vault Agent with the -k option:

agentctl start -k

4. Enter an Activation Key.

5. Start Audit Trails.

See Also:
Changing the IP Address on a Single Instance of the Database Firewall Server

4.3.4 Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations

Learn how to configure Audit Vault Server syslog destinations.
Use the following procedure to configure the types of syslog messages to send from Audit
Vault Server. The message categories are Debug, Info, or System. You can also forward Alert
messages to the syslog.
Configuring Syslog enables integration with popular SIEM vendors such as Splunk, IBM
QRadar, LogRhythm, ArcSight and others.

Note:
Syslog message is sent to the destination machine. The message is not written to
the Audit Vault Server /var/log/message file.

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Prerequisites
• Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator. See Using Audit
Vault Server Console for more information.
• Ensure that the IP addresses provided for syslog destinations are on a different
host than the Audit Vault Server.
1. Click the Settings tab.
2. Click on System tab in the left navigation menu.
3. Under the Configuration section, click Connectors.
4. In the Connectors dialog, click on Syslog tab.
5. Complete the fields, as necessary:
• Syslog Destinations (UDP): Use this box if you are using User Datagram
Protocol (UDP) to communicate syslog messages from Audit Vault Server.
Enter the IP address of each machine that is permitted to receive the syslog
messages, separated by spaces.
• Syslog Destinations (TCP): Use this box if you are using Transmission
Control Protocol (TCP) to communicate syslog messages from Audit Vault
Server. Enter the IP address and port combinations of each server that is
permitted to receive the syslog messages, separated by spaces.
• Syslog Categories: You can select the types of messages to be sent to
Syslog as follows:
– Alert: Alerts based on alert conditions that an Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall auditor specifies.
To forward Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall alerts to syslog. In
addition to this setting, the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
auditor must configure alert forwarding.
– Debug: Engineering debug messages (for Oracle support use only).
– Info: General Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall messages and
property changes.
– System: System messages generated by Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall or other software that has a syslog priority level of at
least INFO.
6. Click Save.
7. Repeat the initial system settings and options set on the second Audit Vault
Server, in case of high availability.

See Also:

• Specifying Initial System Settings and Options on Audit Vault Server

(Required)
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide for
detailed instructions and information about Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall syslog alert formats

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4.3.5 Configuring Custom Ports on Network Interfaces

Learn how to configure custom ports on network interfaces in standalone and high availability
environment.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall requires TCP and TCPS based external SQL
access. By default, the TCP and TCPS ports are 1521 and 1522 respectively. User-defined
ports are also used for SQL connections. Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports
the configuration of a custom port. As a super admin user you can specify a custom TCP and
TCPS port for SQL communication on Oracle Audit Vault Server. Custom ports can be
configured for network interfaces in standalone and high availability environment. Upon
configuring a custom port, SQL communication is enabled and added to the network
configuration.
To configure custom ports on a primary network interface:

Note:
The commands in the procedure below must be executed only on the primary Audit
Vault Server in a high availability environment.

1. Log in to the appliance as root user.

2. Switch user to oracle.
3. Use SQL*Plus and connect as super admin user by entering the ID and password as
follows.
<super-admin>/<password>

Note:

• Other users cannot configure custom ports. If this operation is attempted by

another user, then a message is displayed on the SQL*Plus that there are
insufficient privileges for the user.
• Only root users can access error or debug logs.

4. Run the following commands to configure custom ports and related operations:

Operation Command

To configure custom TCP and exec

TCPS ports on the Audit Vault management.server.custom_listener_ports(<tcp_custom_port>,
Server. <tcps_custom_port>);

To disable default ports (1521, exec management.server.disable_std_listener_port_access;

1522) on the Audit Vault Server.

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Note:

• The same ports are configured on the standby Audit Vault Server in
a high availability environment.
• Upon configuring a new custom port, ensure all the Audit Vault
Agents are updated with the new port. After all the Agents are
updated, ensure the trails continue to run after the Agents are
updated with the new custom ports. The standard ports must be
disabled after this verification. If standard ports are disabled before
the Agents are updated, then those Agents stop running and need to
be manually updated. This can be done by updating the connect
string in the av/conf/bootstrap.prop file of the Agent home
directory.
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports more than one
set of custom ports.
• Follow these instructions while performing backup and restore
operations. If you configured a custom port before performing the
backup operation, then the port should remain as you configured it
during the restore operation.
• Follow these instructions for high availability environment. The TCPS
port configured on the standby is same as primary server during
pairing. Else, pairing results in an error.
• Run the command exec
management.server.enable_std_listener_port_access to rollback
and set ports 1521 and 1522 as the default ports. After the standard
ports are enabled again, do not disable the custom ports in
immediate succession as this may disrupt the communication
between the Audit Vault Agent and the Audit Vault Server. In such an
event, the Audit Vault Agents have to be reinstalled. Before disabling
the custom port and changing back to default ports, ensure the Audit
Vault Agents are updated and are in RUNNING state. To disable
custom ports, run the command exec
management.server.disable_custom_listener_port_access.

4.4 Configuring the Email Notification Service

Learn about configuring the email notification service.

4.4.1 About Email Notifications in Oracle Audit Vault and Database

Firewall
Learn about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall email notifications.
An auditor can configure Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to send users email
notifications when alerts or reports are generated. To do this, you must configure an
SMTP server to enable email notifications. The email notifications can be sent in text
format to mobile devices or they can be routed through an SMS gateway.

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Note:

• You can configure one SMTP (or ESMTP) server for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
• You can configure Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to work with both
unsecured SMTP servers as well as with secured and authenticated SMTP
servers.

See Also:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide for information about
configuring alerts and generating reports.

4.4.2 Configuring Email Notifications

To configure email notifications, you need to configure an SMTP server.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
See Using Audit Vault Server Console for more information.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click System in the left navigation menu.
4. Under Configuration, click Connectors.
5. In the Connectors dialog box, enter the IP address of the SMTP server in SMTP Server
Address.
6. In the SMTP Port field, enter the SMTP server port.
7. In the From Name field, enter the user name to be used as the sender of the email.
8. In the From Address field, enter the sender's address that appears in the email
notifications.
9. If this SMTP server requires credentials, then select Require Credentials, and enter a
user name and password.
10. If this SMTP server requires authentication, then select Require Secure Connection,
and select the authentication protocol (SSL or TLS).
11. Click Register to register the SMTP server.

12. (Optional) Enter the email address and click Test to test the email configuration.

13. Click Save.

4.5 Configuring Archive Locations and Retention Policies

Learn about configuring archive locations and retention policies.

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Note:
Remember the following rules while archiving and restoring tablespaces:
• The restore policy must follow the guidelines in this section.
• Check the tablespace that needs to be archived and the corresponding
tablespace that needs to be purged as explained in the policy.
• Restoring data into empty tablespaces is not possible. Check
accordingly.
• In case the tablespace enters the delete period, it is deleted
automatically from Oracle Audit Vault Server.
• Every tablespace is uniquely identified using the name of the month that
it moves offline and the month that it is purged. The tablespaces are
created automatically based on the policies that you create.
• When the retention policy changes, the new policy is applied to the
incoming data in the following month. It does not affect the existing
tablespaces which adhere to the old policy.
• You can archive the tablespace when it enters the offline period.
• After restoring the tablespace, it is actually online. After you release the
tablespace, it goes offline. You must rearchive the tablespace after it is
released.

4.5.1 About Archiving and Retrieving Data in Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Learn about archiving and retrieving data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Data files are archived as part of an information lifecycle strategy. Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall release 20.1.0.0.0 supports automatic archival of a job only for
NFS configured locations. When the online period of the data on the tablespace
expires, it is automatically archived without your intervention. You have a choice to
enable automatic archival during a fresh installation of Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall in release 20.1.0.0.0. Or, you can manually archive jobs with the
desired settings.
When you upgrade to Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 20.1.0.0.0
from an older release, the system continues to use manual archiving. You have to
enable automatic archiving of jobs post upgrade.
You can switch between automatic and manual job archiving. If there is a job in
progress during the switch over, then the change occurs after the active job is
completed. A suitable message is displayed to the user. After you switch to automatic
archiving, all of the existing NFS locations are configured into an automatic archiving
list. They are listed under Manage Archive Locations. If the space in archive location
is full or inaccessible, then automatic archiving chooses the next archive location from
the list. The automatic archival functionality runs on a daily basis and archives the data
that is available for archiving.

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Note:
After you enable automatic archiving, manual archiving is disabled. When
upgrading to a newer version in release 20.1.0.0.0, the system continues to use
either the automatic or the manual archiving that you configured prior to the
upgrade.

You create retention policies and archive locations so that the archived data is transferred in
accordance with your policies. Oracle recommends that you archive regularly in accordance
with your company's policy.
Automatic archival is supported only on Network File Systems (NFS). Oracle recommends
that you use NFS to transfer data to an archive location. If you use Secure Copy (SCP) or
Windows File Sharing (SMB) to transfer data to an archive location, then your data files are
first copied to a staging area in Oracle Audit Vault Server. Therefore, you must ensure that
there is sufficient space in your file system. Otherwise, the data file copying may fail.
Transferring large files using SCP or SMB may take a long time.

What Is a Retention Policy?

Retention policies (also called archive policies) determine how long data is retained in Oracle
Audit Vault Server, when data is available for archiving, and for how long archived data can
be retrieved to Oracle Audit Vault Server. An administrator creates these policies and an
auditor assigns a specific policy to each target as well as to scheduled reports. The settings
that you can specify in a policy are as follows:
• Months Online: The audit data is available in Oracle Audit Vault Server for the number of
months online that you specify. During this period, data is available for viewing in reports.
When this period elapses, the audit data files are available for archiving, and are no
longer visible for reports. When the administrator archives these data files, the data is
physically removed from Oracle Audit Vault Server.
• Months Archived: The archived audit data can be retrieved to Oracle Audit Vault Server
for the number of months specified in Months Archived. If you retrieve the data during
this period, then it will be available again in reports. When the months archived period
expires, the data can no longer be retrieved to Oracle Audit Vault Server.

Note:
Retention times are based on the event time (time it is generated). If the auditor
does not select a retention policy for a target or scheduled report, Audit Vault Server
uses the default retention policy (12 months for online retention, and 12 months in
archives).

Example
Suppose your retention policy is:
• Months Online: 2
• Months Archived: 4
With this retention policy, audit data that is generated during the last two months is available
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longer visible in reports. Archived data is available to retrieve for four months. This
data is older than two months but newer than six months, and can be retrieved from
the archives to Oracle Audit Vault Server. Data that is older than six months is no
longer available.

When new Data Collected is Older than Retention Policy Limits

When you collect audit data for a newly configured target, or from a new audit trail on
an existing target, the data collected from that target may be older than the Months
Online period. In fact, the data may be even be older than the Months Archived period.
For instance, suppose your retention policy is the same as the above Example. Now
suppose you begin collecting audit data from a newly configured target. If some of this
data is over six months old, it is older than the months online period and the months
archived period combined. In this case, Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
automatically drops any newly collected audit records that are older than six months.
However, if some of this audit data is older than two months but newer than six
months, that is, it falls within the months archived period, then Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall does one of the following:
• If this is an audit trail for a newly configured target, then Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall automatically archives that data as the audit trail is collected.
• If this is a new audit trail for an existing target, then Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall attempts to archive these records automatically as the audit trail
is collected. However, you may have to make required data files available during
this process.

Note:
In case the archive location is not defined, once the months online period
expires and before the completion of offline period, the audit data for the
specific target is moved offline. The data remains on the Audit Vault Server
and can be retrieved and viewed in the Reports section of the Audit Vault
Server console. This is applicable for the default and user defined archival
and retention policy.

See Also:
Handling New Audit Trails with Expired Audit Records for information to
make required data files available

4.5.2 Defining Archive Locations

You need to define one or more locations as destinations for archive files before you
can start an archive job. An archiving destination specifies the archive storage
locations and other settings.
Oracle recommends that you use NFS to transfer data to an archive location. If you
use Secure Copy (SCP) or Windows File Sharing (SMB) to transfer data to an archive
location, then your data files are first copied to a staging area in the Audit Vault Server.

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Therefore, you must ensure that there is sufficient space in the file system. Otherwise the
data file copying may fail. Transferring large files using SCP or SMB may take a long time.

Note:

• The backup functionality does not back up archived files. The data files in the
archive location are not backed up by avbackup because they may be located
on a remote file system. In case those files are on NFS mount point, then they
are accessible after restoring on a new system with the same mount points that
were previously configured.
• Oracle AVDF 20.1 and later supports archive and retrieve functionality with
Network File System (NFS) server which support both versions v3 and v4.
• Only NFS version v3 is not supported for releases 20.3 and prior. It is supported
starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.
• If your NFS server supports and permits both v3 and v4 for archive or retrieve,
then no action is required.
• Starting in Oracle AVDF 20.9, NFSv3 over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is
not supported.
• In case you have NFS v4 only in your environment for archive or retrieve, then
set the _SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED parameter to TRUE using the following steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as root.
2. Switch user to oracle: su - oracle
3. Start SQL*Plus connection as sqlplus /nolog without the username or
password.
4. In SQL*Plus execute the command: connect <super administrator>
5. Enter the password when prompted. Alternatively, execute the command:
connect <super administrator/password>
6. Execute the command: exec
avsys.adm.add_config_param('_SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED','TRUE');

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.1 - 20.8

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

Oracle AVDF Release 20.1 - 20.8

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
See Using Audit Vault Server Console for more information.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click Archiving in the left navigation menu.
4. Click Manage Archive Locations.

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5. Click the Create button, and complete the fields. See the following field
descriptions for more information.
6. Click Save.

Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
See Using Audit Vault Server Console for more information.
2. Click the Data Retention tab.
3. Click the Remote Archiving tab in the left navigation.
4. Click the Create button, and complete the fields. See the following field
descriptions for more information.
5. Click Save.

Field Value
Transfer Method Select the method to transfer data from Oracle
Audit Vault Server to the machine that archives
the data:
• Secure Copy (SCP): Select if the data is
archived by a Linux machine.
• Windows File Sharing (SMB): Select if
the data is archived by a Windows
machine.
• Network File System (NFS): Select if
you're using a network file share or NAS.
Location Name Enter the name of the archiving destination.
This name appears as the archiving
destination when you start an archive.

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Field Value
Remote Filesystem If you use the NFS transfer method, then you
can select an existing file system, or one will
be created automatically based on the details
of this archive location.

Note:
In a standalone
system, you can
use the AVCLI
utility to register
a remote file
system. Then
you can select
this file system in
the Audit Vault
Server console.
This is not
possible in a high
availability
environment. In a
high availability
environment, you
create the
archive locations
through the Audit
Vault Server
console by
selecting the
Create New
Filesystem
option.
See
Downloading
and Using the
AVCLI Command
Line Interface for
details about
using the AVCLI
utility.

Address Enter the host name or IP address of the NFS

server that the Audit Vault Server uses for
archiving. If you use the Windows File Sharing
transfer method, then specify the IP address.

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Field Value
Export Directory If you use the NFS transfer method, then enter
the export directory of the NFS server. For
example, you can create this directory in
the /etc/exports file of the NFS server.
Ensure that the oracle user (User ID: 503) has
appropriate read and write permissions to
this directory.

Note:
Special
characters (such
as $, #, and !)
are not allowed
in export
directory names.

Path Enter the path to the archive storage location.

Enter a path to a directory (not a file) and
follow these requirements for each transfer
method:
• Secure Copy (scp): If there is no leading
slash character, the path is relative to the
user's home directory. If there is a leading
slash, the path is relative to the root
directory.
• Windows File Sharing (SMB): Enter the
share name, followed by a forward slash
and the name of the folder. For example: /
sharename/myfolder.
• Network File System (NFS): Enter the
path relative to the export directory. For
example, if the export directory is /
export_dir and the full path to the
directory that you want to designate as an
archive location is /export_dir/
dir1/dir2, then enter /dir1/dir2
in the Path field. To put archives directly in
the NFS server's export directory, enter /
(forward slash) for the path.
Click the Test button to validate the NFS
location.
Port This is the port number that secure copy (scp)
uses or the Windows file share service on the
machine that archives the data. You can
normally use the default port number.
If you selected Windows file sharing (SMB) as
the transfer method, then use port 445.
Username Enter the account name on the machine to
which the archive data will be transferred.

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Field Value
Authentication Method If you use secure copy (scp) as the transfer
method, then you can select Password
Authentication and enter the login password.
If you use a Linux machine, then you can
select Key-based Authentication. If you use
key-based authentication, then the
administrator of the remote machine must
ensure that the file that contains the RSA key
(~/.ssh/authorized_keys) has
permissions set to 664.
Password and Confirm Password If you use Windows file sharing (SMB), or if
you selected the password authentication
method, then enter the login password for the
machine that archives the data.
Public Key This field appears if you selected key-based
authentication. Copy this public key and add it
to the public keys file on the machine that
archives the data. For example, add the key in
~/.ssh/authorized_keys.

See Also:

• REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM

• Archiving and Retrieving in High Availability
• Error OAV-47402 While Defining Archive Locations Using NFS Mount Point

4.5.3 Creating and Deleting Archive and Retention Policies

Learn about creating and deleting policies.

4.5.3.1 Creating Archive and Retention Policies

You can create retention policies (also called archive policies) that an Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) auditor can apply to targets.

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click Archiving in the left navigation menu.

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4. Click Manage Policies.

5. Click Create.
6. Enter a name for the policy.
7. In the Months Online field, enter the number of months to retain audit data on the
Oracle Audit Vault Server before the data is marked for archiving.
8. In the Months Archived field, enter the number of months to retain audit data in
the archive location. After this time the data will be purged.
9. Optional - Starting with Oracle AVDF Release 20.7, if you're signed in as a super
administrator you can set the policy as the default by selecting Set as default.

Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Data Retention tab.
3. Click Retention Policies in the left navigation menu.
4. Click Create.
5. Enter a name for the policy.
6. In the Months Online field, enter the number of months to retain audit data on the
Oracle Audit Vault Server before the data is marked for archiving.
7. In the Months Archived field, enter the number of months to retain audit data in
the archive location. After this time the data will be purged. The default value is 6.
8. Optional - If you're signed in as a super administrator you can set the policy as the
default by selecting Set as default.
9. Click Save.

Months Online
When a target uses an assigned retention policy, the audit data will be available online
in the Audit Vault Server for the specified amount of months before moving to the
archive location.

Note:
After the months online period expires, the data is no longer visible in
reports. Data is removed from the online view and is available in the archive
location. You can't delete the online data manually.

Months Archived
When a target uses an assigned retention policy, the audit data will be available in the
archive location for the specified amount of months before being purged. While it is in
the archive location it is available to be retrieved back online to the Audit Vault Server.

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Note:
See Setting a Data Retention (Archiving) Policy for instructions on assigning
retention policies.

4.5.3.2 Deleting Archive and Retention Policies

You can delete user-defined retention policies (also called archive policies) that are not
assigned to any target databases.

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

1. Log in to the Oracle Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click Archiving in the left navigation menu.
4. Click Manage Policies.
5. Under User-defined Policy, select the policy to delete.
6. Click Delete.

Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Data Retention tab.
3. Click Retention Policies in the left navigation menu.
4. Select a minimum of one user-defined retention policies from the list.
5. Click Delete.
6. Click Ok in the dialog box to confirm deletion of the selected policies.

4.5.4 Viewing Archived Datafiles

Learn how to view archived datafiles.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click the Archiving tab in the left navigation menu.
This page lists the archived datafiles with the following details:

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Table Field Description

Target Name of the target.

Event Month The specific month in which the events

occurred.

Datafiles Name of the datafile.

Online data expiration date Data is online until the specified month.
Later it is offline.

Offline data expiration date Data is offline until the specified month.
Later it is purged.

Retention Policy Specifies the online and offline duration

of the data.

Archived Specifies if data is archived externally

on SCP, SMB, or NFS locations.

Archive Location If the data is archived externally, then

this field is enabled. It contains the
name of the archive location. If you
hover the mouse on this field, it displays
the type of archive location (SCP, SMB,
or NFS), IP address of the archive
location, and the path to the archive
directory.

Note:

• A super administrator can view datafiles pertaining to all targets. An

administrator can view datafiles only for the targets they have access
to.
• This functionality of viewing the archived datafiles is available
starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.6.

4.5.5 Running Archive and Retrieval Jobs

Learn how to run archive and retrieval jobs.
See "Archiving and Retrieving Audit Data".

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4.6 Managing Archival and Retrieval in High Availability

Environments
Learn how to manage archival and retrieval in high availability environments.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports archiving. Prior to release 12.2.0.11.0,
archiving was configured only on the primary Audit Vault Server and there was no ability to
configure archiving on the standby server. After a failover, archive locations had to be
manually set on the former standby (new primary). Starting with release 12.2.0.11.0, you can
now configure NFS archive locations on both the primary and standby Audit Vault Servers,
reducing the amount of manual work that needs to be performed following a failover.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 12.2.0.11.0 and later ensures that the
primary and secondary Audit Vault Servers have the same number of NFS archive locations.
This is crucial for archiving and file management functionality to work effectively in a high
availability environment.

Note:

• Any user with admin privileges can perform archival and retrieval tasks.
• It is recommended that NFS archive locations for primary and secondary Audit
Vault Servers are on separate NFS servers.
• It is recommended to have these NFS servers within the same Data Center as
the Audit Vault Server. As in the NFS server for primary Audit Vault Server
should be in the same data center and NFS server for secondary Audit Vault
Server should be in the same data center.
• NFS is a mount point on the Audit Vault Server. If you want to replace NFS
server, then make sure the Audit Vault Server does not access the mount point.

Prerequisite
Ensure that all of the Prerequisites for Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers are
satisfied before configuring high availability.
After you complete the high availability pairing, the NFS locations pertaining to both the
primary and secondary Audit Vault Servers are displayed under Manage Archive Locations
of the primary Audit Vault Server console. These NFS locations include those created on both
the primary and secondary Audit Vault Servers before and after configuring high availability.
The names of these NFS locations have the primary location name or the name defined while
creating the location once high availability is configured. The Audit Vault Server console
provides details of the host, export directory, and destination path for both the primary and
secondary Audit Vault Servers.

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Note:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 20.1.0.0.0 supports
automatic archival on both primary and secondary Audit Vault Servers. If
automatic archival is enabled on the primary Audit Vault Server, it is enabled
on the corresponding secondary Audit Vault Server as well. The Audit Vault
Server console displays the archive locations of the primary host with their
mapped corresponding secondary locations.

Upgrade and archiving functionality in high availability environment

Archiving functionality is disabled during the upgrade process only when there are
datafiles archived to the NFS locations. Upon completion of the upgrade process the
admin user must enable the archive functionality to start archiving.

Updating or Deleting NFS locations

The super admin can update or delete the NFS locations after high availability pairing
of primary and secondary Audit Vault Servers. The NFS locations on both the primary
and secondary Audit Vault Servers can be updated or deleted. In case the datafiles are
archived, the location cannot be updated or deleted. The Location Name and the
Primary Server Path or the Secondary Server Path can be updated in case high
availability is enabled. However, the NFS mount point is internal and cannot be
changed.

See Also:

• Monitoring Jobs
• Defining Archive Locations

4.7 Defining Resilient Pairs for High Availability

Learn how to define resilient pairs for high availability.
You can define resilient pairs of Oracle Audit Vault Servers, Oracle Database
Firewalls, or both.
When you define a resilient pair of Oracle Audit Vault Servers, you must perform all of
the configuration tasks. These tasks include adding database firewalls to the server
and registering the targets on the primary Oracle Audit Vault Server.

See Also:
High Availability in Oracle AVDF

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4.8 Registering Database Firewall in Audit Vault Server

Use this procedure to register an Database Firewall with the Audit Vault Server.

Prerequisites
• If you are deploying more than one Database Firewall, then you must register each
firewall in Audit Vault Server to enable communication among the servers. We suggest
that you first configure Database Firewall using the instructions in Configuring Database
Firewall.
• You must register Database Firewalls in Audit Vault Server before you can pair them for
high availability. See Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls for more
information.
• Provide the Audit Vault Server certificate and IP address to the Database Firewall that
you are registering. See Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address.
• Log in to Audit Vault Server as an administrator. See Using Audit Vault Server Console
for more information.
To register Database Firewall in Audit Vault Server:
1. If there is a resilient pair of Audit Vault Servers, then log in to the primary server.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
The Firewalls page displays the currently registered firewalls and their statuses.
3. Click Register.
4. Enter a Name for Database Firewall and its IP Address.
5. Click Save.

Note:

• If a message indicates that there is a problem with the certificate, then

ensure that the date and time settings are identical on both Database
Firewall and Audit Vault Server.
• If the following error message is encountered, then check the Audit Vault
Server certificate is copied properly to the Database Firewall. Also check
the date and time settings are identical on both the Database Firewall and
Audit Vault Server.
OAV-46981 Unable to connect to Database Firewall with IP

4.9 Testing Audit Vault Server System Operations

Learn about testing Audit Vault Server system operations.
Verify that your system is fully operational before beginning your normal, day-to-day
operations.

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Prerequisite
Log in to Audit Vault Server as an administrator. See Using Audit Vault Server Console
for more information.
To test your system's operation:
1. Check the date and time settings of Audit Vault Server.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Click on the System tab in the left navigation menu.
4. Under Monitoring section in the main page, click Diagnostics.
5. Click the Run Diagnostics button to run a series of diagnostic tests and review
the results.
These diagnostics include testing:
• Existence and access permissions of configuration files
• File system sanity
• Network configuration
• Status of various processes that are required to run on the system. For
example, database server processes, event collection process, Java
framework process, HTTP server process, and so on.
6. You can use the Download Diagnostics button to download the diagnostic results
for further analysis.
7. You can use the Clear Diagnostic Logs button to clear the current set of
diagnostic logs on the Audit Vault Server.
8. Click the Home tab, and check the status of Database Firewalls and Targets.

4.10 Configuring Fiber Channel-Based Storage for Audit

Vault Server
Learn about configuring fiber channel-based storage for Audit Vault Server.
Audit Vault Server supports fiber channel-based storage. You can configure this
storage during installation by performing this procedure.
To configure fiber channel-based storage for Audit Vault Server:
1. Install Audit Vault Server on the local disk of your server. During installation, Audit
Vault Server attempts to use all of the disks in your system. Use the configuration
tools for the fiber channel controller such as Fast!UTIL, to ensure that other disks
are not accessible.

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Note:

• If the other disks are accessible, then they are formatted and erased during
installation.
• Audit Vault Server looks for the devices with the names of sd*, xvd*, hd*,
cciss*, fio* in /sys/block. The installation succeeds if the fiber channel
disks are exposed as one of these block devices.
• The device xvd* is not supported for multipath.
• The first disk must be a local disk with a minimum of 300 GB available
space. If the available space is less than 300 GB, then the boot partition is
allocated to a SAN fiber channel disk which is not supported. It is
recommended that the sizes of the other disks be greater than that of the
first disk.

2. If you are using fiber channel-based storage, then perform the following remaining steps
after your installation has successfully completed to ensure that Oracle Automatic
Storage Management uses the active path. Otherwise, reboot your system to complete
the configuration process.

Note:
Fiber channel-based storage with multipath is supported by Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall release 20.1 and onwards.

4.11 Adding Local Disks to the New ASM Disk Group

Learn how to add local disks to new ASK disk group in Oracle AVDF.
This topic contains information on adding storage to all three ASM disk groups. However, it
may not be necessary to increase the storage for all three. Use your discretion to add storage
where it is needed.
Prerequisite
Ensure that any disk added to the Oracle AVDF appliance has no pre-existing LVM, partition,
or other device mapper metadata. In case the disks have been used previously, then restore
them to a clean state before running this procedure.
To add local disks to new ASK disk group, follow these steps:
1. Connect to the Audit Vault Server through SSH as support user using the following
command:

ssh support@<IP address of the Audit Vault Server>

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Note:
If the Audit Vault Server is installed on OCI, then refer to Connecting to
Oracle AVDF Instance.

2. Enter the password of the support user when prompted.

3. Run the following command to view a list of all the available hard disks:

fdisk -l

4. From the list, locate the disk with no partitions defined and with the same size you
need. Ignore any entries referring to /dev/dm-0, etc.

Note:

• Fiber Channel based storage with multipath is supported in Oracle

Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 20.1 and onwards.
• Fiber Channel based storage is supported by Oracle AVDF. Fiber
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is currently not supported by Oracle
AVDF.

Here is an example of the multipath device: /dev/mpatha

To get a list of existing multipath devices, run the following command:

multipath -ll

5. Run the following command:

parted /<path of the disk>

6. Run the following command to set the disk label to GPT:

mklabel gpt

7. Run the following command to create the partition:

mkpart primary ext3

8. When prompted, enter 0GB as the Start point and specify another size of the first
partition as the End point. For example, to create 3 partitions and to use 35GB as
the end of partition 1:

(parted) mkpart primary ext3

Start? 0GB
End? 35GB
(parted)

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9. Run the mkpart command to create the second partition as follows:

(parted) mkpart primary ext3

Start? 35GB
End? 70GB
(parted)

10. Run the mkpart command to create the third partition:

(parted) mkpart primary ext3

Start? 70GB
End? 107GB
(parted) print

11. Run quit to exit. The changes are automatically saved.

12. Run the following command to create the ASM disks:

oracleasm createdisk

Note:
In case this command fails, then remove all the data and partitions from the
new disk. Repeat all the above steps.

13. Run the following commands to change to grid user and connect to the grid instance as
sysasm to manage the existing ASM disk groups:

su - grid

id

sqlplus /nolog

sqlplus / as sysasm

14. Check the current status of the existing ASM disks and disk groups in the output.

15. Use the ALTER DISKGROUP command to add the new disks to the disk groups.

16. Verify the increase in storage space by running the following query:

SQL> select GROUP_NUMBER,NAME,TOTAL_MB,FREE_MB from V$ASM_DISKGROUP;

The following example output is displayed:

GROUP_NUMBER NAME TOTAL_MB FREE_MB

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------------ ---- -------- -------

1 EVENTDATA 97096 95933
2 RECOVERY 131239 127564
3 SYSTEMDATA 97112 93953

SQL>

4.12 Fiber Channel Based Multipath in Oracle AVDF

Learn about support for multipath in Oracle AVDF.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.1 and later supports fiber channel based
storage with multipath. The redundant paths in multipath can enhance performance
and utilize features like dynamic load balancing, traffic shaping, automatic path
management, and dynamic reconfiguration. The connection to the disk can be made
through two fiber channel ports.
Here are some important aspects of multipath in Oracle AVDF:
• It is not supported with ISCSI storage.
• It does not support the device xvd*.
• Multipath is supported only for Audit Vault Server installation.
• Multipath is not supported for Database Firewall installation.
• It does not support removable block devices. Check for removable block devices
in the system as they can lead to installation failure.

Note:
In case there are removable block devices in the system, the following error
may be encountered during Audit Vault Server installation:

ERROR: Failed to check if the disk is in multipath

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/run/install/repo/partitions.py", line 386, in <module>
main()
File "/run/install/repo/partitions.py", line 372, in main
write_partition_table( None )
File "/run/install/repo/partitions.py", line 322, in
write_partition_table
part_table = generate_partition_table_data(dev_list)
File "/run/install/repo/partitions.py", line 243, in
generate_partition_table_data
raise RuntimeError("No disks detected")
RuntimeError: No disks detected

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4.13 Adding Network Address Translation IP Addresses to Audit

Vault Agent
You can add Network Address Translation (NAT) IP addresses to Audit Vault Agent.
Network Address Translation (NAT) is a method of remapping one IP address space into
another. This is done by modifying network address information in the IP header of packets
when they are in transit across traffic routing devices. Use this procedure to manually add the
NAT IP address of the Audit Vault Server to the Audit Vault Agent.
In some deployments, Audit Vault Servers are within NAT networks. The Agents are deployed
in a network outside of the NAT configured network with actual IP addresses of Audit Vault
Server. In such cases, the Agents cannot reach Audit Vault Server.
In this case, you can add the NAT IP address and port mapping information to the
dbfw.conf file of Audit Vault Server. This ensures adding an extra connection string in the
Agent's bootstrap.prop file so that Agents can be deployed in both NAT and non NAT
networks. This functionality is available from Oracle AVDF 12.2.0.8.0 and later.

Use Cases

Case Configuration Type Description

Case 1 Audit Vault Server • There is only one Audit Vault Server. This server is
configuration without high behind NAT.
availability. • Agents in this set up can either connect to Audit
Vault Server directly without NAT, or connect to the
Audit Vault Server through NAT.
• Agents connecting to Audit Vault Server directly,
use IP address and port of Audit Vault Server.
• Agents connecting to Audit Vault Server through
NAT use the IP address and port of Audit Vault
Server.
Case 2 Audit Vault Server • Both the primary and secondary Audit Vault
configuration with high Servers are behind the same NAT. The primary
availability. NAT IP address and secondary NAT IP address is
the same. The primary NAT port and secondary
NAT port are different.
• Agents in this set up can either connect to Audit
Vault Server directly without NAT, or through NAT.
• Agents connecting to Audit Vault Server directly
use the IP address and port of Audit Vault Server.
In case of a failover of the primary Audit Vault
Server, the Agents continue to connect to the
secondary Audit Vault Server using the IP address
and port of the secondary Audit Vault Server.
• Agents connecting to Audit Vault Server through
NAT use the IP address and port of the primary
Audit Vault Server. In case of failover of the primary
Audit Vault Server, the Agents continue to connect
to the secondary Audit Vault Server using the IP
address and port of the secondary Audit Vault
Server.

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Case Configuration Type Description

Case 3 Primary and secondary Audit • Both the primary and secondary Audit Vault
Vault Servers with different Servers are behind two different NAT IP addresses.
NAT IP addresses. The primary NAT IP address and secondary NAT
IP address are different. The primary NAT port and
secondary NAT port can be the same or different.
• Agents in this setup can either connect to Audit
Vault Server directly without NAT or through NAT.
• Agents connecting to Audit Vault Server directly
use the IP address and port of the Audit Vault
Server. In case of failover of the primary Audit Vault
Server, the Agents continue to connect to the
secondary Audit Vault Server using the IP address
and port of the secondary Audit Vault Server.
• Agents connecting to the Audit Vault Server
through NAT use the IP address and port of the
primary Audit Vault Server. In case of failover of the
primary Audit Vault Server, the Agents continue to
connect to the secondary Audit Vault Server using
the IP address and port of the secondary Audit
Vault Server.

To add the NAT IP address of Audit Vault Server into Audit Vault Agent, follow these
steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Command Line Interface (AVCLI) as the admin or oracle
user.
2. Take a backup of the configuration file before proceeding:

cp /usr/local/dbfw/etc/dbfw.conf /usr/local/dbfw/etc/
dbfw.conf.backup

3. Edit the dbfw.conf file to include the NAT IP address in the Audit Vault Server as
follows:

NAT_PRIMARY_IP_ADDRESS=<xx.yyy.zzz.aaa>
NAT_PRIMARY_AGENT_PORT_TLS=<12345>
NAT_PRIMARY_AGENT_PORT=<12346>

4. Save the changes.

5. Regenerate the agent by running the following command:

avca configure_bootstrap

After this, all of the Agents downloaded contain one of the strings with the NAT IP
address. To verify, check the contents of the bootstrap file at /var/lib/oracle/
dbfw/av/conf/bootstrap.prop which should be as follows:

SYS.CONNECT_STRING999=(DESCRIPTION=(ENABLE=BROKEN)
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.240.114.167)(PORT=13031))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=DBFWDB.DBFWDB)))
SYS.SSL_CONNECT_STRING999=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCPS)
(HOST=10.240.114.167)(PORT=13032))

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(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=DBFWDB.DBFWDB)(SERVER=DEDICATED))(SECURITY=
(SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN="DC=com,CN=avserver,OU=db,O=oracle")))

6. The above case is applicable in Case 1 that is mentioned in the table above. In Case 2
and Case 3, Audit Vault Server is in high availability mode. In these cases, you need to
configure the dbfw.conf file with an additional set of parameters as follows:

NAT_PRIMARY_IP_ADDRESS=<xx.yyy.zzz.aaa>
NAT_PRIMARY_AGENT_PORT_TLS=<12345>
NAT_PRIMARY_AGENT_PORT=<12346>
NAT_SECONDARY_IP_ADDRESS=<xx.yyy.zzz.ccc>
NAT_SECONDARY_AGENT_PORT_TLS=<56789>
NAT_SECONDARY_AGENT_PORT=<12678>

7. Save the changes.

8. After this, the Agent’s bootstrap.prop file is configured with a high availability connect
string to include the above set of IP addresses and ports. To verify this, check the
contents of the bootstrap file at /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/
bootstrap.prop which should be as follows:

SYS.CONNECT_STRING999=(DESCRIPTION_LIST=(LOAD_BALANCE=off)(FAILOVER=on)
(DESCRIPTION=(ENABLE=BROKEN)(ADDRESS_LIST=(LOAD_BALANCE=on)
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<NAT_PRIMARY_AGENT_PORT>)
(PORT=<NAT_PRIMARY_AGENT_PORT>)))

(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=DBFWDB.DBFWDB)))(DESCRIPTION=(ENABLE=BROKEN)
(ADDRESS_LIST=(LOAD_BALANCE=on)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)
(HOST=<NAT_SECONDARY_IP_ADDRESS>)(PORT=NAT_SECONDARY_AGENT_PORT>)))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=DBFWDB.DBFWDB))))

SYS.SSL_CONNECT_STRING999=(DESCRIPTION_LIST=(LOAD_BALANCE=off)
(FAILOVER=on)(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(LOAD_BALANCE=on)
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCPS)(HOST=<NAT_PRIMARY_IP_ADDRESS>)
(PORT=<NAT_PRIMARY_AGENT_PORT_TLS>)))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=DBFWDB.DBFWDB)(SERVER=DEDICATED))(SECURITY=
(SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN="DC=com,CN=avserver,OU=db,O=oracle")))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(LOAD_BALANCE=on)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCPS)
(HOST=<NAT_SECONDARY_IP_ADDRESS>)(PORT=<NAT_SECONDARY_AGENT_PORT_TLS>)))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=DBFWDB.DBFWDB)(SERVER=DEDICATED))
(SECURITY=(SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN="DC=com,CN=avserver,OU=db,O=oracle"))))

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Learn about configuring Database Firewall.
You can use Database Firewall to configure traffic sources and proxies.

5.1 About Configuring Database Firewall

Learn how to configure Database Firewall.
The way in which you configure the system and firewall settings for each Database Firewall
depends on your overall plan for deploying Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
When you configure a Firewall instance, you identify the Audit Vault Server that will manage
the specific Firewall. Depending on your plan for the overall Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall system configuration, you also configure the traffic sources, and determine the
deployment types. The following are the Database Firewall deployment types:
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band)
• Monitoring (Host Monitor)
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)

Note:

• The Audit Vault Server and the Database Firewall server are software
appliances. You must not make any changes to the Linux operating system
through the command line on these servers unless following official Oracle
documentation or under guidance from Oracle Support.
• Database Firewall introduces very minimal latency overhead of less than 100
microseconds per SQL statement with 100K transactions per second. This is
based on internal performance tests.

Basic firewall configuration consists of these four steps:

1. Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address
2. Managing the Oracle Database Firewall Network and Services Configuration
3. Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall
4. Configuring the Database Firewall and Its Traffic Sources on Your Network
After configuring the Database Firewalls, perform the following tasks:
• Configure Database Firewall monitoring points for each database target.
• You can optionally set up resilient pairs of Database Firewalls for a high availability
environment.

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See Also:

• Summary of Configuration Steps to understand the high level workflow

for configuring the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall system.
• Planning Your Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall System
Configuration for an overview of the planning steps.
• Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points
• High Availability in Oracle AVDF to set up resilient pairs of Database
Firewalls for a high availability.

5.2 Introduction to Database Firewall Deployment

Depending on your requirements, you can choose from one of three types of
deployments available for Database Firewall.
Depending on your operational needs you can monitor SQL traffic only, or monitor and
block the SQL traffic reaching the target database. Based on the requirement, you can
deploy the Database Firewall in the following modes:
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) - In this deployment mode the Database Firewall
can monitor, alert, block, and substitute SQL statements, based on the defined
policy.
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band) - In this deployment mode, the Database Firewall can
monitor SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL statements.
• Monitoring (Host Monitor) - In this deployment mode, the Database Firewall can
monitor SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL statements.

Table 5-1 Database Firewall Deployment Types

Deployment Type Supported Modes Minimum Number of Operational Notes

Network Interface
Cards (NICs)
Proxy Monitoring / 3 (for deployment with In proxy mode, the
Blocking (Proxy) network separation) Database Firewall can
1 (for deployment both monitor and block
without network SQL, as well as optionally
separation) substitute SQL
statements.
Out-of-Band Monitoring (Out-of- 2 When monitoring
Band) database activity in Out-
of-Band mode, the
Database Firewall
intercepts the network
traffic, including client
requests to the database
and the response from the
database.
Host Monitor Monitoring (Host 1 Host Monitor is part of the
Monitor) Audit Vault Agent.

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The same Database Firewall can monitor traffic from multiple Host Monitors, and at the same
time be a proxy for some databases, and out-of-band (span) for other databases.

Note:

• A single network interface card (NIC) is required in the case that client and
database are on the same sub-network. There is no network separation.
• Additional NICs are required in the case that client and databases are on
different sub-networks.
• In case where there are 3 NICs, the network separation requires you to have a
management network interface which is usually attached to the default gateway.
The first NIC is placed in the client subnet. The second NIC is placed in the
database subnet. There is no additional routing set up required in this
configuration. All the addresses for clients and databases are local to the
networks that are accessible to the Database Firewall NICs.

5.2.1 Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)

Learn about how to configure Database Firewall in Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode.
In Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode, the Database Firewall can both monitor and block
SQL, as well as optionally substitute SQL statements. Database Firewall is configured as a
proxy, so that all the traffic to the database server is routed through the Database Firewall.
Database clients connect to the Database Firewall proxy that in turn connects to the
database server, forwarding all data received from the database client. In all cases, the
database server identifies the Database Firewall as the client.
The clients must be reconfigured to connect to the Database Firewall instead of the
database. Oracle recommends that you configure the database to reject all connections that
do not come from the Database Firewall.

Note:
To simplify the modification required for applications to connect to the Database
Firewall proxy mode deployments, configure local domain name servers (DNS) to
resolve fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the target database to the IP
address of the Database Firewall.

You can deploy the Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode in the following ways:
1. Proxy without network separation
2. Proxy without network separation using a dedicated NIC for the proxy service
3. Proxy with network separation

Proxy Without Network Separation

The proxy without network separation has the client and database traffic accessible at all
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client and database subnetworks through the network router. In this case, the
Database Firewall allows clients to connect to the target database through the
Database Firewall.

Figure 5-1 Proxy Without Network Separation

Management Network Database Network

Audit Vault Database Switch

Server Firewall Databases

Switch
Clients

Network Router

Client Network

Switch Clients

The image illustrates the Database Firewall deployment in proxy without network
separation. The callouts or pointers in the image indicate the following:
• A: The clients in the client network make an explicit connection to the Database
Firewall directly.
• B: The clients in the database network connect to the Database Firewall directly.
• C: The extracted SQL data from the client traffic is analyzed and sent to the Audit
Vault Server, based on the Database Firewall policy.

Proxy Without Network Separation Using a Dedicated NIC for the Proxy Service
The proxy without network separation using a dedicated NIC for the proxy service has
the client and database on different subnets. Additional network interface cards (NICs)
are required for every additional subnet deployed.

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Figure 5-2 Proxy Without Network Separation Using a Dedicated NIC for the Proxy
Service

Management Network Database Network

Audit Vault Database DBFW Traffic Switch

Server Firewall Proxy Databases

C D

Switch
Clients

Network Router

Client Network

Switch Clients

The image illustrates the Database Firewall deployment in proxy without network separation
using a dedicated NIC for the proxy service. The callouts or pointers in the image indicate the
following:
• A: The clients in the client network connect to the Database Firewall traffic proxy through
the network router.
• B: The clients in the database network connect to the Database Firewall traffic proxy
directly.
• C: The extracted SQL data from the client traffic is analyzed and sent to the Audit Vault
Server, based on the Database Firewall policy.
• D: The traffic is forwarded to the target database by the Database Firewall. The response
from the database is returned to the Database Firewall and then forwarded to the
originator through the network router.
• E: The management network is separate from the client and database networks.

Proxy With Network Separation

The Database Firewall can monitor and block SQL traffic. The Database Firewall can
optionally substitute SQL statements. In cases where database servers are deployed
remotely, the Database Firewall can be configured as a proxy so that all the traffic to the
database server is routed through the Database Firewall. Database clients connect to the
Database Firewall proxy, which in turn connects to the database server, and forwards all data
received from the database client. In all cases the database server identifies the Database
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instead of the database. It is advisable to configure the database to reject all

connections not coming from the Database Firewall.
To simplify the modification required for applications to connect to the Database
Firewall deployments through proxy, configure local DNS in a way that the target
FQDN resolves to the IP address of the Database Firewall.
The proxy with network separation has the client and database on different sub
network. In this mode, the Database Firewall allows clients to connect through the
Database Firewall. It also allows the clients to connect to the database directly, without
a single point of failure.

Figure 5-3 Proxy With Network Separation

Management Network Database Network

Switch
Audit Vault Database DBFW
Server Firewall NIC Databases

Switch Clients

Network Router

Client Network

Switch
DBFW NIC Clients

The image illustrates Database Firewall deployment in proxy with network separation.
The callouts or pointers in the image indicate the following:
• A: The Database Firewall places a network interface card in each network. The
clients must connect directly to the Database Firewall network interface card and
should be prevented from connecting to the database through the network router.
The clients connecting to the Database Firewall are connected to the database
through the network interface card in the database network.
• B: The Database Firewall directly connects to the databases in the database
network.
• C: The Database Firewall sends the response from the database directly to the
clients. These clients connect to the Database Firewall in the client network.

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• D: The client traffic using the proxy is monitored by the Database Firewall and then
forwarded to the Audit Vault Server. The Database Firewall connects to the databases in
the local network through the network interface card and the switch.

5.2.2 Monitoring (Out-of-Band)

Learn about how to configure Database Firewall in the Monitoring (Out-of-Band) mode.
When you configure database activity monitoring in Out-of-Band mode, the Database Firewall
listens to the network traffic, including client requests to the database and the response from
the database.
The database activity is monitored as per the defined policy. There are several technologies
that can be used to copy database traffic to the database firewall. These technologies include
(but are not limited to) spanning ports, network taps, and using packet replicators.
In this mode, the Database Firewall can monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or
substitute SQL statements.
The Monitoring (Out-of-Band) mode is the simplest deployment mode overall for a non-
blocking policy requirement. There is no additional load on the database or the clients. There
is no latency or single point of failure introduced by the Database Firewall. Oracle AVDF
supports high availability in this deployment mode.

Figure 5-4 Monitoring (Out-of-Band)

Management Network Database Network

Audit Vault Database DBFW Switch

Server Firewall NIC Databases

C B

Switch
Clients

Network Router

Client Network

Switch Clients

The image illustrates deployment of the Database Firewall component in Monitoring (Out-
of-Band) mode. The callouts in the image indicate the following:

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• A: The Database Firewall interface is plugged into a span port on the switch.
• B: Database Firewall monitors the SQL traffic received from the switch.
• C: The extracted SQL data from the client traffic is analyzed and sent to the Audit
Vault Server, based on database firewall policy.

5.2.3 Monitoring (Host Monitor)

Learn about how to configure Database Firewall in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode.
To use Database Firewall in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode, Audit Vault Agent and
Host Monitor Agent are installed on the host machine running the target database. The
Host Monitor Agent captures traffic from the network interface card of the host
machine running the target database. The captured SQL traffic is then securely
forwarded to the Database Firewall.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF release 20.3 and later, any network interface card (with IP
address configured) on the Database Firewall can be added to the
monitoring point. See section Creating a Monitoring Point for the Host
Monitor Agent.

Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode is helpful if the network topology prevents

deployment of other Database Firewall modes. Host monitoring is designed for
situations to capture only the relevant traffic when compared to capturing all the
network traffic in Monitoring (Out-of-Band) mode. The Monitoring (Host Monitor)
mode can monitor SQL traffic using the Host Monitor Agent deployed on the database
server in case there are multiple network paths from clients to the database host.

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Figure 5-5 Monitoring (Host Monitor)

Management Network Database Network

HM HM HM

Audit Vault Database Switch

Server Firewall Databases

Switch
Clients

Network Router

Client Network

Switch Clients

The image illustrates deployment of Database Firewall in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode.
The callouts or pointers in the image indicate the following:
• A: The Host Monitor Agent records the traffic in between the client and the database over
a network interface. The data is then forwarded securely to the Database Firewall for
monitoring.
• B: The extracted SQL data from the client traffic is analyzed by the Database Firewall
and sent to the Audit Vault Server, based on the database firewall policy.

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5.3 Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP

Address
You associate each Database Firewall with an Audit Vault Server so that the Audit
Vault Server can manage the firewall. If you're using a resilient pair of Audit Vault
Servers for high availability, then you associate the firewall with both servers.

Note:

• Complete the Database Firewall Post-Install Tasks before beginning this

procedure.
• Complete this procedure before you register the firewall on the Audit
Vault Server. See Registering Database Firewall in Audit Vault Server for
instructions.

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

2. Find and copy the Audit Vault Server certificate and IP address.
For standalone Audit Vault Servers or primary Audit Vault Servers in a high
availability environment:
a. Click the Settings tab.
b. Click Security in the left navigation menu.
c. Click the Certificate tab on the main page, and then click Server Certificate.
d. Copy the certificate.
For standby Audit Vault Servers in a high availability environment:
a. Click the Settings tab.
b. Click System in the left navigation menu.
c. In the Configuration section, click High Availability.
d. Copy the standby server certificate and IP address.
3. Log in to the Database Firewall through SSH and switch to the root user.
See Logging In to Oracle AVDF Appliances Through SSH.
4. Copy the server certificate of the Audit Vault Server into a file on the Database
Firewall server.
5. Run the following commands to associate the primary or standby Audit Vault
Server with the Database Firewall:

Task Command

Display the Audit Vault Servers that are /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/

paired with the Database Firewall config-avs show

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Task Command

Add or update the primary Audit Vault /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/

Server for the Database Firewall config-avs set avs=primary
address=<Ip address of the
primary AVS> certificate=<Path
of the certificate>

Add or update the standby Audit Vault /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/

Server for the Database Firewall config-avs set avs=secondary
address=<Ip address of the
standby AVS> certificate=<Path
of the certificate>

6. Run the following command to synchronize the system clocks of the Database Firewall
server and the Audit Vault Server.

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ntp set servers=<Comma separated IP

addresses or hostnames of NTP servers> sync_on_save=true enabled=true

See CONFIG-NTP for more information about this command.

Note:
To perform the same procedure by using the Audit Vault Server console,
seeSetting the Date and Time in Database Firewall.

To remove the primary or standby Audit Vault Server from the Database Firewall, use the
following commands.

Task Command
Remove the primary Audit Vault Server from the
Database Firewall /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
avs delete avs=primary

Remove the standby Audit Vault Server from the

Database Firewall /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
avs delete avs=secondary

5.4 Managing the Oracle Database Firewall Network and

Services Configuration
Learn how to manage the Oracle Database Firewall network and services configuration.

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5.4.1 Configuring Network Settings for Oracle Database Firewall

Learn how to configure the network settings for Oracle Database Firewall.
The installer configures initial network settings for the Database Firewall during
installation. You can change the network settings after installation.
To change the Database Firewall network settings:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. Click the specific Database Firewall instance for which the network settings needs
to be configured or changed.
4. Click Network Settings link under the Configuration section in the main page.
5. In the Network Settings dialog, click the specific network interface.
6. In the Network Interface Settings dialog, complete the following fields as
necessary:
• IP Address: The IP address of the network interface. If you want to use a
different address, then you can change it here. The IP address is static and
must be obtained from the network administrator.
The network interface which has the same IP address as that of Database
Firewall is the Management Interface. If the IP address of the Management
Interface is changed, then the IP address of the Database Firewall is also
changed. After changing the IP address of the Management Interface, in the
Network Interface Settings dialog, then change the IP address on the
Database Firewall details page.
• Network Mask: The subnet mask of the Database Firewall. If you want to use
a different network mask, then you can change it here.
• Gateway: The IP address of the default gateway (for example, for internet
access). The default gateway must be on the same subnet as the host. This is
optional.
7. Click Save.

Note:
The following error may be encountered while changing the IP address
of the Management Interface. This can be ignored and no action
required.
Operation failed OAV-46981: Unable to connect to Database
Firewall with IP

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5.4.2 Configuring Network Services for Oracle Database Firewall

Learn about configuring network services for Oracle Database Firewall.
The network services configuration determines how administrators can access Oracle
Database Firewall. See the guidelines to protect data and ensure that you take the
appropriate security measures when configuring network services.
To configure network services for a Database Firewall:
1. Click Database Firewalls tab in the Audit Vault Server console.
2. In the left navigation menu, click Database Firewalls.
3. Click on the specific Database Firewall instance.
4. Under Configuration tab, click on System Services.
5. In the System Services dialog, the following options are available:
• DNS: If you require host names to be translated, then enter the IP address of at least
one DNS server on the network. Turn on the button and enter IP addresses for up to
three DNS servers (DNS Server 1, DNS Server 2, and DNS Server 3). Keep the
button turned off if there is no DNS server. Otherwise, your system's performance
may be impaired.
If you want to use DNS, then ensure that the servers are reliable. If the DNS servers
are unavailable, then many services on the Database Firewall do not work. For
example, the Database Firewall may pass traffic that it would otherwise block.
• SSH/SNMP: If you want to allow selected computers to have secure shell access to
the Database Firewall, then turn on the button for SSH Access. You can select All to
allow unrestricted access or click on IP Addresses and enter their IP addresses
separated by space or comma.
SSH setting can also be configured using command line interface. Use these
commands for the same.

Task Command
To display the current settings /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh show
of SSH
To allow unrestricted access /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh set
from all systems access=all
To block SSH access from all /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh set
systems access=disabled
To allow a selected computer to /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh set
have secure shell access to the access=192.0.2.11
Database Firewall
To allow a multiple computers /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh set
to have secure shell access to access='192.0.2.11 192.0.2.12'
the Database Firewall

• SNMP Access: If you want to enable access to the network configuration of the
Database Firewall through SNMP, then turn on the button for SNMP Access. You
can select All to allow unrestricted access or click on IP Addresses and enter their IP
addresses separated by space or comma.

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6. Click Save.

See Also:
Protecting Your Data

5.4.3 Configuring SNMPv3 Users in Oracle Audit Vault and Database

Firewall
Learn how to configure SNMPv3 users.
Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) is an interoperable,
standards-based protocol. SNMPv3 involves User-based Security Model (USM) for
message security and the View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for access
control. With USM, messages exchanged between the SNMP Manager and the SNMP
Agent can have data integrity checking and data origin authentication. Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall 20.1 and later supports SNMPv3 as the default version.
This topic contains the steps needed to configure SNMPv3 users for making use of the
USM model of SNMPv3.
To create an SNMPv3 user, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall instance as root user.
2. Run the following command to turn off the snmpd service:

systemctl stop snmpd

3. Run the following command to create a new SNMP user:

net-snmp-create-v3-user

4. Enter the user name and password (or passphrase) following the prompt.
5. Enter the encryption passphrase following the prompt. If you want to use the same
passphrase for encryption, then press the Enter key to continue.
6. The following output confirms the user creation.
adding the following line to /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpd.conf:
createUser <user name> SHA <password> AES <encryption password>
adding the following line to /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf:
rwuser <user name>

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Note:
The new user created has read and write access by default. This can be
modified to read only privileges. This can be done by modifying the file
available at /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf:

rouser <user name>

In the configuration file, find the line or entry where rwuser <user name> is
mentioned. Change the entry to rouser <user name> for read only access.

7. After the user is created, you can assign the user to an existing group. Or you can create
a new group and assign the user.
a. Follow this step to assign the newly created user to an existing group. In Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall, the default group name is notConfigGroup. Edit
the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file and include the following line in the group creation
table. Ensure the user name of the new user is under the UserName column.

# groupName securityModel userName

group notConfigGroup usm <user name>

Example of adding the user to a predefined group:

# groupName securityModel userName

group notConfigGroup usm myUser

b. Follow this step to assign the newly created user to a new group.

# groupName securityModel userName

group <new group name> usm <user name>

Example of adding the user to a new group:

# groupName securityModel userName

group newGroup usm myUser

8. Run the following command to start the snmpd service:

systemctl start snmpd

9. Run the following command to test and confirm that the SNMPv3 user is created and
assigned to the group:

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Note:
Install the net-snmp-utils package to run the following snmpwalk
command. It is not installed as part of Audit Vault Server or Database
Firewall installation by default. Other standard SNMP querying tools can
also be used.

snmpwalk -v3 -u <user name> -a SHA -A "<authentication

password>" -x AES -X "<privacy password>" -l authPriv <IP
address of the system> <standard SNMP MIB>

For example:

snmpwalk -v3 -u myUser -a SHA -A "myAuthPassword" -x AES -X

"myPrivacyPassword" -l authPriv 192.0.2.24 system

5.5 Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall

Learn how to set the date and time in Database Firewall.
Use this procedure to set the Database Firewall date and time:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
2. Click Database Firewalls tab in the Audit Vault Server console main page.
3. In the left navigation menu, click Database Firewalls.
4. Click on the specific Database Firewall instance.
5. Under Configuration tab, click System Services.
6. Click Date and Time tab.
7. In the System Time field, select the date and time in Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC).
8. Optionally you can enable NTP synchronization. You can turn on the button
against NTP Server1 and enter the NTP server address in the field. You can add 1
and upto 3 NTP server addresses.
It keeps the time synchronized with the average of the time recovered from the
time servers specified in the NTP Server1, NTP Server2, and NTP Server3 fields,
which contain an IP address or a name. If you specify a name, then the DNS
server specified in the DNS tab is used for name resolution.
To enable time synchronization, you also must specify the IP address of the
default gateway and a DNS server.

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WARNING:
In Monitoring / Blocking mode, changing the time causes all monitoring points
to restart, dropping existing connections to protected databases. This causes a
temporary disruption to traffic, and will happen when you choose to enter the
time directly.

9. Click Save.

See Also:
Managing the Oracle Database Firewall Network and Services Configuration to
specify the IP address of the default gateway and DNS server.

5.6 Changing the IP Address on a Single Instance of the

Database Firewall Server
Learn how to change the IP address on a single instance of the Database Firewall server.

Prerequisites
• Because changing the IP address of the Database Firewall Server is a system-level
change and requires downtime, plan to change the IP address during a safe period to
avoid interrupting the log collection processing.
• Stop any monitoring points before changing the IP address. See Starting, Stopping, or
Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring Points.
To change the IP address of the Database Firewall Server:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
Database Firewalls is selected in the left navigation menu by default.
3. Click the name of the Database Firewall instance.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.1, don't change the IP address in the IP Address field here.
Follow the remaining steps.

4. Click Network Settings under Configuration.

5. Click the name of the network interface in the Network Interface Card column.
6. In the Network Interface Settings dialog box, edit the IP address, gateway, and network
mask, as needed.
7. Click Save and Close. Don't click the X button in the top, right corner of the dialog box.

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Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.1, you may encounter the following error while
changing the IP address of the management interface:
Operation failed OAV-46981: Unable to connect to Database
Firewall with IP <ipaddress>
Ignore the error and close the window. The IP address is changed
successfully. This error is fixed in Oracle AVDF 20.2.

This change is effective immediately on the Database Firewall. However, it may

take a few seconds for the network update on the Database Firewall and for the
system to settle.

Note:
Continue with the remaining steps only if the IP address to be changed
belongs to the management interface and your current installation is
Oracle AVDF 20.1. The following steps are not required for Oracle AVDF
20.2 and later.
The management interface IP address is the IP address of the Database
Firewall that was used to register the Database Firewall in the Audit Vault
Server console.

8. On the Database Firewall details page, update the IP address with the new IP
address of the Database Firewall.
The IP address of the Database Firewall appears next to the Firewall Name field.
9. Click Save.
The Firewall updated successfully message appears.
10. If the certification validation fails after saving the changes, click the name of the
Database Firewall, and then click Update Certificate.
The Update Certificate button appears only if an error is detected.
After the certificate is updated, the Database Firewalls tab appears and the
Database Firewall server is online.
11. As the root user, update the IP address in the /etc/hosts file on the Audit Vault
Server appliance to the new IP address of the Database Firewall.

Note:
When the Database Firewall Server is back online, it begins to download any
monitoring point log data that was not downloaded while it was offline.

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See Also:
Changing IP Addresses of Active and Registered Agents

5.7 Changing the Database Firewall Host Name

Learn how to change the Database Firewall host name.
To change the Database Firewall host name using the Audit Vault Server console:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
2. Click Database Firewalls tab in the Audit Vault Server console main page. The
Database Firewalls tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Locate and click the name of the specific Database Firewall instance for which the host
name needs changing. The Firewall Details page is displayed.
4. Change the Host Name in the main page. This is the name of the host machine on which
the Database Firewall is installed.
5. Click Save button in the top right corner.

5.8 Configuring the Database Firewall and Its Traffic Sources on

Your Network
Learn about configuring the Database Firewall and its traffic sources on your network.

5.8.1 About Configuring Oracle Database Firewall and Traffic Sources On

Your Network
Learn about configuring Oracle Database Firewall and its traffic sources on the network.
During your planning of the network configuration, you must decide the Database Firewall
deployment type. The following are the Database Firewall deployment types:
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band)
• Monitoring (Host Monitor)
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)
You may also decide to use a firewall as a traffic proxy. The network configuration is impacted
by whether the Database Firewall will operate in monitoring only or will include blocking mode
as well.
You will use traffic and proxy sources of a Firewall to configure monitoring points for each
target database you are monitoring with that firewall.

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See Also:
Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points

5.8.2 Configuring Network Settings

Learn about configuring network setting (traffic sources).
The installation process applies network settings like the IP address, network mask,
and so on, to a network interface card (NIC), also referred to as a management
interface. It also detects and lists all NICs.
Use the following steps to change the settings for the management interface or to
configure any other available NIC that can be used as a traffic source:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab. The Database Firewalls tab in the left
navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Click the specific Database Firewall instance that you want to configure as a proxy.
The details of the specific Database Firewall instance are displayed in the main
page.
4. In the Configuration section, click Network Settings.
The Network Settings dialog lists all the details like the current network settings,
proxy ports, and traffic sources (network interface cards) of the specific Database
Firewall instance.
5. To make changes to the IP address or the network mask, click the specific network
interface card in the Network Interface Card column.
6. In the Network Interface Settings dialog, edit the IP Address, Network Mask, or
Gateway fields as necessary. A user friendly name can also be specified for the
network interface card in the Network Interface Name field.
7. Click Save.

5.8.3 Configuring the Database Firewall As a Traffic Proxy

You can specify multiple ports for a proxy to use them for different monitoring points.
After you set up the Database Firewall as a traffic proxy, your database clients connect
to the database by using the Database Firewall proxy IP address and port.

Note:
A single proxy port is required for every target. A single proxy port cannot
service multiple target databases. Add more traffic proxy ports as required.

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
Database Firewalls is selected in the left navigation menu by default.

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3. Click the name of the Database Firewall instance that you want to configure as a proxy.
4. In the Configuration section, click Network Settings.
5. In the Network Settings dialog box, click the name of the network interface card in the
Network Interface Card column.
6. In the Network Interface Settings dialog box, click Add in the Proxy Ports section.
7. Enter the name and port number.
8. (Optional) To specify more than one proxy port, click Add, and enter another port name
and number.
9. Click Save.
10. .

The traffic proxy is now available to use in the Database Firewall monitoring point.

See Also:
Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points

5.9 Viewing the Status and Diagnostics Report for Database

Firewall
Learn how to view Database Firewall status and diagnostics reports.
To view the status or diagnostic reports for Database Firewall:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. Click the name of a specific Database Firewall instance for which the diagnostics needs
to be viewed.
4. In the Diagnostics section on the main page, click Download Diagnostics.
The Download Diagnostics dialog is displayed.
5. Select one of the following buttons on the dialog:
• Run Diagnostics to run diagnostics.
• Download to download all diagnostics files.
• Delete to clear the diagnostic logs.

5.10 Configure and Download the Diagnostics Report File

Learn about configuring and downloading the diagnostics report file.
This section contains information about enabling, configuring, and modifying the way
diagnostic reports are generated using CLI.

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Note:
You need root user privileges to perform these tasks.

The diagnostic report is not enabled by default. You must enable the feature to capture
the diagnostic report. Once enabled, you must configure the information that is to be
captured in the diagnostic report. You can customize and package the diagnostics
report with flexibility.
The diagnostics-not-enabled.readme file is downloaded when the diagnostics
package is not enabled. This file contains instructions about how to enable and use
the diagnostics.

See Also:
Viewing the Status and Diagnostics Report for Database Firewall

The following commands define how to use dbfw-diagnostics-package:

Command Action
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/dbfw-diagnostics- To capture the enabled diagnostic
package.rb information for the appliance. The
location of the saved zip file is
displayed at the end of the command
execution.
Note:
This command must be run
from /usr/local/dbfw/tmp
when collecting diagnostics
information.
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/dbfw-diagnostics- To enable the system to capture
package.rb --install diagnostics report.
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/dbfw-diagnostics- To enable capturing the complete
package.rb --enable ALL diagnostics report.
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/dbfw-diagnostics- To enable individual elements in the
package.rb –enable <Element> diagnostics report.

The following elements can be included while customizing the diagnostics report:

SYSTEM
LOG
DATABASE
AVS_ARCHIVE
DBFW_ARCHIVE
PLATFORM_COMMANDS
AVS_HA_COMMANDS
AVS_COMMANDS
DBFW_COMMANDS
SOS_REPORT

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Note:
SOS_REPORT can be included starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.

The content of the diagnostics report is controlled by the file /usr/local/dbfw/etc/dbfw-

diagnostics-package.yml. The user can modify this file to include and exclude a
combination of files in multiple categories. Each section of this file has an option to enable
and disable the specific category by setting the value to true or false.

For example, to add an item to one of the log file collections simply add the file path or glob to
the list under the :files: element. In the following example, - /path/to/new/*glob was
added:

:log_files:

:comment: Log files generated by the system runtime, install and upgrade.

:enabled: false

:platform:

- AVS

- DBFW

:files:

- /root/apply.out

- /root/install.log

- /root/install.log.syslog

- /root/install_database_api.log

- /root/migration-stats-*.yml

- /root/once.log

- /root/pre_firstboot_logs/partition-include

- /root/pre_firstboot_logs/partitions_error

- /root/pre_firstboot_logs/syslog

- /var/lib/avdf/system_history.yaml

- /var/log

- /path/to/new/file

- /path/to/new/*glob

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To add a new command output to the log, add the command to the correct group. In
the following example, :logfile: /new-command.log was added:

:all_commands:

:comment: Command output to include in the diagnostics package.

:enabled: false

:platform:

- AVS

- DBFW

:commands:

:cpuinfo:

:enabled: true

:command:

- :cat

- /proc/cpuinfo

:logfile: /proc-cpuinfo.log

:diskuse:

:enabled: true

:command:

- :df

- -kP

:logfile: /disk-usage.log

:new_command

:enabled: true

:command:

- :new_command

- -arg1

- -arg2

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:logfile: /new-command.log

Note:
To remove the diagnostic package when it is not in use, run the following command:
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/dbfw-diagnostics-package.rb --remove

5.11 Configuring Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer

with Database Firewall
Learn how to configure Database Firewall when the SQL traffic is mirrored using
Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer.
Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer (ERSPAN) mirrors the traffic from one or more
source ports and delivers the mirrored traffic to one or more destination ports on another
device.
This functionality enables the Database Firewall to interpret the SQL traffic received. This
functionality is available only in Monitoring (Out of Band) deployment mode of Database
Firewall.
Configuring ERSPAN with Database Firewall includes the following steps on a high level:
1. Configuring the ERSPAN source or the switch.
2. Configuring the Database Firewall.
Configuring the ERSPAN source or the switch includes the following steps:
1. Configure the network device or switch to span the SQL traffic to the target databases
that are being monitored.
2. Consider the following aspects during ERSPAN configuration:
• Avoid spanning the database response traffic unless it requires to be analyzed.
• Avoid spanning empty TCP packets. For example, empty ACK packets.
3. Ensure the ERSPAN traffic is directed to the appropriate network interface card (NIC)
configured on the Database Firewall.
Configuring the Database Firewall for this functionality includes the following steps:
1. Configure the Database Firewall monitoring point only in Monitoring (Out of Band)
mode.
2. List all the IP addresses and ports of the SQL traffic expected from the target databases.

Note:
For Oracle Real Application Cluster databases, this is not just the scan IP
addresses. It also includes all the relevant Oracle RAC nodes.

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3. Configure the Database Firewall monitoring point. During configuration, select the
NIC to which the ERSPAN traffic is forwarded.
4. The Database Firewall does not process the ERSPAN traffic by default. It has to
be enabled on the Database Firewall monitoring points. Follow these steps to
enable:
a. Log in to the Database Firewall as support user.
b. Switch to root user.
c. Every Database Firewall monitoring point has a number (N) assigned. Identify
the number assigned to this Database Firewall monitoring point being
configured. Run the following command: grep <Target_Name> /var/
dbfw/va/*/etc/appliance.conf /dev/null
d. It displays output similar to the following: /var/dbfw/va/1/etc/
appliance.conf:<Target_Name>="ora-TGT"
e. Identify the target database name and the relevant va number associated with
that. The number (N) assigned to the Database Firewall monitoring point is
listed next to va in the above path.
f. Enable ERSPAN in the Database Firewall monitoring point by editing the
file: /usr/local/dbfw/va/<N>/etc/appliance.conf.
g. In the file, edit the setting: DAM_TRAFFIC_IS_ERSPAN="0" to
DAM_TRAFFIC_IS_ERSPAN="1".
h. Save the changes.
i. Restart the Database Firewall processes so that the new configuration comes
into effect. Run the command to restart: /usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl
restart
5. Verify the ERSPAN traffic received. Access the /var/log/messages file in the
Database Firewall. Navigate and locate the string ODF-10524: Encapsulated
protocol detected. This string is logged when the ERSPAN traffic is first
received.

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If you're deploying the Audit Vault Agent, you register the host computers for the targets for
which you want to collect audit data and deploy the Audit Vault Agent on each of them.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, you can use agentless collection instead of the Audit
Vault Agent for up to 20 Oracle Database table audit trails. See Adding Audit Trails
with Agentless Collection.

6.1 About Registering Hosts and Deploying the Agent

Learn how to register hosts and deploying the Audit Vault Agent.
Register a host computer from where audit data is collected. After registering the host, you
can deploy the Audit Vault Agent on that host. The Audit Vault Agent is a component of
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) that you can download from the
Audit Vault Server console. After being deployed, Audit Vault Agents are ready to collect data
from targets. A target is a system that you want to monitor and protect.

Step Task Reference Topic

1 Check the requirements. Audit Vault Agent Requirements
2 Check the documentation about deploying the Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host
Audit Vault Agent. Computers
3 Register the host machine (agent machine). Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server
4 Download the Audit Vault Agent software from the Deploying the Audit Vault Agent
Audit Vault Server console and deploy the agent.
5 Activate and start the Audit Vault Agent. Activating and Starting the Audit Vault Agent
6 In case of any error or issue, refer to the Troubleshooting Oracle Audit Vault and
troubleshooting documentation and known issues. Database Firewall
Known Issues

After registering the hosts on the Audit Vault Server, perform the following steps to be able to
collect audit records:
1. Download the Audit Vault Agent software from the Audit Vault Server console.
2. Deploy the Audit Vault Agent.
3. Activate the Audit Vault Agent.
4. Register one or more targets from which you want to collect audit data.
5. Start collecting data from the targets' audit trails by using the Audit Vault Server console.

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See Also:

• Registering Targets
• Configuring and Managing Audit Trail Collection
• Summary of Configuration Steps to understand the high-level workflow
for configuring the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall system
• Using the Audit Vault Command Line Interface
• Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers

6.2 Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server

Learn about registering hosts on the Audit Vault Server.
Prerequisite: Check Product Compatibility Matrix for supported cluster/platforms for
Agent deployment and before proceeding with the host registration.
To register a host computer in the Audit Vault Server:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Agents tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, click Agents tab.
A list of registered Agents is displayed on the page.
4. Click Register.
5. In Name field, enter the name of the Audit Vault Agent. This field is mandatory and
must not contain special characters. The system connects to the host using the IP
address. The name defined here is a logical name of the Agent and is used for
descriptive identification. You may use the host name as the Agent name for easy
identification.
6. The IP Address field is mandatory.
Enter the IP address of the host computer where the Audit Vault Agent is expected
to run.
Audit Vault Server validates the connections from the Audit Vault Agent using the
registered IP address. In case the host machine contains more than one IP
address (for example, the Audit Vault Agent is expected to run on a host with
multiple IP addresses or network interfaces), all of the IP addresses have to be
registered with the Audit Vault Server. Follow these steps:
a. Enter one of the IP addresses or a unique logical IP address.
b. After setting the IP address, set all the physical IP addresses using which the
Audit Vault Agent is expected to connect to the Audit Vault Server as host
attributes. Click Add button in the Attributes section.
c. Enter AGENT_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS_XX in the Name field where XX can be any
value between 01 and 99.
d. Enter a valid IP address in the corresponding Value field.
7. Click Save.

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An Agent Activation Key is automatically generated when you register the host.
Agent Deployment in a High Availability System
Audit Vault Agent may be associated with multiple IP addresses in the following cases:
1. Agent installed on a host with multiple network interface cards
2. Agent installed on a node of high availability cluster
a. Only one Audit Vault Agent installation is necessary for high availability cluster
deployment. The Agent installation is needed only on active node of the cluster.
Ensure the Audit Vault Agent installation directory is accessible from all nodes of the
cluster.
b. Cluster management software must be configured to start, stop, and monitor the
Agent by providing the necessary input. The Agent must be started automatically by
the cluster management software on the active node and stopped automatically on
passive nodes.
Use the following commands in the cluster manager software:

Action Command

To stop the Agent

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl stop

To start the Agent

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl start

To monitor the Agent

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl status

See Also:

• REGISTER HOST for the command line syntax to register a host.

• Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services to configure DNS
server.
• Using Audit Vault Server Console

6.3 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers

Learn about how to deploy the Audit Vault Agent on host computers.

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Note:
When you register a host on the Audit Vault Server, an activation key is
generated. When you deploy the Audit Vault Agent on the host computer,
you need to provide the corresponding activation key, as discussed in the
following procedures.

6.3.1 Audit Vault Agent Requirements

Learn about the Audit Vault Agent requirements.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, you can use agentless collection instead of
the Audit Vault Agent for up to 20 Oracle Database table audit trails. See
Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection.

Recommended Prerequisites for Installing Audit Vault Agent

1. Ensure that you meet the system requirements. See Product Compatibility Matrix.
2. Ensure that you meet the following Java requirements:
• Install the supported Java version on the Audit Vault Agent. See Audit Vault
Agent: Supported and Tested Java Runtime Environment.
• Apply the latest Java patches.
• Point the JAVA_HOME to the JRE/JDK directory and set the path before
installing the Audit Vault Agent.
3. Ensure that the host machine on which the Audit Vault Agent is deployed has at
least 512 MB RAM.
4. Apply the latest security patches for the OpenSSL libraries that are available from
the OS vendor for the specific OS version on the host machine.
5. Ensure that the host machine on which the Audit Vault Agent is deployed has
connectivity to the Audit Vault Server.
In a high availability environment, it must have connectivity to both primary and
standby Audit Vault Servers.
6. Ensure that two Audit Vault Server ports (1521 and 1522 by default) are
configured for communication with the Audit Vault Agent.
7. If you use Network Address Translation (NAT) in the network between the Audit
Vault Server and the host machine where the agent is deployed, then ensure that
the IP address of the host machine is resolvable from the Audit Vault Server.
8. Ensure that the user has the required OS permissions to install the agent.
For directory audit trails, the user must be able to access the audit trail location.
See About Deploying the Audit Vault Agent for the OS permissions that are
required for installing the agent.
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Only the Agent user should have write or execute permissions on the agent home
directory.
10. Ensure that the Audit Vault Agent host machine system settings are access protected to
prevent malicious users from making modification.
11. Ensure that the system time of the Audit Vault Agent and the target are synchronized.

They can be in different time zones. The time difference between these two systems
(considering time zone conversion) should not exceed two seconds.

Additional Requirements for Starting the Audit Vault Agent as a Service on Windows
For Oracle AVDF 20.4 and earlier releases, comply with one of the following prerequisites:
• Install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 package from
Microsoft on the Windows host machine.
Ensure that the msvcr110.dll file is available in the C:\Windows\System32
directory.
• If the msvcr110.dll file is not present, then add it to the <Agent Home>/bin and
<Agent Home>/bin/mswin-x86-64 directories.
For Oracle AVDF 20.6 and later releases, comply with one of the following prerequisites:
• Install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 package from Microsoft on
the Windows host machine.
Ensure that the vcruntime140.dll file is available in the C:\Windows\System32
directory.
• If the vcruntime140.dll file is not present, then add it to the <Agent Home>/bin
and <Agent Home>/bin/mswin-x86-64 directories.

Note:
There is a known issue in Oracle AVDF 20.5 for starting Audit Vault Agent as a
service on Windows. See Error When Starting Audit Vault Agent as a Service on
Windows in Oracle AVDF 20.5 for complete information. This issue is resolved in
Oracle AVDF 20.6 and later.

6.3.2 Audit Vault Agent Machine Java Best Practices

Learn some best practices regarding Java on the Audit Vault Agent machine.
1. Ensure installation of Java and the Java home directory is managed by a trusted user.
2. If Java is upgraded to a major version or if it is patched with security updates, then restart
the Audit Vault Agent. This ensures the Audit Vault Agent runs with the updated Java.

6.3.3 Validation During Audit Vault Agent Deployment

Learn about validations performed by Oracle AVDF when deploying the Audit Vault Agent.
Starting Oracle AVDF release 20.6, some validations are performed when deploying Audit
Vault Agent.

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The following validations are performed when running the agentctl start command.
These requirements are mandatory and have to be complied, without which the Audit
Vault Agent installation cannot be completed.
• Minimum java version is installed on the host machine as per Audit Vault Agent:
Supported and Tested Java Runtime Environment.
• Audit Vault Agent is being installed on the supported operating system version as
per Product Compatibility Matrix.
• The Agent machine on which the Audit Vault Agent is being deployed can connect
to the Audit Vault Server.
Ensure to comply with the requirements on the Agent machine:
• The Agent machine has a minimum of 512MB available space.
• The Agent machine must be able to connect to the Audit Vault Server.
• Sufficient permissions required to install the Audit Vault Agent are available.

6.3.4 About Deploying the Audit Vault Agent

Audit Vault Agent collects audit trail data from targets. The host computer where you
deploy the Audit Vault Agent depends on the type of audit trail that you want to collect.
The Audit Vault Agent includes plug-ins for each target type.
Use the following guidelines to choose the host computer where you need to deploy
the Audit Vault Agent:

Trail Type Guideline for Host Computer

TABLE Deploy the Audit Vault Agent on a remote host or on the host machine
where the database is running.
DIRECTORY Deploy the Audit Vault Agent on the host machine where the
DIRECTORY path exists or on a machine from which the DIRECTORY
path can be accessed.
TRANSACTION LOG Deploy the Audit Vault Agent on the host machine where the
GoldenGate Integrated Extract path exists or on a machine from which
it can be accessed.
NETWORK Deploy the Audit Vault Agent on the host machine where the database
is running.

OS Permissions for Installing the Agent

Operating System User

Linux/Unix Any user
Windows Any user for running the Audit Vault Agent
from the command prompt
The admin user for registering as a service

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Note:

• Host Monitor Agent on Linux/Unix/AIX/Solaris platforms must be installed as

root user.
• If directory trails are used then Agent installation user should have read
permission on the audit files.
• Host Monitor Agent on Windows platform, must be installed as admin user.
• Ensure that the host machine has OpenSSL 1.0.1 (or later) installed for Audit
Vault Agent.

Deploying Audit Vault Agent Remotely or Locally

Table 6-1 Remote Agent or Local Agent

Trail Audit Vault Agent Type Detailed Information

Type Server
Location
Directory On-premises Remote Agent • Audit data is written to the local disk.
Not installed on the • The local disk is mounted on the remote Agent machine
target machine as NFS (Network File System).
• Remote Agent is not installed on the target machine.
• Remote Agent should have access to the mounted NFS.
• Audit data read time includes the network latency
involved in accessing NFS.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is not supported for Audit Vault
Agent installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
does not have sufficient memory or CPU resources for
the Audit Vault Agent processes.
• For Oracle Linux operating system, it is recommended to
use Kerberos to secure NFS.
• For non Oracle Linux operating systems, follow the
respective OS recommendations to secure NFS.
Directory On-premises Local Agent • Audit data is written to the local disk.
Installed on the • The local Audit Vault Agent is installed on the target
target machine machine.
• The local Audit Vault Agent should have access to the
local disk.
• Audit data read time has no network latency.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is supported for Audit Vault Agent
installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
has sufficient memory and CPU resources for the Audit
Vault Agent processes.

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Table 6-1 (Cont.) Remote Agent or Local Agent

Trail Audit Vault Agent Type Detailed Information

Type Server
Location
Directory OCI (Oracle Remote Agent • Audit data is written to the local disk.
Cloud Not installed on the • The local disk is mounted on the remote Agent machine
Infrastructure) target machine as NFS.
• Remote Agent should have access to the mounted NFS.
• Remote Agent is not installed on the target machine.
• If the target is on-premises, then the remote Agent must
also be installed on-premises.
• If the target is on OCI, then the remote Agent must be
installed on OCI.
• OCI virtual firewall for VCN must be configured to allow
ingress traffic on ports 1521 and 1522 for Audit Vault
Server.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is not supported for Audit Vault
Agent installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
does not have sufficient memory or CPU resources for
the Audit Vault Agent processes.
• For Oracle Linux operating system, it is recommended to
use Kerberos to secure NFS.
• For non Oracle Linux operating systems, follow the
respective OS recommendations to secure NFS.
Directory OCI (Oracle Local Agent • Audit data is written to the local disk.
Cloud Installed on the • The local Audit Vault Agent is installed on the target
Infrastructure) target machine machine.
• The local Audit Vault Agent should have access to the
local disk.
• Audit data read time has no network latency.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is supported for Audit Vault Agent
installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
has sufficient memory and CPU resources for the Audit
Vault Agent processes.
Table On-premises Remote Agent • Audit data is written to the table.
Not installed on the • Remote Agent is not installed on the target machine.
target machine • Remote Agent uses connection string to connect to the
target.
• Audit data read time includes the network latency
involved in accessing the audit table.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is not supported for Audit Vault
Agent installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
does not have sufficient memory or CPU resources for
the Audit Vault Agent processes.

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Table 6-1 (Cont.) Remote Agent or Local Agent

Trail Audit Vault Agent Type Detailed Information

Type Server
Location
Table On-premises Local Agent • Audit data is written to the table.
Installed on the • The local Audit Vault Agent is installed on the target
target machine machine.
• The local Audit Vault Agent uses connection string to
connect to the target.
• Audit data read time has no network latency.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is supported for Audit Vault Agent
installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
has sufficient memory and CPU resources for the Audit
Vault Agent processes.
Table OCI (Oracle Remote Agent • Audit data is written to the table.
Cloud Not installed on the • Remote Agent is not installed on the target machine.
Infrastructure) target machine • Remote Agent uses connection string to connect to the
target.
• If the target is on-premises, then the remote Agent must
also be installed on-premises.
• If the target is on OCI, then the remote Agent must also
be installed on OCI.
• Audit data read time includes the network latency
involved in accessing the audit table.
• OCI virtual firewall for VCN must be configured to allow
ingress traffic on ports 1521 and 1522 for Audit Vault
Server.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is not supported for Audit Vault
Agent installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
does not have sufficient memory or CPU resources for
the Audit Vault Agent processes.
Table OCI (Oracle Local Agent • Audit data is written to the table.
Cloud Installed on the • The local Audit Vault Agent is installed on the target
Infrastructure) target machine machine.
• The local Audit Vault Agent uses connection string to
connect to the target.
• Audit data read time has no network latency.
• OCI virtual firewall for VCN must be configured to allow
ingress traffic on ports 1521 and 1522 for Audit Vault
Server.
• This deployment can be used when the operating system
of the target machine is supported for Audit Vault Agent
installation.
• This deployment can be used when the target machine
has sufficient memory and CPU resources for the Audit
Vault Agent processes.

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See Also:

• Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server

• Registering Targets and Creating Groups
• Configuring and Managing Audit Trail Collection

6.3.5 Steps Required to Deploy and Activate the Audit Vault Agent
Learn about the procedures to deploy and activate Oracle Audit Vault Agent.
Deploying and activating the Audit Vault Agent on a host machine consists of these
steps:
1. Registering the Host
2. Deploying the Audit Vault Agent.
3. Activating and Starting the Audit Vault Agent.

6.3.6 Registering the Host

Learn about the procedure for registering the host.
To register the host on which you deployed the Audit Vault Agent, follow the procedure
in Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server.

6.3.7 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent

Learn about deploying the Audit Vault Agent.
You must use an OS user account to deploy the Audit Vault Agent. In this step, you
copy the agent.jar file from the Audit Vault Server and deploy this file on the host
machine.

Note:
Ensure that all security patches from the OS vendor is applied on the host
machine.

See Also:
The Audit Vault Agent is supported on Unix and Microsoft Windows
platforms. It requires Java version 1.8 to be installed on the host machine.
See Product Compatibility Matrix for Agent platform support details for the
current release and for the supported Java versions.

To copy and deploy the Audit Vault Agent to the host computer:

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1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

2. Click the Agents tab.
3. In the left navigation menu:

For release Action

20.1 and 20.2 Click Agent Software

20.3 and later Click Downloads

A list of downloadable agent software files are displayed on the page.

4. Click the Download button against the platform type, and then save the agent.jar file to
a location of your choice.
The download process copies the agent.jar file from the Audit Vault Server. Ensure that
you always use this agent.jar file when you deploy the Agent.
5. Using an OS user account, copy the agent.jar file to the host machine where you're
deploying the Audit Vault Agent.

Best Practice:
Do not install the Audit Vault Agent as root user.

6. On a Microsoft Windows system, start a command prompt with Run as Administrator.

7. In the directory where you placed the agent.jar file, extract it by running:
java -jar agent.jar -d Agent_Home
This creates a directory by the name you enter for Agent_Home, and installs the Audit
Vault Agent in that directory.
On a Microsoft Windows system, this command automatically registers a Microsoft
Windows service named OracleAVAgent.

Caution:
After deploying the Audit Vault Agent, do not delete the Agent_Home directory
unless directed to do so by Oracle Support. If you are updating an existing Audit
Vault Agent, then do not delete the existing Agent_Home directory.

Note:
If you run into any issues, see the following topics for more information:
• Troubleshooting Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
• Known Issues

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6.3.8 Activating and Starting the Audit Vault Agent

Learn how to activate and start Audit Vault Agent.
In this step, you activate the Audit Vault Agent with the Agent activation key and start
the Agent.

Prerequisites
• Follow and complete the procedure in Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server.
• Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator. See Using Audit Vault
Server Console for more information.
To activate and start the agent:
1. Click the Agents tab.
2. In the left navigation menu, click Agents.
A list of registered hosts are displayed on the page.
3. Copy or make a note of the agent activation key for this host.
4. On the host machine, change directory as follows:
cd Agent_Home/bin
Agent_Home is the directory created in the step 7 above.
5. Run the following command:

agentctl start -k

6. The system prompts as follows:

Enter Activation Key:

7. Paste or enter the agent activation key in the following format:

<Agent Name>:: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

The activation key is not displayed as you type it.

Note:
The -k argument is not needed after the initial agentctl start
command.

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See Also:

• Registering and Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service to

start or stop the agent Windows service through the Windows Services applet
in the Windows Control Panel, in case the Agent is deployed on a Microsoft
Windows host computer.
• ACTIVATE HOST for the command line syntax to activate the Agent.

6.3.9 Changing Host Names

Learn about changing host name.
To change the name of a registered host:
1. If the Audit Vault Agent is already deployed on that host and the Agent is running, then
stop the Agent by executing the command below.
For Linux platform:

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl stop

For Windows platform, if Agent is running as a process:

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl stop

For Windows platform, if Agent is running as a service:

Agent_Home/bin/agentctl stopsvc

2. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator. See Using Audit Vault
Server Console for more information.
3. Click the Agents tab.
4. In the left navigation menu, click Agents.
A list of registered Agents is displayed on the page.
5. Click the name of the Agent that you want to change.
6. In the dialog, change the Name or the IP Address field, and then click Save.
7. If you have changed either the Agent name or the IP address, and if the Agent has
already been deployed on that host, then start the Agent by executing the below
command. Enter the new activation key when prompted.
For Linux platform:

Agent_Home /bin/agentctl start -k

For Windows platform, if Agent is running as a process:

Agent_Home /bin/agentctl start -k

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For Windows platform, if Agent is running as a service:

Agent_Home /bin/agentctl startsvc -k

6.3.10 Configuring Agent Auto Restart Functionality

Learn how to configure the Audit Vault Agent auto restart functionality.
Audit Vault Agent collects audit data from the target and sends it to the Audit Vault
Server. The Agent must continuously run to carry out this task seamlessly. In some
cases where the host machine (Agent machine) is restarted or the Agent goes down,
then the Agent may stop running. It needs to be manually restarted so that it can
continue to collect audit data.
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, the Audit Vault Agent can be configured to
restart automatically. This functionality can be configured by the agent user. It
periodically monitors the status of the Agent and restarts whenever required.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF releases 20.3 to 20.6, there is an existing functionality which
involves configuring a service to restart the Agent. In case you have
configured this functionality as mentioned in Audit Vault Agent Auto Start
Configuration, then disable this previously configured functionality before
proceeding with the below commands.

Run the following commands in the Agent_Home/bin directory to enable or disable

the Agent auto restart functionality:

Task Command
To enable Agent auto restart functionality and to start agentctl startsvc
the Agent
To enable Agent auto restart functionality, if the Agent is agentctl startsvc -k
not activated
To disable Agent auto restart functionality and to stop agentctl stopsvc
the Agent
To enable Agent auto restart functionality when the agentctl registersvc
Agent is already in RUNNING status
To disable Agent auto restart functionality without agentctl unregistersvc
stopping the Agent

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Note:

• Use the commands wisely as it involves two tasks (enabling or disabling the
Agent auto restart functionality and starting or stopping the Agent). In case the
Agent is manually stopped and the auto start service is still in effect, then the
Agent is automatically started again. If the Audit Vault Agent service is started,
do not stop the Agent alone without stopping the service.
• The Agent auto restart functionality must be enabled again, after updating the
Java version on the Audit Vault Agent.
• The Agent auto restart functionality may not work, if the Audit Vault Agent is not
properly installed or if it is not registered in the Audit Vault Server console.
• In case the Audit Vault Agent is being managed by another application such as
cluster manager, then do not use the Agent auto restart functionality.

6.3.11 Configuring Agent Auto Restart Functionality Remotely

Learn how to configure Agent auto restart functionality remotely.
Agent auto restart functionality can be configured remotely starting with Oracle AVDF release
20.8. The administrator can enable this functionality through Audit Vault Server for multiple
Audit Vault Agents at a time.

Note:
This functionality is applicable for Audit Vault Agents deployed on Linux/Unix/AIX/
Solaris platforms only. It is not applicable for Audit Vault Agents deployed on
Windows platform.

Prerequisite
The Audit Vault Agent must be in RUNNING state.

Follow these steps to enable or disable this functionality:

1. Log in to the AVCLI as an administrator.
2. Run the following commands:

Task Command

To configure the Agent auto restart service ALTER HOST <host name> SET
remotely. AUTO_RESTART=Y

To disable the Agent auto restart service ALTER HOST <host name> SET
configuration remotely. AUTO_RESTART=N

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See Also:
Viewing the Status and Details of Audit Vault Agent

6.3.12 Check if Audit Vault Agent Has Auto Restart Functionality

Enabled
Learn how to check if the Audit Vault Agent is configured for auto restart functionality.
Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Agents tab.
3. The Agents sub tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default. A list of
registered Audit Vault Agents is displayed on the page.
4. In the list of registered Agents, identify the specific Agent.
5. Check the Agent Details column. The Agent Auto Restart Status field confirms
if the Audit Vault Agent has auto restart functionality enabled.

Note:
Alternately, the auto restart status can be checked by running the
following command from <agent_home>/bin directory:

agentctl svcstatus

6.3.13 Registering and Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a

Windows Service
Learn about registering and unregistering Oracle Audit Vault Agent as a Windows
service.

Note:
The Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service is not supported in Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall release 12.2.0.7.0. Use the console mode to
stop or start the Agent.

6.3.13.1 About the Audit Vault Agent Windows Service

Learn about the Audit Vault Agent Windows service.

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When you deploy the Audit Vault Agent on a Microsoft Windows host computer, during agent
deployment, a Microsoft Windows service named OracleAVAgent is automatically registered.
Additionally, you can register and unregister the agent service using the agentctl command.

When the Audit Vault Agent is registered as a Windows service, you can start or stop the
service through the Windows Services applet in the Windows Control Panel.

See Also:
Deploying the Audit Vault Agent

6.3.13.2 Registering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service

You can register Audit Vault Agent as a Windows service.
Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on a Windows host automatically registers a Windows
service named agentctl. Use this procedure to register the Windows service again.

Prerequisite
Ensure to comply with one of the following prerequisites for Oracle AVDF 20.4 and earlier
releases:
• Install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 package from
Microsoft on the Windows target machine. Ensure msvcr110.dll file is available in
C:\Windows\System32 directory.
• If the msvcr110.dll file is not present, then add it to the <Agent Home>/bin and
<Agent Home>/bin/mswin-x86-64 directories.
Ensure to comply with one of the following prerequisites for Oracle AVDF 20.6 and later
releases:
• Install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 package from Microsoft on the
Windows target machine. Ensure vcruntime140.dll file is available in
C:\Windows\System32 directory.
• If the vcruntime140.dll file is not present, then add it to the <Agent Home>/bin
and <Agent Home>/bin/mswin-x86-64 directories.

Note:
There is a known issue in Oracle AVDF 20.5 for starting Audit Vault Agent as a
service on Windows. See Error When Starting Audit Vault Agent as a Service on
Windows in Oracle AVDF 20.5 for complete information. This issue is resolved in
release Oracle AVDF 20.6 and later.

Registering Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service

Run the following command on the host machine from the Agent_Home\bin directory:
agentctl registersvc

This adds the Audit Vault Agent service in the Windows services registry.

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Note:

• Be sure to set the Audit Vault Agent service to use the credentials of the
Windows OS user account that was used to deploy the Agent using the
java -jar command. Do this in the Service Properties dialog box.
• In the Service Properties dialogue, local user name entries in the This
account field should be formatted as in the following example: user
name jdoe should be entered as .\jdoe. Refer to Microsoft Windows
documentation for procedures to do so.

6.3.13.3 Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service

You can use two methods to unregister the Oracle Audit Vault Agent as a Windows
service.
To unregister the Oracle Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service, use one of the
following methods:
• Method 1 (Recommended)
On the host machine, run the following command from the Agent_Home\bin
directory:
agentctl unregistersvc
This removes the Oracle Audit Vault Agent service from the Windows services
registry.
• Method 2
If Method 1 fails, then execute the following from the Windows command prompt
(Run as Administrator):
cmd> sc delete OracleAVAgent
You can verify that the Audit Vault Agent has been deleted by executing the
following query from the Windows command prompt (Run as Administrator):
cmd> sc queryex OracleAVAgent

6.4 Stopping, Starting, and Other Agent Operations

Learn about starting and stopping the agent and other operations.

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6.4.1 Stopping and Starting Audit Vault Agent

Learn about stopping and starting Audit Vault Agent.

Topics

Important:
Stop and start the Audit Vault Agent as the same OS user account that you used
during installation.

See Also:
Audit Vault Agent Auto Start Configuration

6.4.1.1 Stopping and Starting the Agent on Unix Hosts

Learn about stopping and starting the Agent on Unix hosts.
To start the Audit Vault Agent after initial activation, run the following command from the
Agent_Home/bin directory on the host machine:

agentctl start

To stop the Audit Vault Agent run the following command from the Agent_Home/bin
directory on the host machine:

agentctl stop

Note:

• After the agentctl stop command, execute agentctl status command to

ensure the Agent is in STOPPED state before executing the agentctl start
command again.
• In case the Agent auto start service (Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and onwards) is
configured and if the Agent alone is manually stopped, then the Agent is
automatically started again. See Configuring Agent Auto Restart Functionality
for complete information and run the right commands.

6.4.1.2 Stopping and Starting the Agent on Windows Hosts

Learn about stopping and starting the Agent on Microsoft Windows hosts.

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The Audit Vault Agent is automatically registered as a Windows service when you
deploy the agent on a Windows host. We recommend that you run the agent as a
Windows service so that it can keep running after the user logs out.
See Also: Registering and Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service

To stop or start the Agent Windows service

Use one of the methods below:
• In the Windows GUI (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services), find the
Audit Vault Agent service, and then right-click it to select Start or Stop.
• Run one of these commands from the Agent_Home\bin directory on the host
machine:

agentctl stopsvc

agentctl startsvc

To check that the Windows service is stopped

Run this command:

cmd> sc queryex OracleAVAgent

You should see the Agent Windows service in a STOPPED state.

To stop or start the Agent in console mode

start /b agentctl stop
start /b agentctl start

To forcibly stop the Agent in console mode

agentctl stop -force

Note:
This is not a recommended option to stop the Agent. Use it only in case the
Agent goes into an unreachable state for a long time and cannot be restarted
or stopped. In such a scenario, use this option to forcibly stop and later
restart the Agent.
To restart the Agent use the agentctl start command.

6.4.1.3 Autostarting the Agent on Windows Hosts

Learn about autostarting the agent on Microsoft Windows hosts.
You can configure the agent service to start automatically on a Windows host.
1. Open the Services Management Console.

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From the Start menu, select Run, and in the Run dialog box, enter services.msc to start
the Services Management Console.
2. Right-click Oracle Audit Vault Agent and from the menu, select Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog box, set the Startup type setting to Automatic.
4. Click OK.
5. Close the Services Management Console.

6.4.2 Changing the Logging Level for the Audit Vault Agent
Learn how to change the logging level for Oracle Audit Vault Agent.
The logging level that you set affects the amount of information that Oracle writes to the log
files. You may need to take this into account due to disc space limitations.
Log files are located in the Agent_Home/av/log directory.

The following logging levels are listed in the order of the amount of information written to log
files, where debug provides the most information:
• error - Writes only error messages
• warning - (Default) Writes warning and error messages
• info - Writes informational, warning, and error messages
• debug - Writes detailed messages for debugging purposes

Using the Audit Vault Server Console to Change Logging Levels

To change the logging level for the Audit Vault Agent using the Audit Vault Server UI, see
"Clearing Diagnostic Logs".

Using AVCLI to Change the Agent Logging Level

To change the logging level for the Audit Vault Agent using the AVCLI utility:
1. Ensure that you are logged into AVCLI on the Audit Vault Server.
2. Run the ALTER HOST command.
The syntax is as follows:
ALTER HOST host_name SET LOGLEVEL=av.agent:log_level
In this specification:
• host_name: The name of the host where the Audit Vault Agent is deployed.
• log_level: Enter a value of info, warn, debug, or error.

6.4.3 Viewing the Status and Details of Audit Vault Agent

Learn about viewing the status and details of Audit Vault Agent.
You can view an Audit Vault Agent's status and details such as activation key, platform,
version, location, and other details.

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Prerequisite
Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator. See Using Audit Vault
Server Console for more information.
To view the status and details of an Audit Vault Agent:
1. Click the Agents tab.
2. In the left navigation menu, click Agents.
A list of registered Agents is displayed on the page.
3. In this list of registered Agents, check the Agent Status, Host Monitor Status,
Activation Key, Agent Details, and Host Monitor Details columns for the Agent
that you are interested in.
4. To see the audit trails for a specific Agent host, click View Audit Trails in the
Agent Details column.

6.4.4 Deactivating and Removing Audit Vault Agent

Learn about deactivating and removing Audit Vault Agent.
Use this procedure to deactivate and remove Audit Vault Agent.

See Also:
If you have registered the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows service, see
Registering and Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service to
unregister the service.

1. Stop all audit trails being collected by the Audit Vault Agent.
a. In the Audit Vault Server console, click the Targets tab.
b. Click Audit Trails in the left navigation menu.
c. Select the check boxes for each audit trail that you want to stop, and then click
Stop.
2. Stop the Audit Vault Agent by running the following command on the host
computer:

agentctl stop

3. Deactivate the Audit Vault Agent on the host computer:

a. In the Audit Vault Server console, click the Agents tab, and then in the left
navigation menu, select Agents.
b. Select the check box for each host name that you want to deactivate, and then
click Deactivate.
c. Optionally, drop the host by selecting the check box for it, and then clicking
Delete.
d. Delete the Audit Vault Agent home directory on the host computer.

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Note:
The Audit Vault Agent deployed on a host is associated with the specific Audit
Vault Server from where it was downloaded. This Audit Vault Agent collects
audit data from the configured targets. It sends this data to the specific Audit
Vault Server. To configure the audit trail collection from the existing targets to a
different Audit Vault Server, you should deactivate, remove the existing Agent,
download the Audit Vault Agent installation file from the new Audit Vault Server,
and install it on the target host. This scenario is different from updating the
existing Auditing Vault Agent.

6.5 Updating Audit Vault Agent

Learn about updating Audit Vault Agent.
When you update the Audit Vault Server, the Audit Vault Agent is automatically updated.
When you upgrade the Audit Vault Server to a later version, or restart the Audit Vault Agent,
you no longer need to restart audit trails manually. The audit trails associated with the Audit
Vault Agent automatically restart if you have not explicitly stopped them. If you upgrade the
Audit Vault Server, the audit trails associated with the updated Agents will automatically
restart if the trails have a single plug-in.

See Also:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide for information about
downloading upgrade software.

6.6 Deploying Plug-ins and Registering Plug-in Hosts

Learn about deploying plug-ins and registering plug-in hosts.

6.6.1 About Plug-ins

Learn about plug-ins for Audit Vault Server.
Each type of target has a corresponding software plug-in in the Audit Vault Server, which
enables the Audit Vault Agent to collect audit data. You can deploy more plug-ins, in addition
to those shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, in order to collect audit data
from more target types.
A plug-in supports only one target type. However, you may deploy more than one plug-in for
the same target type if, for example, you acquired each plug-in from a different developer, or
each plug-in supports a specific type of audit trail for the same target type. You can select the
specific plug-in to use when you configure audit trail collections.
To start collecting audit data from the target type associated with a plug-in, you must also add
the target in the Audit Vault Server, then configure and manually start audit trail collection.

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See Also:
Configuring Targets, Audit Trails, and Database Firewall Monitoring Points

Deploying a plug-in consists of three steps:

1. Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled in a Target
2. Registering the Plug-in Host in Audit Vault Server
3. Deploying and Activating the Plug-in

6.6.2 Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled in a Target

Learn how to ensure that auditing is enabled in a target.
Ensure that auditing has been enabled in the target. See the target's product
documentation for more information.

See Also:
Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled on the Target for information on plug-ins for
Oracle Database.

6.6.3 Registering the Plug-in Host in Audit Vault Server

Learn about registering a plug-in host in Audit Vault Server.
To register a host in the Audit Vault Server, see Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault
Server.
Oracle AVDF provides out-of-the-box plug-ins for most commonly used trails. See
Plug-In Reference for a complete list. You don't need to deploy plug-ins for targets that
have existing out-of-the-box plug-ins.

6.6.4 Deploying and Activating the Plug-in

Learn about deploying and activating a plug-in in Audit Vault Server.
To deploy and activate a plug-in:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
A status page appears, with pane for Configuration and Monitoring.
4. In the Monitoring pane, click Plug-ins.
The Plug-ins page lists the currently deployed plug-ins:

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5. Copy the plug-in archive to the Audit Vault Server, and make a note of the location of the
file. Click Deploy, and in the Plug-in Archive field, enter or browse for the name of the
plug-in archive file.

6. Click Deploy Plug-in, then click Deploy.

The new plug-in is listed in the Plug-ins page. The updated agent.jar file has a new
Deployed Time shown in this page.
The Hosts page displays an Agent Generation Time column for each registered host,
indicating the version of the agent.jar on that host.
7. Copy the updated agent.jar file to each registered host machine.
Register the host machine in case it is not registered.
8. On the host machine, extract the agent:

java -jar agent.jar

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Note:
Do not download the Agent during the same login session in which the
plug-in is deployed, as the agent.jar file is being updated. However,
users in other sessions can download the most current version of the
agent.jar file after the plug-in deployment process is complete and a
new version is available.

See Also:

• Using Audit Vault Server Console

• Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server

6.6.5 Removing Plug-ins

Learn about removing plug-ins.
To remove a plug-in:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
A status page appears, with pane for Configuration and Monitoring.
4. In the Monitoring pane, click Plug-ins.
5. Select the plug-in that you want, and then click Un-deploy.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

6.7 Deleting Hosts from Audit Vault Server

Learn how to delete hosts from Audit Vault Server.
When you delete a host, if you want to register it again to collect audit data, then you
must reinstall the Audit Vault Agent on this host.
To delete hosts:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Agents tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, click Agents.
A list of registered Agents is displayed on the page.

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4. Select the check boxes for the hosts that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

See Also:

• Working with Lists of Objects in the Audit Vault Server Console to control
the view of registered hosts listed.
• Using Audit Vault Server Console

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Database Firewall Monitoring Points
Learn about configuring targets, audit trails, and Database Firewall monitoring points.

7.1 About Configuring Targets

Learn about configuring targets.
Targets can be supported databases or operating systems that Audit Vault and Database
Firewall monitors. You must register all of the targets in the Audit Vault Server, regardless of
whether you are deploying the Audit Vault Agent, the Database Firewall, or both.
If you want to collect audit trails from your targets, you must configure an audit trail for each
target and start collection manually.
If you want to monitor a target with the Database Firewall, you must create a monitoring point
for that target.
For Oracle Database targets that you monitor with the Database Firewall, you can configure
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to monitor the native network encrypted traffic. To
do so, you must run scripts on the target computers to configure the necessary privileges.
If you are using the Database Firewall, you can also monitor the target database's responses
to incoming SQL traffic. The following sections contain the high-level workflow for configuring
the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall system.

See Also:

• Configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall and Deploying the Agent
• Configuring Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall and Deploying Oracle
Database Firewall

7.2 Registering Targets and Creating Groups

Learn about registering targets and creating groups.

7.2.1 Registering or Removing Targets in Audit Vault Server

Learn about registering and removing targets in Audit Vault Server.

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7.2.1.1 About Targets in the Audit Vault Server

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) super administrators can
create targets and grant other administrators access on those targets.
Administrators can also create targets, but the targets that they create are accessible
only to the creator and to the super administrator who created the administrator.
The following guidelines apply when creating and accessing targets:
• Both super administrators and administrators can create targets.
• Super administrators can grant access on targets or target groups to specific
administrators.
• Super administrators have access to all targets, and administrators have access
only to those targets on which they have been granted access.
In Oracle Database 12c, if you are not using a multitenant container database (CDB),
then register a target for your database as you would for previous versions of Oracle
Database. If you use a CDB, then you must register a target for the CDB, as well as
for each pluggable database (PDB).

7.2.1.2 Registering Targets

Learn about registering targets for audit collection and Database Firewall monitoring.
This section explains how to register targets in Oracle Audit Vault Server:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
The Targets tab in the left navigation is selected by default. The main page
contains a list of configured targets. You can sort or filter the list of targets.
3. Click Register in the top right corner.
The following page appears:

4. Enter the Name and optionally the Description for the new target.

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5. From the Type menu, select from the list of available options.
6. Choose the Retention Policy. All the pre-configured policies and user-defined policies
from the Archiving tab are listed in the drop down menu. The pre-configured policy with
1 year online and 1 year archive is set by default. In case the super administrator has set
a user-defined policy as default, then that specific policy is selected by default.
This field Retention Policy is available starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.
7. Enter the Audit Connection Details. If you know the connection string, then select
Advanced. If you do not know the connect string, then choose the Basic option.
8. If you select the Basic option, then enter the following details:
a. Host Name / IP Address (IP address can be a virtual IP address).
b. Enter the Port number.
c. In the Service Name field, if the target is an Oracle database, then enter the Oracle
database service name or SID.
d. Select the Protocol from drop down menu.
e. In the User Name field, enter the name of the existing database user on the target.
f. In the Password field, enter the database user's password.
9. If you select the Advanced option, then enter the following details:
a. Select the Protocol from drop down menu.
b. In the Target Location field, enter the connection string or connection URL. This
connection string is required for the Agent to collect audit data, but is not required to
deploy Database Firewall only.

Note:

• For Oracle Database, the string may look like:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@//<IP address of the Database server
host>:<port number>/hrdb
• When you configure an Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters) as a
target for Agent data collection, enter the SCAN host name. Oracle
RAC can be secured using Oracle Database Firewall by configuring as
a target.
• In case the target is Microsoft SQL Server Cluster, a mandatory
collection attribute needs to be set. See section Microsoft SQL Server
Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for complete
information.

c. In the User Name field, optionally enter the name of the existing database user on
the target. This user should have access to the audit data generated by the target.
d. In the Password field, enter the database user's password.
10. Click the Audit Collection Attributes tab.

11. Enter details of the collection attributes in the Name and Value fields. Click the Add icon
to add more entries.

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Note:
Collection attributes may be required by the Audit Vault Agent depending
on the target type. Refer to the following table for the mandatory
collection attributes to be entered in the Name fields for different target
types.

Target Type Mandatory Collection Attributes

Microsoft SQL Server Cluster av.collector.clusterEnabled
PostgreSQL av.collector.securedTargetVe
rsion
Oracle Database for Transaction AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET
Log Audit Collection Note: This is the timezone offset of
the Oracle Database.
Microsoft SQL Server for AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET
Transaction Log Audit Collection Note: This is the timezone offset of
the SQL Server database.

For PostgreSQL, ensure to enable pgaudit extension. The audit collection is

incomplete and operational details are missed out from the reports in case this
extension is not enabled.
12. Optionally use the information here to improve the audit collection rate or
effectively utilize the resources of the Agent and Audit Vault Server.

Note:
This functionality is not applicable to Host Monitor Agent or network
trails.

• Oracle AVDF 20.4 (and later) provides configuration option to improve audit
collection performance. The audit collection rate can be increased by setting
the target attribute av.collfwk.MULTI_THREADED to true. This is applicable to
all audit trails belonging to the specific target. This configuration improves the
audit collection rate. However, the resource (CPU and memory) requirement
on the Agent machine also increases. There may be increase in resource
utilization on the Audit Vault Server. It is recommended to use this
configuration if the target audit record generation rate is between 86 and 172
million records per day (or between 1000 to 2000 records per second).
• In Oracle AVDF 20.5 (and later), the Audit Vault Agents automatically choose
the best possible configuration for improving audit collection rate. This
dynamic multithreaded collector functionality effectively utilizes the resources
of the Audit Vault Server and Audit Vault Agent.
This functionality is the default behavior and increases the throughput of the
audit trail by increasing the number of threads when the target audit
generation rate is high. It also reduces the number of threads when the target
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and can support targets generating records up to 2000 per second or 172 million per
day. When the target audit generation rate is very high, the resource (CPU and
memory) requirement on the Agent machine is also increased. There may be
increase in resource utilization on the Audit Vault Server.
It is recommended to avoid setting the av.collfwk.MULTI_THREADED attribute and
rely on the dynamic multithreaded collector functionality.
In case high throughput is not required due to Agent machine resource constraints,
then use the single threaded collector by setting the target attribute
av.collfwk.MULTI_THREADED to false. This is the default behavior prior to Oracle
AVDF 20.5.
In case high throughput is always required due to audit data generation rate of 86 to
172 million records per day, then use the static multithreaded collector (always uses
maximum threads) by setting the target attribute av.collfwk.MULTI_THREADED to
true.
13. Click Save to complete the target registration for audit collection. Continue with the
remaining steps to configure the target for Database Firewall monitoring.
14. Click the Database Firewall Monitoring tab.

15. Click Add. The Database Firewall Monitor dialog is displayed.

16. In the Core tab (or Basic tab), select from the list in the Database Firewall field.

17. Select a Mode from the following:

• Monitoring (Out-of-Band) - In this deployment mode, Oracle Database Firewall can
monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL statements.
• Monitoring (Host Monitor) - In this deployment mode, Oracle Database Firewall can
monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL statements.
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) - In this deployment mode the Database Firewall can
block or substitute SQL statements.

Note:
Ensure you select the right mode in accordance with Firewall policy defined for
the target. If the Firewall policy specified contains SQL blocking rules, but you
select for monitoring only, SQL statements are not blocked. Therefore, if you
want to block SQL statements according to policy rules, you should use
monitoring and blocking mode.

18. In the Network Interface Card field, select one from the list.

19. Select the Proxy Ports from the list.

Note:
For a RAC instance, select the Network Interface Card and Proxy Ports for
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode. The proxy port is not mandatory for
Monitoring only modes.

20. Select the RAC Instance/Autonomous DB check box (RAC Instance check box in
Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier) if the target is Oracle Real Application Clusters.

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21. In the Connection Details section, add one or more targets. You can add or
delete targets from the list. Enter the following information for each available
connection of the database. Click the Add button to add more targets and enter
the following fields:
• Host Name / IP Address
• Port
• Service Name (Optional, for Oracle Database only)
For Monitoring Only (Host-Monitor) and Monitoring Only (Out-Of-Band)
mode, you can enter multiple SIDs or service names, each on a separate line.
For Monitoring/Blocking (proxy-mode) mode, only one connection detail is
allowed. If you want to enforce different Database Firewall policies for different
service names or SIDs on the same database, then you must create a
separate target for each service name or SID.
If you provide a service name or SID, Database Firewall applies policies only
to the sessions that match that service name or SID. All other traffic is ignored
by default. In Monitoring/Blocking(proxy-mode) mode, that traffic is passed
to the target database. Starting with Oracle AVDF 20.8, you can block those
sessions by selecting the Block Traffic for Unregistered Service Names
check box on the Advanced tab.
22. In the Advanced tab, enter the number of Database Firewall Monitor Threads
(minimum and default value is 1). This controls the number of traffic handling
threads in the Database Firewall monitoring point. Use due caution before
modifying the value.
23. If the target database is an Oracle Database and Mode is set to Monitoring /
Blocking (proxy), the check box for Block Traffic for Unregistered Service
Names is available for selection. When this check box is selected, Database
Firewall blocks sessions that use service names other than the one that is
configured in the target Connection Details section.
24. If the database client and server are communicating over the TLS protocol, enable
TLS.
With this option, the Database Firewall acts as a TLS proxy. It serves as a TLS
server for the database client and acts as a TLS client to the database server. The
Database Firewall and the Audit Vault Server have access to the decrypted SQL
traffic for further analysis. This feature applies only for Database Firewalls that are
deployed in Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode.
a. Select Enable TLS support.

Note:
If you select this option, the Decrypt With Native Network
Encryption Key check box is hidden.

b. In Oracle AVDF release 20.8 and later, select the certificate type under
Inbound TLS (From client to DBFW).
The TLS protocol uses the certificate to authenticate the communication
participant. You can use the default certificate that is signed by the Database
Firewall or a certificate that is signed by an external Certificate Authority (CA).

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c. If you use the default self-signed certificate, then click Download DBFW Certificate.
You need to install this certificate on the database client to enable Database Firewall
authentication.
d. If you use the external CA signed certificate, then select the certificate from the drop-
down list.
e. Select the cipher suite level.
Level 4 - strongest, is the default.
f. If you don't need database client authentication, then deselect Client
Authentication.
This option is available only for the inbound connection. The outbound connection is
always authenticated. If you deselect this option, the Client Trusted Certificates
button is disabled.
g. To manage certificates for client authentication, click Client Trusted Certificates.
h. Click Choose File and select the certificate on the local machine.
i. Click Open to load the certificate and add it to the Database Firewall.
The details of the uploaded certificate appear in the dialog box.
j. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.
k. Follow a similar process to select and manage certificates and the cipher suite level
under Outbound TLS (From DBFW to Database).
To manage the certificates for server authentication, click Database Trusted
Certificates.
25. If Oracle Database uses native network encryption, select Decrypt With Native Network
Encryption Key to enable the decryption of traffic.

Note:
If the Enable TLS support check box is selected, the Decrypt With Native
Network Encryption Key check box is hidden.
For Oracle AVDF release 20.5 and earler, the check box is Decrypt With
Network Native Encryption Key.

This option also supports the retrieval of session information for Oracle Database.
Complete the remaining fields as applicable.
For Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) targets (if the RAC Instance/
Autonomous DB check box is selected on the Core tab), enter the SCAN Listener IP
address.
(In Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier, it's the RAC Instance check box, and in Oracle AVDF
20.2 and earlier, it's the Basic tab.)
For Oracle standalone database targets, enter the IP address of the database listener.
For other database types (non-Oracle), the field is Retrieve session information from
target DB.

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Note:
Ensure that the Database Firewall is allowed to make a network
connection to the database listener.

26. Select the check box for Capture Database Response field. If you check this
field, the Database Firewall monitors the SQL response from the database. Select
Full Error Message check box to capture the database response codes and error
codes.
27. Click Save at the bottom of the dialog to save the configuration of the monitoring
point.
28. Click Save at the top right corner of the main page.

Note:
TCPS must be configured for registering Hybrid Cloud Oracle
Databases. See Securing the Agent and Oracle Database Target
Connection.

Note:
After registration is complete for Oracle Database targets, the security
assessment job is automatically submitted. This job collects security
assessment data from Oracle Databases for the assessment reports.
To check the status of the security assessment job, see Monitoring Jobs.
To view the assessment reports, see Assessment Reports.

See Also:

• Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
• Audit Collection Attributes to look up requirements for a specific target
type.
• Using Oracle Database Firewall with Oracle RAC to configure Oracle
Database Firewall in an Oracle RAC environment.
• Working with Lists of Objects in the Audit Vault Server Console to sort or
filter the list of targets.
• Target Locations (Connect Strings)
• Using Audit Vault Server Console
• Setting User Account Privileges on Targets

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7.2.1.3 Modifying Targets

Learn about modifying targets.
To modify a target:
1. Log in to Oracle Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default. It lists the configured
targets to which you have access. You can sort or filter the list of targets.
3. Click the name of the target that you want to modify.
A page showing details about the target appears.
4. Make your changes and then click Save.

Note:
If you change the name of a target, then the new name does not appear in Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall reports until you restart the Audit Vault Agent.

See Also:

• Registering Targets for description of the fields in the Modify Target page.
• Working with Lists of Objects in the Audit Vault Server Console to sort or filter
the list of targets.
• Using Audit Vault Server Console

7.2.1.4 Removing Targets

Learn about removing targets.
If you no longer need to have a target registered with Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall, then you can use either the console or the command-line utility to remove the target.
After you have removed the target, the audit data pertaining to the target still resides in the
data warehouse within its retention period (according to the archiving policy).
After you have removed a target, its identity data remains so that there will be a record of
targets that have been dropped. Remove the target only if you no longer want to collect its
data or if it has moved to a new host computer.
To remove a target:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
3. The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default. Select the check
boxes against the targets that you want to remove.

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4. Click Delete button in the top right corner of the page.

See Also:

• Creating and Deleting Archive and Retention Policies for information

on archiving (retention) policies.

7.2.2 Creating a Target Group

Learn how to create target groups.
As a super administrator you can create target groups to grant other administrators
access to targets as a group rather than individually.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, click Target Groups.
4. Click Create button in the top right corner.
5. In the Create Target Group dialog, do the following:

Release Oracle AVDF 20.1 and 20.2 Release Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

a. Name field: Enter a name for the a. Group Name field: Enter a name for
target group. the target group.
b. Description: Optionally, enter a b. Description: Optionally, enter a
description for this target group. description for this target group.
c. Under Members section, select one c. Under Members section, select one
or more members by clicking the or more members by moving them
check box against the member from the Available column to
name. Selected column. You can also
search for the targets in the field
d. Click the Add button.
below the Members section using
the target name.
d. To remove the targets, select one or
more members and move them
back to the Available column from
the Selected column.

6. Click Save.

7.2.3 Modifying a Target Group

You can modify the contents of a target group or change the target group name and
description.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.

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3. In the left navigation menu, click Target Groups.

4. Click the name of the target group that you want to modify.
5. In the Modify Target Group dialog, perform any of the following modifications:

Release Oracle AVDF 20.1 and 20.2 Release Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

a. Change the Name of the target group. a. Change the Group Name.
b. Optionally edit the Description. b. Optionally edit the Description.
c. Under the Members section, add or c. Under the Members section, add or
remove members by selecting the remove members by moving them in
check box against the member. between the Available and Selected
columns. You can also search for the
d. Click Add or Remove buttons
targets in the field below the Members
accordingly.
section using the target name.

6. Click Save.

7.2.4 Controlling Access to Targets and Target Groups

Learn about controlling access to targets and target groups.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall super administrators can control which
administrators have access to targets or target groups. You can control access for an
individual user or for an individual target or group.

See Also:
Managing User Access Rights to Targets and Groups

7.2.5 Moving a Target from One Host Machine to Another

Learn how to handle when a target is moved from one host machine to another.
There are a few changes to be made in Audit Vault Server console when a target is moved
from one host machine to another. This depends on the type of the Audit Vault Agent.
An Audit Vault Agent can be of two types:
1. When the Audit Vault Agent is installed on the target host machine, it is called as a local
Agent.
2. When the Audit Vault Agent is not installed on the target host machine and is installed
remotely, it is called as a remote Agent.
The following table contains the configuration and the steps to be followed in the Audit Vault
Server console when the target is moved from one host machine to another.

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Note:
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)
or Oracle Advanced Cluster File System was deprecated in Oracle AVDF
release 20.7 and is desupported in 20.8.
Sybase SQL Anywhere was deprecated in Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and is
desupported in 20.8.

Agent Trail Type Target Type Steps in Audit Vault Server Console
Type
Local TABLE Oracle Database Step 1: Update the target Connection Details by
Oracle Key Vault following these steps:
Sybase ASE 1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an
administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab. The Targets tab in the left
navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Select and click the specific target.
4. In the Database Firewall Monitoring section on
the main page, click to modify the connection
details. The Database Firewall Monitor dialog is
displayed.
5. Modify and update the Connection Details in the
dialog.
6. Click Save.
7. Click Save in the main page.
Step 2: Delete existing trail by following these steps:
1. Click the Targets tab.
2. Click Audit Trails in the left navigational menu.
3. Select the specific audit trail and click Stop.
4. Click Delete.
Step 3: Create a new trail and configure the Audit Vault
Agent installed on the new host machine. Refer to
Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection
Local DIRECTORY Oracle Database Step 1: Update the target Connection Details.
SYSLOG Step 2: Delete the existing trail.
EVENT LOG Step 3: Create a new trail by configuring the Audit Vault
Agent installed on the new host machine and using the
TRANSACTION LOG
new trail location of the new host machine.

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Agent Trail Type Target Type Steps in Audit Vault Server Console
Type
Local DIRECTORY MySQL Step 1: Delete the existing trail.
SYSLOG Microsoft SQL Server Step 2: Create a new trail by configuring the Audit Vault
EVENT LOG PostgreSQL Agent installed on the new host machine and using the
new trail location of the new host machine.
TRANSACTION LOG IBM DB2
Quick JSON
Oracle Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Active
Directory
Oracle ACFS
Local NETWORK Oracle Database Step 1: Delete the existing trail.
MySQL Step 2: Create a new trail by configuring the Audit Vault
Microsoft SQL Server Agent installed on the new host machine.
IBM DB2
Sybase ASE
Sybase SQL
Anywhere
Remote TABLE Oracle Database Step 1: Update the target Connection Details.
Oracle Key Vault Step 2: There is no need to delete and recreate the
Sybase ASE trails. Stop the existing trail.
Step 3: Start the trail.
Remote DIRECTORY Oracle Database Step 1: Update the target Connection Details.
SYSLOG Step 2: In case the trail location has changed, then
EVENT LOG delete the existing trail.
Step 3: Create a new trail and specify the new trail
TRANSACTION LOG
location.
Remote DIRECTORY MySQL Step 1: In case the trail location has changed, then
SYSLOG Microsoft SQL Server delete the existing trail.
EVENT LOG PostgreSQL Step 2: Create a new trail and specify the new trail
location.
TRANSACTION LOG IBM DB2
Quick JSON
Oracle Solaris
Linux
IBM AIX
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Active
Directory
Oracle ACFS

7.3 Preparing Targets for Audit Data Collection

Learn about preparing targets for audit data collection.

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7.3.1 Using an NTP Service to Set Time on Targets

Learn how to use NTP Service to configure time settings on targets.
Oracle recommends that you use an It is recommended that you also use a Network
Time Protocol (NTP) service on both your targets and the Audit Vault server. This will
help to avoid confusion on timestamps on the alerts raised by the Audit Vault Server.

See Also:
Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings for instructions on
using an NTP server to set time for the Audit Vault Server.

7.3.2 Ensuring that Auditing is Enabled on the Target

Learn how to enable auditing.
To collect audit data from a target, you must ensure that auditing is enabled on that
target and, where applicable, note the type of auditing that the target is using. Check
the product documentation for your target type for details.
To check if auditing is enabled on an Oracle Database target:
1. Log in to the Oracle database as a user with administrative privileges. For
example:
sqlplus trbokuksa
Enter password: password
Connected.

2. Run the following command:

SHOW PARAMETER AUDIT_TRAIL

NAME TYPE VALUE

------------------------------------ ----------- -------
audit_trail string DB

3. If the output of the SHOW PARAMETER command is NONE or if it is an auditing value

that you want to change, then you can change the setting as follows.
For example, if you want to change to XML, and if you are using a server parameter
file, you would enter the following:
CONNECT SYS/AS SYSDBA
Enter password: password

ALTER SYSTEM SET AUDIT_TRAIL=XML SCOPE=SPFILE;

System altered.

SHUTDOWN
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.

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STARTUP
ORACLE instance started.

4. Make a note of the audit trail setting.

You will need this information when you configure the audit trail in Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.

7.3.3 Setting User Account Privileges on Targets

Some target types require credentials for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle
AVDF) to access them.
If you plan to collect audit data from a target, perform stored procedure auditing (SPA) or
entitlements auditing, or monitor native network encrypted traffic for Oracle Database, then
you must create a user account on the target with the appropriate privileges to enable Oracle
AVDF to access the required data.
For database targets, Oracle AVDF provides scripts to configure user account privileges for
database target types. For Oracle Database targets, you can download the setup scripts from
the Audit Vault Server console by clicking the Target Setup Script button on the Targets tab.
For non-database targets, create a user that has the appropriate privileges to access the
audit trail. For example, for a Windows target, this user must have administrative permissions
to read the security log.

Note:
Oracle AVDF does not accept user names with quotation marks. For example,
"J'Smith" is not a valid user name for an Oracle AVDF user account on targets.

See Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Targets for information on the scripts to
configure user account privileges for database target types.

7.3.4 Scheduling Audit Trail Cleanup

Learn about scheduling audit trail cleanup.
Oracle AVDF supports audit trail cleanup for Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM
DB2, and MySQL.

See Also:
Audit Trail Cleanup

7.4 Preparing Targets for Data Discovery

Starting with Oracle AVDF 20.9, you can use Data Discovery with your Oracle Databases to
create global privileged user and sensitive object sets that can be used in multiple Database
Firewall Policies. To use Data Discovery, privileges need to be added to the database user
and statistics need to be gathered on the Oracle Database.

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Related Topics
• Data Discovery

7.4.1 Prerequisites for Enabling Data Discovery

Complete these prerequisites before enabling data discovery in Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
• Update Oracle AVDF to release 20.9 or later. See Patching Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall (to update Oracle AVDF 20 to the latest release update) or
Upgrading Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (to upgrade from Oracle
AVDF 12).
• If you don't have an existing user for auditing, create a user account for Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall on the Oracle Database. For example:

SQL> CREATE USER username IDENTIFIED BY password

You will use this user name and password when registering this Oracle Database
as a target in the Audit Vault Server.
• Add the Oracle Database as a target in the Audit Vault Server. See Registering or
Removing Targets in Audit Vault Server

7.4.2 Managing Privileges for Data Discovery

Before Data Discovery can be used, download and run the target setup script on the
Oracle Database to add privileges to the user as follows.

Downloading Oracle Database Setup Scripts

To download the scripts from the Audit Vault Server console:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
3. Click the Target Setup Script button.
Download and run the target setup script on the Target Oracle database to add
privileges to the user.
You can also access the scripts in the following directory (Linux example):
/opt/avdf/defaultagent/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.oracle/
config/

Enabling User Privileges for Oracle Database for Data Discovery

To add required privileges, run the setup scripts from the previous steps:

Note:
The downloaded zip file contains SQL scripts for several functions, this
workflow is only to enable Data Discovery.

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1. Connect as the SYS user with the SYSDBA privilege. For example:

SQL> CONNECT SYS / AS SYSDBA

2. Run the following script:

SQL> @oracle_user_setup.sql username DBSAT_DISCOVERY

Revoking User Privileges for Oracle Database for Data Discovery

To disable data discovery for the target, revoke the privileges of the user:
1. Connect to the database as the SYS user with the SYSDBA privilege.
2. Run the following script:

SQL> @oracle_drop_db_permissions.sql username DBSAT_DISCOVERY

7.4.3 Managing Statistics Gathering for Data Discovery

Before Data Discovery can be used, statistics need to be gathered on the Oracle Database.
1. Connect as the SYS user with the SYSDBA privilege. For example:

SQL> CONNECT SYS / AS SYSDBA

2. Run this command:

exec DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DATABASE_STATS

Alternatively, you can run the DBMS_STATS procedure for all objects in a particular schema:

exec DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS(schema_name);

Note:
To invoke this procedure you must be the owner of the table, or you need the
ANALYZE ANY privilege. For objects owned by SYS, you must be either the owner
of the table, or you need the ANALYZE ANY DICTIONARY privilege or the SYSDBA
privilege.

7.5 Configuring and Managing Audit Trail Collection

Learn about configuring and managing audit trail collection.

7.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server
Complete these prerequisites before adding audit trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server.

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• To configure transaction log audit trails for Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL
Server, install Oracle GoldenGate 19.1 or later.
• Add the target in the Audit Vault Server. See Registering or Removing Targets in
Audit Vault Server.
• Register the host machine. This machine is where the Audit Vault Agent is
deployed and the target resides for directory trails. See Registering Hosts and
Deploying the Agent.
• If you're deploying the Audit Vault Agent, deploy and start the Audit Vault Agent on
the host machine. See Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers.

Note:
In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, you can use agentless collection instead
of the Audit Vault Agent for up to 20 Oracle Database table audit trails.
See Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection.

• For IBM DB2 targets, ensure that the binary audit file has been converted to ASCII
format before starting an audit trail.
• For MySQL targets, run the XML transformation utility. See Running the XML
Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats.

7.5.2 Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection

You can configure up to 20 Oracle Database table trails to use agentless collection in
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) 20.9 and later.
With agentless collection, you use the agentless collection service that comes with the
Audit Vault Server instead of deploying the Audit Vault Agent on the target host
machines. The agentless collection service is automatically installed when you install
the Audit Vault Server or when you update Oracle AVDF to release 20.9 or later.

Note:
You can use agentless collection only on a standalone, unpaired Audit Vault
Server. If the Audit Vault Server is paired for high availability, the agentless
collection service stops running. If you unpair the Audit Vault Server, the
agentless collection service automatically starts running again.

Prerequisites
1. Update Oracle AVDF to release 20.9 or later. See Patching Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall (to update Oracle AVDF 20 to the latest release update) or
Upgrading Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (to upgrade from Oracle
AVDF 12).
2. Ensure that the Audit Vault Server is not paired for high availability. To unpair the
Audit Vault server, see Unpair Primary and Standby Audit Vault Servers.
3. Register the Oracle Database target. See Registering Targets.
4. Prepare the target. See Preparing Targets for Audit Data Collection.

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Procedure
1. Click the Targets tab.
2. Click the link for the Oracle Database target for which you want to add the audit trail.
3. Under Audit Data Collection, click Add.
4. For Audit Trail Type, select TABLE.
For details on this audit trail type, see Oracle Database Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
5. In the Trail Location field, select location of the audit trail on the target computer.
Example: UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL
6. For Oracle Database TABLE trails, select Agentless Collection. This option isn't visible
for other trail types.
7. Click Save.
The agent name for the audit trail appears as Agentless Collection on the Audit Trails
and Targets pages.

7.5.3 Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection

To begin collecting audit data with the Audit Vault Agent, configure an audit trail for each
target that's registered on the Audit Vault Server and then start the audit trail collection.

Note:
When using the Audit Vault Agent to collect directory trails, the agent must be
installed on the same host that contains the directory.

1. Create a new target.

2. Click the Targets tab.
3. Click the link for the target for which you want to add the audit trail.
4. Under Audit Data Collection, click Add.
5. For Audit Trail Type, select one of the following trail types:.
• CUSTOM
• DIRECTORY
• EVENT LOG
• NETWORK
• SYSLOG
This trail type can collect from syslog or rsyslog files. If both are present, you must
provide the exact trail location in the next step if you want to collect audit data from
rsyslog files.

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Note:
Ensure that records generated by rsyslog have the same time zone
information as the Audit Vault Agent that's running on the collection
host.

• TABLE
• TRANSACTION LOG

Note:
For details on which types of audit trails can be collected for each target
type, see Table C-19.
For complete details on all audit trail types, see Plug-ins That are
Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

6. In Trail Location, enter the location of the audit trail on the target computer. The
trail location depends on the type of target.
For example, for Oracle Database, the trail location might be
unified_audit_trail.
For supported trail locations, see Audit Trail Locations.

Note:
If you select DIRECTORY or TRANSACTION LOG for Audit Trail Type, then
the trail location must be a directory mask.

7. Select Agent-based Collection if it's visible. If it's not visible, then agent-based
collection is used by default for the audit trail.
8. For Agent Host, select the host computer where the Audit Vault Agent is
deployed.
9. Click Save.
The audit trail should now appear on the Audit Trails tab. The collection status is
stopped (a red circle) initially. The audit trail starts automatically shortly after you
add it.

See Also:
About Plug-ins

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7.5.4 Stopping, Starting, and Autostart of Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault
Server
Lean about stopping, starting, and setting up autostart of audit trails in Oracle Audit Vault
Server.
An audit trail starts automatically shortly after you add it. To start an audit trail, the Audit Vault
Agent must be running on a host computer.
Audit trails that are started will automatically restart if the Audit Vault Agent is restarted, or
updated due to an Audit Vault Server update.
An audit trail can go down at times such as when the target goes down temporarily. With
Autostart, the system automatically attempts to restart an audit trail if it goes down. Autostart
is normally enabled unless you have manually stopped the trail. You can set parameters on
when and how many times the system attempts Autostart using the AVCLI utility.
To start or stop audit trail collection for a target:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab. The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Select the specific target by clicking on the name.
4. Under the Audit Data Collection section, select the targets that have the audit trails that
you want to start or stop.
5. Click Stop or Start accordingly.

Note:

• You cannot start an audit trail while the Audit Vault Agent is updating.
• If your environment has a large number of audit files to collect, for example
one million or more, then the audit trail may take a few minutes to start.

See Also:

• ALTER SYSTEM SET to set parameters on when and how many times the
system attempts Autostart using the AVCLI utility.
• Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers
• Updating Audit Vault Agent
• Using Audit Vault Server Console

7.5.5 Checking the Status of Trail Collection in Audit Vault Server

Learn about checking the status trail collection in Audit Vault Server.
To check the status of audit trails:

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1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

2. Click the Targets tab. The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected by
default.
3. Click Audit Trails tab in the left navigation menu.
It lists targets that have audit trails configured. Check the Collection Status
column. The status can be one of the following:
• Idle - Trail is up and running, no new audit data to collect. In this state, the trail
is waiting for the target to generate new audit data.
• Starting - Collection process is starting.
• Collecting - Trail is currently actively collecting audit data.
• Stopping - Collection process is stopping.
• Stopped - Trail is currently stopped.
• Recovering - Trail is recovering after it has been stopped previously. The trail
was stopped before updating the checkpoint for the records collected. In the
recovery state, the trail reads records starting from the current checkpoint and
filter out the duplicate records which were already read. The recovery state
can take a while depending on the server load.
• Unreachable - A heartbeat timeout has occurred, indicating that a heartbeat
message has not been received from the trail in the last 30 minutes. This
status is temporary unless the trail has crashed. The Audit Vault Server
checks the status of the audit trail. It attempts to check the status 5 times (by
default) in Oracle AVDF releases 20.1 to 20.6. In Oracle AVDF release 20.7
and onwards, the Audit Vault Server attempts 20 times (by default) to reach
the audit trail before concluding it is Unreachable.
• Archive data files are required (link) - If you see this link, it means a new audit
trail contains expired audit records that must be archived, and that the
required archive data files are not available.
The Trail Autostart Details column indicates whether autostart is enabled for a
trail, and whether there have been attempts to restart a failed audit trail (for
example, if a target goes down temporarily).
Tip: You can sort and filter the audit trail list.

Note:

• To view audit trails status for a specific agent host, click the name of the
trail.
• If an audit trail fails to start, then you can get more information by looking
at the Error Message column.

See Also:
Handling New Audit Trails with Expired Audit Records

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Checking Downtime History of the Trail

Audit Vault Server console displays the current status of the trail. Starting Oracle AVDF 20.6,
the Audit Vault Server console maintains record of the trail downtime. It also displays the
reason for the downtime. This information is available in the Downtime Report. This report
contains downtime information of every trail and a cumulative downtime report of all the trails
in the Audit Vault Server. It captures the intervals during which the specific trail may have
gone down either due to an error, or if it was manually stopped through the Audit Vault Server
console, or it had changed status to one of the following:

Status Description
STOPPED_ERROR If this status is seen, then the trail has gone down due to an
error. In this case there is an additional column Error
Message that specifies the reason the trail was stopped.

UNREACHABLE This status is dynamically calculated and is seen when the

trail is unable to connect to the Audit Vault Server for more
than 30 minutes.

STOPPED_UNKNOWN If this status is seen, then the trail downtime data has been
purged as the trail is down for more than the specified
retention period.

STOPPED The trail has stopped and is not collecting data.

STARTING The trail is about to start with collection.

STOPPING The trail is about to stop collecting data.

COLLECTING The trail is active and collecting data.

IDLE The trail is idle and not collecting data.

RECOVERING The trail is in recovering mode.

Note:
Not all the status information is available in the reports.

To capture downtime report for the trail and to view the history of the trail, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
3. Click Audit Trails in the left navigation menu.
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5. Click Downtime button. The downtime report for the selected trails is displayed.
Use the filter option, download the report, or click the back button to navigate to
the Audit Trails tab.
The downtime of the Audit Vault Agent, the specific time as to when the Agent went
down, the duration for which the data has not been captured, and the reason for the
Agent going down is also made available in the reports.

Note:

• This downtime data is available, archived, and purged like any other data
managed by Oracle AVDF. By default in release 20.6, the downtime data
is available for a period of one month and is purged after that.
• The history of trails configured prior to upgrade to Oracle AVDF 20.6 is
not captured or available.
• The report for new trails configured after upgrade to Oracle AVDF 20.6 is
available.
• Data for the trails configured after upgrade to Oracle AVDF 20.6 is
available from the time the trail was started.

7.5.6 Audit Collection Best Practices

Learn about best practices for audit collection.
• There may be too many records (more than a million) in a table audit trail. This can
slow down audit data collection. This in turn results in reduced throughput of the
table audit trail.
• In case of directory trail, there may be too many files (more than a thousand) with
a size of more than 1GB. This can slow down audit data collection. This in turn
results in reduced throughput of the directory trail.
• It is advised to periodically purge the records which have been already read by the
audit trail. For some targets, Audit Vault Agent contains scripts for cleanup. Refer
to Audit Trail Cleanup for more information. In case of remaining targets where the
records have already been read by the audit trail, it can be manually cleaned up.
For directory audit trail and transaction log audit trail, if the agent user does not have
read permission on audit files, then provide agent user read permission on the audit
files by running the following commands.

Operating System Command

Linux
setfacl -Rm u:<agent user name>:r-x <audit data directory>

setfacl -Rdm u:<agent user name>:r-- <audit data directory>

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Operating System Command

Solaris
chmod A+user:<agent user name>:rx:fd:allow <audit data directory>

chmod A+user:<agent user name>:r:allow <audit data directory>/*

AIX/HP-UX Add the agent user to the group which has read permission on the audit data.

7.5.7 Handling New Audit Trails with Expired Audit Records

Learn about handling new audit trails with expired audit records.
With established audit trail collection, audit data is retained in Oracle Audit Vault Server for
the Months Online period of a retention (or archiving) policy. After this period, the data files
are made available for archiving. The data is then kept in archives for the Months Archived
period of the retention policy, and is available to retrieve to the Audit Vault Server during that
period.
However, when you add a new audit trail to an existing target, the audit data collected may
contain records that fall into the Months Archived period in the retention policy assigned to
this target. That is, the online period for these audit records has expired and they should be
archived according to the retention policy.
In this case, Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall attempts to automatically archive these
expired records during the new audit trail collection. In some cases, you may need to make
the archive data files available in order for the audit trail to complete collection.
When collecting a new audit trail for an existing target, follow these instruction if you see an
Archive data files are required link in the Collection Status of the audit trail.
To make archive data files accessible:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab, and then click Audit Trails.
3. In the Collection Status column, if applicable, click the Archive data files are required
link.
The required archive data files are listed.
4. Check that required data files are available in the archive location, and that the
connection to the location is set up correctly.
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See Also:

• Defining Archive Locations to check the required data files are available
in the archive location and the connection to the location is established.
• About Archiving and Retrieving Data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall
• Using Audit Vault Server Console

7.5.8 Deleting an Audit Trail

Learn how to delete an audit trail.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
3. In the left navigational menu, click Audit Trails.
4. Select the audit trails that you want to delete and then, if necessary, click Stop to
stop the audit trail.
5. Select the audit trails that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

7.5.9 Converting Audit Record Formats for Collection

You can use special tools to convert audit record formats so that Audit Vault and
Database Firewall can collect these records.

7.5.9.1 Prerequisites for Converting Oracle Audit Vault Record MySQL Formats
Learn about the prerequsites for converting Oracle Audit Vault record MySQL formats.
Before you begin the format conversion process, ensure that you have completed the
following tasks.
• Register the MySQL target in the Audit Vault Server. See Registering or Removing
Targets in Audit Vault Server.
• Deploy the Audit Vault Agent on the MySQL host machine. See Deploying the
Audit Vault Agent.

7.5.9.2 Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats
Learn how to run the XML transformation utility for MySQL audit formats.
Audit records of some databases are in the format that cannot be read directly by
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall collectors. Such audit records are first
converted to a readable format and then collected.
For MySQL targets, Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall provides a utility to
transform the MySQL XML audit format log file into a required format for audit data
collection. You must run this utility on the MySQL host machine before adding an audit
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Note:
This procedure is only applicable for the old audit format. The default audit format of
MySQL 5.5 and 5.6 is old. The default audit format of MySQL 5.7 is new. The audit
format can be changed by modifying the configuration on MySQL Server.

To run the XML Transformation Utility:

1. On the MySQL host computer, go to the directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/
com.oracle.av.plugin.mysql/bin/
2. Run the following command:
MySQLTransformationUtility.bat inputPath=path_to_log_folder
outputPath=path_to_converted_xml agentHome=path_to_AGENT_HOME
interval=interval_in_minutes xslPath=XSL_file_path
securedTargetName=registered_secured_target_name

This command contains the following variables:

• path_to_log_folder:
– For MySQL version prior to 5.7.21: The path to the MySQL log folder listed in
my.ini
– For MySQL version 5.7.21 and later: The path to the MySQL log folder listed in
my.ini\<audit file name>.*.log
• path_to_converted_xml - The path to the folder where the converted XML files will
reside. You will use this path as the Trail Location when creating the audit trail for
this MySQL target in the Audit Vault Server, or when starting audit trail collection
using the AVCLI command line.
• path_to_AGENT_HOME - The path to the installation directory of the Audit Vault Agent
• interval_in_minutes - (Optional) The waiting time, in minutes, between two
transformation operations. If not specified, the default it is 60 minutes. To run the
transformation utility once, specify -ve for this argument.
• XSL_file_path - (Optional) The path to the XSL file to use for the transformation.
• registered_secured_target_name - The name of the MySQL target registered in the
Audit Vault Server.
Example:
For MySQL version prior to 5.7.21: MySQLTransformationUtility.bat
inputPath=D:\MySQLLog outputPath=D:\ConvertedXML agentHome=E:\MySQLCollector
interval=1 securedTargetName=MYSQL_DEV
For MySQL version 5.7.21 and later: MySQLTransformationUtility.bat
inputPath=D:\MySQLLog\audit.*.log outputPath=D:\ConvertedXML
agentHome=E:\MySQLCollector interval=1 securedTargetName=MYSQL_DEV

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7.5.9.3 Converting Binary Audit Files to ASCII Format for IBM DB2
Learn about converting binary audit files to ASCII format for IBM DB2.
IBM DB2 creates its audit log files in a binary file format that is separate from the DB2
database. For IBM DB2 targets, you must convert the binary file to an ASCII file before
each time you collect audit data (start an audit trail) for a DB2 database, using the
script instructions in this section.
Ideally, schedule the script to run periodically. If the script finds older text files that
have already been collected by the DB2 audit trail, then the script deletes them. It
creates a new, timestamped ASCII text file each time you run it. Optionally, you can set
the script to purge the output audit files.

Note:
It is recommended that you extract audit log files for each database and each
instance in a separate directory. You must configure separate audit trails for
each database and each instance in Oracle AVDF.

1. Identify a user who has privileges to run the db2audit command.

This user will extract the binary files to the text files.
2. This user must have execute privileges to run the conversion script from the
Oracle AVDF directory. The script name is DB295ExtractionUtil (for Microsoft
Windows, this file is called DB295ExtractionUtil.bat.)
3. This user identified in the initial step, must have read permission for
the $AGENT_HOME/av/atc directory and its contents.
4. In the server where you installed the IBM DB2 database, open a shell as the
SYSADM DB2 user.
5. Set the following variables:
• AGENT_HOME (this is the Audit Vault Agent installation directory)
• DB2AUDIT_HOME (this directory points to the main directory that contains the
db2audit command)
6. Ensure that the Oracle AVDF owner of the agent process has read permissions for
the audit text files that will be generated by the extraction utility.
7. Log in as the DB2 user that you identified in IBM DB2 for LUW Setup Scripts.
8. Run one of the following scripts, depending on the version of DB2 that you have
installed:
• For supported DB2 databases:
DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath archive_path -extractionpath
extraction_path -audittrailcleanup yes/no -databasename database_name

In this specification:
– archive_path: This is DB2 archive path configured using the db2audit
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– extraction_path: This is the directory where the DB2 extraction utility places the
converted ASCII text file. This file is created in either the
db2audit.instance.log.0.YYYYDDMMHHMMSS.out or
db2audit.db.database_name.log.0.20111104015353.out format.
– audittrailcleanup yes/no: Enter yes or no, to enable or disable the audit trail
cleanup. Entering yes deletes the archived IBM DB2 audit files that were
collected by the Oracle AVDF DB2 audit trail. If you omit this value, then the
default is no.
– database_name: (Optional) This is the name, or names separated by spaces, of
the database(s) that contain the audit records.
The utility creates a separate ASCII file for each database named in the
command. If this parameter is omitted, then the utility converts the instance
binary to an ASCII file. This parameter enables you to collect categories of audit
records such as object maintenance (objmaint) records, which capture the
creation and dropping of tables.
Important: If you enter more than one database name in this command, be sure
to put the ASCII file for each database in a separate directory after you run the
command.
– audittrailcleanup yes/no: Enter yes or no, to enable or disable the audit trail
cleanup. Entering yes deletes the archived IBM DB2 audit files that were
collected by the Oracle AVDF DB2 audit trail. If you omit this value, then the
default is no.
• Support for IBM DB2 Database Partition Feature
Starting Oracle AVDF 20.5, IBM DB2 Database Partition Feature is supported on
Linux and AIX platforms. This functionality is supported for DB2 version 10.5 and
later. The Database Partition functionality is not supported on Windows platform.
Specify the following parameters in the DB295ExtractionUtil script:
– databasepartition yes/no: (Optional) Enter yes if current DB2 setup has
Database Partition Feature setup, else enter no. If you omit this value, then the
default is no.
– nodes: (Optional) This is the name of the node (or multiple nodes) separated by
spaces, of the DB2 Database Partition Feature setup.

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Note:

• If the archive path and extraction path are on the shared location,
that is accessible by all the nodes in the Database Partition Feature
(DPF) setup, then you can exclude the nodes input parameter. The
script generates the archive data and audit data for all the nodes in
the Database Partition Feature setup, in the shared location.
• If the archive path and extraction path are host machine specific
locations, that are accessible only by the nodes on that machine,
then it is recommended to run the script on every machine of the
Database Partition Feature setup. Include the nodes input parameter
with only the nodes present on the specific machine.
For example: Machine 1 has Node 0 and Node 1. Machine 2 has
Node 2 and Node 3. The script must be run on Machine 1 with
parameters -databasepartition yes -nodes 0 1. The script must
be run on Machine 2 with parameters -databasepartition yes -
nodes 2 3.

Example 1: The following command creates an ASCII file for the TOOLSDB
database, places the file in the /home/extract_dir directory, and deletes the
archive files after audit data is collected:
DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath /home/archive_dir -extractionpath /home/
extract_dir -audittrailcleanup yes -databasename TOOLSDB

Example 2: The following command creates an ASCII file for the database
instance, places the file in the /home/extract_dir directory, and deletes the
archive files after audit data is collected:
DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath /home/archive_dir -extractionpath /home/
extract_dir -audittrailcleanup yes

Example 3: The following command creates an ASCII file for all the nodes of the
database instance with Database Partition Feature setup, places the file in the /
home/extract_dir directory, and deletes the archive files after audit data is
collected:

DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath /home/archive_dir -extractionpath /

home/extract_dir -audittrailcleanup yes -databasepartition yes

Example 4: The following command creates an ASCII file for the specified nodes
(0, 1, and 2) of the database instance with Database Partition Feature setup,
places the file in the /home/extract_dir directory, and deletes the archive files
after audit data is collected:

DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath /home/archive_dir -extractionpath /

home/extract_dir -audittrailcleanup yes -databasepartition yes -
nodes 0 1 2

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Example 5: The following command creates an ASCII file for all the nodes of the
TOOLSDB database with Database Partition Feature setup, places the file in the /home/
extract_dir directory, and deletes the archive files after audit data is collected:

DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath /home/archive_dir -extractionpath /home/

extract_dir -audittrailcleanup yes -databasename TOOLSDB -
databasepartition yes

Example 6: The following command creates an ASCII file for the specified nodes (0, 1,
and 2) of the TOOLSDB database with Database Partition Feature setup, places the file
in the /home/extract_dir directory, and deletes the archive files after audit data is
collected:

DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath /home/archive_dir -extractionpath /home/

extract_dir -audittrailcleanup yes -databasename TOOLSDB -
databasepartition yes -nodes 0 1 2

To schedule the script to run automatically, follow these guidelines:

• UNIX: Use the crontab UNIX utility. Provide the same information that you would provide
using the parameters described previously when you normally run the script.
• Microsoft Windows: Use the Windows Scheduler. Provide the archive directory path (for
release 9.5 databases only), extraction path, and target database name in the scheduled
task.

7.5.10 Configuring Audit Trail Collection for Oracle Real Application

Clusters
You can configure audit trail collection for Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC).
Configure a SCAN listener for the RAC and use the SCAN listener IP as the single IP during
target registration.
To configure Audit Trail collection for Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), follow these
guidelines.

Audit Trail Type Number of Audit Trails

TABLE To configure table trail audit data collection from Oracle RAC environment, 1
audit trail is sufficient.
DIRECTORY To configure directory audit data collection from Oracle RAC environment,
separate audit trails are required. The trail location must be different
directories in the shared storage of the Oracle RAC environment.
TRANSACTION LOG To configure Transaction Log audit data collection from Oracle RAC
environment, 1 audit trail is sufficient.

See Also:
Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection to configure an audit trail.

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7.5.11 Configuring Audit Trail Collection for CDBs and PDBs

Learn about configuring audit trail collection for CDBs and PDBs.
Oracle Database can work as Container Database (CDB) or Pluggable Databases
(PDB). A PDB is a portable collection of schemas, schema objects, and nonschema
objects that appears to an Oracle Net client as a non-CDB. All Oracle databases
before Oracle Database 12c are non-CDB.
The PDB and CDB can be registered as targets. Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall supports CDB and PDB level audit collection. To collect audit data from
multiple PDB instances within a CDB, adopt either one of the following approaches:
Approach 1: Create a separate target for each PDB instance and create audit trail for
each PDB target, which collects data from UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL table.

Approach 2: Create one target for the CDB and create audit trail which collects data
from CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL table.

Note:

• In Oracle AVDF 20 data will be collected from

CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL, only if all the PDBs are up and running.
• CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL provides audit records from all PDB
instances in a multitenant environment. The performance of audit
collection from CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL is lower than audit collection
from UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL of every PDB instance. If the number of audit
records generated per day in CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL is higher than 8
million, then configure audit collection from UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL of
every PDB instance.

To configure Audit Trail collection for CDB or PDB, follow these guidelines:

Audit Trail Type Guidelines

TABLE • Audit records specific to CDB activities can be collected from
UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL table of the CDB target. Audit records
corresponding to CDB activities and all PDB activities can be
collected from CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL.
• Every PDB stores it's own audit data in it's own
UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL table which does not contain audit data
of other PDBs. Separate audit trails can be configured for the PDB
target to collect data corresponding to that specific PDB only.
• For PDB target, collection from CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL is
not supported.
Note:
Audit collection from CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL is supported in
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Audit Trail Type Guidelines

DIRECTORY • Audit from directory trail can be collected for CDB, by providing
directory trail location as <value of AUDIT_FILE_DEST>
(database parameter).
• Audit from directory trail can be collected for each PDB, by
providing directory trail location as <value of
AUDIT_FILE_DEST>/<GUID of the PDB>.
Note:
If you are using a multitenant container database (CDB) in Oracle
Database 12c, then for a CDB you must register a target for the CDB
as well as for every PDB.

CDB Trail Enhancement in Oracle AVDF 20.2

In Oracle AVDF 20.2.0.0.0 (or 20 RU2), audit data is collected from
CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL for PDBs that are up and running, even if some of the PDBs are
down. When a PDB is down, the data corresponding to the PDB with status down is not
visible in CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL. When the PDB which was earlier down comes up, then
the data corresponding to the specific PDB is collected from CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL.

If any PDB is down, then the last archive timestamp is not set on the
CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL, even if other PDBs are up and running. Hence those records that
have already been read by the audit trail are not purged from the CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL
and this can lead to severe performance degradation of the audit trail.
If there are any PDBs that are permanently taken down or taken down for few days, then they
must be specified in the AV.COLLECTOR.IGNORE_PDB_IF_DOWN_LIST target attribute. The value
of the AV.COLLECTOR.IGNORE_PDB_IF_DOWN_LIST target attribute is a list of PDBs separated
by a colon. For example, PDB1:PDB2:PDB5.

If a PDB is down, but is present in the AV.COLLECTOR.IGNORE_PDB_IF_DOWN_LIST, then the

audit trail ignores the specific PDB if it is down and sets the last archive timestamp on the
CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL if all the other PDBs are up and running.

Audit data collection from PDBs which are mentioned in the

AV.COLLECTOR.IGNORE_PDB_IF_DOWN_LIST is not completely accurate. Some of the audit
records for these PDBs may be missed. It is also possible that the data is purged from these
PDBs, depending on when the last archive timestamp was set.
If there is a PDB with status down, that was present in the
AV.COLLECTOR.IGNORE_PDB_IF_DOWN_LIST, and has to brought up, then first remove it from
AV.COLLECTOR.IGNORE_PDB_IF_DOWN_LIST. Wait for 10 minutes so that the audit trail reads
and processes the updated AV.COLLECTOR.IGNORE_PDB_IF_DOWN_LIST attribute. After
approximately 10 minutes, bring up the PDB. This ensures that all future records are
successfully collected from this PDB without any data loss.

See Also:
Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection to configure an audit trail.

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7.5.12 Migrating Audit Trails from Agentless Collection to Agent-Based

Collection
In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, use this procedure to migrate audit trails from
agentless collection to agent-based collection (for example, if you decide to pair the
Audit Vault Server for high availability).
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Console as an administrator.
2. Stop the audit trail that you need to migrate.
See Stopping, Starting, and Autostart of Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server.
3. On the Audit Trails page, record the time in the Data Collected Until column for
the audit trail.
This indicates the time and date until which audit records have been collected.
4. On the target database or machine, purge the audit records that have already
been collected.
See Audit Trail Cleanup.
5. Delete the audit trail that you need to migrate.
See Deleting an Audit Trail.
6. Create a new audit trail for the target and select Agent-based Collection when
adding the audit trail.
See Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection.

Note:
If records that have already been collected by the agentless collection
service are not deleted from the target, then the newly created agent-based
audit trail will collect duplicate records.
Even after following the preceding steps, there's a possibility that a small set
of duplicate data will be collected.

7.6 Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points

Learn about configuring Database Firewall monitoring points.

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Note:
If you are using Transparent Application Failover (TAF), Fast Application Notification
(FAN), or the Oracle Notification Service (ONS), then SQL commands are not sent
through this channel. There is no need to route them through Oracle Database
Firewall. ONS communications bypass the Database Firewall and connect directly
to the ONS listener. ONS communications, including destination host and port, are
configured in the ons.config properties file located on the ONS server.

7.6.1 About Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points for Targets

Learn about configuring Database Firewall monitoring points for the target.
If you are monitoring databases with a Database Firewall, you must configure one monitoring
point for every target database that you want to monitor with the firewall. The monitoring point
configuration allows you to specify:
• Firewall monitoring mode
• Database Firewall used for the monitoring point
• Identify the target database being monitored
• Network traffic sources to the database
Oracle Database Firewall can be deployed in the following modes:
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band) - In this deployment mode, Oracle Database Firewall can
monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL statements.
• Monitoring (Host Monitor) - In this deployment mode, Oracle Database Firewall can
monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL statements.
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) - In this deployment mode the Database Firewall can
monitor, alert, block, and substitute SQL statements.
Before configuring monitoring points, configure network traffic sources as part of database
firewall configuration.

See Also:
Configuring the Database Firewall and Its Traffic Sources on Your Network

7.6.2 Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point

Learn about creating and configuring Database Firewall monitoring points.
Configure Database Firewall monitoring points using the Audit Vault Server console. If you
have configured a resilient pair of Audit Vault Servers, configure the monitoring points on the
primary server.

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Prerequisites
• The Database Firewall instances must be paired before configuring the monitoring
points, targets, and policies.
• Ensure that you have configured traffic sources on the Database Firewall you plan
to use for this monitoring point. See Configuring the Database Firewall and Its
Traffic Sources on Your Network for more information.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Select and click the target you wish to modify.
4. From the Database Firewall Monitoring section on the main page, click on Add.
The Database Firewall Monitor dialog is displayed.
5. In the Basic tab (for 20.3 or later the name of the tab is Core), enter the name for
this Database Firewall instance or select one from the list.
6. Select a Mode from the following:
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band)
• Monitoring (Host Monitor)
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)
7. In the Network Interface Card field, select one from the list. For Monitoring
(Host Monitor) mode, see Creating a Monitoring Point for the Host Monitor Agent.
8. Select the Proxy Ports from the list for Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode.
This field does not apply to other modes of Database Firewall deployment.
9. In the Connection Details section, select one or more targets. You can Add the
targets from the list.

Note:

• Select the RAC Instance/Autonomous DB check box (RAC

Instance check box in Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier) if the target is
Oracle Real Application Clusters. Select this option for Oracle
Databases where the monitoring point is in Monitoring / Blocking
(Proxy) mode. For Monitoring (Out-of-Band) mode, uncheck this
box. Enter the IP address of the individual RAC node in Target
Connections field.
• Select the Network Interface Card and Proxy Ports for
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode. The proxy port is not
applicable for monitoring only modes.

Enter the following information for each network location of the database. Click the
Add button to configure the following additional details of the target instance:
• Host Name / IP Address

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Note:
For an Oracle RAC target, if the RAC Instance/Autonomous DB check
box (RAC Instance check box in Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier) is selected,
enter the FQDN of the SCAN Listener as the host name.

• Port
• Service Name (Optional, for Oracle Database only). SID can be used in this field. To
enter multiple service names and/or SIDs, enter a new line for each of them, and
then click Add. Multiple entries are allowed for monitoring only mode. For
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode, only one target detail is allowed. To enforce
different Database Firewall policies for different service names or SIDs on the same
database, create a separate monitoring point, and register a separate target for each
of the service name or SID.

Note:
Targets are listed here with the policy details. Choose the right deployment
mode as per the requirement. Choose Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) for
monitoring, blocking, and alerting. Choose Monitoring (Out-of-Band) or
Monitoring (Host Monitor) modes for monitoring and alerting only.

10. In the Advanced tab, enter the number of Database Firewall Monitor Threads
(minimum and default value is 1). This controls the number of traffic handling threads in
the Database Firewall monitoring point. Use due caution before modifying the value.
11. If the target database is an Oracle Database and Mode is selected as Monitoring /
Blocking (proxy), the check box for Block Traffic for Unregistered Service Names is
available for selection. When this check box is selected, Database Firewall blocks
sessions that use service names other than the one that is configured in the target
Connection Details section.
12. If the database client and server are communicating over the TLS protocol, enable TLS.

With this option, the Database Firewall acts as a TLS proxy. It serves as a TLS server for
the database client and acts as a TLS client to the database server. The Database
Firewall and the Audit Vault Server have access to the decrypted SQL traffic for further
analysis. This feature applies only for Database Firewalls that are deployed in
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode.
a. Select Enable TLS support.

Note:
If you select this option, the Decrypt With Native Network Encryption
Key check box is hidden.

b. In Oracle AVDF release 20.8 and later, select the certificate type under Inbound TLS
(From client to DBFW).
The TLS protocol uses the certificate to authenticate the communication participant.
You can use the default certificate that is signed by the Database Firewall or a
certificate that is signed by an external Certificate Authority (CA).

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c. If you use the default self-signed certificate, then click Download DBFW
Certificate.
You need to install this certificate on the database client to enable Database
Firewall authentication.
d. If you use the external CA signed certificate, then select the certificate from
the drop-down list.
e. Select the cipher suite level.
Level 4 - strongest, is the default.
f. If you don't need database client authentication, then deselect Client
Authentication.
This option is available only for the inbound connection. The outbound
connection is always authenticated. If you deselect this option, the Client
Trusted Certificates button is disabled.
g. To manage certificates for client authentication, click Client Trusted
Certificates.
h. Click Choose File and select the certificate on the local machine.
i. Click Open to load the certificate and add it to the Database Firewall.
The details of the uploaded certificate appear in the dialog box.
j. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.
k. Follow a similar process to select and manage certificates and the cipher suite
level under Outbound TLS (From DBFW to Database).
To manage the certificates for server authentication, click Database Trusted
Certificates.
13. If Oracle Database uses native network encryption, select Decrypt With Native
Network Encryption Key to enable the decryption of traffic.

Note:
If the Enable TLS support check box is selected, the Decrypt With
Native Network Encryption Key check box is hidden.
For Oracle AVDF release 20.5 and earler, the check box is Decrypt With
Network Native Encryption Key.

This option also supports the retrieval of session information for Oracle Database.
Complete the remaining fields as applicable.
For Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) targets (if the RAC Instance/
Autonomous DB check box is selected on the Core tab), enter the SCAN
Listener IP address.
(In Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier, it's the RAC Instance check box, and in Oracle
AVDF 20.2 and earlier, it's the Basic tab.)
For Oracle standalone database targets, enter the IP address of the database
listener.

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For other database types (non-Oracle), the field is Retrieve session information from
target DB.

Note:
Ensure that the Database Firewall is allowed to make a network connection to
the database listener.

14. Select the check box for Capture Database Response field. If you check this field, the
Database Firewall monitors the SQL response from the database. Select Full Error
Message check box to capture the database response codes and error codes.
15. Click Save at the bottom of the dialog to save the configuration of the monitoring point.

The new monitoring point appears in the list and starts automatically.

Note:
Default Database Firewall Policy will be applied for this Database
Firewall Monitoring Point. This message is displayed at the bottom of the
dialog.

16. Click Save in the main page.

17. To stop or restart the monitoring point, select it from the Database Firewall Monitoring
section and click Stop or Start.

Note:
When you use the Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode, you must configure any
external devices that use IP or MAC address spoofing detection rules such that they
ignore database IP or MAC address changes made by the Database Firewall.

See Also:

• High Availability in Oracle AVDF for details on configuring a resilient pair of

servers.
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Concepts Guide for more information
on different modes.
• Configuring Network Settings for more information on traffic sources.
• Configuring the Database Firewall As a Traffic Proxy

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7.6.3 Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point

After you create a Database Firewall monitoring point, you can modify the settings,
enable database response monitoring, monitor native network encrypted traffic for
Oracle Database, and host monitoring.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click Targets tab.
The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Select and click on a specific target from the list.
4. From the Database Firewall Monitoring section on the main page, click the name
of the monitoring point you want to modify.
5. In the Database Firewall Monitor dialog, you can change some of the settings.
6. Select a different Mode from the following:
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band) - In this deployment mode, Database Firewall can
monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL
statements.
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) - In this deployment mode, the Database
Firewall can block or substitute SQL statements.
• Monitoring (Host Monitor) - In this deployment mode, Database Firewall can
monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL
statements.

Note:

• For Oracle AVDF 20.2 and earlier, while configuring the Monitoring
(Host Monitor) deployment mode, you must select a network
interface card that is not used as a Management Interface.
• For Oracle AVDF release 20.3 and later, while configuring the
Monitoring (Host Monitor) deployment mode, you must select a
NIC which has an IP address configured. This may be the
Management Interface. This is the NIC to which the Host Monitor
Agent will connect. When you select Monitoring (Host Monitor) as
the deployment type, only those network interface cards which have
IP address configured are displayed in the Network Interface Card
field.

7. Select a different traffic source in the field Network Interface Card.

8. In the Advanced tab, enter the number of Database Firewall Monitor Threads
(minimum value is 1). This controls the number of traffic handling threads in the
Database Firewall monitoring point. This value should be left at the default (1)
unless there are indications that the Database Firewall is unable to cope with the
amount of traffic it is receiving.
9. If the target database is an Oracle Database and Mode is selected as
Monitoring / Blocking (proxy), the check box for Block Traffic for Unregistered
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Database Firewall blocks sessions that use service names other than the one that is
configured in the target Connection Details section.
10. If the database client and server are communicating over the TLS protocol, enable TLS.

With this option, the Database Firewall acts as a TLS proxy. It serves as a TLS server for
the database client and acts as a TLS client to the database server. The Database
Firewall and the Audit Vault Server have access to the decrypted SQL traffic for further
analysis. This feature applies only for Database Firewalls that are deployed in
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode.
a. Select Enable TLS support.

Note:
If you select this option, the Decrypt With Native Network Encryption
Key check box is hidden.

b. In Oracle AVDF release 20.8 and later, select the certificate type under Inbound TLS
(From client to DBFW).
The TLS protocol uses the certificate to authenticate the communication participant.
You can use the default certificate that is signed by the Database Firewall or a
certificate that is signed by an external Certificate Authority (CA).
c. If you use the default self-signed certificate, then click Download DBFW Certificate.
You need to install this certificate on the database client to enable Database Firewall
authentication.
d. If you use the external CA signed certificate, then select the certificate from the drop-
down list.
e. Select the cipher suite level.
Level 4 - strongest, is the default.
f. If you don't need database client authentication, then deselect Client
Authentication.
This option is available only for the inbound connection. The outbound connection is
always authenticated. If you deselect this option, the Client Trusted Certificates
button is disabled.
g. To manage certificates for client authentication, click Client Trusted Certificates.
h. Click Choose File and select the certificate on the local machine.
i. Click Open to load the certificate and add it to the Database Firewall.
The details of the uploaded certificate appear in the dialog box.
j. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.
k. Follow a similar process to select and manage certificates and the cipher suite level
under Outbound TLS (From DBFW to Database).
To manage the certificates for server authentication, click Database Trusted
Certificates.
11. If Oracle Database uses native network encryption, select Decrypt With Native Network
Encryption Key to enable the decryption of traffic.

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Note:
If the Enable TLS support check box is selected, the Decrypt With
Native Network Encryption Key check box is hidden.
For Oracle AVDF release 20.5 and earler, the check box is Decrypt With
Network Native Encryption Key.

This option also supports the retrieval of session information for Oracle Database.
Complete the remaining fields as applicable.
For Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) targets (if the RAC Instance/
Autonomous DB check box is selected on the Core tab), enter the SCAN
Listener IP address.
(In Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier, it's the RAC Instance check box, and in Oracle
AVDF 20.2 and earlier, it's the Basic tab.)
For Oracle standalone database targets, enter the IP address of the database
listener.
For other database types (non-Oracle), the field is Retrieve session information
from target DB.

Note:
Ensure that the Database Firewall is allowed to make a network
connection to the database listener.

12. Select the check box for Capture Database Response field. If you check this
field, the Database Firewall monitors the SQL response from the database. Select
Full Error Message check box to capture the database response codes and error
codes.
13. Click Save at the bottom of the dialog to save the configuration of the monitoring
point.
14. Click Save in the main page.

See Also:

• Creating TLS Proxy Certificates for Database Firewall

• Configuring and Using Database Response Monitoring
• Configuring Advanced Settings for Database Firewall

7.6.4 Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring

Points
Learn about starting, stopping, and deleting Database Firewall monitoring points.

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1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

2. Click the Targets tab.
3. Click on a specific target. The details of the target are displayed on the main page.
4. Under Database Firewall Monitoring tab, select a specific Database Firewall monitoring
point.
5. Click one of the following buttons:
• Start - To start the monitoring point
• Stop - To stop the monitoring point
• Delete - To delete the monitoring point

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

7.6.5 Viewing the Status of Database Firewall Monitoring Points

Learn about viewing Database Firewall monitoring point status.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
3. Select a specific target. The details of the specific target are displayed on the main page.
4. Under Database Firewall Monitoring section, click on a specific Database Firewall
monitoring point.
A list of monitoring points and their status is displayed. Possible status values are:
• Up - The monitoring point is up and running, and there are no errors.
• Suspended - The user has stopped the monitoring point, and there are no errors.
• Down - The monitoring point is not working, probably due to errors.
• Unreachable - There are communication errors between the Database Firewall and
the Audit Vault Server.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

7.6.6 Finding the Port Number Used by a Database Firewall Monitoring

Point
Learn about finding Database Firewall monitoring point port numbers.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.

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3. Select a specific target. The details of the specific target are displayed on the main
page.
4. Under Database Firewall Monitoring section, click on a specific Database
Firewall monitoring point.
5. The port number is displayed in the field Proxy Ports.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

7.6.7 Configuring a Database Firewall to Connect to an Oracle

Autonomous Database
Learn how to configure a Database Firewall to connect to an Oracle Autonomous
Database.
Prerequisite: Log in to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) account and download
the wallet credentials ZIP file that is associated with the user account.
1. Create a TLS-enabled Database Firewall monitoring point for the Oracle
Autonomous Database target.
• On the Core tab, select RAC Instance/Autonomous DB.
• On the Advanced tab, select Enable TLS support.
For complete instructions, see Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall
Monitoring Point.
2. Complete the TLS configuration for inbound connections.
See Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point.
3. Import the wallet ZIP file that is associated with the user account (which you
downloaded earlier) to the Database Firewall instance.
a. Copy the wallet ZIP file to the file system on the Database Firewall (for
example, /tmp/Wallet_DBXXXXXXXXXX.zip).
b. Log in to the Database Firewall through SSH and switch to the root user.
c. Extract the contents of the wallet ZIP file.

unzip /tmp/Wallet_DBXXXXXXXXXX.zip -d my_cloud_wallet

d. Run the following command to deploy the wallet for the appropriate Database
Firewall secured target:

/opt/avdf/bin/deploy-wallet <PATH-TO-UNZIPPED-CLOUD-WALLET>
<SECURED-TARGET-NAME>

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Note:
To view the list of all available secured targets, run the following command:

/opt/avdf/bin/deploy-wallet --list-targets

7.7 Configuring Stored Procedure Auditing (SPA)

Learn about configuring stored procedure auditing (SPA).
Stored procedure auditing (SPA) enables Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall auditors
to audit changes to stored procedures on target databases. Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall connects to the database server at scheduled intervals and discovers any changes
or additions that have been made to stored procedures.
To enable SPA, you simply configure the user account privileges necessary for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall to do stored procedure auditing on a target. Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall provides scripts for setting up these privileges. Run the scripts specific
to the target type.
An Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall auditor can view changes to stored procedures
in reports if the auditor enables Stored Procedure Auditing in the target configuration.

See Also:

• Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Targets

• Supported Targets for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide

7.8 Configuring Database Firewall for Databases That Use

Native Network Encryption
Learn about monitoring native network encrypted traffic for Oracle Database.
You can monitor native network encrypted traffic for Oracle Database to obtain the name of
the database user, operating system, and client program that originated a SQL statement, if
this information is not available from the network traffic. This information is then made
available in the reports.

Note:
In order to fetch the session information successfully, the target database should
have configuration to do a reverse DNS lookup under certain cases where client
machine is a Windows instance or uses network host names.

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To configure monitoring of native network encrypted traffic for Oracle Database, follow
the steps in this section.

7.8.1 Step 1: Apply the Specified Patch to the Oracle Database

Learn how to apply the specified patch to Oracle Database.

Note:
This step is not required for Oracle Database versions 11.2.0.4 or later. For
all versions prior to 11.2.0.4, apply the patch specified in this section on the
Oracle Database that is using Network Encryption.

To apply the patch:

1. Shut down the Oracle Database.
2. Get the patch identified by the bug number 13051081.
The patch file will be in the format: p13051081_OracleVersion_Platform.zip. For
example: p13051081_112030_Linux-x86-64.zip
3. Unzip the patch .zip file in a directory, identified here as Patch_Directory.
4. Go to the directory Patch_Directory/13051081.
5. Execute the command:
$ opatch apply
6. Start the Oracle Database.

7.8.2 Step 2: Run the Oracle Advance Security Integration Script

Learn how to run the Oracle Advance Security integration script.
To run the Network Encryption integration script:
1. From the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall utilities file dbfw-utility.zip
(downloaded with the software), copy the database directory to a location from
which you can connect to the Oracle Database being patched.
2. In this location, go to the database/ddi directory and uncompress one of the two
oracle compressed files (both contain the same content), preferably into a
directory called oracle.
This directory now contains the uncompressed file:
advanced_security_integration.sql.
3. Execute the following command as a user with privileges to create users and grant
privileges.
sqlplus / as sysdba @advanced_security_integration <param1> <param2>
<param3>
where <param1> is the schema or username
<param2> is the password to be set for the username

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<param3> valid values are ASO and SESSION_INFO

ASO retrieves native network encryption key and session information.
SESSION_INFO retrieves session information.

Note:
The third parameter (<param3>) is mandatory. In case it is missed, the system
prompts with a help message.
In case value of the third parameter (<param3>) is incorrect, the following help
message is displayed:

Invalid value is provided for <param3>

The valid values are ASO, SESSION_INFO.
ASO retrieves oracle native network encryption key and session
information
SESSION_INFO retrieves session information

7.8.3 Step 3: Provide the Database Firewall Public Key to Oracle Database
Learn how to provide Database Firewall public keys to Oracle Database.
In order to decrypt traffic using native network encrypted traffic for Oracle Database, you
must provide the Database Firewall public key.
To provide the public key to the Oracle Database:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
2. Click Database Firewall tab.
3. Click the specific Database Firewall instance from the list.
4. Click Oracle Native Encryption under Configuration section.
5. Click Copy Key to copy the public key and paste it into a text file. For example,
dbfw_public_key.txt.
Each Database Firewall has its own public key. In a case where you have Database
Firewall high availability or monitoring point resiliency, when you have more than one
Database Firewall monitoring this target, each Database Firewall public key must be
copied and appended to the dbfw_public_key.txt file.
Note: For security purposes the dbfw_public_key.txt file must have the same access
permissions as the sqlnet.ora file on the Oracle Database server.
6. Modify the sqlnet.ora file in the Oracle Database to include the public key and to require
native network traffic encryption:
a. Put the file you created in the earlier step on the Oracle Database server, preferably
in the same directory as the sqlnet.ora file.
b. Open the sqlnet.ora file and append the following parameters (in this example the
public key file is dbfw_public_key.txt):

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SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_TYPES_SERVER=AES256
SQLNET.DBFW_PUBLIC_KEY="/path_to_file/dbfw_public_key.txt"
SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER=REQUIRED

Note:

• If the sqlnet.ora file contains the optional parameter

SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_CLIENT, its value must not be REJECTED.
Otherwise, an error will occur.
• The parameter SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER must never have the
value REJECTED.

c. Save and close the sqlnet.ora file.

See Also:
Oracle Database Security Guide for more information on network encryption.

7.8.4 Step 4: Enable Native Network Encrypted Traffic Monitoring for

Oracle Database
You can enable native network encrypted traffic monitoring for Oracle Database.
Follow the procedure in Monitor Native Network Encrypted Traffic Through Database
Firewall for Oracle Databases to complete the configuration for Oracle Databases that
use network encryption.

7.9 Configuring Advanced Settings for Database Firewall

Learn about configuring database connection details under advanced options.

7.9.1 About Native Network Encryption for Oracle Databases

Learn about using native network encryption for Oracle Databases.
If you are using the Database Firewall to monitor an Oracle Database target that uses
network encryption, then you must use native network encryption monitoring in order
to decrypt statements sent to, and responses received from, that database so they can
be analyzed.

Limitations on Decryption of Oracle Database Statements

Configuring Audit Vault and Database Firewall to decrypt traffic with Network
Encryption has the following limitations:
• There is no statement substitution in Audit Vault and Database Firewall when
Network Encryption checksum is used.
• There is no support for Network Encryption RC4 cipher.

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• Supported versions of Oracle Database.

• Database Firewall doesn't support running the Oracle Advance Security Integration Script
on root container databases (CDB$ROOT). It also doesn't monitor and apply policies on
traffic with native network encryption for root container databases (CDB$ROOT).

See Also:
Configuring Database Firewall for Databases That Use Native Network Encryption

7.9.2 Monitor Native Network Encrypted Traffic Through Database Firewall

for Oracle Databases
Learn how to enable monitoring of native network encrypted traffic through Database Firewall
for Oracle Databases.
This functionality enables Database Firewall to monitor native network encrypted traffic for
supported Oracle Database targets.

Note:
Native Network Encrypted traffic monitoring was earlier known as Database
Interrogation.

Prerequisite
Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator. See Using Audit Vault Server
Console for more information.
To enable this functionality for a Database Firewall monitoring point:
1. Click the Targets tab. The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected.
2. Click on the specific target. The details of the target are displayed on the main page.
3. Under Database Firewall Monitoring section, select the monitoring point for which
native network encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
4. In the Advanced tab, select the check box Decrypt With Native Network Encryption
Key, for enabling decryption of traffic if Oracle Database is using Native Network
Encryption. Decrypt with native network encryption key option also supports retrieval of
session information for Oracle Database. Fill in the remaining fields as applicable.
For an Oracle RAC target (if the RAC Instance/Autonomous DB check box is selected
on the Core tab), enter the SCAN Listener IP address.
(In Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier, it's the RAC Instance check box, and in Oracle AVDF
20.2 and earlier, it's the Basic tab.)
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Note:
Ensure the Database Firewall is allowed to make a network connection
to the above mentioned database listener.

5. Once the above mentioned field is checked, the following fields are populated.
Enter the values in the appropriate fields.
• Host Name / IP Address - Enter the host name or the IP address of the target
database. For Oracle standalone Database targets, enter the IP address of the
database host machine. For Oracle RAC target, enter the SCAN Listener IP
address.
• Port - Enter the port number of the target database.
• Service Name - Enter the service name of the database or database instance.
• User Name - Enter the user name that was set up for this target.
• Password - Enter the password for the user name.
6. Click Save.

7.9.3 Disabling Encrypted Traffic Monitoring for Oracle Databases

Learn about disabling encrypted traffic monitoring for Oracle Databases.
You can temporarily disable encrypted traffic monitoring. Oracle AVDF saves the
configuration information that you have created for the next time that you want to
enable it.
To disable encrypted traffic monitoring:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab. The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected.
3. Click on the specific target. The details of the target are displayed on the main
page.
4. Under Database Firewall Monitoring section, select the monitoring point for
which native network encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be disabled.
Alternatively, navigate to Database Firewalls tab and then click Database
Firewall Monitoring tab in the left navigation menu. A list of monitoring points are
displayed on the page. The list can be sorted or filtered. Select the monitoring
point for which native network encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be disabled.
5. In the Advanced tab, uncheck the box against Decrypt With Native Network
Encryption Key for disabling decryption of traffic if Oracle Database is using
Native Network Encryption. Upon deselection the remaining fields disappear.
6. Click Save.

See Also:
Changing the Database Firewall Host Name

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7.9.4 Retrieve Session Information for Non Oracle Databases

Learn how to obtain session information for non Oracle databases.
You can retrieve session information for non Oracle databases like Microsoft SQL Server and
Sybase SQL Anywhere database to obtain the name of the database user, operating system,
and client program that originated a SQL statement. Enable this functionality only if this
information is not available from the network traffic. This information is then made available in
the reports.
While configuring this functionality choose the field Retrieve session information from
target DB in the Advanced tab.

7.9.4.1 Setting Permissions to Retrieve Session Information in Microsoft SQL Server

Learn about retrieving session information in Microsoft SQL Server.
1. Create a user account for Oracle AVDF for querying session information on the database.
This database should be registered as a target in the Audit Vault Server console.
Make a note of the user name and password for this account.
2. Grant the following permissions to the user account you created in the previous step:
• VIEW ANY DEFINITION and VIEW SERVER STATE for SQL Server
• SELECT on the master.dbo.sysdatabases table
3. Enable retrieving session information for the Database Firewall monitoring point that is
associated with this target database, using the credentials created in the earlier step.
Ensure the following steps are accurate while registering Microsoft SQL Server as a
target.
• In the User Name field, enter the user name of the user created in the earlier step.
• In the Password field, enter the password of the user.
• In the Host Name / IP Address field, enter the IP address of the SQL Server.
• In the Port field, enter the port of the SQL server listening port.
• In the Database Name field, enter a valid database service name on SQL Server. In
case the database service name is not correct, then SQL server DDI requests fail on
the SQL Server with invalid request error.

See Also:
Monitor Native Network Encrypted Traffic Through Database Firewall for Oracle
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7.9.4.2 Setting Permissions to Retrieve Session Information in Sybase SQL

Anywhere Database
Learn about retrieving session information in Sybase SQL Anywhere databases.

Note:
Before you can use Sybase SQL Anywhere, you must download and install
the SQL Anywhere ODBC driver for Linux.

1. Create a user account Oracle AVDF for querying session information on the
database. This database should be registered as a target in the Audit Vault Server
console.
Make a note of the user name and password for this account.
2. Grant the following permissions to the user account created in the earlier step:
• CONNECT
• SELECT on these system tables:
sys.sysuser
sys.sysuserauthority
sys.sysremoteuser
sys.sysloginmap
sys.sysgroup

3. Enable retrieving session information for the Database Firewall monitoring point
that is associated with this target database, using the credentials created in the
earlier step.

See Also:
Monitor Native Network Encrypted Traffic Through Database Firewall for
Oracle Databases

7.10 Monitoring TLS Encrypted SQL Traffic

Learn how to enable monitoring of TLS encrypted SQL traffic between the database
clients and Oracle Database.

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Note:

• This functionality does not support database clients using PKI authentication.
• This functionality is not supported for Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) as
a target in Oracle AVDF release 20.7.
• This functionality is supported for Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) as a
target starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.8.
• The Database Firewall acts as a proxy and terminates TLS session from the
database clients. In all cases, Database Firewall becomes the client for the
database server.
• Native Network Encryption is disabled in case this functionality is enabled.

7.10.1 Using Default Self Signed Certificates Created During Monitoring

Point Creation
Learn how to use self signed certificates created by default when creating a Database
Firewall monitoring point.
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, Database Firewall supports monitoring of TLS
encrypted SQL traffic between the database client and Oracle Database. Database Firewall
acts a TLS proxy terminating the session from the database client and creating a new TLS
outbound session to the database server. Different TLS levels can be set for:
1. Inbound connection from the database client to Database Firewall
2. Outbound connection from Database Firewall to Oracle Database
TLS Level-4 is the strictest and set by default. Mutual authentication is enabled by default for
both inbound and outbound connections.
Database Firewall decrypts the network traffic from the database clients, extracts SQL traffic,
and acts on the SQL statements based on the configured policies. It creates a new TLS
session to the database server if the traffic needs to be passed on.

Note:
For production instances it is recommended to use third party CA signed certificates
than self signed certificates as per your organizational policy.

Follow these steps to enable TLS encrypted traffic monitoring capability for a target database:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab. The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected.
3. Click the specific target. The details of the target are displayed on the main page.
4. Under Database Firewall Monitoring section, click Add to create a new monitoring
point. The Database Firewall Monitor dialog is displayed.
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6. Select Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) as the deployment mode from the list.
7. Enter the remaining details.
8. In the Advanced tab, select the check the box against Enable TLS Support field.
All the necessary self signed certificates for this monitoring point are created.
Mutual authentication is also enabled by default for inbound and outbound TLS
connections.
9. Complete the configuration of mutual authentication for the monitoring point.

See Also:

• Disabling Mutual Authentication for Inbound or Outbound TLS

Communication
• Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point
• About Setting Transport Layer Security Levels

7.10.2 Configuring Mutual Authentication for Inbound or Outbound

TLS Communication
Learn how to configure mutual authentication for inbound or outbound TLS
communication between the database clients and Oracle Database.
You can configure mutual authentication for TLS communication between:
1. Database client to Database Firewall (inbound connection)
2. Database Firewall to Oracle Database (outbound connection)
The configuration file for the Database Firewall monitoring point is /var/
dbfw/va/x/etc/appliance.conf. In this case x is the Database Firewall
monitoring point identifier. The database client always authenticates the associated
Database Firewall it is connecting to.
Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Database Firewall appliance.
2. Switch user to root.
3. Configure the mutual authentication of database client and Database Firewall by
following these steps:
a. Import the monitoring point inbound certificate (/usr/local/
dbfw/va/xx/pki/in/in.crt) into the key store of the database client as a
trusted CA certificate. In this case xx refers to the monitoring point identifier.
For Oracle Database clients, this involves importing the inbound certificate of
the monitoring point into the client's wallet. Refer to the SQLNET Administrator
Guide for complete information.
For other (non Oracle) database clients, refer to respective database
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b. Copy the database client's trusted CA certificate into the monitoring point's inbound
CA directory /usr/local/dbfw/va/xx/pki/in/ca.
In this case xx refers to the monitoring point identifier. The permissions of the CA
certificate for the clients must be 0440:dbfw:dbfw.
4. Configure the mutual authentication of Database Firewall and database server by
following these steps:
a. Configure mutual authentication for outbound TLS connection. Copy the trusted CA
certificate of the target database into the corresponding outbound CA directory of the
monitoring point /usr/local/dbfw/va/xx/pki/out/ca.
In this case xx refers to monitoring point identifier. The permissions of database CA
certificate must be 0440:dbfw:dbfw.
b. Import the outbound certificate of the monitoring point /usr/local/
dbfw/va/xx/pki/out/out.crt into the key store of the target database as
trusted CA certificate.
For Oracle Database target this involves importing the outbound CA certificate of the
monitoring point into wallet of the target database. Refer to the SQLNET
Administrator Guide for complete information.
For other (non Oracle) database clients, refer to respective database documentation.
5. Restart the services. Run the following commands to restart the monitoring points which
had changes to the configuration:

systemctl stop monitor

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl stop xx

systemctl start monitor

In this case xx refers to monitoring point identifier.

6. Test the connections. TLS connection initiated from the database client to the above
monitoring point should result in a successful connection.

See Also:

• Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point

• Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point
• About Setting Transport Layer Security Levels

7.10.3 Using External Certificates Signed by Certificate Authority

Learn how to use certificates signed by an external CA in Database Firewall.
You can use a certificate signed by an external Certification Authority (CA) based on your
organization policy. Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, Database Firewall supports

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external CA signed certificates for inbound and outbound TLS connections. Database
Firewall provides a utility (config-pki_identity) to generate a CSR (Certificate
Signing Request) which can be signed externally.
Follow these steps to use one pair of externally signed certificates for all Database
Firewall monitoring points:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Create Database Firewall monitoring points and enable TLS encrypted SQL traffic
monitoring. Select the appropriate TLS levels in the Inbound TLS (From client to
DBFW) and Outbound TLS (From DBFW to Database) sections. See Creating
and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point for details.
Relevant self signed certificates are created for these Database Firewall
monitoring points.
3. Connect to the Database Firewall through SSH as support user.
4. Switch user to root.
5. Delete the self signed certificates for above Database Firewall monitoring points
using the /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity utility.
6. Create a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) to be signed externally.

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Note:
Important aspects to be noted while creating a CSR:
• The alt_* values are optional, depending on the certificate usage
requirements.
• The key_path and cert_path directories must exist.
• The value of cert_uid/gid/mode must always be dbfw:dbfw:444.
• The value of key_uid/gid/mode must always be root:arbitercerts:440.
• Use the add command in /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
pki_identity utility to create a CSR.
For example: To create a CSR (in.csr) for the key (in.key), then use the
following:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity add \
key_path=/usr/local/dbfw/va/in.key \
cert_path=/usr/local/dbfw/va/in.csr \
cert_uid=dbfw \
cert_gid=dbfw \
cert_mode=444 \
key_uid=root \
key_gid=arbitercerts \
key_mode=440 \
common_name=test.certificate \
country=--- \
email=first.last@example.invalid \
locality=city \
organisation=company \
organisational_unit=group \
state=area \
alt_dns=foobar.example.org,foobar2.example.org \
alt_email=first.last2@example.invalid,first.last3@example.invalid
\
alt_ip='192.0.2.0,192.0.2.1' \
alt_uri=https://<exampleuri.1>,https://<exampleuri.2>

7. Use the example to create a /usr/local/dbfw/va/out.csr.

8. Get both the CSRs signed externally:
a. /usr/local/dbfw/va/in.csr
b. /usr/local/dbfw/va/out.csr
9. Copy both the externally signed certificates (in.crt and out.crt) to the /usr/
local/dbfw/va directory.

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10. Validate and import both the externally signed certificates using the following
example command:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity set cert_path=/usr/

local/dbfw/va/in.crt

11. Create a symbolic link for the in.crt from every Database Firewall monitoring
point inbound directory to /usr/local/dbfw/va/in.crt.

Note:
Add all the trusted certificates that constitute the certificate chain in the
corresponding pki/in/ca path before adding externally signed
certificate into pki/in path of a monitoring point.

12. Create a symbolic link for the in.key from every Database Firewall monitoring
point inbound directory to /usr/local/dbfw/va/in.key.
13. Create a symbolic link for the out.crt from every Database Firewall monitoring
point outbound directory to /usr/local/dbfw/va/out.crt.

Note:
Add all the trusted certificates that constitute the certificate chain in the
corresponding pki/out/ca path before adding externally signed
certificate into pki/out path of a monitoring point.

14. Create a symbolic link for the out.key from every Database Firewall monitoring
point outbound directory to /usr/local/dbfw/va/out.key.
For example:

ln -s /var/dbfw/va/in.crt /var/dbfw/va/xx/pki/in/in.crt ; ln -
s /var/dbfw/va/out.crt /var/dbfw/va/xx/pki/out/out.crt

In this case xx refers to the Database Firewall monitoring point identifier.

15. Configure mutual authentication for the inbound TLS connection. The inbound
connection is the connection from the database client to the Database Firewall.
16. Configure mutual authentication for the outbound TLS connection. The outbound
connection is the connection from the Database Firewall to Oracle Database.
17. Restart all the modified Database Firewall monitoring points.

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See Also:

• CONFIG-PKI_IDENTITY
• Disabling Mutual Authentication for Inbound or Outbound TLS
Communication
• Using Default Self Signed Certificates Created During Monitoring Point
Creation

7.10.4 Disabling Mutual Authentication for Inbound or Outbound TLS

Communication
Learn how to disable mutual authentication for inbound or outbound TLS communication
between the database clients and Oracle Database.
You can disable mutual authentication for TLS communication between:
1. Database client to Database Firewall (inbound connection)
2. Database Firewall to Oracle Database (outbound connection)
Mutual authentication can be optionally disabled for inbound or outbound TLS
communication. The configuration file for the Database Firewall monitoring point is /var/
dbfw/va/x/etc/appliance.conf. In this case x is the Database Firewall monitoring
point identifier. The database client always authenticates the associated Database Firewall it
is connecting to.
Follow these steps to disable mutual authentication for inbound TLS communication:
1. Modify the following value in the configuration file /var/dbfw/va/x/etc/
appliance.conf:
TLS_CLIENT_AUTH="0"
2. Import the Database Firewall monitoring point inbound certificate (/usr/local/
dbfw/va/xx/pki/in/in.crt or /usr/local/dbfw/va/in.crt) into the SQL
client's key store as a trusted CA certificate.
Note: For Oracle SQL clients this involves importing the Database Firewall monitoring
point CA certificate into the SQL client's wallet. Refer to the SQLNET Administrator Guide
for complete information. For other (non Oracle) SQL clients, refer to the respective
database documentation.
Database Firewall authenticates the database it is connecting to. Follow these steps to
disable mutual authentication for outbound TLS communication:
1. Modify the following value in the sqlnet.ora configuration file:
SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION = FALSE
2. Copy the trusted CA certificate of the target database into the corresponding Database
Firewall monitoring point's outbound CA directory (/usr/local/
dbfw/va/xx/pki/out/ca).

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See Also:

• Configuring Mutual Authentication for Inbound or Outbound TLS

Communication
• Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point
• Modifying a Database Firewall Monitoring Point
• About Setting Transport Layer Security Levels

7.10.5 Configuring a TLS Proxy for an Oracle Real Application

Clusters Database
Learn about additional steps that are required to configure a TLS proxy for Oracle Real
Application Clusters (Oracle RAC).
Oracle AVDF release 20.7 supports monitoring TLS encrypted SQL traffic between the
database clients and Oracle Database. Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.8, this
functionality is supported for Oracle RAC.
Prerequisites
• The database client must have a wallet that is configured with credentials to
communicate with the Oracle RAC database instance.
• The Oracle RAC database instance must have a wallet that is configured to
communicate with the client.
• The client and the Oracle RAC database instance must be able to connect by
using TCPS.
• You must have an externally created Oracle wallet for the Database Firewall to
use, and it must be configured with credentials to communicate with the Oracle
RAC database instance. See Managing Oracle Wallets with the orapki Utility for
creating and managing oracle wallets.
1. Create a TLS-enabled Database Firewall monitoring point for the Oracle RAC
target. Select Oracle RAC and TLS in the Audit Vault Server console. See
Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point.
2. Complete the TLS configuration for inbound connections. See Modifying a
Database Firewall Monitoring Point.
3. Import the externally created wallet to the Database Firewall instance.
a. Copy the externally created wallet to the file system in the Database Firewall
(for example, /tmp/my_rac_wallet).
b. Switch to the root user.
c. Run the following command to deploy the wallet for the appropriate Database
Firewall secured target:

/opt/avdf/bin/deploy-wallet <PATH-TO-WALLET>
<SECURED-TARGET-NAME>

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Note:
To view a list of all available secured targets, run the following command:

/opt/avdf/bin/deploy-wallet
--list-targets

7.10.6 (Optional) Enabling Common Name Verification for the Database

Server
In addition to verifying that the target database's certificate is valid, you can verify the
database server's common name from the database certificate. This verification matches the
server's common name against a set of allowed common names that you configure.
To enable this additional check of the database certificate's common name, follow these
steps:
1. Connect to the Database Firewall through SSH.
2. Switch to the root user.
3. Identify the secured target for which you want to enable this feature.
4. Edit the appliance.conf file for the secured target.
For example, in the following file path, x represents the monitoring point identifier: /usr/
local/dbfw/va/x/etc/appliance.conf
a. Locate the following keyword in the file: TLS_PROXY_OUTBOUND_ALLOWED_CN_LIST
b. Provide an allowed list of values in one of the following formats, depending on
whether the secured target type is an Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC)
database.

Secured Target Type Description of Allowed List Example

of Values

Non-Oracle RAC database Provide a list of allowed TLS_PROXY_OUTBOUND_AL

common names that the LOWED_CN_LIST =
Database Firewall is allowed "CN=<db_cn_name>:CN=<
to connect to other_db_cn_name>"

Oracle RAC database Provide the distinguished TLS_PROXY_OUTBOUND_AL

name for the peer RAC LOWED_CN_LIST =
database "CN=<db_cn_name>,
O=<db_org_name>,
L=<db_location_name>"

5. Save the edited configuration.

6. Restart the monitoring point.

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For instructions, see Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring

Points.

7.11 Configuring and Using Database Response Monitoring

Learn about configuring and using database response monitoring.

7.11.1 About Database Response Monitoring

Learn about database response monitoring.
Enabling the Database Response Monitoring feature enables Oracle Database
Firewall to record responses that the target database makes to login requests, logout
requests and SQL statements sent from database clients, as shown in Figure 7-1. This
feature allows you to determine whether the database executed logins, logouts and
statements successfully, and can provide useful information for audit and forensic
purposes.
Figure 7-1 illustrates the process flow of database response monitoring.

Figure 7-1 Database Response Monitoring

Database

Database
Client

Oracle
Database
Firewall

Database Responses
Login Requests Logout Requests
SQL Statements

The Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall auditor can view database responses in
audit reports.
Database Response Monitoring records database responses for all SQL statements,
logins, and logouts that are logged by the Database Firewall policy.
The information recorded includes the response interpreted by Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall (such as "statement fail"), the detailed status information from the
database, and the database response text (which may be displayed in the database
client).

Note:
The Event Status value in the reports is displayed only if Database
Response Monitoring is enabled for the respective monitoring point.

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7.11.2 Enabling Database Response Monitoring

Learn about enabling database response monitoring.
To enable database response monitoring for a target:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab. The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected.
3. Click on the specific target. The details of the target are displayed on the main page.
4. Under Database Firewall Monitoring section, select the monitoring point for which
native network encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
5. In the Database Firewall Monitor dialog, click the Advanced tab.
6. Select the check box against Capture Database Response field.
After this field is checked, the Full error message check box is displayed. If this field is
checked, any detailed error message text generated by the database is logged along with
the error code.
7. Click Save.

See Also:

• Working with Lists of Objects in the Audit Vault Server Console to sort or
filter the monitoring points list.
• Using Audit Vault Server Console
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide for more
information on configuring Firewall policies.

7.12 Securing the Agent and Oracle Database Target

Connection
Learn how secure the Agent and Oracle Database target connection.
Data security between an Audit Vault Agent and an Oracle Database target is achieved by
default, through network encryption over TCP connection. Data security can also be achieved
by using a TCPS/SSL connection.
If the target has been setup to accept TCPS/SSL connections, then follow these steps to
configure the Agent:
1. Ensure that in the target's sqlnet.ora file, the following parameters are set:
• SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER = REQUESTED, REJECTED, or the default, ACCEPTED.
• SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_SERVER = REJECTED or the default, ACCEPTED
2. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
3. Click the Targets tab.
4. In the left navigation menu, select Targets.

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5. Select the name of the target that you want to modify.

6. In the target page, do the following:
a. In the Audit Data Collection section, enter the details in Host Name/IP
Address, choose TCPS protocol, Server DN, and upload the wallet file.
b. Or alternately, select the Advanced option, choose TCPS protocol, upload the
wallet file, and then in the Target Location field, provide the TCPS connection
string.
For example:
jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCPS)(HOST=host_ip)
(PORT=port_number))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=service_name)
(SERVER=DEDICATED))(SECURITY= (SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN="dn")))

c. Click Save.

See Also:

• Oracle Database Net Services Reference for more information about the
parameters.
• Using Audit Vault Server Console

7.13 Upgrading the Target Database

If you're upgrading the target database, perform the following tasks to ensure that
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) continues to function
properly.
• If the Database Firewall is deployed in Monitoring/Blocking (Proxy) mode, then
stop the monitoring point of the target.
See Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring Points.
• Ensure that there are no changes to the database listener ports.
If the database listener ports have changed, then make the corresponding change
to the monitoring point and restart the network trail.
• If the target database details like the IP address and host name haven't changed,
then after the target database upgrade is complete, enable the monitoring point.
The traffic should flow through the monitoring point as before.
See Starting, Stopping, or Deleting Database Firewall Monitoring Points.
• Run the script on the target database to grant privileges after the database
upgrade is complete.
See Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Targets.

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When you deploy the Database Firewall in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode, the Host
Monitor Agent captures SQL traffic from the network interface card of the host machine that is
running the target database and securely forwards it the Database Firewall.

8.1 About Host Monitoring

You can deploy Database Firewall in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode.
Database Firewall monitors and analyzes the SQL traffic to the database. You can configure
Database Firewall in the following deployment modes:
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band)
• Monitoring (Host Monitor)
For descriptions of these deployment modes, see Introduction to Database Firewall
Deployment.
The Monitoring (Host Monitor) deployment mode requires a Host Monitor Agent to be
deployed on the host machine where the target database is running. You can configure the
Host Monitor Agent to capture SQL traffic on ports that the database is listening on. The Host
Monitor Agent can capture SQL traffic of multiple databases that are running on a single host
machine, and it can capture SQL traffic when there are multiple network paths from clients to
the target database.
After you deploy and configure the Host Monitor Agent on the agent machine, it performs the
following actions:
• Captures SQL traffic on ports that the database is listening on
• Forwards the SQL traffic securely to Database Firewall

See Also:

• Monitoring (Host Monitor)

• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide

8.2 Installing and Enabling the Host Monitor Agent

Use this process to install and enable the Host Monitor Agent.
1. Deploy the Host Monitor Agent on all the database servers where the database is
running.
2. Register the target.

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3. Create a Database Firewall monitoring point in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode.

4. Change the Database Firewall policy for the target from Default to the appropriate
policy, if needed.
See Types of Database Firewall Policies for the different policy types.
5. Configure a NETWORK audit trail for the monitored target.

Note:

• The Host Monitor Agent is supported on Linux, Solaris, AIX, and

Windows platforms. It can monitor any database that is supported by the
Database Firewall. See Table C-1 for supported databases.
• The Host Monitor Agent supports the Solaris IPNET link type on Oracle
Solaris SPARC64 and x86-64.
• The Host Monitor Agent supports the Ethernet (EN10MB) link type for all
supported platforms.
• The Host Monitor Agent does not capture the SQL traffic from Oracle
Database's Bequeath connections.

8.2.1 Host Monitor Agent Requirements

The Host Monitor Agent has different requirements for installation, depending on the
platform.
To install the Host Monitor Agent on the Windows platform, follow these requirements:
• Ensure that the Audit Vault Agent is running on the database server machine.
• Follow the Npcap installation requirements for your Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) release.
Host Monitoring on Windows requires Npcap for capturing network traffic.
– For Oracle AVDF release 20.6 and later, Npcap is automatically installed along
with the agent installation.
Installing Npcap removes any existing installation of Npcap or WinPcap from
the Windows host machine.
– For Oracle AVDF release 20.5, Npcap is automatically downloaded along with
the agent software (agent.jar) file.
Use the Npcap installer file that is available under the Agent_Home\hm
directory.
– For Oracle AVDF release 20.4 and earlier, install Npcap from the avdf20-
utility.zip bundle on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. It is part of the
Oracle AVDF installable files. Select the WinPcap-API-compatible option when
installing Npcap.
• Install the latest version of the OpenSSL (1.1.1g or higher) libraries.

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• Ensure that the Windows target machine has the latest update of the Visual C++
Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (MSVCRT.dll (*) or later) package from Microsoft
installed.
• If a network firewall is present, allow communication on port range 2050 - 5200.
This is required for communication between the database server and the Database
Firewall.
To install the Host Monitor Agent on a Linux, Unix, AIX, or Solaris platform, follow these
requirements:
• Ensure that the Audit Vault Agent is running on the database server machine.
• Ensure that the latest version of the following packages from the operating system
vendor are installed for the specific operating system version on the database server
machine:
– Libcap (for Linux hosts only)
– LibPcap
– OpenSSL
• Ensure that gmake is installed for AIX database servers.
For other Unix database server types (Linux, Unix, or Solaris), ensure that make is
installed. This is required for the Host Monitor Agent to run successfully.
• If a network firewall is present, allow communication on port range 2050 - 5200.
This is required for communication between the database server and the Database
Firewall.
• Ensure that the input output completion ports (IOCP) setting is available for IBM AIX on
Power Systems (64-bit).
It's set to defined by default.
• Ensure that all directories in the path of the Host Monitor Agent install location have 755
as the permission bits, starting from the root directory.
This is required because the Host Monitor Agent has to be installed in a root-owned
location.
• Ensure that the Host Monitor Agent is installed by the root user.

See Also:
Enabling and Using Host Monitoring for host monitoring instructions and
prerequisites.

8.2.2 Validation During Host Monitor Agent Deployment

Learn about validations performed by Oracle AVDF when deploying the Host Monitor Agent.
Starting Oracle AVDF release 20.6, the following validations performed on the Linux/
Unix/AIX/Solaris platforms when deploying the Host Monitor Agent. These requirements are
mandatory and have to be complied without which the Host Monitor Agent installation cannot
be completed.

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• The Host Monitor Agent is being installed as root user.

• If Host Monitor Agent process is already running on the host machine.
• If the Input Output Completion Ports (IOCP) is set to available for IBM AIX on
Power Systems (64-bit).
• If gmake is installed for AIX database servers. For other Unix database server
types (Linux/Unix/Solaris), check if make is installed.
• If symlinks of libssl, libcrypto, libnsl libraries are present. In case of Linux
checks for additional symlink libaio is performed.

Note:
If you run into any issues, see the following topics for more information:
• Troubleshooting Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
• Known Issues

8.2.3 Registering the Host Machine That Will Run the Host Monitor
Agent
Learn how to register the host machine (such as a database server) on the Audit Vault
Server.
To register a host on the Audit Vault Server, see Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault
Server.

8.2.4 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent
Learn how to deploy the Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent on platforms like
Linux, Solaris (x86-64), Solaris (Sparc64), AIX, and Windows.

8.2.4.1 Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Windows Host Machine

On Windows, the Host Monitor Agent is installed by the Audit Vault Agent. There are
no separate Host Monitor Agent installable bundles available for download in the Audit
Vault Server console. No separate action is required to install the Host Monitor Agent
on Windows.
Follow these instructions before installing the Host Monitor Agent or updating from an
older Oracle AVDF release.

Prerequisites
• Audit Vault Agent Requirements
• Host Monitor Agent Requirements
Related Topics
• Deploying the Audit Vault Agent
Learn about deploying the Audit Vault Agent.

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• Registering and Unregistering the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service

Learn about registering and unregistering Oracle Audit Vault Agent as a Windows
service.

8.2.4.1.1 Installing OpenSSL

The Host Monitor Agent uses OpenSSL to communicate with the Audit Vault Server and
Database Firewall. OpenSSL 1.1.1g (or later) must be installed on the Windows host
machine.

Note:
While installing OpenSSL on Windows machine, you are prompted to choose a
location to copy the OpenSSL DLLs as an additional configuration step. It is
recommended that you choose the Windows System Directory option, as this
location is added to the Path environment variable on Windows machine by default.
Else, if you choose the OpenSSL bin directory option, then ensure the location is
added to the Path environment variable.

Follow these steps to change environment variables after installing OpenSSL:

1. In the Windows host machine, navigate to Control Panel.
2. Click System, and then click Advanced system settings.
3. In the Advanced tab, click on Environment Variables button.
4. The Environment Variables dialog is displayed. In the System variables box, select
Path under the Variable column.
5. Click Edit button. The Edit environment variable dialog is displayed.
6. Add the location of the OpenSSL bin directory at the beginning of the Path variable.
7. Click OK to save the changes, and then exit all the dialogs.

8.2.4.1.2 Installing Npcap

Host Monitoring on Windows requires Npcap for capturing network traffic.

8.2.4.1.2.1 Installing Npcap for a Fresh Installation of the Host Monitor Agent
Follow these steps to install Npcap for a fresh installation of the Host Monitor Agent.

Note:
For Oracle AVDF release 20.6 and later, Npcap is automatically installed along with
the Agent installation. Installing Npcap removes any existing installation of Npcap or
WinPcap from the Windows host machine. The following steps are not required for
release 20.6 and later.

1. Log in to Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.

2. Note and follow Npcap manual installation details:

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• For Oracle AVDF release 20.5 and later, Npcap is automatically downloaded
along with the Agent software (agent.jar) file. The Npcap installer file is
available under Agent_Home\hm directory.
• For Oracle AVDF release 20.4 and earlier, install Npcap that is available in the
avdf20-utility.zip bundle in Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. It is part of
the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall installable files. Ensure to install
Npcap in WinPcap-API-compatible mode.
3. Install Npcap. For Oracle AVDF releases 20.5 and earlier, complete the Npcap
installation on the Windows host machine. Ensure to install in WinPcap-API-
compatible mode. Installing Npcap in WinPcap API compatible mode removes any
existing installation of WinPcap from the Windows machine.

8.2.4.1.2.2 Updating from Oracle AVDF 12.2 BP13, 12.2 BP14, or 20.1 - 20.4 to Oracle
AVDF 20.5 or Later
Before updating from Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) 12.2
BP13, 12.2 BP14, or 20.1 - 20.4 to Oracle AVDF 20.5 or later, follow these steps to
reinstall Npcap.
1. Log in to Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
2. Reinstall the Npcap that is available in the avdf20-utility.zip bundle on the
Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. It's part of the Oracle AVDF installable files.
Be sure to reinstall Npcap in WinPcap-API-compatible mode. This removes any
existing installations of Npcap or WinPcap from the Windows machine.

8.2.4.1.2.3 Updating from Oracle AVDF 12.2 BP9 or 12.2 BP10 to Oracle AVDF 20.1 or
Later
Before updating from Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) 12.2
BP9 or 12.2 BP10 to Oracle AVDF 20.1 or later, follow these steps to reinstall Npcap.
Host Monitoring on Windows functionality requires Npcap. Follow these steps to
continue using Host Monitor Agent on Windows from 12.2.0.9.0 or 12.2.0.10.0, before
upgrading to Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 20:
1. Stop the Audit Vault Agent running on the Windows host machine.
2. Log in to 12.2 Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
3. Verify the audit trails and the Audit Vault Agent are in STOPPED state.
4. Log in to My Oracle Support, and download Npcap that is available with Oracle
AVDF release 20 upgrade files.
5. Complete the Npcap installation on the Windows host machine. Ensure to install in
WinPcap-API-compatible mode.

Note:
Installing Npcap in WinPcap API compatible mode removes any existing
installation of WinPcap from the Windows machine.

6. Follow verification steps below to ensure Npcap installation is completed

successfully.

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7. Restart the Audit Vault Agent on the Windows host machine.

8. Start the network trails using the Audit Vault Server console.
9. The Host Monitor Agent is now powered by Npcap during runtime. Verify the network trail
collection.
10. Proceed with the Audit Vault Server upgrade.

Note:

• Ensure the audit trails and the Audit Vault Agent are in STOPPED state, before
installing Npcap. Else, an error may be encountered.
• Do not delete the DLL files as they are created newly by Npcap installation.

8.2.4.1.2.4 Verifying the Npcap Installation

After you install or upgrade Npcap, verify that the installation was successful.
1. In addition to the Windows System directory, Npcap copies the DLL files to the Npcap
sub-directory inside the Windows System directory. Do not remove the DLL files from the
Windows System directory.

Note:
Installing Npcap in WinPcap API compatible mode, adds the Npcap DLL files to
the Windows System directory which is already there in the system Path
environment variable.

2. Add the Npcap sub directory inside the Windows System directory to the Path
environment variable, by following the steps below:
a. Navigate to Control Panel.
b. Click System, and then click Advanced system settings.
c. In the Advanced tab, click on Environment Variables button.
d. The Environment Variables dialog is displayed. In the System variables box,
select Path under the Variable column.
e. Click Edit button. The Edit environment variable dialog is displayed.
f. Add the location of the Npcap DLL files at the beginning of the Path variable. For
example: C:\Windows\System32\Npcap
g. Click OK to save the changes, and then exit all the dialogs.
3. Confirm the changes in the Path environment variable.

8.2.4.2 Deploying the Host Monitor Agent on a Unix Host Machine

Learn about deploying the Host Monitor Agent on Unix hosts.
Prerequisite
Host Monitor Agent Requirements

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1. Before you install the Host Monitor Agent, ensure you have deployed the Audit
Vault Agent.
See Deploying the Audit Vault Agent.
2. Log in as root and identify a root-owned directory on the local hard disk, such
as /usr/local, where you will install the Host Monitor Agent.
Note: The entire directory hierarchy must be root-owned. All the directories in this
hierarchy must have read and execute permission for other users or groups, but
not write permission.
3. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
4. Click the Agents tab.
5. In the left navigation menu:

For release Action

20.1 and 20.2 Click Agent Software

20.3 and later Click Downloads

6. On the page listing the agent software, click the Download button corresponding
to your Unix version, and then save the .zip file to the root-owned directory (on
the local hard disk) you identified in Step 2, for example /usr/local.
7. As root user, unzip the Host Monitor Agent file, agent-<platform>-hmon-
one.zip (for example, agent-linux-x86-64-hmon-one.zip).
This creates a directory named hm. This is your HM_Home directory, which in this
example is /usr/local/hm.
8. Ensure that the hostmonsetup file (in the hm directory) has the execute permission
for the owner.
9. Run the following command from the HM_Home directory:
HM_Home/hostmonsetup install [agentuser=Agent_Username]
[agentgroup=Agent_Group]

• HM_Home - The directory created in Step 7.

• Agent_Username - (Optional) Enter the user name of the user who installed the
Audit Vault Agent (the user who executed the java -jar agent.jar
command).
• Agent_Group - (Optional) Enter the group to which the Agent_Username
belongs.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

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8.2.5 Creating a Target for the Host-Monitored Database

Learn how to create a target for the host-monitored database.
To create a target, see Registering or Removing Targets in Audit Vault Server.

8.2.6 Creating a Monitoring Point for the Host Monitor Agent

A monitoring point is a logical entity on the Database Firewall host that contains the
configuration and rules for monitoring the SQL traffic that is received.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
The Targets tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Select and click on a specific target from the list.
4. From the Database Firewall Monitoring section on the main page, click on Add. The
Database Firewall Monitor dialog is displayed.
5. In the Basic tab (for 20.3 or later the name of the tab is Core), enter the name for the
Database Firewall instance or select one from the list.
6. Select Monitoring (Host Monitor) as the deployment type from the list. In this mode, the
Database Firewall can only monitor the SQL traffic.
7. Choose a Network Interface Card for the Database Firewall host from the list.

Note:

• For Oracle AVDF 20.2 and earlier, it is recommended to select a network

interface card that is not used as a Management Interface. This segregates
the traffic from Host Monitor Agent to the Database Firewall and the traffic
from the Database Firewall to Audit Vault Server.
• For Oracle AVDF release 20.3 and later, you must select a network
interface card which has an IP address configured. All the network interface
cards which have an IP address configured are displayed in the Network
Interface Card list. It is recommended to select a network interface card
that is not used as a Management Interface. This segregates the traffic
from Host Monitor Agent to the Database Firewall and the traffic from the
Database Firewall to Audit Vault Server.

8. In the Connection Details section, select one or more targets for which the traffic needs
to be monitored. You can Add the targets from the list.

Note:
For Oracle RAC, enter the IP address of the individual RAC node in the Target
Connections field.

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Enter the following information for each available connection of the database. Click
the Add button to add more targets and enter the following fields:
• Host Name / IP Address
• Port
• Service Name (Optional, for Oracle Database only). SID can be used in this
field. To enter multiple service names and/or SIDs, enter a new line for each of
them, and then click Add. Multiple entries are allowed for monitoring only
mode. To enforce different Database Firewall policies for different service
names or SIDs on the same database, create a separate target and a
monitoring point for each service name or SID.

Note:
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, for Linux hosts with multiple
network devices, add a row for every network device from which the
database traffic is expected to arrive.

9. Click the Advanced tab, enter the number of Database Firewall Monitor
Threads (minimum value is 1). This controls the number of traffic handling threads
in the Database Firewall monitoring point. The default value is 1. This value can be
increased when high transactions are reported (per second traffic) and packet
dropped messages are reported in the /var/log/messages file. Contact Oracle
Support while changing this number.
10. Select the check box for Decrypt With Network Native Encryption Key field only
for Oracle Database targets. This is for enabling decryption of traffic if the
database is using Oracle Native encryption. Decrypt with network native
encryption key option also supports retrieval of session information for Oracle
Database. Complete the remaining fields as applicable.
For Oracle standalone database targets, enter the IP address of the database
listener in the IP Address field.
For other database types (non Oracle) the field is Retrieve session information
from target DB. Select this field to retrieve session information such as OS User
Name, DB User Name, client application name, and IP address from the target
database.

Note:
Ensure the Database Firewall is allowed to make a network connection
to the above mentioned database.

11. Click Save at the bottom of the dialog to save the configuration of the monitoring
point.
The new monitoring point appears in the list and starts automatically.

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Note:
Default Database Firewall Policy will be applied for this Database
Firewall Monitoring Point. This message is displayed at the bottom of the
dialog.

12. Click Save in the main page.

13. To stop or restart the monitoring point, select it from the Database Firewall Monitoring
section and click Stop or Start.

See Also:
Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points

8.2.7 Creating a Network Audit Trail

Create an audit trail for each target that you monitor with a Host Monitor Agent.
Specify NETWORK for the audit trail type.

Note:
Ensure that the collection attribute network_device_name_for_hostmonitor is
configured for the targets that are monitored by the Host Monitor Agent. The name
of the network interface card is the attribute value. The network interface card
receives all the network traffic of the target database.

8.3 Starting, Stopping, and Other Host Monitor Agent

Operations
Learn about starting, stopping, and other Host Monitor Agent operations.

8.3.1 Starting the Host Monitor Agent

Starting the Host Monitor Agent involves starting collection for the NETWORK audit trail on
the host that you're monitoring.
To start the Host Monitor Agent from the Audit Vault Server console:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Start the audit trail(s) you created for host monitoring in Creating a Network Audit Trail.

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See Also:

• Stopping, Starting, and Autostart of Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault

Server
• Using Audit Vault Server Console

8.3.2 Stopping the Host Monitor Agent

To stop the Host Monitor Agent, stop the audit trail that you created for the target that
is being monitored.
See Stopping, Starting, and Autostart of Audit Trails in Oracle Audit Vault Server.

8.3.3 Changing the Logging Level for a Host Monitor Agent

Learn about changing the logging level for Host Monitor Agents.
See Changing the Logging Level for the Audit Vault Agent.

8.3.4 Viewing Host Monitor Agent Status and Details

You can view whether a Host Monitor Agent is installed and information like its
location, version, update time, and other details.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an auditor.
2. Click the Agents tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Agent Hosts.
4. In the page that appears, check the Host Monitor Status and the Host Monitor
Details columns for the host you are interested in.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

8.3.5 Checking the Status of a Host Monitor Agent Audit Trail

Learn how to check the status of a Host Monitor Agent audit trail.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an auditor.
2. Click the Targets tab, and then from the left navigation menu, select Audit Trails.
3. In the status page that appears, in the Audit Trail Type column, search for audit
trails of type NETWORK to find audit trails for Host Monitor Agents.

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8.3.6 Uninstalling a Host Monitor Agent (Unix Hosts Only)

This procedure applies to Unix hosts only. On Windows hosts, the Host Monitor Agent is
installed as part of the Audit Vault Agent, so you don't need to uninstall the Host Monitor
Agent. However after uninstalling the Audit Vault Agent from a Windows host, you should also
uninstall Npcap.
1. Log in to the host computer as root.
2. From the HM_Home directory (where you installed the Host Monitor Agent in Step 7) run
the following command:
hostmonsetup uninstall

8.4 Updating a Host Monitor Agent (Unix Hosts Only)

When you update the Audit Vault Server to a new release, the Host Monitor Agent is
automatically updated.

See Also:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide

8.5 Using Mutual Authentication for Communication Between

the Database Firewall and the Host Monitor Agent
By default, the Database Firewall allows the Host Monitor Agent connection based on one-
way authentication. To provide mutual authentication, follow these steps after installing the
Host Monitor Agent.
1. Stop the network trail for the Host Monitor Agent.
2. On the Database Firewall, log in as root and run the following commands:
• For Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and later:

cp /usr/local/dbfw/etc/controller.crt /usr/local/dbfw/etc/fw_ca.crt

chown arbiter:arbiter /usr/local/dbfw/etc/fw_ca.crt

chmod 400 /usr/local/dbfw/etc/fw_ca.crt

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl restart

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• For Oracle AVDF release 20.6 and earlier:

cp /usr/local/dbfw/etc/controller.crt /usr/local/dbfw/etc/
fw_ca.crt

chown dbfw:dbfw /usr/local/dbfw/etc/fw_ca.crt

chmod 400 /usr/local/dbfw/etc/fw_ca.crt

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl restart

3. On the Audit Vault Server, log in as root and complete the following steps:
a. Change to the /usr/local/dbfw/etc directory.
b. Run the following commands:

openssl genrsa -out hmprivkey.perm 2048

openssl req -new -key hmprivkey.perm -out hmcsr.csr -subj "/

CN=Hostmonitor_Cert_hostname/"

The hostname is the name of the database server where the Host Monitor
Agent is installed.
c. Generate a signed certificate by running the following command:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/generate_casigned_hmcert.sh

The signed certificate file, hmcert.crt, is generated in the /usr/local/

dbfw/etc directory.
4. Copy the following files from the Audit Vault Server to the HOSTMON_HOME
directory on the database server where the Host Monitor Agent is installed:
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/hmcert.crt
• /usr/local/dbfw/etc/hmprivkey.perm
5. (Unix hosts only) As root, run the following commands:

chown root:root Agent_Home/hm/hmcert.crt Agent_Home/hm/

hmprivkey.perm

chmod 400 Agent_Home/hm/hmcert.crt Agent_Home/hm/hmprivkey.perm

6. (Windows hosts only) Ensure that the hmcert.crt and hmprivkey.perm have
agent user ownership and appropriate permissions to prevent unwanted user
access.
7. Start the network trail to capture the network traffic.

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8. Repeat this procedure for every host running the Host Monitor Agent.
Related Topics
• Starting, Stopping, and Other Host Monitor Agent Operations
Learn about starting, stopping, and other Host Monitor Agent operations.

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Oracle AVDF supports high availability for Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall.

9.1 About High Availability in Oracle AVDF

Learn about high availability in Oracle AVDF.
High availability in Oracle AVDF increases reliability by ensuring continuity in Database
Activity Monitoring services like audit data collection, network event data collection, analysis,
reporting, etc. High availability requires a pair of Audit Vault Server instances or a pair of
Database Firewall instances. One instance works as the primary and another instance works
as the standby.

9.2 Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers

Learn about configuring, monitoring, or updating high availability for Audit Vault Servers.

9.2.1 About High Availability in Audit Vault Servers

High availability in Audit Vault Server involves two Audit Vault Server instances that are
paired for business continuity.
In this configuration, you designate one Audit Vault Server instance as the primary and the
other as the standby. The primary Audit Vault Server is the active server that provides the
Audit Vault Server functionality. The standby is automatically synchronized (audit data and
network event data) and has a consistent copy of the primary.
If the primary Audit Vault Server becomes unavailable because of an unplanned outage for a
period of 10 minutes, the configuration automatically fails over (failover) to the standby
server. The earlier standby becomes the new primary.
In high availability, configuration data pertaining to target registration, Audit Vault Agent
machine registration, and Database Firewall configuration is automatically synchronized with
the standby.
The high availability in Audit Vault Server is internally managed by using Oracle Data Guard.
You deploy the pair of Audit Vault Servers in maximum protection mode. This ensures the
highest level of data protection without affecting the performance of the primary Audit Vault
Server instance.

Note:
The archivelog mode is enabled after you set up high availability. High availability
requires archivelog mode, so don't disable it after you set up high availability.

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Best Practice:
Oracle recommends that you configure high availability for the Audit Vault
Servers before deploying Audit Vault Agents and Database Firewalls.

See Also:
Oracle Data Guard Protection Modes

The Audit Vault Servers in high availability communicate through HTTPS and Oracle
Net. There are no restrictions on where the Audit Vault Servers are located, as long as
they can communicate with each other.

Important Points to Consider Before Configuring High Availability

Because existing data on the designated standby Audit Vault Server is purged during
high availability configuration, consider the following points:
• Impact on existing Database Firewalls: All Database Firewalls that are registered
with the designated standby Audit Vault Server must be registered again after high
availability is configured.
• Impact on existing Audit Vault Agents: There is no impact on the Audit Vault
Agents that are registered on the designated primary Audit Vault Server.
However, all the registered Audit Vault Agents on the designated standby Audit
Vault Server must be redeployed on the primary after high availability is
configured. See Post High Availability Pairing Steps.
• Impact on existing audit trails and Database Firewall monitoring points: Because
audit and network event data that is collected from targets by the designated
standby Audit Vault Server is purged during high availability configuration, you
must reconfigure these audit trails and Database Firewall monitoring points on the
Audit Vault Server after high availability is configured to ensure that these targets
continue to be protected.
• In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, you can use agentless collection only on a
standalone, unpaired Audit Vault Server. If the Audit Vault Server is paired for high
availability, the agentless collection service stops running. If you unpair the Audit
Vault Server, the agentless collection service automatically starts running again.
See Adding Audit Trails with Agentless Collection.

Audit Vault Server High Availability Configuration Process

To configure Audit Vault Servers for high availability, follow this high-level process:
1. Install two standalone Audit Vault Servers to use as the primary and standby
servers.

Best Practice:
Place the two Audit Vault Servers in two different data centers.

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2. Configure the designated standby Audit Vault Server.

3. Configure the designated primary Audit Vault Server.

9.2.2 Prerequisites for Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers
Ensure that you meet these prerequisites before configuring high availability for Audit Vault
Servers.
1. Install two standalone Audit Vault Servers to use as the primary and standby servers.
2. Ensure that the designated primary and standby Audit Vault Servers have identical
configurations so that they can stand in for each other. All of the following configurations
should be the same:
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) version
• Total system memory
• Total repository storage size
• Number of NFS archive locations
• Repository encryption status
3. Ensure that the system time difference between the two Audit Vault Servers is less than
60 seconds.
Related Topics
• Specifying Initial System Settings and Options on Audit Vault Server (Required)
Learn how to specify initial system settings and options on Audit Vault Server.

9.2.3 Configure the Designated Standby Audit Vault Server

Learn how to configure the designated standby Audit Vault Server.
1. Make a note of the IP address of the designated primary Audit Vault Server.
2. Copy the server certificate of the designated primary Audit Vault Server:
a. Log in to primary Audit Vault Server console as super administrator.
b. Click the Settings tab. The Security tab in the left navigation menu is selected by
default.
c. Now, click the Certificate sub tab in the main page.
d. Click the Server Certificate sub tab.
e. Click the Copy Certificate button.
3. In the left navigation menu of the designated standby Audit Vault Server, perform these
steps:
a. Select System tab.
b. Click High Availability link under the Configuration section on the main page.
c. In the Configure High Availability dialog, the Current status field indicates the
status of the current Audit Vault Server which is Standalone.
d. In the Configure this server as field, select the Standby server option.
e. In the expanded Configure High Availability dialog, enter the following settings:

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• Primary server IP address: Enter the IP address of the designated

primary Audit Vault Server.
• Primary server certificate: Paste the certificate that you copied from the
designated primary Audit Vault Server.
f. Click Save. The designated primary Audit Vault Server's IP address and
certificate is now saved on the standby Audit Vault Server, and is now ready to
be paired.

9.2.4 Configure the Designated Primary Audit Vault Server

Learn how to configure the designated primary Audit Vault Server.
1. Make a note of the IP address of the designated standby Audit Vault Server.
2. Copy the server certificate from the designated standby Audit Vault Server:
a. Log in to the designated standby Audit Vault Server console as super
administrator.
b. Click the Settings tab. The Security tab in the left navigation menu is
selected by default.
c. Now click the Certificate sub tab in the main page.
d. Click Server Certificate sub tab.
e. Click the Copy Certificate button.
3. Log in to the designated primary Audit Vault Server console as super administrator
and perform these steps:
a. In the left navigation menu, select System tab.
b. Click High Availability link under the Configuration section in the main page.
c. In the Configure High Availability dialog, the Current status field indicates
the status of the current Audit Vault Server which is Standalone.
d. In the Configure this server as field, select the Primary server option.
e. In the expanded Configure High Availability window, enter the following
settings:
• Standby server IP address: Enter the IP address of the standby Audit
Vault Server.
• Standby server certificate: Paste the certificate that you copied from the
standby Audit Vault Server.
f. Click Initiate Pairing button at the bottom of the dialog, to initiate high
availability pairing. To get the updated status, refresh the Audit Vault Server
console periodically as the process can take at least 15 minutes. This process
can take longer depending on the amount of data in the repository. When the
high availability pairing is complete, the High Availability Status field in the
main page displays the current status.

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Note:

• After high availability pairing is successfully completed, perform all the

configuration tasks on the primary Audit Vault Server only. This includes
tasks such as downloading the Audit Vault Agent, registering targets
and hosts, adding Database Firewalls and monitoring points. To
perform tasks like setting system time or changing IP address for the
standby Audit Vault Server refer to section Specifying the Server Date,
Time, and Keyboard Settings.
• During high availability pairing, the NFS archive locations pertaining to
the primary and standby Audit Vault Servers are mapped. The mapping
of these locations is displayed in the primary Audit Vault Server console
after high availability pairing is successful.

9.2.5 Checking the High Availability Status of an Audit Vault Server

Learn how to check the high availability status of an Audit Vault Server.
After high availability pairing is successfully completed, the standby Audit Vault Server
console is not accessible. Perform all tasks on the primary Audit Vault Server console. If you
attempt to access the standby Audit Vault Server console, it redirects to the primary Audit
Vault Server console.
1. In the Audit Vault Server console, click the Settings tab.
2. In the left navigation menu, select System.
3. Under the Status section, check the High Availability Status field.
The possible values are:
• Standalone - This server is not configured for high availability and is a standalone
instance.
• Primary - This server is currently the primary Audit Vault Server.
• Disconnected - This primary Audit Vault Server switches to this mode if it detects
that the standby Audit Vault Server changed its role to standalone or primary. This
indicates that the high availability pairing is broken. Contact Oracle Support for
further assistance.

9.2.6 Post High Availability Pairing Steps

Learn post high availability pairing steps for Audit Vault Agents and Host Monitor Agents.
Audit Vault Agents and Host Monitor Agents deployed on the designated primary Audit Vault
Server, require no further action. The information of Audit Vault Agents is replicated to the
standby Audit Vault Server during high availability pairing.
Audit Vault Agents and Host Monitor Agents deployed on the designated standby Audit Vault
Server, will be unable to communicate with the designated primary Audit Vault Server after
high availability pairing. To redeploy the Agents on the specific Agent machines, follow these
steps:
1. Clean up the Agent_Home folder on the Agent machine.

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Agent installed on Windows host Agent installed on Linux (or other

machine Unix) machine

Remove the contents in the

a. Run the command agentctl.bat
Agent_Home directory on the Agent
unregistersvc from the
host machine.
Agent_Home directory.
b. Remove the contents in the
Agent_Home directory on the Agent
host machine.

2. Register the Agent on the Audit Vault Server and activate.

3. Download the agent.jar file from the Audit Vault Server console.
4. Copy the agent.jar file to the Agent_Home directory on the Agent host
machine.
5. In the Agent_Home directory, run the following command:

java -jar agent.jar

6. Run the following command and provide the Agent activation key when prompted.
The key is available on the Audit Vault Server console.

agentctl start -k

Note:
This key is not displayed as you type.

See Also:
Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers

9.2.7 Audit Vault Agent Communication with Audit Vault Server in High
Availability
Learn how Audit Vault Agent communicates with Audit Vault Server.
Audit Vault Agent software is packaged with the connection details pertaining to Audit
Vault Server. In case of high availability environment, the Audit Vault Agent software is
packaged with the connection details pertaining to both the primary and standby Audit
Vault Servers.
Existing Audit Vault Agents on the designated primary Audit Vault Server receive the
connection details of both the primary and standby Audit Vault Servers during high
availability configuration. New Audit Vault Agents that are deployed after high
availability configuration are also packaged with the connection details pertaining to
both the primary and standby Audit Vault Servers.

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In the event of Audit Vault Server failover, the Audit Vault Agents reconnect to the new
primary Audit Vault Server (previous standby).

9.2.8 Swapping Roles Between a Primary and Standby Audit Vault Server
Learn how to swap the roles of the primary and standby Audit Vault Servers.
1. If automatic failover is disabled, enable it. See Disabling or Enabling Failover of the Audit
Vault Server.
2. Ensure that the status of the Oracle Data Guard observer is YES. To check the status, run
the following commands on each Audit Vault Server:
a. Using the ssh utility, run the following command:

ssh support@<IP address of Audit Vault Server>

b. Log in as the root user.

su root

c. Switch to the oracle user.

su oracle

d. Run the following command:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/setup_ha.rb --status

The Data guard observer field in the output should say YES.
3. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
4. Click the Settings tab.
5. In the left navigation menu, select System.
6. In the Configuration section, click High Availability. The Configure High Availability
dialog appears.
7. Click Switch Roles.
8. In the confirmation window, click OK.
A message shows the progress of the high availability configuration. During this process,
which takes at least 10 minutes, the console is unavailable. Refresh the browser
periodically. When the configuration is complete, it redirects to the new primary Audit
Vault Server.
Related Topics
• Using Audit Vault Server Console
Learn how to log in and use Audit Vault Server console.

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9.2.9 Handling a Failover Scenario

In a high availability environment, automatic failover mechanism is enabled by default.
You can disable it manually through the Audit Vault Server console.
When automatic failover is in effect, the system periodically monitors the availability of
the primary Audit Vault Server. If the primary becomes unavailable for more than 10
minutes, then the failover to the standby Audit Vault Server is automatically triggered.
However, if the primary Audit Vault Server has been gracefully shut down by the user,
then no failover is automatically triggered. In this case, to manually initiate the failover,
carefully examine the situation as required, and run the following command as the
oracle user on the standby Audit Vault Server:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/setup_ha.rb --failover

In a failover, the standby Audit Vault Server becomes the new primary. If the previous
primary comes back within 20 minutes, it is reinstated as the new standby and both
systems will be in a high availability configuration.
If the previous primary does not come back within 20 minutes, then it becomes
unusable. The new primary unpairs and becomes a standalone instance. Perform the
following procedure to bring the system back into high availability configuration:
1. Install a new Audit Vault Server for the new designated standby.
2. Follow the configuration steps again to configure the Audit Vault Servers for high
availability. See Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers.
Related Topics
• Specifying Audit Vault Server System Settings
Learn about configuring Audit Vault Server system settings.

9.2.10 Unpair Primary and Standby Audit Vault Servers

Learn how to unpair primary and standby Audit Vault Servers in high availability
environment.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
4. In the Status page, click High Availability link under the Configuration section.
5. To unpair Audit Vault Servers in high availability mode, click Unpair.
After unpairing, the Audit Vault Servers are not synchronized. Make a note of the
following details:
• The primary Audit Vault Server goes into Standalone mode and the standby
Audit Vault Server stays in Standby mode. However, there is no
communication between these two Audit Vault Servers.
• In case you attempt to connect to the standby Audit Vault Server console, it
directs you to the primary Audit Vault Server console which is the Standalone.

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• The Audit Vault Agents communicate only with the standalone Audit Vault Server
(previous primary).

Note:

• You can continue to perform backup operation on the standalone (previous

primary) Audit Vault Server.
• You can restore high availability after unpairing. See Handling a Failover
Scenario for complete information.

9.2.11 Disabling or Enabling Failover of the Audit Vault Server

Learn how to enable or disable failover for Audit Vault Servers.
When you configure high availability, the system is configured for automatic failover.
However, in some cases, you may want to disable automatic failover. For example, you may
need to disconnect the Audit Vault Servers for maintenance or you may be in an environment
with unstable network that may cause frequent failover. In these cases, you may choose to
disable automatic failover, and trigger the failover manually by following the steps mentioned
below.
To enable or disable automatic failover using the Audit Vault Server console:
1. Log in to the primary Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then in the left navigation menu, select System tab.
3. Click High Availability link under the Configuration section.
4. Click the Enable Failover or Disable Failover button as needed.

Note:
Alternately, you can execute the following commands to disable or enable the
failover as oracle user:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/setup_ha.rb --disable_failover

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/setup_ha.rb --enable_failover

9.2.12 Archiving and Retrieving in High Availability

Learn about archiving and retrieving audit and network event data in a high availability.
Archive and retrieve functionality in high availability automatically handles the necessary
steps to process the datafiles on both the primary and standby Audit Vault Server instances.
In order to archive, you must provide an NFS archive location. An NFS archive location in
high availability environment contains separate NFS details for primary and standby Audit
Vault Servers.

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In case there is no NFS archive location, then follow these steps to create a new NFS
archive location:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as super administrator.
2. Click Settings tab, and then click Archiving tab in the left navigation menu.
3. Click Manage Archive Locations sub tab in the main page.
4. Click Create, to create a new archive location using NFS.
5. Network File System (NFS) option is selected by default. Enter the following
details to create a new NFS archive location:

Field Description

Location Name The name of the NFS archive location.

Remote Filesystem Select an existing filesystem, or one will

be created automatically based on the
details of this archive location.

NFS Server for Primary NFS Server IP address or host name for
mounting the remote filesystem on
primary Audit Vault Server.

NFS Server for Standby NFS Server IP address or host name for
mounting the remote filesystem on
standby Audit Vault Server.

NFS Export Directory for Primary Export directory on the NFS server for
primary Audit Vault Server.

NFS Export Directory for Standby Export directory on the NFS server for
standby Audit Vault Server.

NFS Server Path for Primary The destination path relative to NFS
Export Directory for Primary.

NFS Server Path for Standby The destination path relative to NFS
Export Directory for Standby.

Note:
The combination of NFS server, export directory, and the path specified
for primary and standby Audit Vault Servers must be unique.

6. Click Save.

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Note:
Each Audit Vault Server instance has its own copy of the datafiles. When you
archive or retrieve, the datafiles associated with each instance is automatically
archived to, or retrieved from the associated archive location.

Best Practice:
Place the NFS servers for primary and standby Audit Vault Servers in separate
data centers.

9.2.13 Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server in High Availability

Learn about backup and restore of Audit Vault Server in high availability.
In a high availability configuration, you must perform the backup operation on the primary
Audit Vault Server and not on the standby. To recover from a disaster, you can restore from
the backup taken earlier. However, the restored system is not automatically configured for
high availability. You need to once again configure for high availability after completing the
restore from backup.

See Also:

1. Prerequisites for Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers

2. Configure the Designated Standby Audit Vault Server
3. Configure the Designated Primary Audit Vault Server

9.3 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls

Learn how to manage, configure, switch roles, and unpair a Database Firewall pair.

9.3.1 High Availability for Database Firewall

Learn about high availability in Database Firewall.
High availability in Database Firewall ensures uninterrupted network event monitoring in the
event of network or Database Firewall failure. It also ensures that the corporate security
policies for monitoring the database targets is enforced at all times.
High availability for Database Firewall can be accomplished in the following two ways:
1. A pair of Database Firewall instances in Monitoring (Host Monitor) or Monitoring (Out
of Band) modes.
2. Multiple Database Firewall instances operating in Monitoring/Blocking (Proxy) mode.

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Prerequisite
Ensure to create the Database Firewall instances, register them in the Audit Vault
Server console, and configure them for high availability first. Later create monitoring
points, register targets, and define policies for the Database Firewall instances
configured for high availability.
Starting Oracle AVDF 20.6, Database Firewall instances can be paired with existing
monitoring points in Monitoring (Host Monitor) or Monitoring (Out of Band) modes.
See Configuring High Availability of Database Firewall Instances With Monitoring
Points for more information.

High Availability in Monitoring (Host Monitor) Or Monitoring (Out of Band)

Modes
In this configuration:
• High availability (primary and standby) is configured through Audit Vault Server.
• In case of Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode, the Host Monitor Agent is configured to
capture and forward the traffic to the primary and standby Database Firewall
instances.
• In case of Monitoring (Out of Band) deployment mode, the network switch is
configured to mirror and forward the traffic to both the primary and standby
Database Firewall instances.
• The configuration of targets, monitoring points, and policies is automatically
applied to the primary and standby Database Firewall instances by Audit Vault
Server.
The Audit Vault Server collects network events from the primary or standby Database
Firewall instance. If the Audit Vault Server is unable to contact the primary Database
Firewall for a specified period of time (default of 10 minutes), then the Audit Vault
Server collects the network events from the standby Database Firewall. The Audit
Vault Server deletes the network events from both instances of Database Firewall after
storing the data in the Audit Vault Server repository.

High Availability in Monitoring/Blocking (Proxy) Mode

Database Firewall instances deployed in Monitoring/Blocking (Proxy) mode, can be
configured for high availability in the following ways:
1. Active (primary) and passive (standby)
2. Active and active
In active and passive configuration:
• Client programs are configured to connect to the primary Database Firewall
instance. If the primary Database Firewall instance is not reachable or is down,
then they connect to the standby.
• Audit Vault Server collects the network events from the Database Firewall instance
(either active or passive) that receives the traffic.
In active and active configuration:
• Multiple Database Firewall instances can be part of this configuration.

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• Client programs can connect to any of the active Database Firewall instances that are
part of this configuration.
• Once a client establishes a session with an active Database Firewall instance, it
communicates with the same instance throughout the session.
• Audit Vault Server collects the network events from all the active Database Firewall
instances that are part of this configuration.
Related Topics
• Configuring Database Firewall
Learn about configuring Database Firewall.
• Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address
You associate each Database Firewall with an Audit Vault Server so that the Audit Vault
Server can manage the firewall. If you're using a resilient pair of Audit Vault Servers for
high availability, then you associate the firewall with both servers.

9.3.2 High Availability for Database Firewall in Host Monitor Agent or Out
of Band Modes
Learn how to configure a Database Firewall high availability pair in Host Monitor Agent or Out
of Band modes.
Prerequisites
• Register both the Database Firewall instances in the Audit Vault Server console.
• If you have Audit Vault Servers in high availability mode, then you must provide the
primary and standby Audit Vault Server's IP address and certificate to each Database
Firewall instance during registration.
• For Oracle AVDF release 20.5 and earlier, ensure there are no monitoring points
configured on either of the Database Firewall instances. In case there are any existing
monitoring points, then they must be deleted.
• For Oracle AVDF release 20.6 and later, pairing of Database Firewall instances with
existing monitoring points is possible.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click Database Firewalls tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select High Availability.
4. Click Create.
5. In the Create Resilient Pair dialog, select the Database Firewall instances for Primary
and Standby fields from the drop down list.
6. Click Save.
7. Starting Oracle AVDF 20.6, the pairing process of the Database Firewall instances is a
background job. See the Jobs dialog in the Audit Vault Server console to check the
status of high availability pairing. Locate for the job against the entry Create DBFW
resilient pair. After completion of the pairing process, navigate to the Database
Firewalls tab and then to High Availability tab in left navigation menu to verify the
resilient pair.

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9.3.3 Swapping Roles Between Primary and Standby Database

Firewalls
Learn to swap the roles of primary and standby Database Firewall instances in a high
availability.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select High Availability.
4. Select the specific pair for which you want to swap roles.
5. Click the Swap button.
6. In the confirmation dialog, click OK.

Note:
In case of Database Firewall configured for high availability, the settings
must be the same for all the Database Firewall instances. In the event of
a failover, the standby Database Firewall instance becomes the primary.
The SYSLOG settings on the standby Database Firewall instance is in
effect. In this due course, some SYSLOG settings and logging is turned
off. This is done to avoid duplicate logs sent by both the instances.
When the previous primary becomes active again, there is no transfer or
sharing of settings between the Database Firewall instances. Manual
modification of the rsyslog.conf must be avoided as any changes
result in erasing the settings during the following failover. The actual
saved values in the SYSLOG settings should not be changed on failover.

9.3.4 Unpair Primary and Standby Database Firewalls

Learn to unpair Database Firewall instances in high availability.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select High Availability.
4. Select the specific pair of Database Firewalls that you want to unpair.
5. Click the Unpair button.

Note:
For releases Oracle AVDF 20.4 and prior, click Break button.

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9.3.5 Configuring High Availability of Database Firewall Instances With

Monitoring Points
Learn how to configure high availability in Database Firewall instances with monitoring points.
Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.6 if there are monitoring points on the designated
primary Database Firewall instance or on the standby instance, or on both, they can be
paired. The existing monitoring points on the designated primary instance are replicated on
the standby Database Firewall instance after pairing. Likewise, the existing monitoring points
of the designated standby Database Firewall instance are replicated on the primary instance
after pairing. The monitoring points are shared between the resilient pair.
If a target has monitoring points on both the Database Firewall instances, the configuration
data of the monitoring points is merged. The data on the primary instance takes precedence.

Note:
Starting Oracle AVDF 20.6, Database Firewall instances can be paired with existing
monitoring points in Monitoring (Host Monitor) or Monitoring (Out of Band)
modes. This is not supported for Database Firewall instances deployed in
Monitoring/Blocking (Proxy) mode. An error is displayed if an attempt is made to
pair Database Firewall instances deployed in Monitoring/Blocking (Proxy) mode
with existing monitoring points.
Unable to create resilient pair in Monitoring/Blocking(Proxy) mode.

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select High Availability.
4. Click Create.
5. In the Create Resilient Pair dialog, select the Database Firewall instances for Primary
and Standby fields from the drop down list.
6. Click Save.
7. If there are monitoring points on the both the Database Firewall instances, the following a
confirmation message is displayed:
Pairing will merge settings of both monitoring points. Do you wish to
continue?
8. Click OK to continue.
9. The following message is displayed:
Request submitted successfully.
10. The pairing process of the Database Firewall instances is a background job. See the
Jobs dialog to check the status of high availability pairing. Locate for the job against the
entry Create DBFW resilient pair. After completion of the pairing process, navigate to
the Database Firewalls tab and then to High Availability tab in left navigation menu to
verify the resilient pair.

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9.4 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls in

Proxy Mode
Learn how to configure Database Firewall instances for high availability Monitoring /
Blocking (Proxy) mode.
Oracle AVDF provides an option to set up the high availability configuration for multiple
Database Firewall instances deployed in Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode. These
multiple instances are installed and configured independently.

Prerequisites
• Install and register all Database Firewall instances that will be part of the high
availability.
• For each Database Firewall instance:
– The configuration of the monitoring points must be same. For example
Database Firewall instances DBFW1 and DBFW2 should have the same number
of monitoring points and the configuration of these monitoring points should
also be the same.
– Deploy the same Database Firewall policy for a specific target. For example,
deploy Database Firewall policy P1 (for target T1) on instances DBFW1 and
DBFW2.
High availability configuration in proxy mode can be achieved in the following ways:
• Through Client Configuration for Oracle Databases
• Using DNS for Oracle and Other Database Types

9.4.1 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewall in Proxy

Mode through Client Configuration
Learn how to configure high availability for two or more Database Firewall instances in
proxy mode using tnsnames.ora for Oracle databases.

OCI (Oracle Call Interface) based clients use tnsnames.ora file to connect to Oracle
database. The following parameters in this file should be modified as part of this
configuration:
1. ADDRESS_LIST
2. CONNECT_TIMEOUT
3. LOAD_BALANCE

ADDRESS_LIST
Include addresses of all the Database Firewall instances in the ADDRESS_LIST. The
client programs connect to the first Database Firewall instance. In case of a failed
attempt, the client connects to the next instance in the order.

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For example:

dbfw1=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.0.2.1)
(PORT=1111))

(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.0.2.2)
(PORT=2222)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=dbfwdb)))

where:
dbfw1 is referred to as net_service_name.

Host = 192.0.2.1 and Host = 192.0.2.2 are the IP addresses of Database Firewall instances
configured for high availability.
If you are using SQL*Plus client, then use the following command:

sqlplus <username>/<password>@<net_service_name>

The SQL*Plus client attempts to connect to the first Database Firewall instance with IP
192.0.2.1. In case the first instance is down or not reachable, then the client attempts to
connect to the second Database Firewall instance with IP address 192.0.2.2.

CONNECT_TIMEOUT
Use CONNECT_TIMEOUT (seconds) parameter to quickly detect if the Database Firewall
instance is down.
For example:

dbfw1=(DESCRIPTION=(CONNECT_TIMEOUT=10)(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)
(HOST=192.0.2.1)(PORT=1111))(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.0.2.2)
(PORT=2222)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=dbfwdb)))

The client attempts to connect to the first Database Firewall instance with IP 192.0.2.1. In
case the first instance is down or not reachable, then the client waits for the duration
(seconds) mentioned in the CONNECT_TIMEOUT parameter. In the above example it is 10
seconds. Next the client attempts to connect to the second Database Firewall instance with
IP address 192.0.2.2.

Note:

• By default the value of CONNECT_TIMEOUT is 60 seconds.

• Refer to Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide for more details.

LOAD_BALANCE
Use LOAD_BALANCE parameter for client connections to connect to Database Firewall
instances in a random sequence.

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For example:

dbfw1=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(LOAD_BALANCE=on)
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.0.2.1)(PORT=1111))
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.0.2.2)(PORT=2222)))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=dbfwdb)))

Here clients will connect to either 192.0.2.1 or 192.0.2.2 in a random sequence.

Note:

• When set to on, the LOAD_BALANCE parameter instructs clients to progress

through the list of Database Firewall addresses in a random sequence.
When set to off, instructs clients to try the addresses sequentially until
one succeeds.
• Refer to Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide for more
details.

9.4.2 Configuring High Availability for Database Firewall in Proxy

Mode using DNS
Learn how to configure high availability for multiple Database Firewall instances in
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode using DNS for Oracle and other database types.

Prerequisites
1. Install and register Database Firewall instances.
2. For each Database Firewall instance:
• The configuration of the monitoring points must be same. For example
Database Firewall instances DBFW1 and DBFW2 should have the same number
of monitoring points and the configuration of these monitoring points should
also be the same.
• Deploy the same Database Firewall policy for a specific target. For example,
deploy Database Firewall policy P1 (for target T1) on instances DBFW1 and
DBFW2.
3. Client programs should be able to connect to the configured DNS server.

Setup a fully qualified Domain Name in DNS

1. Create a fully qualified domain name to represent IP addresses of the Database
Firewall instances.
2. Configure the selected DNS server as the name resolution server on the client
hosts.
3. Clients should use the fully qualified domain name in the connection string to
connect to the Database Firewall instance.
4. For example, if you are using SQL*Plus, then follow these steps:

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a. Start the SQL*Plus connection as sqlplus /nolog without the username or

password.
b. Run the command: connect <username>/<password>@<fully qualified domain
name>:<port/service>
5. DNS can be configured in one of the following ways:
a. Configure DNS to always connect to an ordered list of Database Firewall instances
(for example DBFW1, DBFW2, etc). If a client is not able to connect to the first instance
(DBFW1), then it attempts to connect to the second instance (DBFW2).
b. Configure DNS to use round-robin algorithm for connecting to Database Firewall
instances.

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Integration with Third Party SIEM and Log-
data Analysis Tools
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports integration with third-party SIEM (Security
Information and Event Management) and log-data analysis tools.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall can push alerts to an external system using
SYSLOG. It also allows third party tools to connect directly to the database and extract (pull)
data from the event log table using a collector provided by the SIEM.
Integration with any SIEM tool is achieved through one of two methods:
1. Oracle AVDF pushes alerts into the SIEM using SYSLOG. For the push method where
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall sends alerts to the SIEM using SYSLOG, see
Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations for information.
2. Configure SIEM to pull events from the AVSYS.EVENT_LOG table in Oracle AVDF. Use
the SIEM's database table connector to configure this functionality. For the pull method,
configure SIEM to view and extract all of the data from the AVSYS.EVENT_LOG table
using the collector provided by the SIEM. This requires creating a user in Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall with the auditor role. Ensure that this user has access to the
targets whose data has to be sent to SIEM. This is the database user the SIEM will use
to connect to the database. The remaining configuration needs to completed in the SIEM.
The Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall schema and the specific mapping in the
AVSYS.EVENT_LOG table to the SIEM depends on the SIEM. A description of the
EVENT_LOG table is available in Appendix Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Database Schemas.

Note:
In case of Database Firewall configured for high availability, the settings must be
the same for all the Database Firewall instances. In the event of a failover, the
standby Database Firewall instance becomes the primary. The SYSLOG settings on
the standby Database Firewall instance is in effect. In this due course, some
SYSLOG settings and logging is turned off. This is done to avoid duplicate logs sent
by both the instances.
When the previous primary becomes active again, there is no transfer or sharing of
settings between the Database Firewall instances. Manual modification of the
rsyslog.conf must be avoided as any changes result in erasing the settings
during the following failover. The actual saved values in the SYSLOG settings
should not be changed on failover.

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See Also:

• START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET

• Oracle Database Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

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Using Oracle Database Firewall
with Oracle RAC
You can configure Oracle Database Firewall to work with Oracle Real Application Clusters
(Oracle RAC) so that it can block and substitute statements or log SQL statements and raise
alerts.

11.1 Configuring a Database Firewall with Oracle RAC for

Monitoring and Blocking
Learn how to configure a database firewall with Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle
RAC) for monitoring and blocking.

11.1.1 About Configuring Database Firewall with Oracle RAC for Monitoring
and Blocking
Oracle Database Firewall has monitoring and blocking features that you can use with Oracle
RAC.
To use blocking, you must use the Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode.
The Database Firewall when configured in Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode, the
following takes place:
1. SQL client connects to Database Firewall.
2. Database Firewall connects to SCAN Listener.
3. SCAN Listener redirects the connection to a RAC node.
4. Database Firewall handles the redirection, makes a outbound connection to the re-
directed RAC node.
5. The response from Oracle RAC node is passed to the client.

11.1.2 Configure a Proxy Using the Audit Vault Server Console

You can use the Oracle Audit Vault Server Console to configura a proxy.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
2. Complete the steps for Configuring the Database Firewall As a Traffic Proxy.
3. Complete the steps for Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring Point.
Be sure to select the RAC Instance/Autonomous DB check box (RAC Instance check
box in Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier) in the Connection Details section.

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4. Ensure Network Interface Card and Proxy Ports fields are selected. After
selecting them, the RAC Instance/Autonomous DB check box (RAC Instance
check box in Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier) is enabled.
5. After selecting the RAC Instance/Autonomous DB check box (RAC Instance
check box in Oracle AVDF 20.7 and earlier) and adding the SCAN fully qualified
domain name (FQDN) in the Host Name / IP Address field, the following
message is displayed:
Configure SCAN Listener Domain Name as target. For more details refer:
Real Application Clusters Installation Guide.

Figure 11-1 Connection Details

6. Ensure that the SCAN FQDN is entered in the Host Name / IP Address.
7. Enter the Port number of SCAN Listener.
8. Enter the Service Name or SID (optional).
9. Click Add.
10. Click Save on the dialog.

11. Click Save on the main page. The target is created and shows up under the
Database Firewall Monitoring sub tab on the main page.
12. Click the newly created RAC target to verify the details.

11.2 Configuring a Database Firewall with Oracle RAC for

Monitoring
You can configure an Oracle Database Firewall with Oracle RAC to use Host
Monitoring and Out-of-Band deployment modes.
Oracle recommends that you configure Oracle Database Firewall with Oracle RAC in
one of the following deployment modes:
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band) - In this deployment mode, Oracle Database Firewall
can monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL
statements. Create a monitoring point using IP addresses of all the RAC nodes.
Select this option only while creating the monitoring point.
• Monitoring (Host Monitor) - In this deployment mode, Oracle Database Firewall
can monitor and alert on SQL traffic, but cannot block or substitute SQL
statements. For this deployment mode, install the Host Monitor Agent on each

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RAC node and create a monitoring point for each RAC node. Select this option only while
creating the monitoring point.

Note:
Complete the steps for Creating and Configuring a Database Firewall Monitoring
Point. While executing this procedure, ensure to select the deployment mode as
mentioned above.

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Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall on
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
You can deploy Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

12.1 About Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Learn about Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Marketplace is an online store that offers solutions specifically for
customers of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle Cloud Marketplace images are
templates of virtual hard drives that determine the operating system and software to run on
an instance. Oracle AVDF instances (Audit Vault Server instance or Database Firewall
instance) can be provisioned on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Virtual Machine standard
shapes using Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace images.
Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace images consist of the Audit Vault Server image and the
Database Firewall image that is used to provision Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall
instances respectively.

See Also:
Oracle Cloud Marketplace

12.2 Benefits of Provisioning Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud

Infrastructure
Learn about the benefits of provisioning Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Quick Provisioning
Oracle AVDF instances can be provisioned within minutes, without the need to procure and
manage hardware.

Ease of Scaling up
Scaling up Oracle AVDF instance to meet increased workload needs, is simple and easy.
Ease of scaling up gives you the option to start with a small VM shape and scale up as
workload increases.

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12.3 Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Machine

Shapes
List of supported VM standard shapes for deploying Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure (OCI).
The following Oracle Cloud Infrastructure VM standard shapes are supported for
Oracle AVDF instances:
• VM.Standard2.1
• VM.Standard2.2
• VM.Standard2.4
• VM.Standard2.8
• VM.Standard2.16
• VM.Standard2.24
• VM.Standard1.2
• VM.Standard1.4
• VM.Standard1.8
• VM.Standard1.16
• VM.Standard.E3.Flex
• VM.Standard.E4.Flex (Supported starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7)

See Also:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compute shapes

12.4 Provisioning Oracle AVDF with the Oracle Cloud

Marketplace Image
Learn about provisioning Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall with Oracle Cloud
Marketplace image.
The following are required prior to provisioning Oracle AVDF instances using the
Oracle Cloud Marketplace image:
1. A VM standard shape with a minimum memory of 8GB.
2. Block storage with a minimum of 220 GB.
3. A Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) in your tenancy.
4. SSH key pair for ssh access to the instance. Oracle AVDF instance accepts the
following key types:
• ssh-ed25519

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• ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com
• ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
• ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com
• rsa-sha2-512 key types
Generate an SSH key pair of these types. For example: Run the following command to
generate a public key of ssh-ed25519 type:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519

12.4.1 Accessing the Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace Image

Learn how to access the Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace image.
The Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace image is available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace
website. Follow these steps:
1. Go to Oracle Cloud Marketplace.
2. In the Applications search field, enter Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
3. Click Go.
4. Under the search results, click Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to navigate to
the Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace page.

Note:
Access the latest Audit Vault Server 20.x for Audit Vault Server image or
Database Firewall 20.x for Database Firewall image from Oracle Cloud
Marketplace website. Other artifacts (or installable files) can be downloaded
from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Refer to About Oracle AVDF Installable
Files.

12.4.2 Creating an Oracle AVDF instance with Oracle Cloud Marketplace

Image
Learn how to create an Oracle AVDF instance with Oracle Cloud Marketplace image.
Follow these steps:
1. In the Oracle AVDF Cloud Marketplace page, click the Get App button.
2. If you already have an OCI account, select the OCI region, and then click Sign In. Else,
click Sign Up to create a new account.
3. In the Get Version menu, select the latest Audit Vault Server 20.x for Audit Vault Server
image or Database Firewall 20.x for Database Firewall image.
4. In the Compartment menu, select a compartment.
5. Check the I have reviewed the terms and conditions box.
6. Click Launch Instance.

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7. The Create Compute Instance page is displayed. Fill in the required details:
a. Provide a NAME for the Oracle AVDF instance.
b. Choose the AVAILABILITY DOMAIN.
c. Under Shape, click Change Shape.
d. Choose Virtual Machine as the Instance Type.
e. Select the Shape series.
f. Then click Select Shape. Choose the shape for the instance.
8. In the Configure networking section, select the following fields:
a. VIRTUAL CLOUD NETWORK COMPARTMENT
b. SELECT A VIRTUAL CLOUD NETWORK
c. SUBNET COMPARTMENT
d. SUBNET
9. Check one of the following options for IP address:
• ASSIGN A PUBLIC IP ADDRESS
• DO NOT ASSIGN A PUBLIC IP ADDRESS

Note:
See IP Addresses in your VCN (Virtual Cloud Network) to understand
more about public and private IP addresses in Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure.

10. In the Add SSH Keys section, provide your ssh public key by selecting Choose
public key files or Paste public keys. If you select any other option, you will not
be able to connect to the Oracle AVDF instance.
11. Under Boot volume section, specify a custom boot volume size if you want the
boot volume to be larger than the default size of 220 GB.

Note:
The custom boot volume size should not exceed 2TB. Refer to Scaling
up Oracle AVDF Instance section for more details on expanding storage.

12. Click Advanced Options, and then choose the default options in all the tabs.

13. Click Create to start creating the instance.

14. After the instance state changes to Running in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
console, wait for a few minutes for the underlying services to start up before
accessing the instance.
15. Perform the post instance creation steps.

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Note:
For production workload, follow the sizing guidelines (MOS Doc ID 2223771.1)
to calculate shape and storage requirements.

See Also:
Creating an instance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

12.4.3 Post Instance Creation Steps

Perform one time post instance creation steps.
After the instance creation is completed, you must perform these steps once.

For Audit Vault Server Instance

1. Connect to the instance through SSH using the ssh utility. See section Connecting to
Oracle AVDF Instance.
2. Change root user password by running the following command. The root password is
required to troubleshoot the instance using OCI instance console connection.

sudo passwd root

3. Generate a one time passphrase by running the command:

sudo -u oracle /usr/local/dbfw/bin/generate_post_install_passphrase

4. Copy the passphrase that is returned by the above command.

5. Access the Audit Vault Server console by entering https://<IP address of the
instance> as the URL in the browser.
6. Enter the passphrase copied from the earlier step in the Post Install Authentication
page of the Audit Vault Server console.
7. Fill in the details in the Post Install Configuration page.
8. In the AVS IP for Agent Communication section, specify the public IP of the Audit Vault
Server if you are expecting to collect audit data from any target outside of OCI. See
section Deploying Audit Vault Agents for more details.

Note:
After the post installation step is complete, changing the AVS IP for Agent
communication is not supported.

9. DNS is automatically set to 169.254.169.254. However, you can specify a different DNS
setting.

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See Also:
DNS in Your Virtual Cloud Network

10. Click Save.

For Database Firewall Instance

1. Connect to the instance through SSH using the ssh utility. See section Connecting
to Oracle AVDF Instance.
2. Change root user password by running the following command. The root password
is required to troubleshoot the instance using OCI instance console connection.

sudo passwd root

12.5 Connecting to Oracle AVDF Instance

Learn how to access Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall instances on Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Connecting through SSH

Prerequisite: OCI virtual firewall for your VCN must be configured to allow ingress
traffic on SSH port 22. See OCI Access and Security for complete information.
The public key specified during instance creation is installed on Oracle AVDF instance
for SSH authentication. After the instance creation is completed, connect to the
instance as opc user using the matching private key.
Using the ssh utility, run the following command:

ssh -i <path to private key file> opc@<IP address of Oracle AVDF

instance>

See Also:

• Unable to Connect to Audit Vault Server through Console or SSH

• Connecting to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Instance
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Access and Security
• IP Addresses in your VCN

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Note:
Oracle AVDF instances accept the following public key types:
• ssh-ed25519
• ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com
• ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
• ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com
• rsa-sha2-512

Connecting through Audit Vault Server console

Prerequisite: OCI virtual firewall for your VCN must be configured to allow ingress traffic on
port 443. See OCI Access and Security for complete information.
Access the Audit Vault Server console by entering https://<IP address of the
Audit Vault Server instance> as the URL in your browser.

12.6 Scaling up Oracle AVDF Instance

Learn to scale up Oracle AVDF instances on OCI.
CPU, memory, network bandwidth, and repository storage of Oracle AVDF instance can be
scaled up without recreating the instance. This allows for increased performance to meet
growing workload needs.

Changing the Shape of Oracle AVDF Instance

CPU, memory, and network bandwidth can be scaled up by changing the shape of the
instance to one of the supported VM standard shapes.
Use the OCI console to edit the shape of the instance. Refer to Using the Console for more
details.

Note:
Changing a shape to a smaller one than the current shape is not supported. For
example, changing the shape from VM.Standard2.4 to VM.Standard2.2 is not
supported.

Expanding Repository Storage for Audit Vault Server

Each Audit Vault Server instance has a repository that stores the collected audit and network
event data. The storage requirements increase as the collection workload grows. To meet the
storage needs, expand the Audit Vault Server repository storage in the following ways:
• During Instance creation: When specifying the boot volume larger than the default for
Audit Vault Server instance, the underlying repository storage is automatically expanded.
Refer to section Creating an Oracle AVDF instance with Oracle Cloud Marketplace Image
on how to specify custom boot volume size.

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• Post instance creation: Follow these steps:

1. Attach additional OCI Block storage to the instance. Follow the steps listed in
Attaching the Volume to an Instance.
2. Ensure the disks are visible at the OS level, by running the following
command:

lsblk

3. Follow the manual steps listed in MOS note (Doc ID 1923751.1) to complete
expanding repository storage.

Note:

• Ensure the attached OCI Block storage is not shared with any other
instance as it may lead to data loss.
• SAN storage is not supported.

12.7 Changes in Functionality for Oracle AVDF Instances on

OCI
Learn about the changes in functionality of Oracle AVDF deployed on Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure (OCI).

Table 12-1 Functional Differences Between Oracle AVDF Deployed On-premises and on OCI

Functionality Oracle AVDF instance deployed Oracle AVDF instances deployed

on-premises on OCI
SSH authentication Password based authentication Key based authentication
Network settings (IP address and Network settings can be modified These settings are read only in the
Host Name) using the Audit Vault Server console. Audit Vault Server console. However,
they can be modified from the OCI
console.
Time synchronization NTP settings can be modified using NTP is automatically configured
the Audit Vault Server console. during instance creation and the NTP
server settings cannot be changed.
DNS DNS setting can be modified using DNS is automatically set to
the Audit Vault Server console. 169.254.169.254 during instance
creation. The settings can be
changed on the Audit Vault Server
console.
Repository storage expansion SAN Storage OCI Block Storage must be used for
storage expansion.
Archive or backup location NFS OCI File Storage (Recommended)

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Table 12-1 (Cont.) Functional Differences Between Oracle AVDF Deployed On-premises and on
OCI

Functionality Oracle AVDF instance deployed Oracle AVDF instances deployed

on-premises on OCI
Database Firewall deployment • Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) • Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)
modes • Monitoring (Host Monitor) • Monitoring (Host Monitor)
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band) • Monitoring (Out-of-Band) is not
supported.
Secondary Network Interface Cards Supported Not supported. (Only the primary
on Audit Vault Server network interface card that is
associated with the primary Audit
Vault Server's private IP address of
the instance is supported.)
Secondary Network Interface Cards Supported Not supported
on Database Firewall

12.8 Ports for Communication between Oracle AVDF

Components
Learn about different ports used by Oracle AVDF for communication between different
components.
The list of ports used by Oracle AVDF is listed in Ports Used by Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.

See Also:
Security Lists in OCI

12.9 High Availability for Oracle AVDF Instance

Learn about high availability for Oracle AVDF instance.
High availability in Oracle AVDF makes the deployment more reliable by ensuring continuity
of functionality (for example, audit and network event data collection).

Configuring High Availability in Audit Vault Server

Prerequisite: OCI virtual firewall for your VCN must be configured to allow ingress traffic on
port 7443, 1521, and 1522. See OCI Access and Security for complete information.
To configure high availability you need two Audit Vault Server instances. The first instance is
the primary server and the other as the secondary server. The steps to configure high
availability is similar to on-premises deployment. However, private IP addresses of the Audit
Vault Server instances must be used during high availability configuration.

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Configuring High Availability in Database Firewall

Configuring high availability for Database Firewall instance is supported only for
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode.
Prerequisite: OCI virtual firewall for your VCN must be configured to allow ingress
traffic on proxy ports for Database Firewall nodes. See OCI Access and Security for
complete information.
To configure high availability you need two Database Firewall instances. The first
instance is the primary and the other as the secondary. The steps to configure high
availability is similar to on-premises deployment.

See Also:
High Availability in Oracle AVDF

12.10 Deploying Audit Vault Agents

Learn about deploying Audit Vault Agents.
Audit Vault Agent is a component of Oracle AVDF that you deploy on a machine
(usually the same host as the target) to collect audit data from targets.
Prerequisite: OCI virtual firewall for your VCN must be configured to allow ingress
traffic on ports 1521 and 1522 for Audit Vault Server. See OCI Access and Security for
complete information.
Follow these steps to deploy an Audit Vault Agent:
1. Register the Audit Vault Agent machine on Audit Vault Server. In some cases, you
need to specify AGENT_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS_XX (where XX can be a number from 01
to 99) Agent attribute. See Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server for
complete information.
2. Download the Audit Vault Agent software from Audit Vault Server console to the
Agent machine.
3. Install the Audit Vault Agent software on the Agent machine.
4. Activate and start the Audit Vault Agent.

See Also:
Registering Hosts and Deploying the Agent

Audit Vault Agent communicates to Audit Vault Server using a JDBC connect string
that contains the IP address of the Audit Vault Server. The connect string is
automatically generated after post instance creation steps. Specify the IP address that
must be used in the connect string by filling in the AVS IP for Agent Communication
section in the Post installation configuration page of the Audit Vault Server console.
If an IP address is not specified, the private IP address of the Audit Vault Server is
used.

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Follow these guidelines for the type of IP address to be specified in the Post installation
configuration page of the Audit Vault Server:
• If you are expecting to collect audit data from any target outside of OCI, then specify a
public IP address of the Audit Vault Server.
• If you are expecting to collect audit data from targets only in OCI, then specify a private
IP address of the Audit Vault Server.
• If you are expecting to deploy Database Firewall in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode for
targets only in OCI, then specify the private IP address of the Audit Vault Server.

Table 12-2 Platform Support Matrix for Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent Deployment

Platform Audit Vault Agent Deployment Host Monitor Agent Deployment

Oracle Linux 64 bit (OCI) Yes Yes
Oracle Linux 64 bit (outside OCI) Yes No
Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64) Yes Yes
(OCI)
Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64) Yes No
(outside OCI)

12.11 Configuring Audit Trail Collection

Learn how to configure audit trails.
The steps to configure audit trails is similar to on-premises deployment.

See Also:

• Deploying Audit Vault Agents

• Configuring and Managing Audit Trail Collection

12.12 Deploying Database Firewall for Monitoring

Learn about deploying Database Firewall on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
The following Database Firewall deployment modes are supported on OCI:
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)
• Monitoring (Host Monitor)
Prerequisites:
• For Database Firewall deployed in Monitoring (Host Monitor) mode, the virtual firewall for
your Database Firewall VCN must be configured to allow ingress traffic on ports ranging
from 2051 to 5100. See OCI Access and Security for complete information.
• For Database Firewall deployed in Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode, the virtual firewall
for your Database Firewall VCN must be configured to open the specific proxy port.

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• For Audit Vault Server to collect network event data from Database Firewall, you
must configure virtual firewall of your Database Firewall VCN to allow ingress
traffic on port 1514.
When deploying Database Firewall, consider these points:
• You can use either public or private IP address of the Database Firewall to register
with the Audit Vault Server.
• When configuring a Database Firewall monitoring point, use the primary VNIC as
the network interface card.
• Use private IP address of the target when enabling native network encrypted traffic
monitoring for Oracle Database.
• When configuring the Database Firewall monitoring point for Oracle Real
Application Clusters (Oracle RAC), enter the FQDN of the SCAN Listener as the
host name.

See Also:

• Configuring Database Firewall for Databases That Use Native Network

Encryption
• Configuring Database Firewall

Note:

• Database Firewall monitoring and protection is not supported for targets

outside OCI.
• For deploying Host Monitor Agent follow the same guidelines mentioned
in section Deploying Audit Vault Agents.
• To setup native network encryption, the dbfw-utility.zip needs to
be downloaded from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud and copied to the
Audit Vault Server. Refer to Installing Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall for more information.

12.13 Monitoring Oracle Autonomous Database Services

Learn how to monitor Oracle Autonomous Database services with Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Clients connect to Autonomous Database services by using a public or private
endpoint. Use the public endpoint when configuring the Autonomous Database
services as a target on the Audit Vault Server.

Configuring Audit Trails

To configure audit trails for collection, see Configuring Audit Trail Collection, with the
following changes:

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• Provide the public endpoint, credentials wallet, and user credentials of your Autonomous
Database during target registration. See Step 2: Create User Accounts on Oracle Cloud
Instances.
• Deploy the Audit Vault Agent remotely and ensure access to the public endpoint.

Configuring Audit Provisioning and Entitlement Retrieval

For Audit Provisioning and Entitlement Retrieval, the Audit Vault Server connects to the
Autonomous Database by using the audit connection details that you provided during target
registration. Ensure that the Audit Vault Server can access the public endpoint of your
Autonomous Database.

Configuring Database Firewall

To configure the Database Firewall to connect to an Autonomous Database, see Configuring
a Database Firewall to Connect to an Oracle Autonomous Database.
Related Topics
• Connect to Autonomous Database Using a Client Application

12.14 Monitoring DB Systems on OCI

Learn how to monitor DB Systems with Oracle AVDF on OCI.
OCI DB Systems allow you to configure SSH key based access to the machine hosting the
database. You can install the Audit Vault Agent on the DB Systems.
In addition, all SQL connections use native network encryption by default.

Configuring Audit Trail Collection

Refer to the following sections:
• Deploying Audit Vault Agents
• Configuring Audit Trail Collection

Configuring Audit Provisioning and Entitlement Retrieval

For Audit Provisioning and Entitlement Retrieval, the Audit Vault Server connects to the DB
Systems on OCI using the audit connection details provided during the target registration.
Therefore, you must ensure that Audit Vault Server has JDBC access to your database.

Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring

Refer to section Deploying Database Firewall for Monitoring.

12.15 Backup and Restore of Oracle AVDF Instances in OCI

Learn about back up and restore functionality for Oracle AVDF instances in OCI.
The purpose of backup and restore is to protect against data loss and to restore the instance
from a backup taken earlier.

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Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server

The steps to perform backup and restore of Audit Vault Server is similar to on-
premises deployment with the following changes:
• Use OCI File Storage when configuring backup location.
• When configuring restore, you must set USE_NEW_IP parameter to Y.

See Also:
Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server

Backup and Restore of Database Firewall

The Database Firewall does not need to be backed up. As part of Audit Vault Server
backup, all the existing configuration is backed up. After restoring the Audit Vault
Server, the existing configuration to the Database Firewall is restored. Follow the steps
mentioned in section Backing Up and Restoring the Database Firewall to complete the
restore process.

12.16 Archiving and Retrieving Audit Data

Learn about archiving and retrieving audit data of Oracle AVDF on OCI.
Archiving and retrieving audit data is similar to the on-premises deployment. Use OCI
File Storage when specifying the archive locations.
To comply with corporate guidelines, all enterprises have data retention policies for
audit and network event data. Retention policies define how long the collected data is
kept online (so it is visible in reports) and for how long it is to be kept in archive. Using
Oracle AVDF, you can set the data retention policies for every target. Data is visible in
reports during the online period. For archiving, Oracle AVDF supports both manual and
automatic modes. When manual archiving mode is enabled, as soon as the online
period expires, data is made offline, but stays on Audit Vault Server. It has to be
moved manually to a remote location. If the mode is set to automatic archiving, data is
automatically moved to an NFS configured location, after the online period expires.
Oracle AVDF allows switching between manual and automatic archiving modes. For
Audit Vault Server deployed in OCI, use OCI File Storage for configuring NFS
locations.

See Also:
Archiving and Retrieving Audit Data

12.17 Starting or Stopping the Oracle AVDF Instance

Learn how to start or stop the Oracle AVDF instance.
Audit Vault Server console or the OCI console can be used to start or stop the
instances. Instances that are stopped can only be started using the OCI console.

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Refer to Stopping and Starting an Instance using OCI console.

From the Audit Vault Server console, you can stop or reboot the Oracle AVDF instance.

To Power Off or Reboot the Audit Vault Server instance

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click Settings tab.
3. Click System tab in the left navigation menu.
4. In the main page to the top right corner, click Power Off to stop the instance. Click
Reboot to restart the instance.

To Power Off or Reboot the Database Firewall instance

The Database Firewall instance must be registered in the Audit Vault Server console.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click Database Firewalls tab.
3. Select the checkbox against the specific Database Firewall instance.
4. Click Power Off to stop the instance. Click Reboot to restart the instance.

12.18 Terminating Oracle AVDF Instance

Learn about terminating Oracle AVDF instance.
You can terminate the Oracle AVDF instance using the OCI console by following the steps in
section Terminating an Instance.

Note:
When the instance is terminated, all audit and network event data is permanently
lost, unless you have taken a backup from which you can restore. Terminated
instances are temporarily visible in the list of instances with the status Terminated.

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Oracle Audit Vault And Database Firewall
Hybrid Cloud Deployment
To use Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hybrid Cloud Deployment, you must
perform some preliminary tasks.

13.1 Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hybrid Cloud

Deployment and Prerequisites
You can configure Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for hybrid cloud deployments.
Oracle AVDF hybrid cloud deployment models:
1. Audit Vault Server deployed on-premises and the targets are deployed in cloud or on-
premises
2. Audit Vault Server deployed on cloud and the targets are deployed in cloud or on-
premises
In Oracle Public Cloud deployment model, the Audit Vault Server is either deployed on-
premises or in Oracle Cloud. It monitors Oracle Database Cloud Service, Oracle Exadata
Cloud Service, and on-premises database instances. It uses Audit Vault Agents that can
collect audit data from on-premises or cloud targets. These Agents connect to the target
database and to the Audit Vault Server. Connections to the Audit Vault Server are made
through JDBC on ports 1521 and 1522. This chapter uses Oracle Public Cloud as an
example.
For non-Oracle clouds, the concepts are similar but the actual execution of configuring
network connectivity between Agents and databases differ. There is a wide variety of network
configurations, firewalls, and cloud providers, each with their own unique ways of configuring
network connectivity. When using the hybrid cloud deployment model for Oracle Databases
running in non-Oracle clouds, support is limited to Agent interaction with the database. Due to
wide variety of network configuration paradigms used by different cloud providers, support for
network connectivity issues must remain with the cloud provider.
When using the hybrid cloud deployment model for Oracle Databases running on-premises,
the Audit Vault Server is running in Public Cloud. In such cases, the configuration of the on-
premises network to enable connectivity between the Agents and Audit Vault Server is the
responsibility of the customer. Oracle AVDF support is limited to the Audit Vault Agent, and
not to the underlying network components involved in allowing the connections.
TCP and TCPS are the two connection options in Oracle Database Cloud Service. Setting up
connections for TCP and TCPS is similar. The difference is the port numbers. The following
are the key characteristics of Oracle Database Cloud Service cloud target configuration
settings:
• TCP connections have encryption enforced by default.
• TCPS connections are configured between Audit Vault Agents and cloud targets.
– On the Audit Vault Server the TCPS option must be set for cloud targets.

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– Additional Audit Vault Agents can be used to collect audit data from on-
premises databases, directories, and operating systems.

Note:

* The user can have multiple Audit Vault Agents to collect data
from DBCS instances.
* Only one Audit Vault Agent can be installed on a host for a single
Audit Vault Server. Multiple audit trail collections can be started
using a single Audit Vault Agent.

– This deployment offers great flexibility for customers to address consistent

audit or security policies across on-premises and cloud environments.

Prerequisites for deploying Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hybrid Cloud
There are many factors to consider before deploying Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall Hybrid. The table outlines the availability of Audit Vault and Database Firewall
features for databases on-premises against OPC, in case of DBCS and for Exadata
Express Cloud Service.

Feature DBs On- DBs in OPC Exadata Data

premises Express Cloud Warehouse
Service Cloud Service
Database Table based audit Yes Yes No No
collection
(SYS.AUD$; SYS.FGA_LOG$
etc..)
Unified Audit Table Trail Yes Yes Yes Yes
Database File based audit Yes No No No
collection
REDO log support Yes No No No
OS audit collection Yes No No No
Retrieve Entitlements Yes Yes Yes Yes
Policy retrieval/provisioning for Yes Yes No No
Traditional audit trails
View Interactive reports Yes Yes Yes Yes
View Scheduled reports Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stored Procedure Auditing Yes No No No

Prerequisites for auditing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hybrid Cloud
There are multiple aspects that have to be considered while auditing DBCS targets.
Audit requirements and audit policies on DBCS cloud targets are critical as the number
and type of enabled audit policies directly affects the number of audit records sent to
the Audit Vault Server. DBCS instances may have various audit settings. Hence users
must review this information either on the Audit Vault Server or directly on the
database instance.

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Note:
The audit data collection from table based audit trails is only supported. The version
specific information is listed below:

Release Audit information supported

Oracle Database 11g Release • Fine Grained Audit
11.2 • Database Vault Audit
• Traditional Audit data stored in sys.AUD$
Oracle Database 12c and later • Unified Audit
• Database Vault Audit
• Fine Grained Audit
• Traditional Audit data stored in sys.AUD$

Note:
The SYS.AUD$ and SYS.FGA_LOG$ tables have an additional column RLS$INFO.
The Unified Audit trail table has RLS_INFO column. This column describes row
level security policies configured. This is mapped to the extension field in Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall. In order to populate this column, the user needs
to set the AUDIT_TRAIL parameter of the target to DB EXTENDED.

13.2 Opening Ports on Oracle Database Cloud Service

You can open ports on Oracle Database Cloud Service.
This procedure is used to open up a specific port. This is one of the pre-requisites before
deploying Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hybrid Cloud.
To open a port, execute the following procedure:
1. Log in to the DBCS service.
2. Click on the navigation menu that is located next to the Oracle logo on the top.
3. Select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute for Oracle Public Cloud service.
4. In the next screen, click on Network tab that is located at the top of setup port or
allowlist.
5. Click the Security Application tab to display the list of available ports.
6. Click Create Security Application and specify the port that must be enabled.
7. Click Security Rules tab, and then click Create Security Rule button.
8. In the Security Application field select the application previously chosen.
9. Enter the remaining fields.
10. Click Create.

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13.3 Configuring Hybrid Cloud Target Using TCP

You can configure cloud targets for DBCS instances in TCP mode. The Audit Vault
server and Audit Vault agent are installed on-premises.

13.3.1 Step 1: Registering On-premises Host on the Audit Vault Server

This configuration step registers the on-premises host in the Audit Vault server.
In case there is already a registered on-premises host in the Audit Vault server
installed on the agent for monitoring Oracle Database Cloud Services instances,
bypass this procedure. Otherwise, the steps are similar for all target databases that
are on-premises.

See Also:
Registering Hosts on the Audit Vault Server

13.3.2 Step 2: Installing Audit Vault Agent on Registered On-premises

Hosts
This configuration step installs Oracle Audit Vault agents on registered on-premises
hosts.

Note:
If there is already an Audit Vault agent installed on an on-premises host that
is planned for monitoring DBCS instances then ignore this step. In case there
are no agents installed, there are specific requirements for the Audit Vault
agents that monitor DBCS instances. The requirements or features are as
follows:
1. The agent has to run on-premise.
2. A minimum of one agent must be dedicated to monitor only DBCS
instances. There may be multiple agents dedicated to monitor only
DBCS instances.
3. The agent should not run on the Audit Vault server.

1. Install the Audit Vault agent on the on-premises host.

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See Also:
Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on Host Computers for detailed steps on
installing on-premises host.

2. Start the Audit Vault agent.

13.3.3 Step 3: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Database Cloud Service

Target Instances
This configuration step creates user accounts on Oracle Database Cloud Service target
instances.

Note:
The connection methodology is different in case on-premises deployment, for TCP
connections.

Prerequisite
• Port 1521 has to be opened on the DBCS instance for TCP connection so that later
SQL*Plus and SQL*Developer can be used. TCP connection is encrypted by default. It
utilizes the native encryption. See Opening Ports on Oracle Database Cloud Service for
detailed steps.
Procedure for installation:
1. Ensure that the connection has been established to the DBCS instances through TCP as
user with SYSDBA administrative privilege.
2. Scripts and respective actions:

Script Action
oracle_AVDF_dbcs_user_setup.sql To setup target user account.
oracle_AVDF_dbcs_drop_db_permissions. To revoke permission from user.
sql

3. Execute the script in order to setup target user account in specific mode:
oracle_AVDF_dbcs_user_setup.sql <username> <mode>
Where <username> is the user name of the Hybrid cloud target user.
The <mode> can be one of the following:

Mode Purpose
AUDIT_COLLECTION To collect data from Oracle Cloud instance
TABLE audit trail in Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.

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Mode Purpose
AUDIT_SETTING_PROVISIONING To set up privileges for managing the Oracle
Cloud instance audit policy from Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall.
STORED_PROCEDURE_AUDITING To enable stored procedure auditing for the
Oracle Cloud instance.
ENTITLEMENT_RETRIEVAL To enable user entitlement retrieval for Oracle
Cloud instance.
ALL To enable all the above mentioned options.

13.3.4 Step 4: Setting Up or Reviewing Audit Policies on Target Oracle

Database Cloud Service Instances
This configuration step explains how to manage audit policies on target Oracle
Database Cloud Service instances.
Check the audit polices that are enabled and change them as needed. For Oracle
Database 11g release 11.2 and Oracle Database 12c instances where the Unified
audit is not enabled, it is possible to provision audit policies from the Audit Vault server.
If the Unified Trail is enabled on Oracle12c instances, ensure to change the audit
policies manually on the DBCS instance.

Note:
Ensure to understand the audit settings on the DBCS instances before
starting the audit data collection process. Currently one Audit Vault agent
supports up to a maximum of 10 cloud target audit trails. The collection
speed is up to 25 million audit records per target audit trail, per day. The
recommended Audit Vault agent configuration can be found in the Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide.

Run the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT package on the DBCS instances for audit clean up, after
the data is collected by on-premises Audit Vault Server. The Audit Vault Server
supports data retention policies for every target and meets compliance requirements. It
allows configuring different retention policies for on-premises and DBCS instances.
Storage requirements on the Audit Vault Server also must be reviewed to ensure
enough storage is available, while adding more on-premises or DBCS instance targets
to the Audit Vault Server.

13.3.5 Step 5: Creating Targets on Oracle Audit Vault Server for

Oracle Database Cloud Service Instances
This configuration step creates targets on Oracle Audit Vault Servers for Oracle
Database Cloud Service instances.
To connect to the DBCS instance the configuration is the same as for on-premise
targets. The user must define these specific settings on the target configuration page.
1. Log in to Audit Vault console with as an administrator.

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2. Click the Targets tab.

3. Click the Register button on the right.
4. Enter a Name for the target and select from the Type menu.
5. Optionally fill in the Description field.
6. Under the Audit Connection Details sub tab, choose the Advanced option.
7. In the Protocol menu, select TCP.
8. In the Target Location field, enter the following settings:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@//host_ip:port_number/service_name

Alternatively, you can accomplish this uing the Basic option. Enter the details in Host
Name/IP Address, Port, Service Name fields.
9. Enter the User Name and Password.
10. Click Save to save the configuration changes.

13.3.6 Step 6: Starting Audit Trail on Audit Vault Server for Oracle
Database Cloud Service Instances
This configuration step starts the audit trail on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database
Cloud Service instances.
Use this procedure to start an audit trail on the Audit Vault Server for the DBCS instance.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault console as an administrator.
2. In the Targets tab, select the newly registered target.
3. Under Audit Data Collection section, click Add. The Add Audit Trail dialog is
displayed.
4. Select Audit Trail Type as TABLE.

Note:
Other trail types are not supported for DBCS target instances.

5. Select the appropriate values in the Trail Location from the drop down menu.
The supported table trails for Oracle DBCS target are:
a. UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL
b. SYS.AUD$
c. SYS.FGA_LOG$
d. DVSYS.AUDIT_TRAIL$
6. Select the Agent Host.
7. Click Save to add the audit trail.

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13.4 Configuring TCPS Connections for DBCS Instances

Learn how to configure TCPS connections for DBCS instances.

13.4.1 Step 1: Creating Server Wallet and Certificate

This configuration step shows you how to create server wallets and certificates.
1. Ensure that port 1522 is open on the DBCS instance for TCPS connection. .
See Opening Ports on Oracle Database Cloud Service for detailed information.
Later some standard tools such as SQL*Plus and SQL*Developer can be used
2. Create a new auto-login wallet by executing the orapki utility.
mkdir -p <wallet path>
orapki wallet create –wallet <wallet path> -auto_login

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:
orapki wallet create –wallet /u01/app/example/demowallet -auto_login
3. Create a self-signed certificate and load it into the wallet, by executing the
command:
orapki wallet add –wallet <wallet path> -dn

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

CN=hostname –keysize 1024 -self_signed –validity 365

Example:
orapki wallet add –wallet /u01/app/example/demowallet -dn
CN=CloudAB2.abcdXY.example.somedomain –keysize 1024 -self_signed –
validity 365
4. Check the contents of the wallet by executing the following command:
orapki wallet display -wallet <wallet path>
Result:
Displays the self-signed certificate which is both a user and trusted certificate.

Requested Certificates:
User Certificates:

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Subject: CN=<hostname>
Trusted Certificates:
Subject: CN=<hostname>

Example:
orapki wallet display –wallet /u01/app/example/demowallet
Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.2

Copyright (c) 2004, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

Requested Certificates:
User Certificates:
Subject: CN=CloudAB2.abcdXY.example.somedomain
Trusted Certificates:
Subject: CN=CloudAB2.abcdXY.example.somedomain

5. Export the certificate to the client wallet for future use, by executing the command:
orapki wallet export –wallet <wallet path> -dn CN=hostname

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

-cert <certificate file name>.crt

Example:
orapki wallet export –wallet /u01/app/example/demowallet –dn
CN=CloudAB2.abcdXY.example.somedomain -cert CloudAB2-certificate.crt
6. Check that the certificate has been exported as expected, by executing the command:
cat <certificate file name>.crt
Example:
cat CloudAB2-certificate.crt
Result:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIB0TCCAToCAQAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwMTEvMC0GA1UEAxMmQ2xvdWRTVDIuZGViZGV2MT
ku
b3JhY2xlY2xvdWQuaW50ZXJuYWwwHhcNMTYwNTExMTEyMDI2WhcNMjYwNTA5MTEyMDI2WjAxMS
8w
LQYDVQQDEyZDbG91ZFNUMi5kZWJkZXYxOS5vcmFjbGVjbG91ZC5pbnRlcm5hbDCBnzANBgkqhk
iG
9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAr6fhuQly2t3i8gugLVzgP2kFGVXVOzqbggEIC+Qazb15JuKs0n
tk
En9ERGvA0fxHkAkCtIPjCzQD5WYRU9C8AQQOWe7UFHae7PsQX8jsmEtecpr5Wkq3818+26qU3J
yi
XxxK/rRydwBO526G5Tn5XPsovaw/PYJxF/

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fIKMG7fzMCAwEAATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAAOBgQCu
fBYJj4wQYriZIfjij4eac/
jnO85EifF3L3DU8qCHJxOxRgK97GJzD73TiY20xpzQjWKougX73YKV
Tp9yusAx/T/
qXbpAD9JKyHlKj16wPeeMcS06pmDDXtJ2CYqOUwMIk53cK7mLaAHCbYGGM6btqP4V
KYIjP48GrsQ5MOqd0w==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

13.4.2 Step 2: Creating Client (Agent) Wallet and Certificate

This configuration step explains how to create client wallets and certificates.
1. Run the following command to create a new auto-login wallet:

c:\>mkdir -p <client wallet dir>

c:\>orapki wallet create –wallet "<wallet path>" -auto_login

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>orapki wallet create –wallet

C:\Work\CloudWallet -auto_login

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.1

Copyright (c) 2004, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

2. Run the following command to create a self-signed certificate and load it into the
wallet:

c:\>orapki wallet add –wallet <client wallet path> -dn

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

CN=%client computer name% –keysize 1024 -self_signed –validity 365

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Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>orapki wallet add –wallet C:\Work\CloudWallet -dn

CN=machine1.somedomain.com –keysize 1024 -self_signed –validity 365

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.1

Copyright (c) 2004, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

3. Check the contents of the wallet by running the command:

orapki wallet display –wallet <client wallet path>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>orapki wallet display –wallet C:\Work\CloudWallet

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.1

Copyright (c) 2004, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

Requested Certificates:
User Certificates:
Subject: CN=machine1.foobar.example.com
Trusted Certificates:
Subject: OU=Class 3 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
Subject: CN=GTE CyberTrust Global Root,OU=GTE CyberTrust
Solutions\, Inc.,O=GTE Corporation,C=US
Subject: OU=Class 2 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
Subject: OU=Class 1 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
Subject: CN=machine1.foobar.example.com

4. Run the following command to export the certificate and load it onto the server:

orapki wallet export –wallet <client wallet path> -dn

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Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

CN=<client computer name> -cert <clent computer name>-

certificate.crt

Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>orapki wallet export –wallet

C:\Work\CloudWallet -dn

CN=machine1.foobar.example.com -cert machine1-certificate.crt

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.1

Copyright (c) 2004, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

5. Check the certificate by running the command:

more c:\%computername%-certificate.crt

Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>more machine1-certificate.crt

Result:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBsTCCARoCAQAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwITEfMB0GA1UEAxMWZ2JyMzAxMzkudWsu
b3JhY2xl
LmNvbTAeFw0xNjA1MTExMTQzMzFaFw0yNjA1MDkxMTQzMzFaMCExHzAdBgNVBAMTFmdi
cjMwMTM5
LnVrLm9yYWNsZS5jb20wgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAKH8G8sFS6l0
llu+RMfl
7Yt+Ppw8J0PfDEDbTGP5wtsrs/
22dUCipU9l+vif1VgSPLE2UPJbGM8tQzTC6UYbBtWHe4CshmvD
EVlcIMsEFvD7a5Q+P45jqNSEtV9VdbGyxaD6i5Y/
Smd+B87FcQQCX54LaI9BJ8SZwmPXgDweADLf
AgMBAAEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEAai742jfNYYTKMq2xxRygGJGn1LhpFenHvuHL
BvnTup1N
nZOBwBi4VxW3CImvwONYcCEFp3E1SRswS5evlfIfruCZ1xQBoUNei3EJ6O3OdKeRRp2E
+muXEtfe
U+jwUE+SzpnzfpI23Okl2vo8Q7VHrSalxE2KEhAzC1UYX7ZYp1U=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

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13.4.3 Step 3: Exchanging Client (Agent) and Server Certificates

This configuration step explains how to exchange client (agent) and server certificates.
1. Exchange client (agent) and server certificates. Each side of the connection has to trust
the other. Hence ensure to load the certificate from the server as a trusted certificate into
the client wallet and vice versa. Load the server certificate into the client wallet by
executing the command:

orapki wallet add –wallet <client wallet path> -trusted_cert -cert

<server certificate path>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>orapki wallet add –wallet C:\Work\CloudWallet -

trusted_cert -cert C:\Work\CloudWallet\CloudAB2-certificate.crt

Result:
Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.1
Copyright (c) 2004, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
2. Check the contents of the client wallet by executing the command:

orapki wallet display –wallet <client wallet path>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>orapki wallet display –wallet C:\Work\CloudWallet

Notice the self-signed certificate is a trusted user certificate.

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.1

Copyright (c) 2004, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

Requested Certificates:
User Certificates:

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Subject: CN=machine1.foobar.example.com
Trusted Certificates:
Subject: OU=Class 1 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
Subject: CN=machine1.foobar.example.com
Subject: CN=GTE CyberTrust Global Root,OU=MNO CyberTrust
Solutions\, Inc.,O=MNO Corporation,C=US
Subject: CN=CloudAB2.abcxy10.example.somedomain
Subject: OU=Class 3 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
Subject: OU=Class 2 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US

3. Load the client certificate into server by executing the command:

orapki wallet add –wallet <server wallet path> -trusted_cert -cert

<client certificate file>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:

orapki wallet add –wallet /u01/app/example/demowallet -trusted_cert

-cert machine1-certificate.crt

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.2

Copyright (c) 2004, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

4. Check the contents of the client wallet by executing the command:

orapki wallet display –wallet <client wallet path>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:

C:\Work\CloudWallet>orapki wallet display –wallet

C:\Work\CloudWallet

The server certificate is now included in the list of trusted certificates.

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Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.1

Copyright (c) 2004, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

Requested Certificates:
User Certificates:
Subject: CN=machine1.foobar.example.com
Trusted Certificates:
Subject: OU=Class 1 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
Subject: CN=machine1.foobar.example.com
Subject: CN=GTE CyberTrust Global Root,OU=MNO CyberTrust
Solutions\, Inc.,O=MNO Corporation,C=US
Subject: CN=CloudAB2.abcdXY.example.somedomain
Subject: OU=Class 3 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US
Subject: OU=Class 2 Public Primary Certification
Authority,O=VeriSign\, Inc.,C=US

5. Load the client certificate into server by executing the command:

orapki wallet add –wallet <server wallet path> -trusted_cert -cert

<client certificate file>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

Example:

orapki wallet add –wallet /u01/app/example/demowallet -trusted_cert -cert

machine1-certificate.crt

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.2

Copyright (c) 2004, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

6. Check the contents of the server wallet by executing the command:

orapki wallet display –wallet <wallet path>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

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Example:

orapki wallet display –wallet /u01/app/example/demowallet

Result:

Oracle PKI Tool : Version 12.1.0.2

Copyright (c) 2004, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

Requested Certificates:
User Certificates:
Subject: CN=CloudAB2.abcdXY.example.somedomain
Trusted Certificates:
Subject: CN=CloudAB2.abcdXY.example.somedomain
Subject: CN=machine1.foobar.example.com

13.4.4 Step 4: Configuring Server Network

This step explains how to configure the server network.
Data security between an Audit Vault Server and an Oracle Database target is
achieved by default, through network encryption over TCP connection. Data security
can also be achieved by using a TCPS/SSL connection.
1. Configure the server network. Add the following entries on the server and into
the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora file:

orapki wallet add –wallet <client wallet path> -trusted_cert -cert

<server certificate path>

Note:
This command will prompt you to enter and re-enter a wallet password.

WALLET_LOCATION =
(SOURCE =
(METHOD = FILE)
(METHOD_DATA =
(DIRECTORY = /u01/app/oracle/demowallet)
)
)

SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (TCPS,TCP,NTS,BEQ)
SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION = TRUE

SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER = ACCEPTED/REQUESTED/REJECTED
SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_SERVER = ACCEPTED/REQUESTED/REJECTED

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Note:

a. The server encryption is set to REQUIRED on the DBCS instance and on-
premises by default. Set the server encryption to ACCEPTED or
REQUESTED or REJECTED.
b. REJECTED is not a recommended option. The following table describes
these options in detail.

Option Description
ACCEPTED The server does not allow both
encrypted and non-encrypted
connections. This is the default value in
case the parameter is not set.
REJECTED The server does not allow encrypted
traffic.
REQUESTED The server requests encrypted traffic if it
is possible, but accepts non-encrypted
traffic if encryption is not possible.
REQUIRED The server accepts only encrypted
traffic.

2. Configure the listener to accept SSL or TLS encrypted connections. Edit

the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora file. Add the wallet information
and the TCPS entry. Set the values as follows, using the directory location that you
specified for your environment:

SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION = TRUE

WALLET_LOCATION =
(SOURCE =
(METHOD = FILE)
(METHOD_DATA =
(DIRECTORY = /u01/app/oracle/demowallet)
)
)

LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = <host name>.localdomain)(PORT =
1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCPS)(HOST = <host name>.localdomain)(PORT =
1522))
)
)

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3. Restart the listener by executing the following commands:

$ lsnrctl stop

Example:

$ lsnrctl start

13.4.5 Step 5: Connecting to DBCS instances in TCPS mode

To connect Oracle Database Cloud Service instances with TCPS follow these steps:
1. Enable port 1522 on the cloud service.
2. Configure TCPS connection for the DBCS instance once port 1522 has been
opened.
3. Create the server wallet and certificate.
4. Create client (agent) wallet and certificate.
5. Exchange the client (agent) and server certificates.
6. Configure the server network.
7. Connect to the DBCS instance through TCPS using the Audit Vault agent or tools
like SQL*Plus or SQL*Developer.

See Also:

• Configuring TCPS Connections for DBCS Instances for detailed

steps on configuring TCPS for DBCS instance.
• Opening Ports on Oracle Database Cloud Service

13.5 Configuring Hybrid Cloud Target Using TCPS

Learn how to configure cloud targets for DBCS instances in TCPS mode. The Audit
Vault server and Audit Vault agent are installed on-premises.

13.5.1 Step 1: Registering On-premises Host on Oracle Audit Vault

Server
Follow this configuration procedure to register on-premises hosts on Oracle Audit Vault
Server.
This step registers the on-premises host on the Audit Vault server.

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Note:
If there is already a registered on-premises host in the Audit Vault Server installed
on the Agent for monitoring DBCS instances, then skip this procedure. Otherwise,
the steps are similar for all target databases that are on-premises. See Registering
Hosts on the Audit Vault Server for detailed steps.

13.5.2 Step 2: Installing Oracle Audit Vault Agent on Registered On-

premises Hosts and Configuring TCPS
This configuration procedure installs Oracle Audit Vault Agent on registered on-premises
hosts and configures TCPS.

Note:
If there is already an Audit Vault agent installed on an on-premises host that is
planned for monitoring DBCS instances then ignore this step. In case there are no
agents installed, there are specific requirements for the Audit Vault agents that
monitor DBCS instances. The requirements or features are as follows:
1. The agent has to run on-premise.
2. A minimum of one agent must be dedicated to monitor only DBCS instances.
There may be multiple agents dedicated to monitor only DBCS instances.
3. The agent should not run on the Audit Vault server.

1. Install the Audit Vault agent on the on-premises host. See Deploying the Audit Vault
Agent on Host Computers for detailed steps on installing on-premises host.
2. Start the Audit Vault agent.

13.5.3 Step 3: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Database Cloud Service

Target Instances
This step creates a user account on the Oracle Database Cloud Service instance.

Note:
The connection methodology and scripts utilized are different in case on-premises
deployment.

Prerequisite
• Port 1522 has to be opened up on the DBCS instance for TCP connection so that later
SQL*Plus and SQL*Developer can be used. TCP connection is encrypted by default. It

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utilizes the native encryption. See Opening Ports on Oracle Database Cloud
Service for detailed steps.
Procedure:
1. Ensure that the connection has been established to the DBCS instances through
TCPS as user with SYSDBA administrative privilege.
2. Create Server Wallet and certificate.
3. Create Client Wallet and certificate.
4. Exchange Client and Server certificates.
5. Configure Server network.

Note:
See “Configuring TCPS Connections for DBCS Instances” for creating
Server Wallet, Client Wallet, certificates, and exchanging certificates.

6. Once the above steps are complete, the user can now connect to the DBCS
instances in TCPS using the Audit Vault Agent or tools like SQL*Plus and
SQL*Developer.
7. Execute the following commands to create audit retrieval user account creation
scripts:
a. oracle_AVDF_dbcs_user_setup.sql
b. oracle_AVDF_dbcs_drop_db_permissions.sql

Note:
These scripts are different from those of the on-premises database
instances.

13.5.4 Step 4: Setting Up or Reviewing Audit Policies on Target Oracle

Database Cloud Service Instances
Use this procedure to set up and review audit policies on target Oracle Database
Cloud Service instances.
Check the audit polices that are enabled and change them as needed. For Oracle
Database 11g, Oracle Database 11.2, and Oracle Database 12c release instances
where the unified audit is not enabled, you can provision audit policies from the Audit
Vault Server. If the Unified Trail is enabled on Oracle Database 12c instances, change
the audit policies manually on the DBCS instance.

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Note:

• Understand the audit settings on the DBCS instances, before starting the audit
data collection process. Currently one Audit Vault Agent supports up to a
maximum of 10 cloud target audit trails. The collection speed is up to 25 million
audit records per target audit trail, in a day. The recommended Audit Vault
Agent configuration can be found in the Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall Installation Guide.
• Run the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT package on the DBCS instances for audit clean
up, once the data is collected by the on-premises Audit Vault Server. The Audit
Vault Server supports data retention policies for every target and meets
compliance requirements. It allows configuring different retention policies for on-
premises and DBCS instances.

13.5.5 Step 5: Creating Targets on Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database
Cloud Service Instances
This configuration step creates target on Oracle Audit Vault Servers for Oracle Database
Cloud Service instances.
The user must define these specific settings on the target configuration page. Use the
following procedure:
1. Log in to Audit Vault console as an administrator.
2. Click Targets tab.
3. Click the Register button on the right.
4. Enter a Name for the target and select from the Type menu.
5. Optionally fill in the Description field.
6. Under the Audit Connection Details sub tab, choose the Advanced option.
7. In the Protocol menu, select TCPS.
8. In the Wallet field, choose the client wallet by navigating to the location of the wallet
where it was previously created.
9. Enter the following TCPS connection string in the Target Location field:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCPS)(HOST=<Host IP>)
(PORT=<Port Number>))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=<service name>)
(SERVER=DEDICATED))(SECURITY= (SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN="DN")))

This can also be accomplished in the Basic option. Enter the details in Host Name/IP
Address, Server DN, and the Wallet fields.
10. Enter the User Name and Password.

11. Click Save to save the configuration changes.

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See Also:
Configuring TCPS Connections for DBCS Instances for information on
creating a wallet.

13.5.6 Step 6: Starting Audit Trail on Audit Vault Server for Oracle
Database Cloud Services Instances
This configuration step starts an audit trail on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle
Database Cloud Service instances.
Use this procedure to start audit trail on the Audit Vault Server for the DBCS instance:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault console as an administrator.
2. In the Targets tab, select the newly registered target.
3. Under Audit Data Collection section, click Add. The Add Audit Trail dialog is
displayed.
4. Select Audit Trail Type as TABLE.

Note:
Other trail types are not supported for the DBCS target instance.

5. Select the appropriate values in the Trail Location from the drop down menu. The
supported table trails for Oracle DBCS target are:
a. UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL
b. SYS.AUD$
c. SYS.FGA_LOG$
d. DVSYS.AUDIT_TRAIL$
6. Select the Agent Host.
7. Click Save to add the audit trail.

13.6 Configuring Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud

Service Target Using TCPS
Learn how to configure Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service targets in
TCPS mode.

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13.6.1 Step 1: Installing Audit Vault Agent on registered On-premises

Hosts and Configuring TCPS
This step installs Oracle Audit Vault Agent on registered on-premises hosts and configures
TCPS.
See Step 2: Installing Oracle Audit Vault Agent on Registered On-premises Hosts and
Configuring TCPS.

Prerequisites
• Ensure the right version of JDK is installed. The supported JDK versions are:
– JDK7u80 or higher
– JDK8u71
– JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files with both JDK7 and JDK8. JDK 8 .jar
files can be downloaded from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/
downloads/jce8-download-2133166.html

13.6.2 Step 2: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Exadata Express Cloud

Service Instances
This configuration step creates user accounts on Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service
Instances.
Procedure:
1. Ensure that the connection has been established to the Oracle Database Cloud Service
instances through TCPS as user with SYSDBA administrative privilege.
2. Create Server Wallet and certificate.
3. Create Client Wallet and certificate.
4. Exchange Client and Server certificates.
5. Configure Server network.

6. After the above steps are complete, you can now connect to the DBCS instances in
TCPS using the Audit Vault Agent or tools like SQL*Plus and SQL*Developer.
7. Run the following commands to create audit retrieval user account scripts:
oracle_AVDF_E1_user_setup.sql
oracle_AVDF_E1_drop_db_permissions.sql

See Also:
Configuring TCPS Connections for DBCS Instances for creating Server Wallet,
Client Wallet, certificates, and exchanging certificates.

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13.6.3 Step 3: Creating Targets on Oracle Audit Vault Server for

Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service Instances
This configuration step creates targets on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle
Exadata Express Cloud Service instances.
1. Create a target on Oracle Audit Vault Server for the DBCS Instance. See Step 5:
Creating Targets on Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database Cloud Service
Instances.
2. Execute the following command to set mandatory target attribute for SSL version:
av.collector.stconn.oracle.net.ssl_version = 1.2

13.7 Configuring Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud

Service Target Using TCP
Learn how to configure Exadata Express Cloud Targets in TCP mode. The Audit Vault
Server and Audit Vault Agent are installed on-premises.

13.7.1 Step 1: Registering On-premises Hosts on Oracle Audit Vault

Server
This configuration step explains how to register on-premises hosts on Oracle Audit
Vault Server.
See Step 1: Registering On-premises Host on the Audit Vault Server.

13.7.2 Step 2: Installing Audit Vault Agents on Registered On-

Premises Hosts
This configuration step installs agents on registered on-premises hosts.
See Step 2: Installing Audit Vault Agent on Registered On-premises Hosts.

13.7.3 Step 3: Creating User Accounts on Oracle Exadata Express

Cloud Target Instances
This configuration step creates user accounts on Oracle Exadata Express Cloud
targets.
1. Log in with SYSDBA administrative privilege and establish a connection to the
DBCS instances through TCP.
2. Execute the following commands to create audit retrieval user account scripts:
oracle_AVDF_E1_user_setup.sql
oracle_AVDF_E1_drop_db_permissions.sql

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13.7.4 Step 4: Setting Up or Reviewing Audit Policies on Target Oracle

Exadata Express Cloud Instances
This configuration step enables you to set up and review audit policies on target Oracle
Exadata Express Cloud instances.

Note:
This is not supported for Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service instance.

13.7.5 Step 5: Creating Targets on Oracle Audit Vault Servers for Oracle
Exadata Express Cloud Instances
This configuration step creates targets on Oracle Audit Vault Servers for Oracle Exadata
Express Cloud instances.
See Step 5: Creating Targets on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database Cloud
Service Instances.

13.7.6 Step 6: Starting Audit Trail on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle
Exadata Express Cloud Instances
This configuration step starts audit trails on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle Exadata
Express Cloud instances.
Use this procedure to start audit trail on Oracle Audit Vault Server for Oracle Exadata
Express Cloud instances:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault console as an administrator.
2. In the Targets tab, select the newly registered target.
3. Under Audit Data Collection section, click Add. The Add Audit Trail dialog is
displayed.
4. Select Audit Trail Type as TABLE.

Note:
Other trail types are not supported for the Express Exadata Cloud target
instance.

5. Select the appropriate values in the Trail Location from the drop-down menu. The
supported table trails for Oracle Express Exadata Cloud target are:
a. UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL
6. Click Save to add the audit trail.

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13.8 Configuring Autonomous Data Warehouse and

Autonomous Transaction Processing
Learn how to configure Oracle Database Cloud Service types as targets in TCPS
mode for Autonomous Data Warehouse and Autonomous Transaction Processing.

13.8.1 Step 1: Install Audit Vault Agent on Registered Host

This configuration step installs Audit Vault Agents on registered host.

Prerequisites
Ensure the right version of JDK is installed. The supported JDK versions are:
• JDK7u80 or higher
• JDK8u71
• JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files with both JDK7 and JDK8. JDK
8 .jar files can be downloaded from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/
javase/downloads/jce8-download-2133166.html
Follow these steps:
1. Install the Audit Vault Agent on the host machine. See Deploying the Audit Vault
Agent on Host Computers for detailed steps.
2. Start the Audit Vault Agent.

13.8.2 Step 2: Create User Accounts on Oracle Cloud Instances

This configuration step creates user account on Oracle Cloud instances.
Complete this procedure to create a user account on an Autonomous Data Warehouse
or on an Autonomous Transaction Processing Cloud instance:
1. Ensure that the connection has been established to the Autonomous Data
Warehouse Cloud instances through TCPS as user with SYSDBA administrative
privilege.
2. Create a user that is used to collect audit data from the database.
3. Run the script to provide relevant privileges to the user:
oracle_AVDF_dbcs_user_setup.sql

See Also:
Configuring TCPS Connections for DBCS Instances

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13.8.3 Step 3: Create Targets on Audit Vault Server for the Cloud Instances
This configuration step creates a target on Audit Vault Server for the Autonomous Data
Warehouse and Autonomous Transaction Processing Cloud instances.

Prerequisites
1. The user must download the client wallet using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console. See
Download Client Credentials (Wallets) for complete information.
2. Unzip the client wallet. The wallet contains the Single Sign On Wallet file (cwallet.sso).
3. The user can get connection string Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
The user must enter these details and specific settings on the target configuration page.
Follow the below steps:
1. Log in to Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click Targets tab.
3. Click the Register button on the right.
4. Enter a Name for the target and select the Type as Oracle Database.
5. Optionally fill in the Description field.
6. Under the Audit Connection Details sub tab, choose the Advanced option.
7. In the Protocol menu, select TCPS.
8. In the Wallet field, upload the Single Sign On Wallet file (cwallet.sso).
9. Enter the TCPS connection string in the Target Location field:
jdbc:oracle:thin:@<Connection string from OCI Console>
10. Enter the User Name and Password.

11. Click Save to save the configuration changes.

13.8.4 Step 4: Start Audit Trail on Audit Vault Server for the Autonomous
Data Warehouse and Autonomous Transaction Processing Cloud
Instances
This configuration step starts an audit trail on Audit Vault Server for the Autonomous Data
Warehouse and Autonomous Transaction Processing Cloud instances.
Create audit trail using the Audit Vault Server console for the Autonomous Data Warehouse
and Autonomous Transaction Processing Cloud instances. See Step 6: Starting Audit Trail on
Audit Vault Server for Oracle Database Cloud Services Instances for complete information.

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13.8.5 Step 5: (Optional) Revoke Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Privileges for a User
Use this configuration step to revoke user privileges on Oracle Cloud instances.
If a user no longer requires access to audit data on the database, revoke the privileges
by running the following script as the SYS user with the SYSDBA privilege:
oracle_AVDF_dbcs_drop_db_permissions.sql.

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Learn about Oracle AVDF general administration tasks.
Part II assumes that you have completed the steps in Part I to configure Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall. This part covers general administrative tasks.
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Managing User Accounts and Access
To manage user accounts and access, you can use both the command line and the Audit
Vault Server console.

14.1 About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Administrative Accounts
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall administrative accounts help you manage user
access.
When administrators log in to Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, they have access
only to administrative functions, whereas auditors have access only to the auditing functions.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall has three types of administrative user accounts:
• Audit Vault Server Super Administrator:
– Manages system-wide settings
– Creates user accounts for super administrators and administrators
– Has access to all targets and target groups
– Grants access to targets or target groups to administrators
• Audit Vault Server Administrator: Has access to specific targets or target groups
granted by a super administrator. Administrators cannot manage system-wide settings.
After installing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, a post-installation configuration
page lets you create and specify passwords for one super administrator account and one
super auditor account for the Audit Vault Server. This super administrator and super auditor
created during post installation are Audit Vault Server database users. There is at least one
Audit Vault Server database user as super administrator and one as super auditor.
Thereafter, the Audit Vault Server super administrator can create other administrative users,
and the super auditor can create other auditor users, for the server.
This chapter describes managing user accounts and passwords for the Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall administrator user interfaces.

See Also:

• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Installation Guide for information on
post-installation configuration.
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide for information on
managing auditor accounts.

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14.2 Security Technical Implementation Guides and

Implementation for User Accounts
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall follow STIG guidelines for user accounts.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall follows the Security Technical
Implementation Guides (STIG) and implementation rules for user accounts.
• The default Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user accounts must have
custom passwords.
• The number of consecutive failed login attempts is 3.
• When a user exceeds the maximum number of unsuccessful login attempts, the
account is locked until a super administrator releases it.
• Account lockouts will persist until a super administrator resets the user account.

See Also:
Security Technical Implementation Guides for more information about STIG
compliance

14.3 Configuring Administrative Accounts for Oracle Audit

Vault Server
Learn how to configure administrative accounts for Oracle Audit Vault Server.

14.3.1 Guidelines for Securing Oracle Audit Vault and Database

Firewall User Accounts
Review the guidelines for securing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user
accounts.
As a best practice, use the installed Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user
accounts only as back-up accounts. Add new user accounts, with unique user names
and passwords, for the users who are responsible for the day-to-day Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall operations.

Note:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall does not accept user names with
quotation marks. For example, "jsmith" is not a valid user name for an
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user account, or an account
created on a target for use by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

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14.3.2 Creating Administrative Accounts for Audit Vault Server

You can create Audit Vault Server administrative accounts to manage administration.
Audit Vault Server super administrators can create both super administrator and administrator
user accounts.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
The Manage Admins sub tab appears by default, and displays existing users and the
targets or groups to which they have access.
3. Click Add.
4. Enter the Admin Name and Password, and re-type the password in the appropriate
fields.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall does not accept user names with quotation
marks, such as "jsmith".
5. In the Type menu, select Admin or Super Admin.
6. Click Save.
The new user is listed in the Manage Admins sub tab.

See Also:
About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Administrative Accounts for
explanation on roles.

14.3.3 Viewing the Status of Administrator User Accounts

Learn how to view the status of administrator accounts.
As a super administrator, you can view the status of administrator accounts by clicking the
Settings tab. The Manage Admins sub tab lists all administrator and super administrator
accounts, with their statuses, password expiry dates, the targets and target groups they have
access to, etc.

14.3.4 Changing User Account Types for Audit Vault Server

You can change Audit Vault Server administrative account type from administrator to super
administrator, or vice versa.
You can change an administrative account type from administrator to super administrator, or
vice versa.

Note:
If you change a user's account type from administrator to super administrator, then
the user will have access to all targets and target groups.

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1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.

2. Click the Settings tab.
The Manage Admins section appears by default. It displays existing users and
the targets or groups to which they have access.
3. Click the name of the user account that you want to change.
4. In the Modify Admin dialog, click the edit icon against the Type field.
5. You can change the type from Admin to Super Admin. If you want to change the
type from Super Admin to Admin.
6. You can also grant or revoke access to any targets or groups as necessary for this
user.

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a. Select the targets or groups to a. Select the targets or groups to

which you want to grant or revoke which you want to grant or revoke
access. access. You can also search for the
targets or groups in the field under
b. Click Grant or Revoke button.
Targets & Target Groups.
A green check mark indicates
b. Choose the access rights in the
access granted. A red cross mark
Available column and move them to
(X) indicates access revoked.
the Selected column, to grant
access. Choose the access rights in
the Selected column and move
them to the Available column, to
revoke access.

7. Click Save.

14.3.5 Unlocking User Accounts

This procedure explains how to unlock user accounts.
An Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall administrator account is locked after at
least 3 failed login attempts. A super administrator must unlock user accounts.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
The Manage Admin sub tab is selected by default. It displays a list of existing
users.
3. Click the name of the user account you want to unlock.
4. In the dialog, click Unlock.

See Also:
ALTER USER

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14.3.6 Deleting Oracle Audit Vault Server Administrator Accounts

You may need to delete Oracle Audit Vault Server Administrator accounts with this procedure.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
The Manage Admin page appears by default, and displays existing users and the targets
or groups to which they have access.
3. Select the users you want to delete, and then click Delete.

14.4 Configuring sudo Access for Users

Learn about configuring sudo access for users.

14.4.1 About Configuring sudo Access

Learn about configuring sudo access.
The sudo command enables trusted users to have administrative access to systems without
having to log in using root user passwords.

When users have sudo access, they can precede an administrative command with sudo, and
then be prompted to enter their password. After authentication is complete, and assuming
that the command is permitted, the command is processed as if it had been run by the root
user.

14.4.2 Configuring sudo Access for Users

Learn about configuring sudo access for users.
You need root privileges to configure sudo access for users.

1. Log in to the system as the root user.

2. Create a normal user account using the useradd command.
For example, to create a normal user account for the user psmith:
# useradd psmith

3. Set a password for the user using the passwd command.

For example:
# passwd psmith
Changing password for user psmith.
New password: new_password
Retype new password: new_password
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully

4. Run the visudo utility to edit the /etc/sudoers file.

# visudo

The sudoers file defines the policies that the sudo command applies.

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5. Find the lines in the sudoers file that grant access to users in the wheel group
when enabled.
## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

6. Remove the comment character (#) at the start of the second line, which begins
with %wheel.
This enables the configuration option.
7. Save your changes and exit the editor.
8. Add the user account that you created earlier to the wheel group using
the usermod command.
For example:
usermod -aG wheel psmith

9. Test that the updated configuration enables the user that you created to run
commands using sudo.
a. Use the su command to switch to the new user account that you created.
# su psmith

b. Use the groups command to verify that the user is in the wheel group.
$ groups
psmith wheel

c. Use the sudo command to run the whoami command.

Because this is the first time that you have run a command using sudo from
this user account, the banner message is displayed. You will be prompted to
enter the password for the user account.
$ sudo whoami

The following output should appear:

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

Enter the password when prompted:

[sudo] password for psmith: password
root

The last line of the output is the user name that is returned by the whoami
command. If sudo access has been configured correctly, then this value is
root.

14.5 Managing User Access Rights to Targets and Groups

Learn about managing users access rights to targets and groups.

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14.5.1 About Managing User Access Rights

Learn about managing user access rights.
Super administrators have access to all targets and target groups and can grant access to
specific targets and groups to administrators.
You control access to targets or groups in two ways:
• Modify a target or group to grant or revoke access for one or more users.
• Modify a user account to grant or revoke access to one or more targets or groups.

14.5.2 Controlling Access Rights by User

Learn about controlling access rights by user.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
Click the Manage Admins sub tab. It displays existing users and the targets or groups to
which they have access.
3. Click the name of the user account you want to modify.
The Modify Admin dialog appears.
4. In the Targets & Target Groups section:

Release Oracle AVDF 20.1 and 20.2 Release Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

a. Select the access rights to which you a. Select the access rights to which you
want to grant or revoke access. want to grant or revoke access. You
can also search for the access rights in
b. Click Grant or Revoke button.
the field under Targets & Target
A green check mark indicates access Groups.
granted. A red cross mark (X) indicates
b. Choose the access rights in the
access revoked.
Available column and move them to
the Selected column, to grant access.
Choose the access rights in the
Selected column and move them to the
Available column, to revoke access.

5. Click Save.

14.5.3 Controlling Access Rights by Target or Group

You can control access rights by targets or groups.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then click Security (which should be selected by default).
3. Under Manage Admins sub tab, select the name of the administrator whose target
access you want to change.
The Modify Admin window appears.

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4. Click on the edit icon against Type. Select the appropriate type in the list.
5. In the Targets & Target Groups section:

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a. Select the target or target groups to a. Select the target or target groups to
which you want to grant or revoke which you want to grant or revoke
access. access. You can also search for the
targets or groups in the field under
b. Click Grant or Revoke button.
Targets & Target Groups.
A green check mark indicates
b. Choose the target or target groups
access granted. A red cross mark
in the Available column and move
(X) indicates access revoked.
them to the Selected column, to
grant access. Choose the target or
target groups in the Selected
column and move them to the
Available column, to revoke
access.

6. Click Save.

14.6 Changing User Passwords in Oracle Audit Vault and

Database Firewall
Learn how to manage password changes.

14.6.1 Password Requirements

There are several password requirements that you must meet for Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall.
You should have a policy in place for changing passwords for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall user accounts. For example, you may require that users change
their passwords on a regular basis, such as every 120 days, and that they create
passwords that are not easily guessed.

Requirements for Passwords Containing Unicode Characters

If your password contains unicode characters (such as non-English characters with
accent marks), then the password requirement is that it:
• Be between 8 and 30 characters long.

Requirements for English-Only (ASCII) Passwords

If you are using English-only ASCII printable characters, then Oracle AVDF requires
that passwords:
• Be between 8 and 30 characters long.
• Contain at least one of each of the following:
– Lowercase letters: a-z.

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– Uppercase letters: A-Z.

– Digits: 0-9.
– Punctuation marks: comma (,), period (.), plus sign (+), colon(:), exclamation mark (!),
and underscore (_)
• Not contain double quotes ("), back space, or control characters.
In addition, Oracle recommends that passwords:
• Not be the same as the user name.
• Not be an Oracle reserved word.
• Not be an obvious password (such as welcome, account, database, and user).
• Not contain any repeating characters.

14.6.2 Changing the Audit Vault Server Administrator Password

Learn how to change the password of an administrator.
Administrators can change their own password. A super administrator can also change the
password of other administrators. If a super administrator changes the password of another
administrator, then the password automatically expires immediately after it is changed.

14.6.2.1 Changing Your Own Password

Learn how to change your own password as an administrator.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. In the upper right corner, to the right of your login name, select the menu icon.
3. Select Change Password from this menu.
4. In the Change Password window, enter the following fields:
• Current Password
• New Password
• Re-enter New Password
5. Click Save.
Related Topics
• Password Requirements
There are several password requirements that you must meet for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.

14.6.2.2 Changing the Password of Another Administrator

Learn how to change the password of another administrator as a super administrator.
A super administrator can change the passwords of other administrators. However, the
password automatically expires immediately after it is changed by the super administrator.
The administrator must follow the instructions in the topic Changing the Expired Password of
an Administrator.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as super administrator.

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2. Click the Settings tab and then if necessary, select Security in the left
navigational menu.
3. Under Manage Admins, select the name of the administrator whose password
you want to change.
4. In the Modify Admin window, click Change Password.
5. In the Change Password window, enter the following fields:
• New Password
• Re-enter New Password
6. Click Save.
Related Topics
• Password Requirements
There are several password requirements that you must meet for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall.

14.6.2.3 Changing the Expired Password of an Administrator

Your password might be expired if a super administrator changes your password, or if
it passes the password expiry date.
In case of Oracle AVDF release 20.4 or earlier, follow these steps:
1. Complete the steps mentioned in MOS note (Doc ID 2117211.1). At the end of the
instructions, if the user is locked, then run the command to unlock the user.
2. Run the following command to change the password:

SQL> alter user <administrator_username> identified by

<new_password>;

In case of Oracle AVDF release 20.5 or later, follow these steps:

1. Log in to AVCLI with your user name.
2. AVCLI prompts to enter the password. Enter the expired password.
The following message is displayed:
The password has expired. Enter the new password:
3. Enter the new password of your choice. Follow the password requirements.
The following message is displayed:
Re-enter password:
4. Re-enter the new password.
5. If the following message is displayed, then you have successfully logged in to
AVCLI with the new password, and your account is active again:

Connected to:
Oracle Audit Vault Server - Version : 20.x.0.0.0

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Note:
If your attempt to log in fails for 3 times or more, then your account gets locked.
You need to unlock your account and retry the above mentioned steps.

Related Topics
• Logging in to AVCLI
You can log in to the Audit Vault command line interface by using different methods.
• Password Requirements
There are several password requirements that you must meet for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
• Unlocking User Accounts
This procedure explains how to unlock user accounts.

14.7 Integrating Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall with

Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP
You can use Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP to control access to Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall.

14.7.1 About Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP Integration

You can integrate a Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP server to authenticate users
who connect to the Audit Vault Server console.
When users log in to the Audit Vault Server console, they're prompted to select a group from
a list of groups. Users are authorized from the group to which they belong and select. After a
user is authenticated, access is granted based on the Microsoft Active Directory or
OpenLDAP groups to which the user belongs and selects.
A super user can assign the roles to the groups on Oracle Audit Vault Database Firewall. For
example, super administrator, super auditor, administrator, or auditor. Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall release 20.1 and later supports Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP.

Note:

• While other LDAP servers may work, they are not tested or certified with Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 20.1.
• Oracle AVDF does not support the default local accounts of Microsoft Active
Directory (for example administrator). Refer to Microsoft documentation for
complete information on default local accounts in Active Directory.
• Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP users and groups must belong to the
domain specified in the topic Configuring an LDAP Server.

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14.7.2 Configuring an LDAP Server

You can configure an LDAP server to authenticate users by using Microsoft Active
Directory or OpenLDAP.
Prerequisite: The LDAP user must have access to the Microsoft Active Directory or
OpenLDAP groups that are being provisioned for access to Oracle AVDF.
1. Get the SSL/TLS certificate to connect to Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP.
This can be sourced from Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP administrator.
Using the command certutil -ca.cert client.crt is a common way to
generate Active Directory client SSL/TLS certificate.
2. Copy the SSL/TLS certificate in Base64 encoding format.
3. Launch the Audit Vault Server console.
4. Log in to the console as a super administrator.
5. Click the Settings tab.
6. Click the LDAP Configuration tab (or Active Directory/LDAP Configuration tab
starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.8) in the main page.
7. Click the Add button.
8. Enter the Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP server details. In the Active
Directory/LDAP Configuration dialog, select either Active Directory (AD) or
LDAP radio button.
9. Provide a new Name for the LDAP server.
10. Enter the AD/LDAP Host Name / IP Address.

11. Enter the Port number for the SSL/TLS connection.

12. Enter the Active Directory/LDAP Username (distinguished name) and

Password.
The user must be able to retrieve all groups from the AD/LDAP server.
13. Enter the Domain Name. For example, foobar.example.com.

14. Provide the AD/LDAP Server Certificate (SSL/TLS) in Base64 encoding format
that was sourced earlier in the initial step.
15. Enter a new password as the Wallet Password for Storing Certificate. This
wallet stores the SSL/TLS certificate you provided for LDAP SSL/TLS connection
earlier.
16. Enter the password again in Re-enter Wallet Password field.

17. Click Test Connection to verify the details. Fix any errors encountered and
proceed to the next step.
18. Click Save.

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Note:
Click Delete to delete the Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP
configuration. Starting Oracle AVDF 20.4, a dialog appears and prompts for
your confirmation.

14.7.3 Creating New Users

Create new users for Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP authentication.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator or super auditor.
2. Click the Settings tab.
The Manage Admins or Manage Auditors subtab on the main page is selected by
default.
3. Click Add in the top, right corner.
4. In the Add Admin (or Add Auditor) dialog box, select Active Directory/LDAP Group or
Local AVDF User.
5. For Local AVDF User, enter the details to create a database administrator or auditor.
a. Enter the newly created Admin Name or Auditor Name.
b. Select the Admin Type or Auditor Type.
c. Enter the Password and Re-type Password.
6. For Active Directory/LDAP Group, select the Import Mode.
OpenLDAP or Active Directory users and groups have to exist in the LDAP server before
you can create the admin or auditor on the Audit Vault Server for the same.
a. If you have selected import mode as Fetch, then provide an LDAP User Name and
Password. Alternatively, you can register an Microsoft Active Directory or
OpenLDAP group in Oracle Audit Vault Database Firewall that corresponds to an
existing group by providing the distinguished name. The LDAP user needs the
correct access privileges to view all the groups that exist on the LDAP server.

Note:
The user credentials are not stored. Therefore, each time that you choose
the Fetch option, you must enter the credentials.

b. In the Group Name Like field, enter a keyword to search in order to fetch details
from a group that has a similar name. Click Fetch at the bottom of the dialog. For
example, enter admin keyword to fetch AD or OpenLDAP groups containing admin
string in the group name.

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Note:
A user can be added to a group. A group can have administrator or
auditor privileges, but not both. For example, a group with the name
AdminAndAuditor can have administrator privileges assigned.
However, the same group cannot have auditor privileges. In case
there is an attempt to add both the privileges, then it fails. The user
SpecialUser can be part of both, the Admin group and the Auditor
group. This user SpecialUser may choose to connect with Admin
group as administrator, or with Auditor group as auditor.

c. Select the Domain.

d. Click the Fetch button at the bottom of the dialog. The values in the Group
and User Type fields are populated.
e. Select the right Group from the drop down menu.
f. Select the User Type from the drop-down menu, such as, Admin, Super
Admin, Auditor, or Super Auditor.
g. If you have selected the import mode as Manual, then enter the Group Name
as distinguished name.
7. Click Save.

14.7.4 Logging In as an OpenLDAP or Microsoft Active Directory User

After OpenLDAP or Microsoft Active Directory is configured, users can log in to the
Audit Vault Server console.
1. Open the Audit Vault Server console.
2. Select Active Directory/LDAP Group or Local AVDF User.
3. Enter the user name and password.
For database users, enter the user name and password. For Microsoft Active
Directory users, enter the user name (sAMAccountName) and password. Select the
domain name from the drop-down list.

Note:
You must add the user to the Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP
group and register the group with the Audit Vault Server. See Creating
New Users.

4. On the following page, select a Group from the drop-down list.

5. Click Save to log in and complete the authorization.

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Note:
Microsoft Active Directory and OpenLDAP users can connect to the Audit Vault
Server only through the Audit Vault Server console. They cannot connect to the
Audit Vault Server through AVCLI or SQL*Plus.

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and Database Firewalls
Learn how to manage day-to-day Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall operations after
the initial configuration is completed.

15.1 Managing Audit Vault Server Settings, Status, and

Maintenance Operations
Learn how to manage the Audit Vault Server settings, status, and maintenance operations.

15.1.1 Checking Server Status and System Operation

This procedure enables you to check the server status and system operation.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. Use one of the following methods to find the system status:
• Select the Home tab. The page displays overall system status information (some of
which you can drill down into) for Agents, Audit Trails, Targets, Disk Space, Database
Firewalls, and CPU Usage.
• Select the Settings tab, and then in the left navigational menu, select System. The
status page displays detailed information for areas such as the overall server status,
configuration status, and monitoring status.

15.1.2 Managing Diagnostics

You can generate diagnostic reports to find the source of errors, warnings, and other issues
in Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

15.1.2.1 About Managing Diagnostics

You can run diagnostic tools to help you debug problems that may arise.
You can adjust the amount of diagnostics information gathered by setting the LOGLEVEL for
different server components using the AVCLI ALTER SYSTEM SET command. When you
perform the download operation, the process captures the log and trace file information,
along with configuration information that is available at that time. Be aware that a change in
the log level only affects those trace or log files that are generated after the change is made.
For example, if you encounter a problem after you set the log level to DEBUG, then you must
reproduce the issue before you run the procedure in this section to download the diagnostic
report. Otherwise, the debug or trace is not captured in the report.
Be aware, however, that the DEBUG setting will generate many files, which can affect the
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are trying to diagnose problems. After you find and correct the problem, then set DEBUG
to the original setting, such as ERROR.

Logging Levels
The logging levels determine the amount of information to record in the log files. The
following logging levels are listed in the order of amount of information written to log
files, with Debug providing the most information:
• Error: Reports only critical information. This generates the least amount of log
messages.
• Warning: (Default) Reports warning and error messages (not supported for Web
Console UI).
• Info: Writes informational, warning, and error messages. This level is appropriate
for testing environments but not for production.
• Debug: Writes detailed messages for debugging purposes. This generates the
most amount of log messages. Debug logs may contain sensitive information
about the state of your system. Add the debug log level only when necessary, and
remove it once debugging is complete.

System Components
You can set different logging levels for these system components:

Table 15-1 Components with Variable Logging Levels

Agent Alert
Archive and Retrieve Background Server Process
Data Repository Database Firewall
Notification Plug-in Management
Policy Management Report Generation
SAN Storage Transaction Log Trail
Web Console UI (has three logging levels only) N/A

15.1.2.2 Running Diagnostics Checks for the Audit Vault Server

Follow this procedure to run diagnostics checks for Oracle Audit Vault Server.
You can run a diagnostics check for the Audit Vault Server that tracks activities such
as whether necessary files exist, whether the HTTP server is running, whether the
Oracle listener and other processes are running.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, click the System tab.
4. Under Monitoring section, click the Diagnostics link. The Diagnostics dialog is
displayed as follows:

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5. In the Diagnostics dialog, do one of the following:

• Set the diagnostic category that you want to use for diagnostic (for example, for
Agent, selecting Warning), and then click Save.
• Set the diagnostic categories that you want, and then click Run Diagnostics. A
second window Test Diagnostics appears listing the diagnostics as they are being
captured.
• To download the diagnostics report, click Download Diagnostics. A diagnostics log
file (.zip) is downloaded to the location that you select. Be aware that the
diagnostics zip file may contain sensitive data from your appliance. Take appropriate
precautions when you transfer and store this file.
• Click Clear Diagnostic Logs to clear the current set of diagnostic logs on the Audit
Vault Server.

15.1.2.3 Downloading Detailed Diagnostics Reports for Oracle Audit Vault Server
You can download diagnostics reports for Oracle Audit Vault Server to review activity and to
assess other operations.
To download zip file for Audit Vault Server diagnostics:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super Administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and in the System menu, click Diagnostics.
3. Click the Download Diagnostics button.
A download window appears for the diagnostics zip file.
4. Select a file location and then click Save.

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See Also:

• ALTER SYSTEM SET for details about setting the LOGLEVEL

parameter.

15.1.2.4 Clearing Diagnostic Logs

Follow this process to empty your Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall diagnostic
logs.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
4. Under Monitoring, click Diagnostics.
5. In the Diagnostics window, click Clear Diagnostic Logs, then in the confirmation
window, click OK.

15.1.3 Accessing the Audit Vault Server Certificate and Public Key
You can use the Audit Vault Server console to access the Audit Vault server certificate
and public key.

15.1.3.1 Accessing the Server Certificate

If you have deployed Database Firewalls, you must provide the Audit Vault Server
certificate and IP address to each Database Firewall.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Security.
4. In the status page, click Certificate.
The server's certificate is displayed. You can copy the certificate and provide it to
each Database Firewall.
5. In the Security menu, click Certificate.
Related Topics
• Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address
You associate each Database Firewall with an Audit Vault Server so that the Audit
Vault Server can manage the firewall. If you're using a resilient pair of Audit Vault
Servers for high availability, then you associate the firewall with both servers.

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15.1.3.2 Accessing the Server Public Key

You can access the Audit Vault Server public key from the Manage Archive Locations area.
You must provide the server's public key to another system in order to upload archive files
from the Audit Vault Server to that system. This public key must be added to the
authorized_keys file for that system. For a typical Linux installation, this file is in the user's
home directory under .ssh, and its permissions must be set to 0600, or even 0400.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Archiving.
4. In the page that appears, click Manage Archive Locations, and then click Create.
5. In the Create Archive Location window, in the Public Key field, copy this key and past it
into the appropriate file on another system.

15.1.4 Changing the Keyboard Layout

You can change the keyboard layout for Audit Vault and Database Firewall depending your
geographic location.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
4. In the page that appears, under Configuration, select Manage.
5. In the Manage window, select the keyboard you want from the Keyboard menu.
6. Click Save.
7. In the confirmation dialog box, select OK.
You may be logged out if your selection affects the server's time changes significantly.

15.1.5 Restarting or Powering Off the Audit Vault Server

You must be a super administrator to restart or power off the Audit Vault Server.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
4. Under Configuration, select Manage.
5. In the Manage window, click Reboot or Power Off.

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15.2 Changing Oracle Audit Vault Server Network and

Services Configurations
Use this procedure to change Oracle Audit Vault Server network and services
configurations.
To set or change the network or services configuration, follow the relevant procedure
below:
• "Changing the Primary Audit Vault Server Network Configuration"
• "Configuring or Changing the Audit Vault Server Services"

15.3 Managing Server Connectors for Email and Syslog

Follow this procedure to manage server connectors for email and syslog.
To set or change connector information, follow the relevant procedure below:
• Configuring the Email Notification Service
• Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations

15.4 Configuring Remote Syslog Over TLS

Use this procedure to configure remote syslog over TLS.
Syslog provides a convenient mechanism to transfer logs from one device to another.
The logs contain sensitive information. Therefore, it is important that you secure the
logs during transfers. Do this by authenticating and encrypting the connection beween
the client and the server. The remote feature in the syslog supports this functionality.
Use this procedure to establish secure communications between the syslog clients
and servers.

Prerequisites
• Ensure that the normal or unencrypted remote syslog functionality works using
TCP.
• Complete the server side configuration. Load the imtcp module and specify the
listener port.
• Complete the client side configuration. Specify the remote machine to which the
logs are sent.
• Upon completion of the server side and client side configuration. Restart the
syslog service.
• Restart the syslog service in case any of the devices were added, modified, or
activated.
• Ensure the logs from the client are listed in the log file of the server. This is a
confirmation and you can proceed to securing the communication channel.

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To load the imtcp module and to specify the listener port, modify the /etc/rsyslog.conf
file as follows:

# listen for tcp input

$ModLoad imtcp
# listening on port <port number>
$InputTCPServerRun <port number>
# Remote logs written to /var/log/messages.
*.* /var/log/messages

To specify the destination remote machine to which the logs will be sent, modify the /etc/
rsyslog.conf file as follows:

# Forward messages to remotehost:port

*.* @@<Ip address of the remote host>:<port number>

Syslog contains modules, protective transport layer, and digital certificates to ensure mutual
authentication. It covers many aspects. The syslog messages are encrypted in transit. The
syslog sender authenticates to the syslog receiver. The receiver is able to identify and in
return authenticates to the syslog sender. The receiver performs few checks to validate if it is
the valid recipient of the messages. This kind of mutual authentication and hand shake
prevents any kind of attacks.
The syslog mutual authentication system makes use of CA certificate and peer certificates. In
case there is no signed certificate available, the user can create a self signed certificate using
OpenSSL. The server must have the CA (certificate authority) certificate and it’s own digital
certificate. These certificates enable SSL operation that provides the necessary crypto keys
used to secure the connection.
Syslog makes use of GTLS module as the network stream driver. Syslog has TLS protected
transport security feature and ensures messages are encrypted. It makes use of digital
certificates to ensure mutual authentication.

Configuring the server

The server configuration involves specifying the location of the certificates, the GTLS driver to
be used, and starting of the listener. The following example is applicable to Linux based
remote server only. It is different for other platforms. To make any changes to the server's
syslog configuration, refer to the documentation of the specific syslog server. Modify
the /etc/rsyslog.conf file as follows:

# listen for tcp input

$ModLoad imtcp
# make gtls driver the default
$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls
# certificate files
$DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile /path/to/cacert.pem
$DefaultNetstreamDriverCertFile /path/to/servercert.pem
$DefaultNetstreamDriverKeyFile /path/to/serverkey.pem
# Auth mode and permitted peers
$InputTCPServerStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name

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$InputTCPServerStreamDriverPermittedPeer <permittedHost>
$InputTCPServerStreamDriverMode 1 # run driver in TLS-only mode
# Listening on port <port number>
$InputTCPServerRun <port number>
# Generic log file watching
$WorkDirectory /var/cache/rsyslog
# Remote logs
*.* /var/log/messages

Configuring the client

Syslog sends messages to a remote system from the client (Audit Vault Server or the
Database Firewall). The client configuration involves specifying the location of the
certificates, the GTLS driver to be used, and specifying the destination of the
messages. Modify the /etc/rsyslog.conf as follows:

# make gtls driver the default

$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls
# certificate files
$DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile /usr/local/dbfw/syslog/certs/cacert.pem
$DefaultNetstreamDriverCertFile /usr/local/dbfw/syslog/certs/
clientcert.pem
$DefaultNetstreamDriverKeyFile /usr/local/dbfw/syslog/certs/
clientkey.pem
# Auth modes and permitted peers
$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name
$ActionSendStreamDriverPermittedPeer avs08002719479d
$ActionSendStreamDriverMode 1 # run driver in TLS-only mode
# Send to remote system
*.* @@<Ip address>:<port number>

Note:
The rsylog.conf is generated from the template file:
/usr/local/dbfw/templates/template-rsyslog-conf

The client settings must also be made to the template file. Any changes
made to this template is persistent and preserved even after the reboot of the
appliance.

Creating and Using SSL Certificates

1. Execute the following command to create CA certificates:
openssl req -new -x509 -keyout private/cakey.pem -out cacert.pem -days
365 -config openssl.cnf
2. Execute the following commands to create server certificates using the CA
certificate:
openssl req -nodes -new -x509 -keyout serverkey.pem -out serverreq.pem
-days 365 -config openssl.cnf

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openssl x509 -x509toreq -in serverreq.pem -signkey serverkey.pem -out

tmp.pem
openssl ca -config openssl.cnf -policy policy_anything -out servercert.pem -
infiles tmp.pem
3. Execute the following commands to create client certificates using CA certificate:
openssl req -nodes -new -x509 -keyout clientkey.pem -out clientreq.pem -days
365 -config openssl.cnf
openssl x509 -x509toreq -in clientreq.pem -signkey clientkey.pem -out
tmp.pem
openssl ca -config openssl.cnf -policy policy_anything -out clientcert.pem -
infiles tmp.pem
4. Transfer the following certificates to the specific location on the log server.
cacerts.pem,servercert.pem,serverkey.pem
5. Transfer the following certificates to the specific location on the client.
cacerts.pem,clientcert.pem,clientkey.pem

15.5 Archiving and Retrieving Audit Data

Learn how to archive and retrieve audit data.

15.5.1 Enabling Automatic Archival

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.1 supports automatic archival to an NFS
configured location.
When the online period of the data on the tablespace expires, it is automatically archived
without user's intervention. The data is removed from the online location and is available in
the archive location. The data cannot be deleted online manually.
Oracle recommends enabling Automatic Remote Archiving. To enable it, you must configure
at least one NFS archive location.

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

1. Configure a list of NFS archive locations. Ensure that NFS is configured on the Audit
Vault Server as the archive location.
2. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
3. Click Settings tab.
4. In the left navigation menu, select Archiving.
5. On the main page, click Data Retention.
6. Click Enable button, against Auto Archive Status.

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Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Data Retention tab.
3. Click Remote Archiving in the left navigation menu.
4. Click Enable Automatic Remote Archiving at the top.

Related Topics
• About Archiving and Retrieving Data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about archiving and retrieving data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall.
• Defining Archive Locations
You need to define one or more locations as destinations for archive files before
you can start an archive job. An archiving destination specifies the archive storage
locations and other settings.
• REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM
Use the REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM command to register remote file systems
with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
• ORA-12660 Error While Registering Target
Learn how to resolve the ORA-12660 error.

15.5.2 Starting an Archive Job Manually

To start an archive job, you must have configured at least one archive location.
Oracle recommends that you use NFS to transfer data to an archive location. If you
use Secure Copy (SCP) or Windows File Sharing (SMB) to transfer data to an archive
location, then your data files are first copied to a staging area in the Audit Vault Server.
Therefore, you must ensure that there is additional space in the file system. Else
copying the data file may fail. Transferring large files using SCP or SMB may take
long.
You can register a remote file system by using the AVCLI command
REGISTER_REMOTE_FILESYSTEM.

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

• Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

Oracle AVDF Release 20.1-20.8

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Archiving.
4. On the main page, click Data Retention.
5. Under Job Name, enter a name for the archive job.

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6. Under Archive Location, select the archive location from the list.
7. From the list, select the files you want to archive. The files listed are those for which the
Months Online period has expired according to the target's retention policy.
8. Click Archive.

Oracle AVDF Release 20.9 and later

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Data Status tab.
3. Click Remote Archiving in the left navigation menu.
4. Click the Archived Data tab.
5. Select one or more archived data files from the list by clicking the box to the right of the
target name.
6. Click Move to Remote.
7. In the dialog box that appears enter the job name.
8. Select a remote archive location from the drop down list. The selected archived data files
will be moved to the remote archive location selection.
9. Click Save.

Related Topics
• REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM
Use the REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM command to register remote file systems with
Oracle Audit Vault Server.
• Monitoring Jobs
You can see the status of various jobs that run on the Audit Vault Server, such as report
generation, and user entitlement or audit policy retrieval from targets.
• Defining Archive Locations
You need to define one or more locations as destinations for archive files before you can
start an archive job. An archiving destination specifies the archive storage locations and
other settings.
• About Archiving and Retrieving Data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about archiving and retrieving data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

15.5.3 Retrieving Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Audit Data
You can retrieve data files for a specific target and time range.
The Months Archived value in a targets retention (archiving) policy determines how long the
target's data is available to retrieve to the Audit Vault Server. When the Months Archived
period expires, the data is no longer available to retrieve, however, it continues to reside in
the archive location.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and from the left navigation menu, click Archiving.
3. Select Retrieve sub tab on the main page.

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4. Under Retrieve Request, enter the following:

• Target menu: Select the target.
• Start Date field: Enter the start date, optionally using the date icon to select
from a calendar. The start and end dates are associated with the event time
(the time the event occurred).
• End Date field: Enter the end date, optionally using the date icon to select
from a calendar.
5. Click the Retrieve button.

Note:

• You can check the status of the retrieve job in the Jobs dialog that
can be accessed from the System tab in the left navigation menu.
• When the retrieved data files are available, they are listed in the
Retrieved Datafiles section of the Retrieve tab, and the data will be
visible in reports.
• Starting Oracle AVDF 20.4, the datafiles archived in NFS locations
are deleted from the location after the retrieve job completes.

6. To purge retrieved files when no longer needed, from the Retrieved Datafiles
section. Select the files you want to unload from the system, and then click the
Release button. Once the release is successful, the data is not visible in reports.
7. After the retrieved data files are released, they are now eligible to be archived
again. If they are not needed anytime soon, then they should be archived to
release disk space to the system.

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Note:
Alternately, you can view or get the tablespaces archived by following these
steps:
a. Connect to the primary Audit Vault Server using SSH.
b. Connect to SQL*Plus as administrator.
c. Run the following commands:

set linesize 100

column TABLESPACE_NAME format a30

column EVENT_MONTH a15

SELECT * FROM
TABLE(avsys.ilm.get_target_eventmonth_for_tablespaces);

d. The above query displays the results with TABLESPACE_NAME,

SECURED_TARGET_ID and EVENT_MONTH indicating the month for which the
data is stored for the respective target ID for each tablespace. This
information can be used to retrieve data.

Related Topics
• About Archiving and Retrieving Data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about archiving and retrieving data in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
• Creating Archive and Retention Policies
You can create retention policies (also called archive policies) that an Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) auditor can apply to targets.

15.6 Managing Repository Encryption

Managing the repository encryption key includes tasks such as rotating the master encryption
key or changing the keystore password.

15.6.1 About Oracle Audit Vault Server Repository Encryption

Learn about repository encryption.
Encryption of the Oracle Audit Vault Server's event repository is enabled on new installations
of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 12.2. This feature uses Oracle Database's
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to encrypt all audit event data stored in the Audit Vault
Server, data stored in external SAN storage, and data stored in archive locations.

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15.6.2 Rotating the Master Key for Repository Encryption

Rotating encryption keys adds a layer of security to your encrypted data.
You should rotate the master encryption key for the Audit Vault Server's event
repository on a regular basis, according to your organization's guidelines. It is also a
good practice to rotate the encryption key as needed. For example, when a person
who had access to your master key leaves your organization.

Note:
If you restore the Audit Vault Server from a backup, the restore operation
restores the system to a point in time. Therefore, restoring the system may
reinstate an older encryption key.

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.

2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Storage tab.
4. In the page that appears, click Repository Encryption tab.
5. In the Rotate Master Key section, in the Keystore Password field, enter the
keystore password.
This password is originally set as a required post-installation step.
6. Click the Re-key button.

15.6.3 Changing the Keystore Password

For better security, periodically change the keystore password.
The keystore password for repository encryption is originally set as a required post-
installation step. It is the same as the Event Repository Encryption password. You only
need this password for restore operations, not backup operations. Thereafter, you can
change this password in the Audit Vault Server console.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Select the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Storage.
4. In the page that appears, click Repository Encryption tab.
5. Under Change Keystore Password section, enter the following:
• Old password
• New password
• Re-enter new password
6. Click Change Password button.

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See Also:
Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server for more information on using the
keystore password to restore the Audit Vault Server from backup files.

15.6.4 Backing Up TDE Wallets

You can back up TDE wallets to preserve information.
It is important to perform regular backups of Oracle Audit Vault Server, which include the TDE
wallet. However, if you cannot back up Oracle Audit Vault Server, then you should, at a
minimum, do regular backups of the TDE wallet at this location:
/usr/local/dbfw/etc/wallets/dbfwdb_wallet

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall does not provide the ability to back up wallets. You
should securely back the wallet up in a remote location.

15.6.5 Data Encryption on Upgraded Instances

Learn about data encryption on upgraded instances in Oracle Audit Vault Server.

Phases of Data Encryption

This topic contains a detailed procedure that can be used to start data encryption process.

WARNING:
Do not run data encryption processes on a newly installed Oracle Audit Vault Server
or on a system that has been upgraded from fresh install of release Oracle
Database 12.2.x. With versions of Oracle Database 12.2.0 and above, all of the
new installations have encryption enabled automatically. Thus, all of the table
spaces are encrypted by default.

The data encryption process happens in two phases:

1. Enabling Data Encryption:
This phase is automatic and data encryption is enabled while performing an Audit Vault
Server upgrade. The upgrade process prompts for a keystore password on standalone
and primary systems. Upon successful upgrade, data encryption is automatically
enabled. The newly created table spaces thereafter are automatically encrypted.
However, table spaces created before upgrade continue to be in clear text.
2. Encrypting existing clear text table spaces:
This phase is triggered by the user. To encrypt the existing clear text table spaces, the
user must initiate the data encryption process. This process is triggered by running
the /usr/local/dbfw/bin/avdf_data_encryption.sh script. The detailed steps for
encrypting existing clear text table spaces triggered by the user are available in this topic.

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Before you begin

• The rate of encryption is approximately 20 to 50 seconds to encrypt 1 GiB of data,
depending on the hardware profile of the system.
• To begin the process of encrypting the table spaces, the user must execute
the /usr/local/dbfw/bin/avdf_data_encryption.sh script as root.
• Ensure to take AVDF backup prior to the encryption process.
• The user must have root operating system user privileges to execute this
procedure. Ensure the proper privileges are obtained.
• The encryption process script must be executed on standalone system or on the
primary in a HA set up. Ensure that the standby system is also up and running
before running the encryption script. The script may result in an error if the standby
system is down. The script encrypts table spaces on both the primary and standby
system.
• Ensure that the database is up and running prior to executing the encryption
process. To verify the status of the database, log in as root user and execute the
command /etc/init.d/dbfwdb status
• The encryption process script stops all the jobs running in the background. Ensure
there is no critical process running that may be impacted.

Note:
Data encryption is not completely enabled on HA system, until the primary is
successfully upgraded. After a successful upgrade, all clear text table spaces
are in one of the following states:
• online
• offline local (offline but the data file resides on the AVS)
• offline remote (offline but the data files reside on the remote archive
location)
• online retrieved by user
• online retrieved by a trail

To start Data Encryption process:

1. Log in to the system as root user.
2. Execute the following command to start encryption:
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/avdf_data_encryption.sh start
3. The following message is displayed on the screen:

**************************************************************
* This script will encrypt all online tablespaces and create *
* a background job to encrypt offline tablespaces. *
* Encrypting online tablespaces could potentially take long *
* time depending on the size of the online data collected. *
* Note that during this time *

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* - There will be no access to Web UI console. *

* - Event collection will be shutdown. *
* - AV agents will not be able to connect. *
* - AVCLI will not be able to connect. *
* *
* NOTE: It is recommended to take backup before continuing. *
**************************************************************
Do you want to continue (Y/N):

4. Type Y to continue with encryption.

5. The following message is displayed:

************************************************************
* Do not interrupt this script execution or reboot. *
* To stop the script execution use *
* 'avdf_data_encryption stop' command. *
* Check /root/avdf_data_encryption.log to track progress *
************************************************************

Note:
At this point, it is recommended to move the process to background by
executing Ctrl+z followed by bg. Alternately to keep the session alive, the user
can execute the command ssh -o ServerAliveInterval 20

The following messages are displayed on the screen:

Successfully encrypted online table spaces.

System is ready for use.
Offline table space encryption can be managed on the AVS GUI.

Note:
Contact My Oracle Support with the printed output in the event of a failure.

6. The following message is displayed in the /var/log/avdf_data_encryption.log

file:

Encrypting <tbsp name> Tablespace : % done

7. Once the encryption process is successfully completed, another job to encrypt offline
table spaces is created and enabled in the background. All the services appear online
and the following message is displayed:
System is ready for use
8. In case the encryption process fails, the /var/log/avdf_data_encryption.log file
displays the following error message.
Failed to encrypt table spaces: Please contact Oracle Support

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9. Execute the following command to stop encryption:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/avdf_data_encryption.sh stop

Note:
Ensure to execute the stop command only after you see the following
message in the /var/log/avdf_data_encryption.log:
You may issue stop command to gracefully stop the encrypting
process

Note:
Once the stop encryption command is executed, the encryption process
exits only after encrypting the current table space that is being
encrypted. It is always recommended to run the script again to complete
the encryption process.

10. In case the user decides to perform a reboot of the system during the encryption
process, it stops at the current table space that encryption last accessed. The user
can decide to run the script again to complete the encryption process.
11. In case the dbfwdb service terminates unexpectedly, contact Oracle Support. The
encryption script will not run if this service is down.
12. The encryption process collects all the logs to /var/log/
avdf_data_encryption.log file securely.
13. After all online table spaces are encrypted, a background job
ENCRYPT_OFFLINE_TBSP is enabled to perform encryption of offline table
spaces. This job encrypts all table spaces for those data files that reside locally on
the system. In case the data file is located on the remote location nfs/scp/smb,
the data file is copied to the local system, encrypted, and setup for re archival. The
user must manually perform the re archival process to ensure that the data file in
the remote location scp/smb is encrypted. The user can navigate to Settings and
Repository Encryption page to view a list of offline table spaces that are not
encrypted. If the data file is not available, the message displayed indicates the
same.
14. The process of encrypting offline table spaces can be in one of the following
states.

Message Description
NOT YET STARTED The user has not executed the script to encrypt table
spaces.
COMPLETED All online and offline table spaces are encrypted. Any new
table spaces created will also be encrypted. This is the
final state.
IN PROGRESS The background job is currently encrypting offline table
spaces.

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Message Description
USER The background job is waiting for user input. User must
visit the Repository Encryption page and take
appropriate action.
ERROR There was an error in encrypting one or more table
spaces. The user must download the diagnostics and
provide that to Oracle Support.
TRAIL The table space has been retrieved by a trail as it is
collecting old data. Wait for the trail to release the table
space.

15. In the ERROR state the background job is disabled and hence the user, after fixing the
cause of the error must re-enable the job from the Repository Encryption page.
16. In the event of system reboot, power failure, switch over, or fail over the user can execute
the encryption process again.

15.7 Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server

Learn about backup and restore of Audit Vault Server.

15.7.1 About Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server

Learn about the details of backing up and restoring Audit Vault Server.
Audit and network event data that is collected by Oracle AVDF is stored in the embedded
Audit Vault Server repository (Oracle Database). This repository also contains reports and
configuration data. Audit Vault Sever administrator must take backup of Audit Vault Server on
a regular basis. In case of an Audit Vault Server outage, the administrator can install a new
Audit Vault Server and restore from the backup taken earlier. This minimizes data loss. For
example, if the Audit Vault Server machine faces hardware failure, a new Audit Vault Server
can be restored using the most recent backup. This process brings the entire data back to the
point when the last backup was taken.
Audit Vault Server backup contains the collected data and the configuration data. The
configuration data includes data associated with Agent registration, target registration,
wallets, etc. The configuration data is located in the OS files and the embedded repository.
Audit Vault Server backup does not take backup of the archived data files. As long as the
restored Audit Vault Server has access to these archived files, the data can be retrieved and
viewed.
The size of the backup is dependent on the size of the data collected and stored in the
embedded repository.
Database Firewall does not require a backup. Audit Vault Server can reapply all existing
configuration of the monitoring points to the Database Firewall during the post restore steps.

Types of Backup Supported by Audit Vault Server

Audit Vault Server supports full backups and incremental backups. An incremental backup
contains only the new data and configuration changes since the previous backup. For
example, a full backup is taken on Sunday, and then incremental backups are taken on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. A full backup and the subsequent incremental backups
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regularly to determine whether the backup set can be restored. Backup validation can
be included as part of the backup cron job. An example is mentioned in the later
topics.
Audit Vault Server backup functionality supports both hot (online) and cold (offline)
backups. A hot backup is a backup that is taken when the Audit Vault Server is up and
running and when the embedded repository is online. This option ensures that the
deployment continues to monitor the targets when backup is in progress. The
administrator can access reports and make changes to the configuration in this case.
Oracle recommends to setup hot backup as a best practice.
A cold backup requires the Audit Vault Server repository to be offline. In this case, the
targets are not protected and the Audit Vault Server console is unavailable until the
backup is completed.

Types of Backup Locations Supported by Audit Vault Server

A backup location is a user defined directory path to store the backup files. The
location can be on a local disk or on NFS (Network File System). Oracle recommends
using NFS for the backup location as a best practice. The location of the backup files
should be accessible by the Audit Vault Server as root and oracle OS user.

Redundancy of Audit Vault Server Backups

Redundancy settings control as to when a backup set is marked as obsolete. For
example, if redundancy is set to 2 and the third full backup is taken, the files in the first
backup set are marked as obsolete. It is recommended to take more backups than the
redundancy setting within a period of 30 days to ensure the obsolete backup files are
purged properly. Redundancy is an important setting in managing storage space in the
backup location.

Encryption of Audit Vault Server Backup

The Audit Vault Server backup contains information of the OS files and the embedded
repository. The embedded repository is encrypted using Transparent Data Encryption
and the pertaining backup files are also automatically encrypted. However, the OS
configuration files are not encrypted and the backup of these files are also not
automatically encrypted. Audit Vault Server backup provides a setting to encrypt the
backup of the OS configuration files. This allows to restrict access to configuration like
wallets present in the backup location.

Tasks Involved in Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore

The following are the backup tasks:
1. Planning for Audit Vault Server backup
2. Configuring Audit Vault Server for backup
3. Performing Audit Vault Sever backup
4. Monitoring Audit Vault Server backup
The following are the restore tasks:
1. Planning for restoring Audit Vault Sever
2. Performing necessary checks for restore
3. Restoring Audit Vault Server from backup taken earlier

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15.7.2 Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore in High Availability

Environment
Learn about backup and restore of Audit Vault Server in a high availability environment.
In a high availability environment, there are two Audit Vault Servers paired (primary and
standby). The primary Audit Vault Server is the active server that provides the Audit Vault
Server functionality. The standby is automatically synchronized (audit data and network event
data) and has a consistent copy of the primary. The backup operation must be performed on
the primary Audit Vault Server and not on the standby Audit Vault Server. When Audit Vault
Server is restored from a backup taken on primary Audit Vault Server, the restored Audit Vault
Server is configured in standalone mode. It must be paired again with another Audit Vault
Server to achieve high availability.

See Also:
Configuring High Availability for Audit Vault Servers

The following diagram illustrates different aspects involved in backup and restore functionality
of Audit Vault Server configuration in a high availability environment.

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Figure 15-1 Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore in High Availability
Environment

Time: T0 - Normal Time: T1 - Outage for both Time: T2 - Reinstall of

Operations AVS both Primary and Standby

Backup

HA Paired Backup Backup Backup

AVS HA location location location
primary AVS1
AVS HA
outage New installed
standalone

AVS2 new
AVS HA standby AVS HA outage installed standalone

Time: T3 - Restore Primary Time: T4 - Primary Online Time: T5 - Paired Primary

from Backup and Collecting Data with New Standby

Restore

Backup Backup HA Pairing Backup

AVS1 location AVS1 HA location AVS1 location
standalone New installed
with primary standalone
data and
configuration
AVS2 new
AVS2 AVS2 installed standalone

Time: T6 - Normal
Operations

HA Paired Backup
AVS1 HA location
primary

AVS2 HA
standby

15.7.3 About Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore Utility

Learn how the Audit Vault Server backup and restore utility works.
Audit Vault Server backup and restore utility provides all the necessary functionality to
perform backup and restore related operations on the Audit Vault Server. This utility
avbackup must be run as the root OS user. It is located in /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/
bin.

The backup utility supports:

• full backup and incremental backup
• hot and cold backup
• local and NFS backup locations
• restore of data and configuration to a new Audit Vault Server from backup taken
earlier
• validation of the backup taken earlier

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Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore Commands

The following are the commands used to backup and restore Audit Vault Server:

Command Task

To configure Audit Vault Server backup

avbackup config settings.

To perform backup of Audit Vault Server.

avbackup backup

To validate the backup file set.

avbackup validate

To restore Audit Vault Server using backup

avbackup restore file taken earlier.

Audit Vault Server Backup Settings

Configure the Audit Vault Server backup and restore functionality by running the avbackup
config command as OS root user.

Note:
The following settings must be the same for both backup and restore operations.

Field / Category Description

MAXPIECESIZE The maximum size of the backup file. The valid maximum file size depends on the actual
file system. Setting MAXPIECESIZE is required only if CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is set to 1.
Default value: 2G (2 GB)
For example:
MAXPIECESIZE[2G]:

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Field / Category Description

BACKUP_DIR The directory that stores all the backup files. The directory path is limited to 200
characters.
Default value: /backup
After this directory is specified, do not change this directory path as Oracle Recovery
Manager (RMAN) tracks the backup files in this directory. The files are written to this
directory and access to this directory is managed by oracle user (UID 503) who is part
of the oinstall group (GID 504). Oracle AVDF backup utility automatically uses this
directory path during the restore operation. When the BACKUP_DIR setting is changed,
performing a full backup is a must. This is to ensure the backup set is complete and
located in the new BACKUP_DIR location.

Note:
• Do not change this setting between full backup and
incremental backup, as the incremental backup may
fail. Change this setting only to put the new full backup
files into a different location. If this rule is not followed,
it may cause failure of restore operation.
• The BACKUP_DIR location value must be different for
online backup and offline backup. If this rule is not
followed, it may corrupt the backup file and failure of
restore operation.
• Do not change this setting between full backups, as the
redundancy setting may not apply correctly. In case
REDUNDANCY is set to 2 and BACKUP_DIR is changed
before the third full backup is taken, then the first
backup set is not purged after taking the third full
backup. If BACKUP_DIR is not changed before the third
full backup is taken, the first backup set is purged after
taking the third full backup.
• The backup directory must be a mounted file system
with enough free space to hold the backup files. This
can be NFS (Network File System). Tape storage is not
supported as a backup location.
• All the backup files are saved in BACKUP_DIR location,
except when CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is specified to a
value greater than 1. When CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is
greater than 1, CHANNEL_LOCATION must be specified
for each channel, and the specified locations are used
as backup locations.
• The BACKUP_DIR location must have enough free
space to hold the backup files. The space requirement
depends on REDUNDANCY setting.

See Also: Backup Location Storage Requirements in Backup of Audit Vault Server

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Field / Category Description

BACKUP_TYPE Specifies the type of backup to be performed. Enter HOT or COLD.
A HOT backup is an online backup when the Audit Vault Server is fully operational. A
COLD backup is an offline backup that requires the embedded repository (Oracle
Database) in the Audit Vault Server to be shut down.
Default value: HOT
Archive log mode must be enabled for hot (or online) backup. Enabling archive log mode
is quick and requires a restart of the embedded repository.
For a cold (offline) backup, the embedded repository in Audit Vault Server is shut down
during the backup process. Shutting down the embedded repository results in downtime
of monitoring until the backup operation is completed.
See Also: Backup Strategy in Backup of Audit Vault Server
PASSWD The password used to encrypt the configuration data stored in the OS files. If this is
omitted, then the backup OS files are not encrypted. However, the data backed up from
embedded repository is always encrypted by TDE (Transparent Data Encryption).
If this password is specified during backup, it must be provided for restore operation later.
There is no way to recover if the password is lost for restore operation. Hence, it is
recommended to keep the password stored in a safe location.
Default value: Not set.
CHANNEL_PARALLELIS Specifies the number of channels (processes) used for running the commands. In case
M there are multiple backup locations and each backup location is mounted on separate
physical disks, then this setting can be used to increase the speed of backup operations.
Set this parameter to match the number of physical disks used for backup locations.
If this parameter is set to 1, then the value for MAXPIECESIZE must be specified. If this
setting is greater than 1, then the locations and section size (CHANNEL_LOCATION and
SECTION_SIZE) must be specified.
Default value: 1
For example:
CHANNEL_PARALLELISM[1]:4
CHANNEL_LOCATION Specifies the location for each channel and is required when CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is
greater than 1. Based on the value of the CHANNEL_PARALLELISM, specify the same
number of channel locations. If CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is 2, then provide values for
CHANNEL_LOCATION_1 and CHANNEL_LOCATION_2.
Default value: None
As shown in the example below, it is recommended to specify each location in a different
physical disk.
For example:
CHANNEL_LOCATION_1[]:/disk_1
CHANNEL_LOCATION_2[]:/disk_2
CHANNEL_LOCATION_3[]:/disk_3
CHANNEL_LOCATION_4[]:/disk_4
Note: The CHANNEL_LOCATION takes precedence of the BACKUP_DIR for backup in case
of the embedded repository. However, the backup of the OS files continue to be located
in BACKUP_DIR.

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Field / Category Description

SECTION_SIZE This determines the section size for each channel to backup. This setting is required only
if CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is set to greater than 1.
If CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is set to more than 1, then the Audit Vault Server backup is
performed in parallel. The datafiles in the embedded repository are split into logical
sections for which the size is determined by this setting. Each channel performs a backup
of one section at a time. Specify this size considering the maximum file size of the
channel location and the biggest datafile in the embedded repository. A small value could
result in an increase in the number of files created in the channel location and a much
larger value may be beyond the maximum file size that the channel location can support.
Default value: None
For example:
SECTION_SIZE[]:32G

Note:
Use CHANNEL_PARALLELISM, CHANNEL_LOCATION, and SECTION_SIZE
configuration parameters for a database with a size of 1 TB or more.

The following settings can be different for each backup, validate, or restore operations:

Field / Category Description

TMP_DIR It is a temporary working parent directory that stores all temporary files
and logs. It must have at least 100 MB of free space. The oracle user
must have read-write access to this directory.
Default value (Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and earlier): Directory
path /tmp
For example: TMP_DIR[/tmp]: /tmp/BCKTMP
Default value (Oracle AVDF release 20.8 and later): Directory
path /usr/local/dbfw/tmp
For example: TMP_DIR[/usr/local/dbfw/tmp]: /usr/local/
dbfw/tmp/BCKTMP
KEEP_LOGS It determines whether the log files are stored after a successful backup
operation. Logs are always kept after a failure. Enter YES to retain logs
after backup, validate, or restore operations. Enter NO to automatically
delete logs after successful backup or restore operations.
The logs are always saved if the backup or restore operation fails
irrespective of the KEEP_LOGS setting.
Default value: NO
For example:
KEEP_LOGS[NO]:yes
INCREMENTAL This setting provides an option to choose from full or incremental backup.
Enter 0 for a full backup. Enter 1 for incremental backup. This setting
applies only to backup.
Default value: 0 (full backup)
For example:
INCREMENTAL[0]:0

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Field / Category Description

USE_NEW_IP Specifies whether to use a new or an existing IP address for the restored
system. This setting applies only to restore operation. The allowed values
are Y or N.
Default value: N
If USE_NEW_IP is set to N, the restored Audit Vault Server automatically
switches to the IP address of the Audit Vault Server when the backup was
taken.
If USE_NEW_IP is set to Y, the restored Audit Vault Server retains the IP
address set during fresh installation of this Audit Vault Server.
Case 1
• Backup of Audit Vault Server with IP1
• Audit Vault Server with IP1 goes offline
• USE_NEW_IP set to N for restore operation
• Restore of Audit Vault Server with IP2
• The IP address of the final restored Audit Vault Server is switched
from IP2 to IP1
Case 2
• Backup of Audit Vault Server with IP1
• Audit Vault Server with IP1 goes offline
• USE_NEW_IP set to Y for restore operation
• Restore of Audit Vault Server with IP2
• The IP address of the final restored Audit Vault Server remains IP2
For example:
USE_NEW_IP[N]:Y
REDUNDANCY Specifies the number of full backups to be kept before purging obsolete
backup sets. This setting applies only to backup. This setting impacts the
backup storage specified in the BACKUP_DIR parameter.
For example: If this value is set to 2, the first backup set is purged when
the third full backup has completed successfully.
Default value: 1
See Also: Backup Location Storage Requirements in Backup of Audit
Vault Server

Note:

• Audit Vault Server backup and restore operations may take a long time. When
you use SSH to connect to Audit Vault Server to perform these operations,
ensure you have configured SSH properly to avoid SSH timeouts.
• In this table and throughout this document, 1 GB represents 2 to the 30th power
(230) bytes or in decimal notation 1,073,741,824 bytes.

15.7.4 Setting Up NFS for Audit Vault Server Backup and Restore
Oracle recommends using Network File System (NFS) for the Audit Vault Server backup
location. This location must be the same for backup and restore operations..

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For example, if BACKUP_DIR for the Audit Vault Server backup is /var/lib/oracle/
avs_backup, then configure the same BACKUP_DIR (/var/lib/oracle/
avs_backup) for the Audit Vault Sever restore operation. This location (for
example, /var/lib/oracle/avs_backup) should be owned by oracle:oinstall
with read-write permission.

For example, to mount avs_backup to the NFS server, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server through SSH and switch to the root user.
See Logging In to Oracle AVDF Appliances Through SSH.
2. Run the following command:

mount -t nfs <NFS_IP>:<export_path> /var/lib/oracle/avs_backup

Note:

• Configure the same mount point on the Audit Vault Server before backup
and restore.
• The exact mount command may vary.
• Make sure that the oracle user has read, write, and execute
permissions for the directory that you created as the mount point.
• Ensure that BACKUP_DIR is set to /var/lib/oracle/avs_backup for
both backup and restore.
• If you updated /etc/fstab to add the mount point, it reverts to the
original state when the system is restarted.

15.7.5 Backup of Audit Vault Server

Learn how to perform Audit Vault Server backup.
These are the steps involved in the backup of Audit Vault Server:
1. Planning for Audit Vault Server backup.
2. Configuring the Audit Vault Server backup.
3. Performing or automating Audit Vault Server backup.
4. Monitoring the Audit Vault Server backup.

Planning for Backup

Planning for backup of Audit Vault Server involves the following aspects:

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Aspects Description
Backup strategy Backup strategy involves setting up a backup schedule that meets corporate
requirements or guidelines. Frequent backups can minimize data loss but impact
system performance. A full backup can take longer than an incremental backup. A
good backup strategy aims to minimize both the data loss and the impact on
system performance.
Best Practice: A full online backup once a week and multiple incremental
backups during the week is optimal.
Consider backup optimization mentioned in this table below to reduce backup
times.
Note: Do not keep both online and offline backup files in the same directory. In
such a case, make sure they are stored in two separate backup locations.
Backup location Ensure there is sufficient disk space in the backup location to store the backup
storage files. The backup location contains the OS configuration files (.tar file) and the
requirements related backup of the repository. There may be multiple backup sets in the backup
location depending on the redundancy setting. For example, if redundancy is
configured to 3, the backup location keeps up to 4 sets of backups before it
begins to purge the obsolete backup files.
Determining the space requirement for the backup location, depends on the size
of the Audit Vault Server repository (Oracle Database). Run the following SQL
query as sysdba user for an approximate calculation:

sqlplus / as sysdba
Enter password: password
SELECT SUM (BYTES)/1024/1024/1024||' GB' FROM DBA_DATA_FILES

This calculation is a simple estimation of a full backup file. For each incremental
backup, add more disk space in addition to the above specified amount. It is not
possible to calculate the specific size for incremental backup in a live system. Use
this as a guideline after Audit Vault Server is deployed and is stable.
To calculate a simple estimate of incremental backup file, find the difference
between two full backup files. Divide this by the number of incremental backup
specified. This provides an average size of an incremental backup file.
Note: Ensure oracle user and group oinstall users have read, write, and
execute permission to the backup directory.
Backup type Oracle AVDF supports online and offline backup. Offline backup requires Audit
Vault Server downtime. Offline backup does not have data loss up to the time the
backup is taken. Online backup allows taking backup when Audit Vault Server is
online. There is a potential loss of data involved in online backup. Online backup
requires archive log mode to be enabled for the database. Oracle recommends
taking online backup.
Retention The retention of the backup depends on the REDUNDANCY setting. Specify an
appropriate value based on the organization's policy. In most situations,
REDUNDANCY is set to a value greater than 1 to keep more than one backup set.
For obsolete backup files to be purged properly, schedule more full backups than
the retention configuration within a period of 30 days.
Channel Setting higher parallelism (CHANNEL_PARALLELISM), can improve backup
parallelism performance. However, it only improves performance if it matches the actual
physical number of disks available. If there is only one physical disk, it does not
improve the backup performance even if CHANNEL_PARALLELISM is set to greater
than 1.

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Aspects Description
Backup It is recommended to increase the channel parallelism to match the physical
optimization number of disks. This can improve the backup performance. When channel
parallelism is set to a value greater than 1, then set the section size too. Section
size defines how the datafile is handled by each channel during backup operation.
To improve performance specify different CHANNEL_LOCATION on a different
physical hard disk. Specifying all the channel locations to the same path, does not
utilize the benefits of parallelism.
Increasing the maximum piece size can also improve the performance if channel
parallelism is set to 1. The maximum piece size depends on the file size
supported by the filesystem.

Space Required for Backup Files

Determine the amount of space needed for backup files. The amount of space needed
for backup files is determined by the size of Audit Vault Server repository. You can
obtain an upper estimate of the backup file size for the database by running the
following SQL query on the Audit Vault Server:

sqlplus system
Enter password: password
SELECT SUM (BYTES)/1024/1024/1024||' GB' FROM DBA_DATA_FILES

Note:

• Ensure the RAM size and disk size in the new system is equal or greater
than the original system. This ensures out of memory error is not
observed while performing the backup and restore tasks.
• The backup process does not include the SAN configuration. Ensure the
new system has sufficient disk space before performing restore. For
more information on the disk space needed, refer to the info.txt file
available in the backup directory.
• The restore system requires at least the same amount of memory and
disk space as the backup system. Otherwise, the restore operation fails.

15.7.6 Configuring Audit Vault Server Backup

Learn how to configure the backup utility for Audit Vault Server.
Audit Vault Server must be configured before performing the backup operations. This
configuration includes different settings and values that are saved in a backup settings
file /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/backup/.backup_restore_config. This file is
used to configure the backup process.
The backup of the OS files can be encrypted with a password that must be specified
when configuring the Audit Vault Server backup. The backup of the repository is
encrypted using TDE (Transparent Data Encryption). Make sure to store both the
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repository, in a safe location. These passwords are needed during the restore operation.
Run the following command as root user to configure the backup settings, and follow the
prompt:

/var/lib/oracle/dbfw/bin/avbackup config

15.7.7 Performing Audit Vault Server Backup

Learn how to run Audit Vault Server backup tasks.
Prerequisite: Configure the backup utility for Audit Vault Server.
For online (hot) backup, follow these steps before initiating backup:
1. Choose the backup type HOT when configuring the backup utility.
2. Ensure that the Audit Vault Server is in archive log mode by following these steps:
a. Connect through SQL*Plus as the oracle OS user, by running the command:

sqlplus / as sysdba

b. Run the following command:

archive log list;

c. If the output from the above command displays No Archive mode, then Audit Vault
Server is not in archive log mode. If the output displayed is Archive mode, then skip
the next step.
3. To enable archive log mode follow these steps:
a. Log in to the Audit Vault Server through SSH and switch to the root user.
See Logging In to Oracle AVDF Appliances Through SSH.
b. Run the following command to stop the monitor process:

systemctl stop monitor

c. Run the following command to shut down the Audit Vault Server repository (Oracle
Database):

systemctl stop dbfwdb

d. Run the following command to ensure that the Audit Vault Server repository is shut
down:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwdb status

The output is ORACLE instance shut down.

e. Switch to the oracle user.

su - oracle

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f. Start SQL*Plus as the sysdba user.

sqlplus / as sysdba

g. Run the following commands at the SQL*Plus prompt to enable archive log
mode:

startup mount

alter database archivelog;

alter database open;

shutdown immediate;

h. Exit SQL*Plus.

exit

4. Switch to root OS user.

5. Run the following commands:

systemctl start dbfwdb

systemctl start monitor

6. As the root OS user, run the following command to initiate the backup:

/var/lib/oracle/dbfw/bin/avbackup backup

7. Enter the required information by following the prompt.

8. A list of files (similar to the following example) appear in the backup location when
the backup is complete.

DBID_1440353975_09Q7EF7L_1_1
DBID_1440353975_C-1440353975-20150520-00

Offline (Cold) Backup

1. Choose the backup type as COLD when configuring the backup utility.
2. As root OS user, run the following command to initiate backup:

/var/lib/oracle/dbfw/bin/avbackup backup

3. Enter the required information by following the prompt.

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Note:

• For an offline backup the Audit Vault Server repository is shutdown for the
entire duration of the backup.
• Oracle recommends to reboot the system in case there is a failure while
performing a cold (offline) backup operation.

15.7.8 Monitoring and Validating the Audit Vault Server Backup

Learn how to validate, monitor, and troubleshoot the Audit Vault Server backup process.
The backup configuration file is release specific. It works on the same release. It is advisable
to run the avbackup config command and create a new configuration file before performing
the backup operation after Oracle AVDF upgrade.
Follow these steps to validate the backup last created:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as root OS user.
2. Run the following command:

/var/lib/oracle/dbfw/bin/avbackup validate

The backup status is displayed, similar to the following:

Backup Restore exit status: 0

Status 0 = Success. Status 1 = Failure.

3. The backup process records the logs in the /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/

av.backup*.log file. Check the log files for any errors. In case there is any issue in the
backup process, then the backup process also records the logs in TMP_DIR/
av_backup* directory. The following logs contain detailed information:
• /TMP_DIR/av_backup_<timestamp>/<logs>
• /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/av.backup_restore-pid-0.log
• /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/av.backup_restore_error-pid-0.log
Oracle AVDF administrator must monitor the disk space usage to make sure there is enough
space for the new backup files and obsolete backup files that are purged properly based on
the retention setting.

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Note:
Important aspects involved in troubleshooting of Audit Vault Server backup
process:
• The backup directory must be owned by oracle:oinstall with
permission 770.
• Make sure to take more backups than REDUNDANCY setting within 30 days
and obsolete backup files are purged properly.
• Check /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/av.backup* log files for
any errors. Check TMP_DIR/av_backup* for more detailed logs if there
are any issues.
• Check available disk space for backup.
• The location of offline backup and online backup must be different. Do
not use the same BACKUP_DIR location. Once this location is specified, it
is advisable not to change the directory path until the next full backup.
• Ensure the BACKUP_DIR and CHANNEL_LOCATION_x disk has enough space
for the backup files.

15.7.9 Automating the Backup Schedule

Learn how to automate the backup schedule of Audit Vault Server.
The backup process can be scheduled and automated by setting up a cron job. For
example, set up a cron job to take a full online backup once a week. Set up another
cron job to take incremental online backup thrice a week.
The backup operation takes the configuration details from the /var/lib/oracle/
dbfw/av/backup/.backup_restore_config file. Full backup and incremental
backup require different configuration details, and hence need to have two separate
configuration files.
Follow these steps to automate both full and incremental backups:
1. Create a settings file for full backup. Run the following command and specify
INCREMENTAL value to 0:

avbackup config

2. Move the /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/backup/.backup_restore_config

file to another location /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/backup/
backup_restore_config_full.
3. Create a settings file for incremental backup. Run the following command and
specify INCREMENTAL value to 1:

avbackup config

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4. Move /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/backup/.backup_restore_config file to

another location /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/backup/
backup_restore_config_incremental.
5. Create a full backup script (full_backup_script), that copies the /var/lib/
oracle/dbfw/av/backup/backup_restore_config_full to /var/lib/
oracle/dbfw/av/backup/.backup_restore_config before running the avbackup
backup command.
6. Set up a cron job to run full backup script as root user at a specific time on a specific day
of the week. Follow these steps:
a. Run the following command as root user:

crontab -e

b. Add a line similar to the following example in the editor. The example time specified is
for midnight on every Saturday.

0 0 * * 6 /<some_directory_path>/<full_backup_script>

c. Save the file and exit.

d. Check the cron job setup by running the following command:

crontab -l

7. Create incremental backup script (incremental_backup_script), that copies /var/lib/

oracle/dbfw/av/backup/backup_restore_config_incremental file
to /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/backup/.backup_restore_config before
running the avbackup backup command.
8. Set up a cron job to run incremental backup script as root user at a specific time thrice a
week on specific days. Follow these steps:
a. Run the following command as root user:

crontab -e

b. Add the lines in the editor similar to the following example for running backup at
midnight every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday:

0 0 * * 1 /<some_directory_path>/<incremental_backup_script>
0 0 * * 3 /<some_directory_path>/<incremental_backup_script>
0 0 * * 5 /<some_directory_path>/<incremental_backup_script>

c. Save and exit.

d. Check the cron job setup by running the following command:

crontab -l

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Note:
Use this as a guideline to automate scheduled backups. It is
recommended to test out the full_backup_script,
incremental_backup_script, and the cronjob setting before
deploying in production. Change the cron job configuration as per your
requirement and policy.

15.7.10 Performing Audit Vault Server Backup in High Availability

Learn how to run the Audit Vault Server backup task in a high availability environment.
In a high availability environment, there are two Audit Vault Servers (primary and
standby). Backup operation must be performed on the primary Audit Vault Server.
Follow these steps:
1. Disable automatic failover before performing backup operation.
2. Run the backup operation.
3. Enable automatic failover.

See Also:
Disabling or Enabling Failover of the Audit Vault Server

15.7.11 Restoring from Audit Vault Server Backup

Learn how to restore Audit Vault Server from backup taken earlier.
In case of outage or contingency, the Audit Vault Server can be restored from backup
taken earlier.
Important aspects involved in restoring of Audit Vault Server:

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Aspects Description
Planning and • The restore operation can only be performed on the same version of Audit Vault
strategy Server. The new system must be a freshly installed system without any data. For
example, restore of Oracle AVDF release 20.3 backup can be performed on a
newly installed 20.3 Audit Vault Server, but not on a 20.4 Audit Vault Server.
• Choose to restore with the original IP address or restore to a new IP address.
Restore using the original IP address requires the new system to be on the same
subnet as the backup system. Audit Vault Server can be restored on a new system
with a new IP address.
• The system on which the Audit Vault Server is being restored must have equal (or
more) memory and disk space. Audit Vault Server cannot be restored on a system
with less memory or disk space.
• After the restore operation is initiated, all the information in the restore system is
wiped out and replaced by the information from the backup system.
• After restore operation, the Audit Vault Server contains data of the backup Audit
Vault Server and until the time of the backup taken.
Note: To perform restore on Audit Vault Server, the administrator must provide:
• the repository encryption password of the backup system
• the encryption password for backup if that is configured for backup
Space Ensure the new system has sufficient disk space before performing the restore
operation. For more information on the disk space needed, refer to the info.txt file
available in the backup directory.
Memory The new system on which the Audit Vault Server is being restored must have equal or
more memory available than the backup system.
Storage The backup files must be in the same backup location or path, as the backup system.
In case the local file system is being used, then copy the backup files to the same path
similar to the backup system. In case of NFS (Network File System), mount the backup
location to the same path as of the backup system.
Configuration To restore the new Audit Vault Server from backup file taken earlier, configure the
backup utility on the new Audit Vault Server. The configuration of the restore system
must match the configuration of the backup system. For example, if the backup files
are for online backup, you must configure the restore system for online backup.
A new IP address can be used if required on the restore system. If a new IP address is
used to configure during restore, the new Audit Vault Server stays on the new IP
address and does not switch to the original backup Audit Vault Server IP. In this case
all the existing Audit Vault Agents and Database Firewall instances must be updated
with the new IP address. In case the restore operation is performed with the existing IP
address, then make sure the original IP address is available. After the completion of
restore operation, the Audit Vault Server is set to the original IP if NEW_IP is configured
to N.

Follow these steps to restore the Audit Vault Server:

1. Verify and make sure the backup files are owned by oracle:oinstall.
2. Ensure the OS user root on the restore system has access to BACKUP_DIR directory.
3. Copy the backup files to the new Audit Vault Server, or mount the NFS placing the files in
the BACKUP_DIR directory that was specified earlier.
4. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as root.
5. Run the following command:

/var/lib/oracle/dbfw/bin/avbackup restore

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6. When prompted, enter the keystore password. This password is the same
keystore password used for the original system.
7. When restore operation is completed, check the following log files for errors:
• /TMP_DIR/av_backup_*_timestamp
• /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/av.backup_restore-pid-0.log
• /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/av.backup_restore_error-
pid-0.log

Note:

• Do not initiate the restore process inside the backup directory.

• Ensure there is no terminal accessing the backup directory. If any
terminal is accessing the backup directory, it results in device busy
error during restore process.
• Audit Vault Server must be restored from the most recent backup to
minimize data loss.

15.7.12 Post Restore Tasks

Perform these tasks after restoring the Audit Vault Server.
1. Update the Audit Vault Agents or the agentless collection service, depending on
what you've deployed.
2. Update the Database Firewall instances.
3. Start audit data collection on the restored Audit Vault Server.
4. Configure secondary Network Interface Cards (NICs), if required.
Update Audit Vault Agents
Manually update Audit Vault Agents when restoring the Audit Vault Server with a new
IP address so that they connect using the new IP address.
Follow these steps for Oracle AVDF release 20.4 and earlier:
1. Log in to the Agent machine.
2. In case of Audit Vault Agent, update the IP addresses in the Agent_Home/av/
conf/bootstrap.prop file. In case of Host Monitor Agent, update the IP
addresses in the Agent_Home/hm/bootstrap.prop file. Replace all the old IP
addresses with the new IP addresses.
3. Restart the Audit Vault Agent. The restart downloads the new agent.jar file from
the Audit Vault Server with the new IP address. Refer to Stopping, Starting, and
Other Agent Operations for more information.

Note:
Perform this operation on all the Audit Vault Agents and restart them.

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Follow these steps for Oracle AVDF release 20.5 and later:
1. Log in to the Agent machine.
2. Stop the Audit Vault Agent.
3. Run the following command on the Agent machine:

Platform Command

Windows agentctl.bat
update_agent_configuration -ip
[new ip address of AVS] -port [new
TCP port of AVS ]

Linux/Unix/AIX/Solaris agentctl
update_agent_configuration -ip
[new ip address of AVS] -port [new
TCP port of AVS ]

Note:

• In case the Audit Vault Server is in high availability configuration, enter the
new IP address and port number of the primary Audit Vault Server.
• In case of multiple network interface cards on Audit Vault Server, enter the
new IP address corresponding to the card which is reachable from the
Agent machine.

4. Restart the Audit Vault Agent. The restart downloads the new agent.jar file from the
Audit Vault Server with the new IP address. Refer to Stopping, Starting, and Other Agent
Operations for more information.
Update the Agentless Collection Service
If you're using agentless collection (Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later), the agentless collection
service will not run on the restored machine if the backup Audit Vault Server and the restored
Audit Vault Server are two different machines with different IP address.
If the backup Audit Vault Server and the restored Audit Vault Server are two different
machines with different IP address, run the following commands to stop the agentless
collection service on the backup Audit Vault Server and deploy and start agentless collection
on the restored Audit Vault Server.

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1. Enter the following commands to stop the agentless collection service on the
backup Audit Vault Server:

su root

/usr/bin/systemctl stop monitor_default_agent.service

/usr/bin/systemctl disable monitor_default_agent.service

/usr/bin/systemctl stop monitor_default_agent.timer

/usr/bin/systemctl disable monitor_default_agent.timer

/usr/bin/systemctl stop default_agent.service

/usr/bin/systemctl disable default_agent.service

2. Enter the following commands to deploy and start agentless collection on the
restored Audit Vault Server:

su root

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/deploy_default_agent.py

Update Database Firewall Instances

After restoring the Audit Vault Server on a new IP address is completed, the Audit
Vault Server console certificate is invalid. The certificate details are pertaining to the
backup system which is no longer valid. A new certificate must be generated and
uploaded.
Copy the existing certificate to the Database Firewall server to reconnect. Refer to
Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address for more information.
Start Audit Data Collection on Restored Audit Vault Server
The audit trails must be started on the newly restored Audit Vault Server. The trails
start collecting audit records from the time stamp when the Audit Vault Server was
backed up.

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Note:

• If audit trail cleanup is configured on the targets, then the audit data collected
after the backup may be purged on the target. This data is not available for
collection on a restored Audit Vault Server.
• If audit trail cleanup is not configured on the targets, then the audit data
collected after the backup is still available on the target. This data is available
for collection on a restored Audit Vault Server.

Audit Vault Server Networking

The restore process is only restoring the management interface. All the secondary NICs and
their associated network configuration has to be manually reconfigured and tested after
restoring the Audit Vault Server.
Ensure the network interfaces are connected to the correct networks. Also ensure the new IP
addresses and the network masks are correct. After restoring the Audit Vault Server
appliance, ensure the following have been reconfigured correctly:
• Secondary NIC IP configuration
• Static routes
• Agent connectivity for secondary NICs
• Access for services (SSH, NTP, etc) previously configured for secondary NICs

See Also:
Multiple Network Interface Cards

15.7.13 Monitor the Restore Process

Learn about monitoring the Audit Vault Server restore process.
The restore process usually takes long time. The output can be monitored by checking the
log files in the following locations:
• /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/av.backup*
• TMP_DIR/av.backup_<timestamp>/*

Note:
Since the restore operation takes a long time depending on the size of the backup,
ensure the session used to run the command does not abruptly terminate. Oracle
recommends to use commands like /usr/bin/screen to run restore commands.

Additional Information for Restoring Audit Vault Server

Here are some additional pointers for troubleshooting the Audit Vault Server restore process:

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• Ensure the access to BACKUP_DIR directory is owned by oracle:oinstall.

• Ensure the OS user root on the restore system has access to BACKUP_DIR
directory.
• In case of incorrect password, run the avbackup config command again to set the
password right. This is applicable to password used to encrypt configuration data
and not the keystore password.
• The script must be run as root user.
• The backup directory path on the restore system must be the same as the backup
system. In case of NFS, it must be mounted on the same path as the backup
system.
• In case device busy error is observed during restore, then contact Oracle Support
for detailed steps for a workaround on the issue.

15.7.14 Restoring Audit Vault Server in High Availability

Learn how to restore Audit Vault Server in a high availability environment.
After restoring Audit Vault Server in a high availability environment, the system is a
standalone. The restored system is not automatically configured for high availability. To
set up high availability, pair the restored system with another new Audit Vault Server.

See Also:
Backup and Restore of Audit Vault Server in High Availability

15.8 Backing Up and Restoring the Database Firewall

You can back up and restore the Database Firewall instance.
The Database Firewall configuration is backed up automatically when the Audit Vault
Server backup is taken. This does not require any additional action.

Restoring the Database Firewall Configuration on an Existing Database Firewall

Instance
A copy of the Database Firewall configuration is stored on the Audit Vault Server. If
required, it can overwrite the existing settings of the Database Firewall and maintain a
copy of the same on the Audit Vault Server.
To restore the Database Firewall configuration from the Audit Vault Server, follow these
steps:
1. Ensure the Audit Vault Server's certificate is installed on the Database Firewall.
See Specifying the Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address for more
information.
2. Ensure the IP address of the Database Firewall remains the same.
3. Follow the steps mentioned in section Resetting Database Firewall.

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Restoring the Database Firewall Configuration on a New Database Firewall Instance

In case the Database Firewall instance has failed, it is possible to restore the Database
Firewall settings on a newly installed system.
To restore the Database Firewall configuration on a new system, follow these steps:
1. Install the Database Firewall. See Configuring Database Firewall for complete
information.
2. Configure the same IP address which was used during the previous configuration.
3. Install the Audit Vault Server's certificate on the Database Firewall. See Specifying the
Audit Vault Server Certificate and IP Address for more information.
4. Update the Audit Vault Server with the new Database Firewall's certificate by following
the instructions mentioned in section Fetching an Updated Certificate from Database
Firewall.
5. To restore the Database Firewall configuration, follow the steps mentioned in section
Resetting Database Firewall.

15.9 Enabling Oracle Database In-Memory for the Audit Vault

Server
After you enable Oracle Database In-Memory, you can monitor it.

15.9.1 About Enabling Oracle Database In-Memory for Oracle Audit Vault
Server
You can enable Oracle Database In-Memory for Oracle Audit Vault Server.
You can improve the performance of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall reports and
dashboards by enabling Oracle Database In-Memory in Oracle Audit Vault Server. This
feature lets you allocate a certain amount of system memory for audit data for a specified
period of time. The audit data residing in-memory then becomes available more quickly for
use in dashboards and reports.
Based on the amount of system memory you allocate for Oracle Database In-Memory, and
the average amount of data collected per day in your environment, Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall calculates the number of days of audit data that will fit into that allocated
memory. From this calculation, the system displays the in-memory date range to Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall auditors, letting them know the time ranges for which they can
obtain faster reports. For example, if 1 gigabyte can accommodate 2 days of data, and you
have provided 1 gigabyte of memory for Oracle Database In-Memory, then 2 days of the
latest data will be put in Oracle Database In-Memory. If you provide 2 gigabytes of memory to
Oracle Database In-Memory, then 4 days of data will go to Oracle Database In-Memory.
Before enabling Oracle Database In-Memory, be sure to estimate the amount of memory
needed for your current and future targets and Database Firewall monitoring points. You can
find some guidelines for calculating RAM requirements in the Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall Sizing Advice (MOS Doc ID 2223771.1). This document can be obtained
from Oracle Support. After estimating your normal RAM requirements, if you want to use the
Oracle Database In-Memory feature, estimate how much RAM you want to use for in-memory

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database and add that to your RAM requirement. If you enable this feature, you must
allocate at least 1 GB for Oracle Database In-Memory.

15.9.2 Enabling and Allocating Memory for Oracle Database In-

Memory
You can enable and allocate memory for Oracle Database In-Memory from the Audit
Vault Server console.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select select System.
4. Under Configuration, select Oracle Database In-Memory.
5. In the Oracle Database In-Memory dialog, select the Enable Oracle Database
In-Memory check box.
The Oracle Database In-Memory window expands to show the total system RAM.
6. If you have sufficient memory on your system, configure the following settings:
• Allocated In-Memory field: Enter (or change) the amount of RAM to allocate
in Gigabytes. You must enter a minimum of 1 (default), and up to Maximum
available for Database In-Memory indicated on this dialog.
• Keep latest data option: Select this option to retain the data that has just been
collected. This setting enables the system to automatically select the most
recent dates, based on the in-memory size that was configured.
• Select a date range option: Select this option if you want the memory to be
available for a specific period of time.
7. Click Save.
After you enable or disable Oracle Database In-Memory, the Audit Vault Server
database, Audit Vault Agents, and audit trails shut down for a few minutes, and
then restart automatically.

15.9.3 Disabling Oracle Database In-Memory

You can disable Oracle Database In-Memory from the Audit Vault Server console.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
4. Under Configuration section, select Oracle Database In-Memory.
5. In the Oracle Database In-Memory window, select the Enable Oracle Database
In-Memory check box to clear it. If enabled, the disable option is available in the
dialog.
6. Click Save.
After you enable or disable Oracle Database In-Memory, the Audit Vault Server
database, Audit Vault Agents, and audit trails go down for a few minutes, and then
restart automatically.

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15.9.4 Monitoring Oracle Database In-Memory Usage

You can monitor the Oracle Database In-Memory usage from the Audit Vault Server console.
To see in-memory usage in the Audit Vault Server dashboard:
1. Click the Settings tab.
2. In the left navigation menu, select select System.
3. Under Configuration, select Oracle Database In-Memory.
4. The Oracle Database In-Memory dialog contains all the details.

15.10 Managing Plug-ins

You can use plug-ins to deploy additional target types in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall environments.
You can deploy additional plug-ins to support more types of targets, or un-deploy plug-ins that
are no longer needed.

See Also:
Deploying Plug-ins and Registering Plug-in Hosts

15.11 Monitoring Server Tablespace Space Usage

You can monitor server table space usage in Oracle Audit Vault Server.
Oracle Audit Vault Server contains the SYSAUX tablespace, which by default has one data file.
The SYSAUX tablespace is a locally managed tablespace with automatic segment space
management.
You should monitor the space usage for the SYSAUX tablespace and create additional data
files for storage as needed.

See Also:

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for more information about the ALTER
TABLESPACE SQL statement, which you can use to add more storage data files.
• Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide for information about optimizing a
tablespace.

15.12 Monitoring Server Archive Log Disk Space Use

You can monitor archive log disk space use to manage your system.

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By default, ARCHIVELOG mode is disabled in Oracle Audit Vault Server. The ARCHIVELOG
mode once enabled, copies the filled online redo logs to disk. This enables you to back
up the database while it is open and being accessed by users, and to recover the
database to any desired point in time. You should monitor the disk space usage for the
redo logs.
To change from No Archive Mode to Archive Mode, follow these steps:

1. Log in as oracle user.

2. Connect to SQL*Plus as sysdba user.
3. Run the command:

SQL> archive log list;

Observe the following output:

Database log mode No Archive Mode
Automatic archival Disabled
Archive destination USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
4. In case the Database log mode is No Archive Mode, then run the following
commands:

SQL> shutdown immediate;

SQL> startup mount;

SQL> alter database archivelog;

SQL> archive log list;

5. Observe the following output:

Database log mode Archive Mode
Automatic archival Enabled
Archive destination USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
6. Run the command:

SQL> alter database open;

Note:

• If you change the ARCHIVELOG mode during the backup configuration

process, after the database restarts, then ensure the Java Framework
internal tool is running on the Audit Vault Server.
• Archivelog mode is required for hot backup.

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See Also:

• Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide for more information to set up archive

log mode and other general information about Archive logs.
• Method 1: Using the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n Parameter for more information
about changing the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n location to relocate these archive log
files to larger disks.
• Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User’s Guide for information about
backing up the archive logs.

15.13 Monitoring Server Flash Recovery Area

Monitoring server flash recovery area is advisable to ensure you have enough space for
backups.
By default, Oracle Audit Vault Server has the following initialization parameter settings:
• The DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE initialization parameter is set to 2 GB.
• The DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST initialization parameter is set to the default flash recovery
area, typically the ORACLE_HOME/flash_recovery_area directory.
Ensure that the size of your flash recovery area is large enough to hold a copy of all data
files, all incremental backups, online redo logs, archived redo logs not yet backed up on tape,
control files, and control file auto backups. This space can fill quickly, depending on the
number of audit trails configured, the scope of the audit record collection being administered,
and the backup and archive plans that you have in place.
You can use Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control to monitor the available space in
the flash recovery area. Monitor the percent space that is usable in the Usable Flash
Recovery Area field under the High Availability section on the Home page. Check the alert log
in the Database Console for messages. When the used space in the flash recovery area
reaches 85 percent, a warning message is sent to the alert log. When the used space in the
flash recovery area reaches 97 percent, a critical warning message is sent to the alert log.
You can manage space in the flash recovery area by increasing the value of the
DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE initialization parameter to accommodate these files and to set
the DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST initialization parameter to a value where more disk space is
available.

See Also:

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User’s Guide

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15.14 Monitoring Jobs

You can see the status of various jobs that run on the Audit Vault Server, such as
report generation, and user entitlement or audit policy retrieval from targets.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select System.
4. In the Status page, under Monitoring section, click Jobs.
The Jobs window appears, listing all the jobs that have been configured. It shows
the job type, current status (such as Starting), when last updated, when started,
who created the job, and any messages that may result from the job.

5. To see details for an individual job, click the Job Details icon to the extreme left of
a specific job.

15.15 Scheduling Maintenance Jobs

Oracle AVDF runs some jobs on the Audit Vault Server for proper and effective
functioning of the system.
Oracle recommends that you run these jobs during a period when the Audit Vault
server usage is low, such as night. You can schedule these jobs as per your time zone.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.

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2. Click Settings tab.

3. Click System tab in the left navigation menu.
4. In the Configuration section:

For Oracle AVDF Release Click

20.1 and 20.2 Manage

20.3 and later Maintenance

5. To schedule a new maintenance job, select Start Time. Enter the time in hours and
minutes for the maintenance job to start at a specific time. The time specified here is the
time on the browser.
6. In the Time Out (In hours) field, enter the duration of the maintenance job in hours.

Note:
In case the job does not complete within the duration specified, it is timed out.

7. In the Repeat Frequency field, select the frequency of the maintenance job to be
repeated.

Note:
This field cannot be edited, and by default the value remains Daily. The job runs
at the specified start time daily.

8. Click Save.

15.16 Downloading and Using the AVCLI Command Line

Interface
You can download the AVCLI command line interface from the Audit Vault Server console.

15.16.1 About the AVCLI Command-Line Interface

Learn about the AVCLI command-line interface.
As an alternative to using the Oracle Audit Vault Server console (Web) UI, you can use the
AVCLI command line interface to manage Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall,
including registering and configuring targets and their connections to the Audit Vault Server.
You can run AVCLI from the Audit Vault Server, or download the AVCLI utility from the Audit
Vault Server and install and run the utility on another computer.
The syntax used for AVCLI is similar to SQL*Plus. For example, from within AVCLI, you can
use the CONNECT command to log in as another user. In addition, the AVCLI commands are
not case sensitive. In this manual, the commands are entered in upper case.

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Note:
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to JDK installation directory.
On Windows, add %JAVA_HOME%\bin to the PATH environment variable.

See Also:
AVCLI Commands Reference for details of the available AVCLI commands.

15.16.2 Downloading the AVCLI Command Line Utility and Setting

JAVA_HOME
The AVCLI utility is already installed on the Audit Vault Server. If you want to run
AVCLI on a different computer, then you must download it from the Audit Vault Server
console and install it on the other computer.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Audit Vault CLI.
4. Click the Download AVCLI button. Save the avcli.jar file.
5. Copy the avcli.jar file to the computer from which you want to run AVCLI. Run
the command:
java -jar avcli.jar
The AVCLI utility is installed in the current directory with the necessary
permissions. To install in a different directory, use the command:
java -jar avcli.jar -d directory_name
6. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the JDK installation directory.
On Windows, add %JAVA_HOME%\bin to the PATH environment variable.

15.16.3 Logging in to AVCLI

You can log in to the Audit Vault command line interface by using different methods.

15.16.3.1 About Logging in to AVCLI

You can log in to AVCLI interactively with or without a user name, and with stored
credentials.
Before users log in, ensure that the JAVA_HOME environment variable in the server
points to JDK installation directory. The user who logs in to AVCLI must be granted the
granted the AV_ADMIN role, which you can grant by using the Audit Vault Server
console.
The ways to log in are as follows:

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• By supplying a user name and password by executing the avcli command

• Without supplying a user name and password, but you will be prompted for these
credentials after you execute avcli
• By using a stored credential, which is useful for situations in which you must run scripts.

15.16.3.2 Logging in to AVCLI Interactively

You can start AVCLI interactively at the command line with or without a user name.
Except for a few commands where it is optional, all AVCLI commands must end in a semi-
colon (;). For simplicity, in this guide we use a semi-colon for all AVCLI commands.
1. Log in to the server where AVCLI is installed as a user who has been granted the
AV_ADMIN role.
2. Go to the directory where AVCLI has been installed, and open /bin.
cd ../directory_name/bin/
3. At the command line, use one of the following methods to log in to AVCLI:
• Logging in with a user name: Use the following syntax:
avcli -u username
Enter password: password

For example:
avcli -u psmith
AVCLI : Release 20.1.0.0.0 - Production on timestamp
Copyright (c) 1996, 2020 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Enter password for 'psmith': password

Connected to:
Oracle Audit Vault Server 20.1.0.0.0

AVCLI>

• Logging in without a user name: Use the following syntax:

avcli
AVCLI> CONNECT [username];

For example:
avcli

AVCLI : Release 20.1.0.0.0 - Production on timestamp

Copyright (c) 1996, 2020 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.

AVCLI> CONNECT psmith

Enter password: password;
Connected.

If you do not enter a user name, then you will be prompted for one.

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15.16.3.3 Storing or Overwriting Administrative Credentials

If you are the AVCLI owner (that is, you installed the AVCLI utility) you can store the
credentials of one Oracle AVDF administrator in the AVCLI wallet.
Thereafter, that administrator can invoke AVCLI without providing credentials, and can
also run scripts without intervention.
As a prerequisite for an administrator to be able to invoke AVCLI without credentials
(non-interactively), the AVCLI owner must store that administrator's credentials. As the
AVCLI owner, you can store credentials for only one administrator.
1. As the AVCLI owner, run avcli without connecting to the Audit Vault Server.
For example:
avcli

AVCLI : Release Release 20.1.0.0.0 - Production on timestamp

Copyright (c) 1996, 2020 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.

AVCLI>

2. Run the command STORE CREDENTIALS and provide the administrator's credentials
when prompted.
For example:
AVCLI> STORE CREDENTIALS;
Enter user name: username
Enter password:password
Re-enter password:password

Any previously stored credentials will be overwritten. If this administrator's

password changes, follow this procedure again to store the new credentials.

15.16.3.4 Logging in to AVCLI Using Stored Credentials

To start AVCLI without having to enter credentials, your credentials must be stored in
the Audit Vault Server.
1. Log in to the server where AVCLI is installed as a user who has been granted the
AV_ADMIN role.
2. Use one of the following methods to log in to AVCLI using stored credentials:
• From the shell: In the Audit Vault Server console, enter the following
command, which logs you in to AVCLI and connects to the Audit Vault Server:
avcli /@

• From within AVCLI: If you have invoked AVCLI from the shell without
credentials (by typing avcli), connect to the Audit Vault Server by entering:
AVCLI> CONNECT /@;

For example:
avcli

AVCLI : Release 20.1.0.0.0 - Production on timestamp

Copyright (c) 1996, 2020 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.

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AVCLI> CONNECT /@;

Connected.

Related Topics
• Running AVCLI Scripts
You can run AVCLI scripts without user intervention or putting credentials inside the
script.

15.16.4 Running AVCLI Scripts

You can run AVCLI scripts without user intervention or putting credentials inside the script.
An AVCLI script contains a series of AVCLI commands. You can run an AVCLI script from the
shell. Valid AVCLI script names have a .av extension.
Here is an example AVCLI script:
#Here is an AVCLI command
start collection for secured target sample_target1 using host sample_host1 from
table SYS.AUD$;
#More AVCLI commands
#Quit command
quit;

1. Log in to the server where AVCLI is installed as a user who has been granted the
AV_ADMIN role.
2. Use the following syntax to run the script:
avcli -u username -f scriptname.av

For example:
avcli -u psmith -f myscript.av
AVCLI : Release 20.1.0.0.0 - Production on timestamp
Copyright (c) 1996, 2020 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Enter password for 'psmith': password

Connected to:
Oracle Audit Vault Server 20.1.0.0.0

AVCLI> the script myscript.av executes

If you have stored administrator credentials, to run an AVCLI script, use the appropriate
command below:
• avcli /@ -f sample_script1.av
This command uses the stored credentials, connects to the Audit Vault Server, and
runs the script.
• avcli -f sample_script2.av
You can use the above command if you include the following command at the
beginning of your script:
connect /@
Then the script runs using the stored credentials, and connecting to the Audit Vault
Server.

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Related Topics
• Logging in to AVCLI Using Stored Credentials
To start AVCLI without having to enter credentials, your credentials must be stored
in the Audit Vault Server.

15.16.5 Specifying Log Levels for AVCLI

When you run AVCLI, you can specify log levels to capture different categories of
information or errors.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall writes the logs to the Audit Vault
Server $ORACLE_HOME/av/log directory.
• info: Logs informational and error messages
• warning: Logs both warning and error messages
• error: Logs only error messages (default)
• debug: Logs debug, error, warning, and informational messages
To specify a log level, enter the L option. For example, to invoke AVCLI as user psmith
with the log level set to warning:
avcli -l warning -u psmith
AVCLI : Release 20.1.0.0.0 - Production on timestamp
Copyright (c) 1996, 2020 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Enter password for 'psmith': password

Connected to:
Oracle Audit Vault Server 20.1.0.0.0

AVCLI>

To invoke AVCLI using a script and with the debug warning level:
avcli -l debug -f myscript.av

AVCLI : Release 20.1.0.0.0 - Production on timestamp

Copyright (c) 1996, 2020 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.

AVCLI> Connected.

AVCLI> the script myscript.av executes

Note: You must be connected as a valid user who has been granted the AV_ADMIN
role. You can do so using the CONNECT username/password directive.

15.16.6 Displaying Help and the Version Number of AVCLI

You can display help information for various AVCLI commands and find the AVCLI
version number from the command line.
To display the AVCLI help information and version number:
avcli -h

If you only want to find the version number, then use the V argument:
avcli -v

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15.17 Downloading the Oracle Audit Vault and Database

Firewall SDK
An SDK is available for developing custom Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall plug-ins.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, click System.
4. In the Status page that appears, under Monitoring, click Plug-ins.
5. In the Plug-ins window, do not select any of the plug-ins.
6. Click Download SDK.
7. Select Save File and then specify a location.
Related Topics
• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Developer's Guide

15.18 Managing Database Firewalls

Management tasks for Database Firewalls include tasks such as changing the network or
services configuration.

15.18.1 Changing the Database Firewall Network or Services Configuration

Learn how to change the Database Firewall network or services configuration.
See one of the topics below if you need to change a Database Firewall's network, traffic
sources, or services configuration:
• "Configuring Network Settings for Oracle Database Firewall"
• "Configuring Network Services for Oracle Database Firewall"
• "Configuring Network Settings"
• "Configuring the Database Firewall As a Traffic Proxy"

15.18.2 Viewing Network Traffic in a Database Firewall

You can view network traffic for debugging purposes.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console.
2. Select the Database Firewalls tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Database Firewalls.
4. Select the specific Database Firewall instance for which the network traffic needs a
check.
5. The details of the Database Firewall instance are displayed on the page. Under
Diagnostics, select Network Traffic Capture.

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6. In the Network Traffic Capture dialog, from the Duration (min) menu, set the
number of minutes you want to capture. Then click the Capture button.
In a moment, a message appears telling you that the network files were
successfully captured. The capture appears in the table on this window.
7. Select the check box for the network files that you captured, and then click the
Download button. Then select a location to download the file.

15.18.3 Capturing Network Traffic in Database Firewall

Learn how to capture network traffic in Database Firewall.
You can capture traffic to a file (.pcap file type) that you can download and analyze.

To capture network traffic to a file:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console.
2. Select the Database Firewalls tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Database Firewalls.
4. Select the specific Database Firewall instance for which the network traffic needs
to be captured.
5. The details of the Database Firewall instance are displayed on the page. Under
Diagnostics, select Network Traffic Capture.
6. In the Network Traffic Capture dialog, select the network traffic source in the field
Network Interface.
7. In the Duration (min) menu, set the number of minutes you want to capture. Then
click the Capture button.
In a moment, a message appears telling you that the network files were
successfully captured. The capture appears in the table on this window.
8. Select the specific file, and click Download for the network traffic file you want to
download. Specify the location and download the traffic file in .pcap format.

15.18.4 Restarting or Powering Off Database Firewall

Use this procedure to restart or power off Database Firewall.
To restart or power off a Database Firewall:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. Select the specific Database Firewall you want to reboot or power off.
4. Click the Reboot or Power Off button.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

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15.18.5 Removing Database Firewall from Audit Vault Server

You can remove Database Firewall from Audit Vault Server.
To remove Database Firewall from Audit Vault Server:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. Select the specific Database Firewall you want to remove.
4. Click the Delete button.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

15.18.6 Fetching an Updated Certificate from Database Firewall

Learn how to obtain updated certificates from Database Firewall.
You can update the Database Firewall certificate stored in the Audit Vault Server using the
Audit Vault Server console. You must update this certificate when you upgrade the Database
Firewall to maintain communication between the Database Firewall and the Audit Vault
Server.
To update the Database Firewall certificate stored in the Audit Vault Server:
1. After upgrading the Database Firewall, log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an
administrator.
2. Select the Database Firewalls tab.
3. In the left navigation menu, select Database Firewalls tab.
4. Select the specific Database Firewall instance from the list.
5. If the Database Firewall instance is down due to certificate validation error, then the
Update Certificate button appears on the page. Click this button to update the
certificate.

See Also:
Using Audit Vault Server Console

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15.18.7 Viewing Diagnostics for Database Firewall

See Also:
Viewing the Status and Diagnostics Report for Database Firewall for viewing
Database Firewall diagnostics.

15.18.8 Resetting Database Firewall

Learn how to reset the Database Firewall instance.
This block contains information about the Database Firewall settings and the details of
resetting a Database Firewall instance. The Reset Firewall button is available in the
page that contains details of the specific Database Firewall instance. It performs a
reset of the Firewall ID. The Firewall ID is a unique identification number of the
Database Firewall. It is derived from the Management Interface card.
Once the reset is performed, it removes the existing monitoring point instances and
creates new ones using the configuration information stored in Audit Vault Server. The
monitoring point instances not listed on the Audit Vault Server are removed once the
reset is performed. The captured data which is not processed is also deleted. The
network setting (Management Interface) of the Database Firewall is not altered. This
operation restores the network interface card settings other than the Management
Interface. It also restores the proxy ports information that was stored in the Audit Vault
Server.

Note:

• Whenever the Network Interface Card is replaced, the Database Firewall

ID must be reset.
• The network setting (Management Interface) of the Database Firewall is
not altered. Ensure the Database Firewall network is configured
appropriately before attempting to reset Firewall ID.

The user must reset the Firewall ID in the following scenarios:

1. After replacing the Management Interface card on the Database Firewall.
2. After replacing an existing and configured Database Firewall instance with a newly
installed Database Firewall instance.

15.18.9 Restoring Database Firewall Monitoring Points

Learn how to restore Database Firewall monitoring points.
When you restore the Audit Vault Server from a backup, you must restore the status of
the Database Firewall monitoring points that are registered with the Database Firewall.

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See Also:
Resetting Database Firewall for more information.

15.19 System Alerts

System Alerts allow administrators to be notified about important system states and possible
issues, including, the status of standby servers for high availability, storage availability,
certificate expiration, and password expiration through the admin dashboard.

15.19.1 About System Alerts

System alerts allow administrators to be notified of important system statuses and possible
issues through the Oracle Audit Vault Server console in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall (Oracle AVDF) 20.9 and later.
System Alerts provide Oracle AVDF administrator users with proactive information necessary
for maintaining important Oracle AVDF components. They can help you identify system
failures before they happen and improve the stability and reliability of your Oracle AVDF
system. The status of different components and processes are checked every six hours. If
there are any issues a system alert will be generated for one of the following:
• The status of high availability of Audit Vault Server.
• The utilization of the Audit Vault Server Fast Recovery Area in a high availability
environment.
• The Apply Lag on Audit Vault Server. Apply lag is the degree to which the data in
Standby Server lags behind the data in the Primary Server.
• The storage availability in the Audit Vault Server file systems, directories, tablespaces,
and disk groups.
• The expiration of Audit Vault Server, Audit Vault Agent, and Database Firewall
certificates.
• The expiration of Audit Vault Server passwords for administrators, auditors, and operating
system users (support and root).
To learn more about the specific system alerts and the recommended resolution, see System
Alerts and Recommendations.

15.19.2 Viewing System Alerts

To view current system alerts, click the Settings tab and then click System in the left
navigation menu. Alternatively, you can click on the system alerts chart from the admin
dashboard to navigate to the System page. The System Alerts section is at the bottom of
the System page.
A history of system alerts can be viewed by clicking on a system alert. A pop-up will show a
list of alerts based on the selected alert. The alert history will show a maximum history of
three months.

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The system alerts can be viewed in the syslog (/var/log/messages) by logging into
the Oracle AVDF system as a root user. System alerts have the tag AVDF SYSTEM
ALERT in the syslog (/var/log/messages)and can be filtered using this tag.

For descriptions of the severity levels, see System Alerts Severity Levels.
For a list of possible alerts and recommendations, see System Alerts and
Recommendations.

15.19.3 Closing System Alerts

Once an error condition is fixed, a super administrator user can close a system alert
by selecting it and clicking Close System Alerts. When selecting alerts for closure,
multiple alerts can be selected and closed at once.
Once an alert is closed, the same alert will not be displayed within 24 hours, even if
the error condition is met again. After 24 hours a new system alert will be generated if
the error condition is met.
For descriptions of the severity levels, see System Alerts Severity Levels.
For a list of possible alerts and recommendations, see System Alerts and
Recommendations.

15.19.4 System Alerts Severity Levels

System alerts include the following severity levels:
• Critical: This severity means that some functionality of the system is not working
or will stop working soon. For example, in case of high availability, FRA is more
than 80% full or agent certificate is going to expire in five days etc.
• High: This severity means that some functionality of the system will stop working
in some time. For example, in case of high availability FRA is more than 70% full
but less than 80% or agent certificate is going to expire in six weeks.
• Medium: This severity means that some functionality of the system may stop in
the future or is not performing as expected.
• Low: This severity is for information that needs some user attention, but there is
no functionality failure expected in near future.

15.19.5 System Alerts and Recommendations

The following table lists possible system alerts, the condition that caused the alert, the
recommendation to resolve the alert, the alert severity, the alert category, and the alert
subcategory.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Audit Vault Standby high Check Audit Critical High Audit Vault
Server availability role is Vault Server Availability Server high
instance incorrect. high availability
(standby availability
hostname) HA status and
role is correct the
incorrect. error. Or
Expected to Contact
be standby but Oracle
it is X. support.
Audit Vault Not able to access Check Audit Critical High Audit Vault
standby the standby Audit Vault Server Availability Server high
Server is not Vault Server from high availability
accessible. primary Audit Vault availability
Server. status and
correct the
error. Or
contact Oracle
Support.
Fast recovery Audit Vault Primary Check High High Audit Vault
area usage on Server Fast network Availability Server high
Primary Audit Recovery Area connectivity availability
Vault Server is usage is between and bandwidth
currently X%. 70% to 80%. between both
High the Audit Vault
Availability will Servers. If
stop working there is an
or break if issue, fix it
usage is more and check the
than 95% fast recovery
area usage
again.
Fast recovery Audit Vault Primary Check Critical High Audit Vault
area usage on Server Fast network Availability Server high
Primary Audit Recovery Area connectivity availability
Vault Server is usage is more than and bandwidth
currently X%. 80%. between both
High the Audit Vault
Availability will Servers. If
stop working there is an
or break if issue, fix it
usage is more and check the
than 95% fast recovery
area usage
again.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Apply lag Audit Vault Server Check High High Audit Vault
between Apply Lag is network Availability Server high
Primary and between 300 bandwidth and availability
Standby Audit seconds and 420 speed
Vault Servers seconds. between both
is unusally the Audit Vault
high (X Servers. If
seconds). there is an
High issue, fix it
Availability will and check the
break if apply apply lag on
lag is more primary Audit
than 11 Vault Server.
minutes.
Apply lag Audit Vault Server Check Critical High Audit Vault
between Apply Lag is more network Availability Server high
Primary and than 420 seconds. connectivity availability
Standby Audit and bandwidth
Vault Servers between both
is unusally the Audit Vault
high (X Servers. If
seconds). there is an
High issue, fix it
Availability will and check the
break if apply apply lag on
lag is more primary Audit
than 11 Vault Server.
minutes.
Available root(/) has Check if any High Storage Audit Vault
space in root between 1GB and 2 unused file Server
(/) filesystem GB free space. can be filesystem
of Audit Vault removed or
Server is XGB add space to
(Used space root
is YGB). If root filesystem.
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.
Available root(/) has less Check if any Critical Storage Audit Vault
space in root than 1GB free unused file Server
(/) filesystem space. can be filesystem
of Audit Vault removed or
Server is XGB add space to
(Used space root
is YGB). If root filesystem.
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Available /var/lib/oracle Check if any High Storage Audit Vault
space in has between 5GB unused file Server
oracle and 10GB free can be directory
(/var/lib/ space. removed or
oracle) add space to
filesystem of oracle
Audit Vault filesystem.
Server is XGB
(Used space
is YGB). If
oracle
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.
Available /var/lib/oracle Check if any Critical Storage Audit Vault
space in has less than 5GB unused file Server
oracle free space. can be directory
( /var/lib/ removed or
oracle) add space to
filesystem of oracle
Audit Vault filesystem.
Server is XGB
(Used space
is YGB) If
oracle
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.
Available /var/log has Check if any High Storage Audit Vault
space in between 1GB and unused file Server
var_log 2GB free space. can be directory
(/var/log) removed or
filesystem of add space to
Audit Vault var_log
Server is XGB filesystem .
(Used space
is YGB). If
var_log
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Available /var/log has less Check if any Critical Storage Audit Vault
space in than 1GB free unused file Server
var_log space. can be directory
(/var/log) removed or
filesystem of add space to
Audit Vault var_log
Server is XGB filesystem.
(Used space
is YGB). If
var_log
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.
Available Free space is Check if any High Storage Audit Vault
space in home between 10MB and unused file Server
(/home) 50MB in /home. can be directory
filesystem of removed or
Audit Vault add space
Server is XMB to /home.
(Used space
is YMB). If
home
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.
Available Free space is less Check if any Critical Storage Audit Vault
space in home than 10MB in / unused file Server
(/home) home. can be directory
filesystem of removed or
Audit Vault add space
Server is XMB to /home.
(Used space
is YMB). If
home
filesystem
gets full,
system will not
work.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Available SYSTEM Add High Storage Audit Vault
space in tablespace has space(data Server
SYSTEM between 5GB and files) to tablespace
tablespace of 10 GB free space. SYSTEM
Audit Vault tablespace.
Server is XGB
(Used space
is YGB). Low
available
space in
SYSTEM
tablespace
can cause
issues in
functioning of
Audit Vault
Server.
Available SYSTEM Add Critical Storage Audit Vault
space in tablespace has less space(data Server
SYSTEM than 5GB free files) to tablespace
tablespace of space. SYSTEM
Audit Vault tablespace.
Server is XGB
(Used space
is YGB). Low
available
space in
SYSTEM
tablespace
can cause
issues in
functioning of
Audit Vault
Server.
Available SYSAUX tablespace Add High Storage Audit Vault
space in has between 5GB space(data Server
SYSAUX and 10GB free files) to tablespace
tablespace of space. SYSAUX
Audit Vault tablespace.
Server is XGB
(Used space
is YGB). Low
available
space in
SYSAUX
tablespace
can cause
issues in
functioning of
Audit Vault
Server.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Available SYSAUX tablespace Add Critical Storage Audit Vault
space in has less than 5GB space(data Server
SYSAUX free space files) to tablespace
tablespace of SYSAUX
Audit Vault tablespace.
Server is XGB
(Used space
is YGB). Low
available
space in
SYSAUX
tablespace
can cause
issues in
functioning of
Audit Vault
Server.
Available TEMP tablespace Add High Storage Audit Vault
space in has less than 5% space(data Server
TEMP free space. files) to TEMP tablespace
tablespace of tablespace.
Audit Vault
Server is X%.
Low available
space in
TEMP
tablespace
can cause
issues in
functioning of
Audit Vault
Server.
Available EVENTDATA disk Add additional High Storage Audit Vault
space in group has between disks to Server group
EVENTDATA 10% and 20% free EVENTDATA disk
disk group of space. disk group.
Audit Vault
Server is X%.
System will
stop working if
EVENTDATA
disk group
gets full.
Available EVENTDATA disk Add additional Critical Storage Audit Vault
space in group has less than disks to Server group
EVENTDATA or equal 10% free EVENTDATA disk
disk group of space. disk group.
Audit Vault
Server is X%.
System will
stop working if
EVENTDATA
disk group
gets full.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Certificates Certificate is going To rotate the High Certificate Database
are going to to expire between certificates Firewall(s),
expire for 90 and 30 days. check TLS proxy
Database Rotating certificates
Firewall X. Database
Firewall
Certificates
and Creating
TLS Proxy
Certificates for
Database
Firewall of
Oracle Audit
Vault and
Database
Firewall
Administrator
guide.
Certificates Certificate is going To rotate the Critical Certificate Database
are going to to expire in 30 days. certificates Firewall(s),
expire for check TLS proxy
Database Rotating certificates
Firewall X. Database
Firewall
Certificates
and Creating
TLS Proxy
Certificates for
Database
Firewall of
Oracle Audit
Vault and
Database
Firewall
Administrator
guide.
Certificates Certificate has To rotate the Critical Certificate Database
have expired expired. certificates Firewall(s),
Database check TLS proxy
Firewall X. Rotating certificates
Database
Firewall
Certificates
and Creating
TLS Proxy
Certificates for
Database
Firewall of
Oracle Audit
Vault and
Database
Firewall
Administrator
guide.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Password is User's Change the High Password Audit Vault
going to expire (Administrator's or password for Server
for Audit Vault Auditor's) password these users. Administrator
Server user X. is going to expire in and Auditor
between 15 and 30 users
days. password
expiry
Password is User's Change the Critical Password Audit Vault
going to expire (Administrator's or password for Server
for Audit Vault Auditor's) password these users. Administrator
Server user X. is going to expire in and Auditor
less than (or equal) users
15 days. password
expiry
Password has User's Change the Critical Password Audit Vault
expired of (Administrator's or password for Server
Audit Vault Auditor's) password these users. Administrator
Server user X. has expired. and Auditor
users
password
expiry
Password is root/support Change the High Password Audit Vault
going to expire password is going to password for Server
for Audit Vault expire in less than these users. operating
Server 60 days. system users
operating password
system user expiry
X.
Password is root/support Change the Critical Password Audit Vault
going to expire password is going to password for Server
for Audit Vault expire in less than these users. operating
Server 30 days. system users
operating password
system user expiry
X.
Agentless Agentless collection Contact Critical Agentless Audit Vault
collection service is not Oracle Collection Server
service is not running. Support. Agentless
running. Collection
service
Certificates Audit Vault Server To rotate Critical Certificate Audit Vault
have expired certificate has certificates Server
for Audit Vault expired. check section Certificate
Server X. Rotating Audit expiry
Vault Server
Certificates.
Certificates Audit Vault Server To rotate High Certificate Audit Vault
are going to certificates are certificates Server
expire for going to expire check section Certificate
Audit Vault within 60 days. Rotating Audit expiry
Server X. Vault Server
Certificates.

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Alert Condition Recommend Severity Alert Subcategory

Message ation Category
Certificates Audit Vault Sever To rotate Critical Certificate Audit Vault
are going to certificates are certificates Server
expire for going to expire in 30 check section Certificate
Audit Vault days. Rotating Audit expiry
Server X. Vault Server
Certificates.
Certificates Audit Vault Agent To rotate Critical Certificate Audit Vault
have expired certificate has certificates Agent
for Audit Vault expired. check section Certificate
Agent X. Rotating Audit expiry
Vault Agent
Certificates.
Certificates Audit Vault Agent To rotate Critical Certificate Audit Vault
are going to certificates are certificates Agent
expire for going to expire check section Certificate
Audit Vault within 30 days. Rotating Audit expiry
Agent X. Vault Agent
Certificates.
Certificates Audit Vault Agent To rotate High Certificate Audit Vault
are going to certificates are certificates Agent
expire for going to expire check section Certificate
Audit Vault within 60 days. Rotating Audit expiry
Agent X. Vault Agent
Certificates.

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Configuring a SAN Repository
Learn how to configure, discover targets, and add and drop disks for an Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall storage area network.

16.1 About Configuring a SAN Repository

You can configure an Oracle Audit Vault storage area network (SAN) for event data, system
data, recovery data, and for high availability.
You can use storage area networks (SANs) to expand your data storage, and manage high
availability.

Types of Data Supported for SANs

You have the option to configure a SAN storage repository for these data types:
• Event Data - Data that is kept online in the Oracle Audit Vault Server for a specified
duration according to archiving policies. After the online duration expires, this data is then
archived.
• System Data - Data specific to the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall system
• Recovery - Recovery data for the Oracle Audit Vault Server repository
During the Oracle Audit Vault Server installation process, your server is partitioned to store
Event, System, and Recovery data in a way that works with the number of disk partitions you
have set up on the server. Optionally, you can register SAN servers and configure your
storage repository to use additional disks to store this data.

About Configuring a SAN Repository in High Availability Environments

In a high availability environment, you can configure the storage repository on the secondary
Oracle Audit Vault Server from the primary Oracle Audit Vault Server, using either the console
UI or AVCLI commands. The primary and secondary Oracle Audit Vault Servers must not
share (read or write to) the same SAN disks, and you must ensure that the secondary server
has at least the same amount of space in each disk group as the primary server.

16.2 Configuring a SAN Server to Communicate with Oracle

Audit Vault and Database Firewall
To configure a storage area network (SAN) for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall,
complete this procedure.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall uses Linux Open-iSCSI to communicate with SAN
servers. You must ensure that the iSCSI service is enabled on the SAN server you want to
use for storing Audit Vault and Database Firewall data, and provide the Audit Vault Server's
iSCSI initiator name to your storage administrator to use in configuring the SAN server. The
SAN server must allow iSCSI targets and LUNs (logical unit numbers) to communicate with

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this iSCSI initiator name. We recommend that the LUN numbers assigned to a disk
should be fixed.

Note:

• Ensure that you do not have more than one target mapped to the same
disk on the SAN storage server.
• Multipath is not supported with ISCSI storage.

Some SAN servers may also require the Oracle Audit Vault Server's IP address.
To find the Oracle Audit Vault Server's iSCSI initiator name and IP address:
1. Log in to the Oracle Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then click SAN.
The SAN Servers page is displayed with the iSCSI initiator name at the bottom.

In a high availability environment, you see two iSCSI initiator names: one for the
primary Oracle Audit Vault Server, and one for the secondary.
3. To find the Oracle Audit Vault Server's IP address, click the Settings tab, and then
click Network. The IP address is at the top of this page.

Note:
Do not restart the iSCSI service on either the Oracle Audit Vault Server, or
the SAN server that is servicing the Oracle Audit Vault Server. If there is a
need to restart either of these services, then contact Oracle Support.

16.3 Registering or Dropping SAN Servers in the Oracle

Audit Vault Server
You can register or drop a storage area network server for Oracle Audit Vault.

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16.3.1 Registering a SAN Server

To register a storage area network (SAN) server to the Oracle Audit Vault server, complete
this procedure.
In a high availability environment, you can use this procedure to register a SAN server to the
primary or the secondary Oracle Audit Vault Server. Note that while you can register the
same SAN server to both the primary and secondary Oracle Audit Vault Servers, they must
not share (read or write to) the same SAN disks.

Note:
Multipath is not supported with ISCSI storage.

To register a SAN server in the Audit Vault Server:

1. If you plan to use Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) as a target, then
ensure that it is not shared with other systems. The iSCSI target must be exclusive to the
Audit Vault Server.
2. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
3. Click the Settings tab, and then click SAN.
4. Click Register, and provide the following information:
• Register to - (High Availability Only) Select the Primary or Secondary Audit Vault
Server.
• Storage Name - Name for this SAN server
• IP Address - SAN Server IP address
• Port - SAN Server port
• Method - The data transfer method
• Authentication - If sendTargets is the transfer method, this specifies no
authentication, or CHAP (one way). Using CHAP (one way), the Oracle Audit Vault
Server is authenticated by the SAN server.
5. Click Submit.

16.3.2 Dropping a SAN Server

To drop a storage area network (SAN) server from the Oracle Audit Vault Server, complete
this procedure.
You can drop a SAN server if none of its disks are in use for storage in the Oracle Audit Vault
Server repository. Otherwise, you must first drop the disks from any disk groups that use this
SAN server.
To drop a SAN server from the Audit Vault Server:
1. Log in to the Oracle Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then click SAN.
3. Select the SAN servers that you want to drop, and then click Drop.

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Related Topics
• Dropping SAN Disks from the Audit Vault Server Repository
Learn how to drop a SAN disk from a disk group.

16.4 Discovering Targets on a SAN Server

Find out how to discover and manage storage area network (SAN) targets for Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

16.4.1 About SAN Targets and Disks

To make storage area network disks available to Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall, you must discover storage area network servers, and then log in to available
targets.
After you have registered SAN servers in the Audit Vault Server, to make SAN disks
available for storing Audit Vault Server data, you must discover and log in to the
available targets on the SAN server.
When you log in to a target on the SAN server, a number of storage disks are made
available to the Audit Vault Server, corresponding to the number of LUNs available on
the SAN server for that target.

16.4.2 Discovering Targets on a SAN Server and Making Disks

Available
Discover targets on a storage area network (SAN) server that is registered with the
Audit Vault Server.
To make SAN server disks available for storing Audit Vault Server data, you must log
in to a target on the SAN server, and then provide login credentials if required.
To discover targets on a SAN server:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then click SAN.
3. Find the SAN server you want, and then click the corresponding Discover link.
A list of targets appears, showing the status of each target.
4. Click Log In to log in to a target on this SAN server and make its disks available
for storage.
If the SAN server is configured so that the target does not require credentials, then
you can leave those fields empty and click Log in.
Related Topics
• Registering a SAN Server
To register a storage area network (SAN) server to the Oracle Audit Vault server,
complete this procedure.

16.4.3 Logging Out of Targets on SAN Servers

Learn how to log out of SAN server targets.

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You can log out of a target if none of its disks are in use for storing Audit Vault Server data. If
a disk from a target is in use, then you must first drop the disk and then log out of the target.
To log out of a target on a SAN server:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then click SAN.
3. Find the SAN server you want, and then click the corresponding Discover link.
A list of targets appears, showing the status of each target.
4. Find the target you want, and then click the corresponding Log Out link in the Action
column.
If there is a dash character in the Action column for the target, then disks from this target
are in use.

See Also:
Dropping SAN Disks from the Audit Vault Server Repository

16.5 Adding or Dropping SAN Disks in the Audit Vault Server

Repository
Find out about storage area network (SAN) disk groups, and how to add or drop them from
the Oracle Audit Vault Server repository.

16.5.1 About Disk Groups in the Oracle Audit Vault Server Repository
You can add disk groups for the three data types to the repository, and you can make these
disk groups highly available.
Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as super administrator. Click the Settings tab, and
then click the Storage tab in the left navigation menu. The Repository sub tab can be
accessed from the main page.

Adding Disk Groups to the Repository sub tab

There are three disk groups used for storing Oracle Audit Vault Server data, corresponding to
three data types:
• EVENTDATA
• SYSTEMDATA
• RECOVERY
If desired, you can add disks from a registered SAN server to the EVENTDATA,
SYSTEMDATA, and RECOVERY disk groups to increase the storage capacity for those types
of data. Else, these data types are stored in disk partitions on the Audit Vault Server.
Adding SAN disks to these disk groups is optional.

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In a high availability environment, you must ensure that the secondary server has at
least the same amount of space in each disk group as the primary server.

The Repository sub tab in a High Availability Environment

In a high availability environment, you see the disk groups in the Repository page for
the Primary Oracle Audit Vault Server, followed by the same disk groups for the
Secondary Oracle Audit Vault Server. You must ensure that the secondary server has
at least the same amount of space in each disk group as the primary server.
Related Topics
• About Configuring a SAN Repository
You can configure an Oracle Audit Vault storage area network (SAN) for event
data, system data, recovery data, and for high availability.

16.5.2 Adding SAN Disks to the Audit Vault Server Repository

To add storage area network (SAN) disks to the Oracle Audit Vault Server repository,
use this procedure.
You can add SAN disks that are not already in use to any of the disk groups in the
repository.

Note:
Adding an additional disk creates two VG_ROOT volume groups. When you
have two VG_ROOT disks, this results in failure during upgrade. Ensure that
any disk added to the appliance has no pre-existing LVM or other device
mapper metadata.

To add disks to a disk group in the repository:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then click Storage tab in the left navigation menu.
3. Click Repository sub tab on the main page.
4. Click the Add Disk button against the specific disk group.
Details for available disks are displayed, including disk capacity and free space.
5. Select the disks that you want to add to this disk group, and then click Use Disk(s)
button.
6. Click OK to confirm.
The selected disks are displayed under the specified disk group.

16.5.3 Dropping SAN Disks from the Audit Vault Server Repository
Learn how to drop a SAN disk from a disk group.
The data on the disk being dropped is relocated to the remaining disks in the disk
group. Before dropping a disk, the system checks for space on the remaining disks in
the disk group for data to be relocated. If this space check fails, it results in OAV-47330
error. You cannot drop the only disk in the disk group.

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To drop a SAN disk from a disk group in the repository:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.
2. Click the Settings tab, and then click Storage tab in the left navigation menu.
3. Find the disk you want to drop under one of the disk groups, select the disk, and then
click Drop Disk button.
4. Click OK to confirm.

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General Reference
These appendixes provide general reference information for administering the Audit Vault and
Database Firewall system.
A
AVCLI Commands Reference
The AVCLI commands enable you to perform tasks such as creating Database Firewall
monitoring points and managing audit trails.

A.1 About AVCLI Commands

Learn about AVCLI commands and their uses.
Use the AVCLI commands to configure host connections from the command line. You must be
granted the AV_ADMIN role before you can run these commands. This appendix does not list
all of the AVCLI commands, however. It only covers the commands that Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall administrators need to configure target connections.
All AVCLI commands must end in a semi-colon (;).

See Also:
Using the Audit Vault Command Line Interface for general usage information about
using the AVCLI command line interface.

Setting the JAVA_HOME Environment Variable

In Oracle Audit Vault Server, you must set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to JDK
installation directory.

A.2 Agent Host AVCLI Commands

The agent host AVCLI commands enable you to perform agent host-related tasks such as
registering hosts.

A.2.1 About the Agent Host AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI host commands enable you to configure the host computer on which the Audit
Vault Agent will reside.

A.2.2 ACTIVATE HOST

Learn how to use the ACTIVATE HOST AVCLI command.

The ACTIVATE HOST command activates the host specified by hostname.

Syntax
ACTIVATE HOST hostname

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Arguments

Argument Description
hostname The host name.

Usage Notes
Once an host is activated, an activation key appears, which must be entered when an
Agent process is started to complete activation process.

Example
avcli> ACTIVATE HOST sample_host.example.com;

Activates the host, sample_host.example.com, and displays the activation key for this
host.

A.2.3 ALTER HOST

Learn how to use the ALTER HOST AVCLI command.
The ALTER HOST command alters a host registered with the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
ALTER HOST hostname SET {key=value [,key=value...]}

ALTER HOST hostname SET {key=value [,LOGLEVEL=component_name:loglevel_value...]}

ALTER HOST hostname DROP ATTRIBUTE {attribute name}

Arguments

Argument Description
hostname The name of the host.
key The attribute being changed. See Table A-1 for supported key values.

Usage Notes
This command alters the attributes associated with the named host using key/value
pairs. To modify multiple attributes in a single command invocation, specify comma
separated key/value pairs.
The following host name attributes are supported:

Table A-1 Host Attributes (key values)

Parameter Description
NAME The new host name that replaces the existing one.
IP The new IP address that replaces the existing IP address.

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Table A-1 (Cont.) Host Attributes (key values)

Parameter Description
LOGLEVEL The log level of various code components running on this host.
This option can dynamically change the log levels of various
Audit Vault Server code components.
The LOGLEVEL attribute takes a two part value, separated by a
colon, as follows:
component_name:loglevel_value
where component_name can be av.agent, av.common,
av.server:
See Table A-2 for descriptions of LOGLEVEL component names,
and Table A-3 for LOGLEVEL values.
Multiple components log levels can be changed by delimiting
them using the | symbol.
AGENT_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS XX can be any value between 01 and 99. The value for the
_XX attribute must be a valid IP address of a node in a UNIX cluster
environment or the IP address of a secondary network interface
card (NIC) if the host machine where the agent is installed has
multiple network cards.
AUTO_RESTART The value can be either Y on N.
Use Y to configure the Agent auto restart service remotely, for an
Agent running on a Linux/Unix/AIX/Solaris platforms.
Use N to unregister.

Note:
Ensure to understand the Agent's functionality completely before modifying the
above mentioned values. They have been set to optimal value by default. Any
incorrect value may degrade the performance.

The following are valid values for the LOGLEVEL attribute:

Table A-2 LOGLEVEL Component Names

Parameter Description
av.agent agent component_name of LOGLEVEL value
av.server Audit Vault Server component_name of LOGLEVEL value
av.common shared Server and Agent component_name of LOGLEVEL value

Table A-3 LOGLEVEL Values

Loglevel Value Description

INFO INFO level, loglevel_value of LOGLEVEL value
WARNING WARNING level, loglevel_value of LOGLEVEL value

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Table A-3 (Cont.) LOGLEVEL Values

Loglevel Value Description

ERROR ERROR level, loglevel_value of LOGLEVEL value
DEBUG DEBUG level, loglevel_value of LOGLEVEL value

Examples
avcli> ALTER HOST sample_host.example.com SET ip=192.0.2.1;

Alters the host, sample_host.example.com, and changes the associated IP address to

192.0.2.1.
avcli> ALTER HOST sample_host.example.com SET name=new_sample_host.example.com;

Alters the host, sample_host.example.com, to new_sample_host.example.com.

Additionally, it updates the IP address by doing a lookup against
new_sample_host.example.com.
avcli> ALTER HOST sample_host.example.com SET loglevel=av.agent:info|
av.common:debug;

Alters the log levels of the av.agent and av.common code components embedded in
the Agent process running on the host, sample_host.example.com.

A.2.4 DEACTIVATE HOST

Use the DEACTIVATE HOST command to deactivate hosts that are specified by the
hostname parameter.
The DEACTIVATE HOST command deactivates the host specified by hostname.

Syntax:
DEACTIVATE HOST hostname

Arguments

Argument Description
hostname The host name.

Usage Notes
Once a host is deactivated, it may not be able to connect to the Audit Vault Server.

Example
avcli> DEACTIVATE HOST sample_host.example.com;

Deactivates the host, sample_host.example.com. The agent process on this host may
not be able to connect to the Audit Vault Server.

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A.2.5 DROP HOST

Use the DROP HOST command to drop hosts that are specified by the value of the
host_name parameter.
The DROP HOST command drops the host specified by the host_name from the Audit Vault
Server and removes any associated metadata.
After dropping a host, if you want to register it again to collect audit data, you must reinstall
the Audit Vault Agent on this host.

Syntax
DROP HOST hostname

Arguments

Argument Description
hostname The name of the host computer being dropped.

See Also:
• LIST HOST to find the names of
currently registered hosts.
• LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED
TARGET

Usage Notes
Ensure that the agent process on this host is in the stopped state before dropping the host.
The DROP HOST command will fail otherwise.

Example
avcli> DROP HOST sample_host;

The host, sample_host, and any associated metadata is dropped.

Oracle AVDF 20.5 and Later

Syntax

DROP HOST hostname [FORCE]

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Arguments

Argument Description
hostname The name of the host computer being dropped.

See Also:
• LIST HOST to find the names of
currently registered hosts.
• LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR
SECURED TARGET

FORCE This is an optional parameter. Use this argument to forcefully drop

the host and all the associated trails, when the hosts or trails are in
stopped state or in unreachable state for more than two hours.

A.2.6 LIST HOST

Use the LIST HOST command to see the names of registered Agent host computers.
The LIST HOST command lists the names of the currently registered agent host
computers.

Syntax
LIST HOST

Example
avcli> LIST HOST;

The various active hosts registered with the Audit Vault Server are listed.

Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

This command lists the various active hosts registered with the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
LIST HOST [hostname]

This command lists the various active hosts registered with the Audit Vault Server.

Argument

Argument Description
host name The hostname parameter is optional and can be specified to list a
particular active host.

Example
list host testhost1;

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Lists the details of testhost1 registered with the Audit Vault Server.

A.2.7 REGISTER HOST

Learn about the REGISTER HOST AVCLI command.
The REGISTER HOST command adds the host to Audit Vault Server and identifies it as a host
machine on which an Agent can be deployed.

Syntax
REGISTER HOST <host_name> WITH IP <ip_address>

Arguments

Argument Description
host_name The name of the host computer that you want to register.

See Also:
• LIST HOST to find the names of
currently registered hosts.
• LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED
TARGET

ip_address The IP address associated with the host.

If the IP address is not specified, then the IP address for the host is
deduced by doing a host name lookup on the host name specified. It is
possible to override this behavior to associate with a different IP address,
by specifying the IP address.

Result
The host is successfully registered with the Audit Vault Server.
If the IP address is not specified, then the host name lookup fails with the following error.
Retry registering the host with an IP address.

OAV:-46594: unable to resolve host <host_name>

Usage Notes
To change the IP address associated with a host, use the ALTER HOST command.

Example
avcli> REGISTER HOST sample_host.example.net with ip 192.0.2.1;

Registers the host machine, sample_host.example.net, and associates it with the IP address
192.0.2.1.

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A.2.8 UPLOAD AGENT LOG FILE TO SERVER FOR HOST

Uploads Audit Vault Agent logs to Audit Vault Server
This command uploads Audit Vault Agent Log file (as a .zip file) to Audit Vault Server.

Syntax

UPLOAD AGENT LOG FILE TO SERVER FOR HOST <hostname>

Arguments

Argument Description
hostname Name of the agent for which you need to download the log from the
Audit Vault Server.
For agentless collection of Oracle Database table trails, use
agentless collection as the host name.

Example

Upload agent log file to server for host myhost.mycompany.com

• Uploads Audit Vault Agent log files (as a zip file) to Audit Vault Server for host
myhost.mycompany.com
• If total agent log size is less than 300MB, then all agent log files are uploaded
• If total agent log size is greater than 300MB, then only latest log file for each agent
component is uploaded, if latest log file is less than 50MB

A.2.9 DOWNLOAD AGENT LOG FILE FROM SERVER FOR HOST

Download the agent log file from the Audit Vault Server.
This command downloads agent log file (as a .zip file) from the Audit Vault Server and
saves it under directory <AVCLI installation path>/av/log

Note:
It is highly recommended that you delete the agent logs from the AVCLI log
location after you upload the agent logs to the relevant service request.

Syntax

DOWNLOAD AGENT LOG FILE FROM SERVER FOR HOST <hostname>

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Arguments

Argument Description
hostname Name of the agent for which you need to download the log from the Audit
Vault Server.
For agentless collection of Oracle Database table trails, use agentless
collection as the host name.

Example

download agent log file from server for host myhost.mycompany.com

• Downloads agent log file (as a .zip file) from the Audit Vault Server for host
myhost.mycompany.com and save it under directory <AVCLI installation
path>/av/log
• If total agent log size is less than 300MB, then all agent log files are downloaded
• If total agent log size is greater than 300MB, then only latest log file for each agent
component is downloaded, if latest log file is less than 50MB

A.3 Database Firewall AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI Database Firewall commands enable you to configure the Database Firewall.

A.3.1 About the Database Firewall AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI database firewall commands enable you to perform tasks such as registering or
altering a database firewall.

A.3.2 ALTER FIREWALL

Use the ALTER FIREWALL command to alter Oracle Database Firewall attributes.

The ALTER FIREWALL command alters the Database Firewall attributes.

Syntax
ALTER FIREWALL firewall_name SET attribute=value [, attribute=value]

Arguments

Argument Description
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.
attribute The pair (attribute and new value) for the Database Firewall. Separate
multiple pairs by a space on the command line. See Table A-4 for a list of
attributes.

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Usage Notes
Table A-4 lists Database Firewall attributes that you can specify for the attribute=value
argument.

Table A-4 Oracle Database Firewall Attributes

Parameter Description
NAME The new name of the Database Firewall.
IP The IP address of the Database Firewall.

Example
avcli> ALTER FIREWALL sample_fw1 SET NAME=sample_newfw1;

Database Firewall name changes from sample_fw1 to sample_newfw1.

avcli> ALTER FIREWALL sample_fw1 SET IP=192.0.2.169;

Database Firewall IP address is set to 192.0.2.169.

A.3.3 CREATE RESILIENT PAIR

Use the CREATE RESILIENT PAIR command to create a resilient pair with two Oracle
Database Firewall installations for high availability.
The CREATE RESILIENT PAIR command creates a resilient pair with two Database
Firewalls for high availability.

Syntax
CREATE RESILIENT PAIR FOR FIREWALL PRIMARY primary_firewall
STANDBY standby_firewall

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
primary_firewall The name of the primary Database Firewall. Only this Firewall can
generate syslog alerts
standby_firewall The name of the standby Database Firewall.
This argument is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.6.

Starting Oracle AVDF 20.6, the pairing process of the Database Firewall instances is a
background job. See the Jobs dialog in the Audit Vault Server console to check the
status of high availability pairing. Locate for the job against the entry Create DBFW
resilient pair. After completion of the pairing process, navigate to the Database
Firewalls tab and then to High Availability tab in left navigation menu to verify the
resilient pair.

Example
avcli> CREATE RESILIENT PAIR FOR FIREWALL PRIMARY sample_fw1 SECONDARY
sample_fw2;

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A resilient pair is created with primary Database Firewall sample_fw1 and standby Database
Firewall sample_fw2.

A.3.4 DROP FIREWALL

Use the DROP FIREWALL command to drop a registered Oracle Database Firewall from Oracle
Audit Vault Server.
The DROP FIREWALL command drops an already registered Database Firewall from the Audit
Vault Server.

Syntax
DROP FIREWALL firewall_name

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.

Example
avcli> DROP FIREWALL sample_fw;

The Database Firewall sample_fw is dropped.

A.3.5 DROP RESILIENT PAIR

Learn to use the DROP RESILIENT PAIR command to drop a resilient pair that contains the
specified Oracle Database Firewall.
The DROP RESILIENT PAIR command drops the resilient pair that contains the specified
Database Firewall.

Syntax
DROP RESILIENT PAIR HAVING FIREWALL firewall_name

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.

Example
avcli> DROP RESILIENT PAIR HAVING FIREWALL sample_fw1;

The existing resilient pair that includes Database Firewall sample_fw1 is broken.

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A.3.6 LIST FIREWALL

Use the LIST FIREWALL command to list all of the Oracle Database Firewall
installations that are registered with an Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The LIST FIREWALL command lists all the Database Firewalls registered with the Audit
Vault Server.

Syntax
LIST FIREWALL

Example
avcli> LIST FIREWALL;

A list of Oracle Database Firewalls that are registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server
appears.

A.3.7 POWEROFF FIREWALL

You can use the POWEROFF FIREWALL command to turn off the power for a named
Oracle Database Firewall that is registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The POWEROFF FIREWALL command powers off a named Database Firewall that is
already registered with the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
POWEROFF FIREWALL firewall_name

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.

Example
avcli> POWEROFF FIREWALL sample_fw;

The Database Firewall sample_fw switches off.

A.3.8 REBOOT FIREWALL

Use the REBOOT FIREWALL comment to reboot a named Oracle Database Firewall that
is registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The REBOOT FIREWALL command reboots a named Database Firewall that is already
registered with the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
REBOOT FIREWALL firewall_name

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Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.

Example
avcli> REBOOT FIREWALL sample_fw;

The Database Firewall sample_fw reboots.

A.3.9 REGISTER FIREWALL

Use the REGISTER FIREWALL command to register an Oracle Database Firewall that has a
specific IP address with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The REGISTER FIREWALL command registers the Database Firewall that has the specified IP
address with the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
REGISTER FIREWALL firewall_name WITH IP ip_address

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.
ip_address The IP address of the Database Firewall.

Usage Notes
The Database Firewall must be installed at the given IP address location.
To specify a firewall name with a space, enclose the entire string in quotes.

Example
avcli> REGISTER FIREWALL sample_fw WITH IP 192.0.2.14;

Database Firewall sample_fw is installed at IP address 192.0.2.14.

A.3.10 SWAP RESILIENT PAIR

Learn how to use the SWAP RESILIENT PAIR command to swap Oracle Database Firewall
installations that are part of a resilient pair that includes a named Oracle Database Firewall.
The SWAP RESILIENT PAIR command swaps Database Firewalls in a resilient pair that includes
the named Database Firewall.

Syntax
SWAP RESILIENT PAIR HAVING FIREWALL firewall_name

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Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.

Example
avcli> SWAP RESILIENT PAIR HAVING FIREWALL sample_fw1;

In the existing resilient pair, Database Firewall sample_fw1, the primary firewall is
swapped with the secondary firewall, or the reverse.

A.3.11 SHOW STATUS FOR FIREWALL

Learn how to use the SHOW STATUS FOR FIREWALL command to show the status for an
Oracle Database Firewall installation.
The SHOW STATUS command displays the status for a particular Database Firewall.

Syntax
SHOW STATUS FOR FIREWALL firewall_name

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.

Example
avcli> SHOW STATUS FOR FIREWALL sample_fw1;

The running information for Oracle Database Firewall sample_fw1 appears.

A.4 Database Firewall Monitors AVCLI Commands

The Database Firewall monitoring points related AVCLI commands enable you to
configure the Database Firewall.

A.4.1 About Database Firewall Monitors AVCLI Commands

The Database Firewall monitoring points related AVCLI commands enable you to
configure the host computer on which the Audit Vault Agent resides.

A.4.2 ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR

Use the ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command to alter monitoring points and
their attributes.
The ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command alters the monitoring point and the
related attributes.

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Syntax

ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET <target name> USING FIREWALL
<firewall name> SET <options>

Arguments

Argument Description
firewall name The name of the Database Firewall which is associated with the
monitoring point.
target name The name of the target which is associated with the Database Firewall
monitoring point.
options Every option must be in <attribute=value> format.
The following attributes can be included in options:
MODE=Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy /
Monitoring_Out_Of_Band / Monitoring_Host_Monitor
PRESERVE_CONNECTION=TRUE/FALSE
NETWORK_INTERFACE_CARD=new_network_interface_card
DATABASE_RESPONSE=TRUE/FALSE
FULL_ERROR_MESSAGE=TRUE/FALSE
DATABASE_INTERROGATION=TRUE/FALSE
DDI_DB_ADDRESS = <database_address>
DDI_DB_PORT = <port>
DDI_DB_NAME = <database_name>
DDI_DB_CREDENTIAL = <credential>
ADD_ADDRESS=<ip:port[:service name | SID]>
REMOVE_ADDRESS=<ip:port[:service name | SID]>
ADD_ADDRESS The address of the target which needs to be monitored by the
Database Firewall.
The address needs to be in the following format: ip:port:[service]
REMOVE_ADDRESS The address of the target which needs to be removed from being
monitored by the Database Firewall.
NETWORK_INTERFACE_CARD The new network interface card (or traffic source) for the Database
Firewall monitoring point.
For Monitoring_Host_Monitor (Oracle AVDF release 20.3 and
later) deployment mode, provide the name of the network interface
card which has an IP address configured.
MODE The Database Firewall deployment mode. Valid modes are:
• Monitoring (Out-of-Band)
• Monitoring (Host Monitor)
• Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy)

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Argument Description
PRESERVE_CONNECTION True or False where True indicates that when the Database Firewall
starts operating in monitoring and blocking mode (either because it
had been changed from monitoring only mode, or because it has
restarted), any existing connections passing through the firewall are
allowed to continue. This favors availability over security, because the
firewall cannot enforce policy on these connections.
False indicates that any pre-existing connections are broken. The
Database Firewall can then enforce the policy when clients reconnect.
This is the default behavior.
DATABASE_RESPONSE True or False indicates whether or not to activate database response
monitoring function for the monitoring point.
FULL_ERROR_MESSAGE True or False enables this option. This starts logging the error
message associated with the error code.

Arguments in Release Oracle AVDF 20.5 and Earlier

Argument Description
DDI_DB_ADDRESS The address of the database for which the native network
encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
DDI_DB_PORT The port number of the database for which the native network
encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
DDI_DB_NAME The name of the database for which the native network encrypted
traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
DDI_DB_CREDENTIAL The credentials used to connect to the database for which the
native network encrypted traffic monitoring option needs to be
enabled. The credentials must be specified in the format <user
name>/<password>.
DATABASE_INTERROGATIO True or False enables this option. This starts the native network
N encrypted traffic monitoring feature.

Arguments in Release Oracle AVDF 20.6 and Later

Argument Description
DB_ADDRESS_FOR_DECRYP The address of the database for which the native network
TION encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
DB_PORT_FOR_DECRYPTIO The port number of the database for which the native network
N encrypted traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
DB_NAME_FOR_DECRYPTIO The name of the database for which the native network encrypted
N traffic monitoring needs to be enabled.
DB_CREDENTIAL_FOR_DEC The credentials used to connect to the database for which the
RYPTION native network encrypted traffic monitoring option needs to be
enabled. The credentials must be specified in the format <user
name>/<password>.
DECRYPT_WITH_NNE_KEY True or False enables this option. This starts the native network
encrypted traffic monitoring feature.

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Arguments in Release Oracle AVDF 20.8 and Later

Argument Description
BLOCK_UNMATCHED_OSN True or False enables this option. This blocks the connection with
service names other than the ones that are mentioned in the target
connection details.

Usage Notes
Attributes are specified by a comma separated list of key=value/pairs. The following key
values are supported:

Note:

• The ADD_ADDRESS and REMOVE_ADDRESS attributes are applicable for a single

target only. It is not applicable for a RAC monitoring point.
• Only one network interface card or traffic source can be used.

Examples

avcli> ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET target1 USING FIREWALL fw1
SET MODE=monitoring_out_of_band;

avcli> ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET target1 USING FIREWALL fw1
SET database_response=true, full_error_message=true;

avcli> ALTER DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET target1 USING FIREWALL fw1
SET add_address=1.2.3.4:1234:dbfwfb;

A.4.3 CREATE DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR

The CREATE DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command creates Database Firewall monitoring
points to protect the targets.
The CREATE DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command creates a Database Firewall monitoring
point with the specified name and protects the target with monitoring only, or monitoring and
blocking mode.

Syntax
CREATE DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET <target name> USING FIREWALL <firewall
name> WITH MODE <mode name> NETWORK INTERFACE CARD <network interface card> [PROXY
PORT <proxy port number>] [ADD ADDRESS <ip:port[:service name | SID]>] [FOR TARGET
MODE RAC]

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Arguments

Argument Descriptions
target name The name of the target.
firewall name The name of the Database Firewall.
network interface card The name of the network interface card (NIC). Only one NIC is
name allowed.
For Monitoring_Host_Monitor (Oracle AVDF release 20.3
and later) deployment mode, provide the name of the network
interface card which has an IP address configured.
proxy port number Proxy port number required only for
Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy deployment mode.
mode name The available deployment modes are:
• Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy
• Monitoring_Out_Of_Band
• Monitoring_Host_Monitor
For Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy mode, both the network
interface card and the proxy port must be specified and only
one address can be added.
For Monitoring_Out_Of_Band and
Monitoring_Host_Monitor mode, the network interface
card needs to be set and proxy port cannot be applied. One or
more addresses can be added.
address Ip address for the first Database Firewall monitoring point. It is
mandatory for the first Database Firewall monitoring point for
the specific target and Database Firewall. It is not allowed for
the subsequent monitoring points being created.
Format: <ip:port[:service name | SID]>
Ip Ip address.
port The port number
service name The service name or SID of the Oracle Database.
FOR TARGET MODE RAC Can be set only for Oracle Databases and if proxy port is set.

Examples

create database firewall monitor for target mysource using firewall

myfw with mode Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy network interface card eth1
proxy port 1 add address 192.0.2.0:24:srcdb for target mode rac;

Creates a Database Firewall monitoring point for the Database Firewall instance myfw
using the network interface card eth1 with port 1 and protects the target mysource with
the mode Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy, adds address (host=192.0.2.0, port=24
and service=srcdb) as an Oracle RAC instance.

create database firewall monitor for target mysource using firewall

myfw with mode Monitoring_Host_Monitor network interface card eth0 add
address 192.0.2.1:dbfwdb

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Creates a Database Firewall monitoring point and monitors the target mysource for the
Database Firewall instance myfw using network interface card eth0 in mode
Monitoring_Host_Monitor; adds address (host=192.0.2.1, port=80, service=dbfwdb).

create database firewall monitor for target mysource using firewall myfw
with mode Monitoring_Out_Of_Band network interface card eth0

Creates a Database Firewall monitoring point and monitors the target mysource for the
Database Firewall instance myfw using network interface card eth0 in the mode
Monitoring_Out_Of_Band; assuming addresses have been added before in the first Database
Firewall monitoring point for this target and the Database Firewall pair.

Result
In case the command is run successfully, the following output is displayed:

The command completed successfully.

In case the command is not successfully run, then it displays error. Here are some of the
possible errors that are seen in Oracle AVDF release 20.8 and later:

Error Description
The target name specified is invalid. Check for the
OAV-46501: invalid target: <target name correct name of the target, by running LIST SECURED
provided> TARGET command.

The name of the Database Firewall instance specified is

OAV-46501: invalid firewall: <firewall invalid. Check for the correct name of the Database
name provided> Firewall instance by running LIST FIREWALL command.

The Database Firewall mode specified is invalid. The

OAV-46501: invalid monitor mode: valid modes are: Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy,
<provided monitor mode name>. Monitoring_Host_Monitor,
Monitor mode must be one of: Monitoring_Out_Of_Band.
Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy,
Monitoring_Host_Monitor,
Monitoring_Out_Of_Band.

The name of the network interface card specified is

OAV-46501: invalid network interface invalid. Check for the correct name of the network
card: <network interface card provided> interface card by running SHOW STATUS FOR FIREWALL
command.

The proxy port number specified is invalid. Check for the

OAV-46501: invalid proxy port number: correct proxy port number.
<proxy port number provided>

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Error Description
The proxy port number is specified for
Monitoring_Out_Of_Band or
OAV-46991: Invalid option 'proxy port' Monitoring_Host_Monitor mode. Remove the proxy
for mode 'Monitoring (Out-of-Band) port number.
OAV-46991: Invalid option 'proxy port'
for mode 'Monitoring (Host Monitor)

The proxy port number is not specified for

OAV-46648: Invalid value for 'proxy port' Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy mode.

The proxy port number specified is being used by

OAV-47501: Traffic proxy <proxy name> is another Database Firewall monitoring point.
in use.

The proxy port is specified for the NETWORK INTERFACE

OAV-46504: duplicate proxy port numbers: CARD and PROXY PORT does not match. Provide a single
<proxy port number provided as part proxy port number.
of network interface card> and <proxy
port number provided>

The address or connection detail is not specified for the

OAV-46995: At least one connection first Database Firewall monitoring point for the specific
details required for the database target and pair of Database Firewall instances.
firewall
monitor

The address or connection detail is specified before and

OAV-47709: Connection details cannot be cannot be changed again for the subsequent Database
changed if there is more than one Firewall monitoring point for the specific target and pair
database firewall monitor of Database Firewall instances. Check the existing
connection detail by running the LIST DATABASE
FIREWALL MONITOR command.
Attempt to configure Monitoring_Out_Of_Band or
OAV-47707: Invalid option 'FOR TARGET Monitoring_Host_Monitor for Oracle RAC target
MODE RAC' for mode 'Monitoring (Out-of- instance which is not supported. Remove the option FOR
Band)' TARGET MODE RAC or change the mode to
OAV-47707: Invalid option 'FOR TARGET Monitoring_Blocking_Proxy.
MODE RAC' for mode 'Monitoring (Host
Monitor)'

The address or connection detail is already specified for

OAV-46535: failed to add secured target another target being monitored.
address:
address <address provided> is used by
Secured Target <another target name>

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See Also:

• LIST SECURED TARGET

• LIST FIREWALL
• SHOW STATUS FOR FIREWALL
• LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR

A.4.4 DROP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR

Use the DROP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command to drop monitoring points.

The DROP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command drops the monitoring point.

Syntax
DROP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET <target name> USING FIREWALL <firewall name>

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall name The name of the Database Firewall.
target name The name of the target.

Examples
avcli> DROP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET sample_source USING FIREWALL
sample_fw;

avcli> DROP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET target1 USING FIREWALL fw1;

The monitoring point is dropped.

A.4.5 LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR

Use the LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command to list all of the monitoring points
associated with either the Database Firewall or the target.
The LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command lists the monitoring points associated with
either the Database Firewall or the target.

Syntax
LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR FIREWALL <firewall_name>

LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET <target_name>

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Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall_name The name of the Database Firewall.
target_name The name of the target.

Example
avcli> LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR FIREWALL sample_fw;

A list of all the monitoring points associated with the Database Firewall sample_fw
appears.
avcli> LIST DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET sample_source;

A list all the monitoring points associated with the target sample_source appears.

A.4.6 START DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR

Learn how to use the START DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command to start a
monitoring point that was previously suspended.
The START DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command starts a monitoring point that was
previously suspended.

Syntax
START DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET <target name> USING FIREWALL
<firewall name>

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall name The name of the Database Firewall.
target name The name of the target.

Examples
avcli> START DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET sample_source USING FIREWALL
sample_fw;

avcli> START DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET target1 USING FIREWALL fw1;

The monitoring point is started.

A.4.7 STOP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR

Use the STOP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command to stop monitoring point.

The STOP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR command stops the monitoring point of the
target.

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Syntax
STOP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET <target name> USING FIREWALL <firewall name>

Arguments

Argument Descriptions
firewall name The name of the Database Firewall.
target name The name of the target.

Examples
avcli> STOP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET sample_source USING FIREWALL
sample_fw;

avcli> STOP DATABASE FIREWALL MONITOR FOR TARGET target1 USING FIREWALL fw1;

The monitoring point is stopped.

A.5 Target AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI target commands enable you to configure both database and nondatabase targets
for Audit Vault Server.
The terms TARGET and SECURED TARGET are generally synonymous in this release of Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

A.5.1 About the Target AVCLI Commands

The target AVCLI commands enable you to perform tasks such as registering or altering a
target.

A.5.2 ALTER SECURED TARGET

Use the ALTER SECURED TARGET command to modify the attributes of targets.

The ALTER SECURED TARGET command modifies the attributes of a target.

Syntax
ALTER SECURED TARGET secured_target_name
SET attribute=value [, attribute=value]

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Arguments

Argument Description
attribute=value The key/value pair for the target attributes of the target to be
modified. You can modify one or more target attributes at a time
using a space on the command line.
See Also:
• Table A-5 for target attributes.
• Audit Collection Attributes as some types of targets also
require collection attributes.
• LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET to find a list of
attribute values for a target.
service REQUIRED FOR ORACLE DATABASE ONLY: The service name
or SID

Table A-5 lists target attributes that you can specify,

Table A-5 Target Attributes

Attribute Description
NAME The name of the target database to be modified. The name is case-
sensitive. This must not be defined already in the Audit Vault Server for
another target.
Special characters (&<>"/;,*|=% --) cannot be used for target names.
See Also:
LIST SECURED TARGET to find a list of existing targets.
LOCATION The location of the target.
Note: In case the target location was not specified during registration and
if credentials are required to connect to the target, then the credentials
must be specified along with the target location.
CREDENTIALS The new username used to connect to the target. Audit Vault Server
prompts for the new password.
Credentials in <new username>/<new password> format is accepted
through a .av file.
DESCRIPTION The description for this target database instance
MAXIMUM_ENFORCE The maximum number of monitoring point threads for the target. The valid
MENT_POINT_THRE range is between 1 and 16 (inclusive). The default value is 1.
ADS

General Usage Examples

avcli> ALTER SECURED TARGET sample_source SET name=sample_source2;

The target name of sample_source changed to sample_source2.

avcli> ALTER SECURED TARGET sample_source SET credentials=scott;

The credentials used to connect to the target, sample_source, are changed.

avcli> ALTER SECURED TARGET sample_source SET description='This is a new
description';

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Number of monitoring point threads is set for target, sample_source.

avcli> ALTER SECURED TARGET sample_source SET maximum_enforcement_point_threads=14;

The description for the target, sample_source, is changed.

avcli> ALTER SECURED TARGET sample_source set maximum_enforcement_point_threads = 10;

Sets the maximum number of monitoring point threads for target sample_source to 10.

Oracle Example:
avcli> ALTER SECURED TARGET secured target sample_source set
location=jdbc:oracle:thin:@//new_sample_host:1521:sample_db;

The location of the target, sample_source, changes.

A.5.3 DROP SECURED TARGET

Learn how to use the DROP SECURED TARGET command to remove the registration of a
specified target from Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The DROP SECURED TARGET command removes the registration of the specified target from
Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
DROP SECURED TARGET secured_target_name

Arguments

Argument Description
secured_target_name The name of the target. To find all registered targets, see "LIST
SECURED TARGET".

Usage Notes
Ensure that all trails associated with this target are in stopped state before dropping the
target. Otherwise, the DROP SECURED TARGET command fails. See HELP STOP COLLECTION for an
explanation of how to stop active trails.
Dropping a target stops the Audit Vault Server from monitoring it. Any audit data collected
earlier continues to be available in the Audit Vault Server repository.

Examples
avcli> DROP SECURED TARGET sample_source;

Drops the sample_source target.

A.5.4 LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET

Use the LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET command to list the attributes of targets.

The LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET command lists the attributes of a given target.

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Syntax
LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET secured target name;

Arguments

Argument Description
secured The name of the target. To find all registered targets, see "LIST SECURED
target name TARGET".

A.5.5 LIST METRICS

Use the LIST METRICS command to list the metrics of a given target, such as various
trails.
The LIST METRICS command lists the metrics of a given target, such as various trails.

Syntax
LIST METRICS FOR SECURED TARGET secured_target_name

Arguments

Argument Description
secured_target_name The name of the target
To find all registered targets, see "LIST SECURED TARGET".

Usage Notes
The LIST METRICS command has the same usage for all target types.

Examples
avcli> LIST METRICS FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source;

Metrics available for the target, sample_source, are listed.

A.5.6 LIST SECURED TARGET

Use the LIST SECURED TARGET command to list various active targets that are
registered with Audit Vault Server.
The LIST SECURED TARGET command lists the active targets registered with the Audit
Vault Server.

Syntax
LIST SECURED TARGET;

Lists the active target names registered with Audit Vault Server.

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A.5.7 LIST SECURED TARGET TYPE

Use the LIST SECURED TARGET TYPE command to list various target types that are registered
with Audit Vault Server.
The LIST SECURED TARGET TYPE command lists various target types currently registered in
the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
LIST SECURED TARGET TYPE

Example
avcli> list secured target type;

Lists various target type names currently registered with the Audit Vault Server.

A.5.8 REGISTER SECURED TARGET

Use the REGISTER SECURED TARGET command to register targets to be monitored by Audit
Vault Server.
The REGISTER SECURED TARGET command registers a target to be monitored by Audit Vault
Server.

Syntax
REGISTER SECURED TARGET secured_target_name OF SECURED TARGET TYPE
"secured_target_type" [AT location] [AUTHENTICATED BY username] [DEPLOYMENT MODE
deployment mode]

Arguments

Argument Description
secured_target_name Name of target. Must be unique.
Special characters (&<>"/;,*|=% --) cannot be used for
target names.
secured_target_type A valid target type, for example "Oracle".
See Also:
LIST SECURED TARGET TYPE to find a list of supported
target types.
location The target database connection information.
See Also:
ALTER SECURED TARGET
This is optional. It can be added later.
The location is an opaque string that specifies how to connect
to the target, typically a JDBC connect string. The syntax that
you use depends on the target type. See the database-specific
Usage Notes below.
If location is not provided, certain features such as entitlement
retrieval, audit settings management, SPA retrieval, and audit
trail collection are disabled if applicable to this target type.

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Argument Description
user_name Optional. Credentials to connect to the target.
After you enter the username argument, Audit Vault Server
prompts you for the password of the target user account. For
target databases, this account must exist on the target
database. Optional.
See the database specific usage notes in the following
sections.
DEPLOYMENT MODE Optional. Deployment mode of target. This argument is
available starting with release Oracle AVDF 20.7.
For Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with Unified
Auditing, specify the DEPLOYMENT MODE as ADG. For additional
information, refer to Additional Information for Audit Collection
from Oracle Active Data Guard.

General Examples
avcli> HELP REGISTER SECURED TARGET;

Displays detailed help for the REGISTER SECURED TARGET command.

Oracle Database Usage Notes and Examples

• Authentication credentials must be specified along with the target location if
credentials are required to connect to the target.
• For the location argument, enter the host name, port number, and service ID
(SID), separated by a colon. Use the following syntax:
AT host:port:service

• JDBC connect string format for different target types are specified below. For
example:
Oracle Database: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//<host>:<port>/<service name | SID>
Sybase ASE and Sybase SQL Anywhere: jdbc:av:sybase://<host>:<port>

Note:
Sybase SQL Anywhere was deprecated in Oracle AVDF release 20.7
and is desupported in 20.8.

Microsoft SQL Server: jdbc:av:sqlserver://<host>:<port>

IBM DB2 DBARS and IBM DB2 LUW: jdbc:av:db2://<host>:<port>/<database
name>
MySQL: jdbc:av:mysql://<host>:<port>/mysql
• If you are unsure of this connection information, then run the lsnrctl status
listener_name command on the computer where you installed the target
database.

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• For the AUTHENTICATED BY command, enter the user name, and Audit Vault Server
prompts you for the password. AUTHENTICATED BY <username>/<password> is accepted
from file input through .av file. This user account must exist in the target database.
To find this user, query the SESSION_PRIVS and SESSION_ROLES data dictionary views.
• For Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with Unified Auditing, specify the
DEPLOYMENT MODE as ADG.

Oracle Database Examples

avcli> REGISTER SECURED TARGET sample_source OF SECURED TARGET TYPE "Oracle Database"
AT jdbc:oracle:thin:@//anymachinename:1521/example.com
AUTHENTICATED BY system DEPLOYMENT MODE ADG;

Registers an Oracle target, sample_source, of target type Oracle Database, reachable using
connect string jdbc:oracle:thin:@//anymachinename: 1521/example.com using credentials
system and deployment mode ADG.

SQL Server Example With DB

avcli > REGISTER SECURED TARGET sample_mssqldb OF SECURED TARGET TYPE "Microsoft
SQL Server" AT jdbc:av:sqlserver://hostname:port authenticated by <user>;

SQL Server Example with Windows Authentication

avcli > REGISTER SECURED TARGET sample_mssqldb OF SECURED TARGET TYPE

"Microsoft SQL Server" AT “jdbc:av:sqlserver://<Host
Name>:<Port>;authenticationMethod=ntlmjava;domain=<domain name>”
authenticated by <windows user>;

IBM DB2 Example

avcli> REGISTER SECURED TARGET sample_db2db OF SECURED TARGET TYPE "IBM DB2
LUW" AT jdbc:av:db2://host:port authenticated by sa;

Registers a DB2 target, sample_db2db, of target type "IBM DB2 LUW", reachable using
connect string jdbc:av:db2://host:port using credentials authenticated by sa.

A.5.9 UPLOAD OR DELETE WALLET FILE

Use the UPLOAD OR DELETE WALLET FILE to upload or delete target wallet files.

This command is used to upload and delete a target wallet file.

Syntax
ALTER SECURED TARGET <Secured target name> SET WALLET_FILE=<Path of the wallet
file>
ALTER SECURED TARGET <Secured target name> DROP ATTRIBUTE WALLET_FILE

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Arguments

Argument Description
<Secured target Name of the target.
name>
WALLET_FILE Name of wallet attribute (Key).
<Path of the wallet Path to wallet file (Value).
file>

Examples

alter secured target mysource set wallet_file=/dir1/dir2/wallet.sso;

Uploads the target wallet file to the specified location of the Audit Vault Server using a
TCPS connection.

alter secured target mysource drop attribute wallet_file;

Deletes the target wallet from the location using a TCPS connection.

A.6 Target Group AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI target group commands enable you to alter a target group.

Table A-6

Table A-6 AVCLI Target Group Commands

Command Description
ADD TARGET Adds a specific target to a target group.
DELETE TARGET Deletes a specific target from a target group.

A.6.1 ADD TARGET

Use this command to add a specific target to a target group.

Syntax

ALTER TARGETGROUP <target group name> ADD TARGET <target name>

HELP ALTER TARGETGROUP

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Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on available options.
target name The name of the specific target that needs to be added.
target group name The name of the specific target group.

Example

alter targetgroup tg1 add target t1

A.6.2 ALTER TARGET GROUP

Use the ALTER TARGET GROUP command to modify the specified target group.

To add or delete targets from the specified target group. To modify the description of the
target group.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
ALTER TARGET GROUP <target group name> ADD TARGET <target name>

To add a target to an existing target group.

ALTER TARGET GROUP <target group name> DELETE TARGET <target name>

To remove the target from an existing target group.

ALTER TARGET GROUP <target group name> MODIFY DESCRIPTION <description>

To modify the description of an existing target group.

HELP ALTER TARGET GROUP

To seek help on available options.

Arguments

Argument Description
target group name The name of the specified target group that needs to be modified.
target name The name of the specified target that needs to be added or deleted from the
target group.
description The new description of the specified target group.

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Examples
alter target group tg1 add target t1;

This command adds target t1 to the target group tg1.

alter target group tg1 delete target t1;

This command deletes target t1 from the target group tg1.

alter target group tg1 modify description 'new description';

The description of the specified target group is modified to the specified one.

A.6.3 CREATE TARGET GROUP

Use the CREATE TARGET GROUP command to create a target group with the specified
name.
To create a target group with the given name. A target group can be created only by a
super administrator or superauditor.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
CREATE TARGET GROUP <target group name>

Creates a target group with the specified name.

CREATE TARGET GROUP <target group name> DESCRIPTION <description>

Optionally add a description while creating the new target group.

Arguments

Argument Description
target group name The name of the target group being created.
Special characters (&<>"/;,*|=% -- ) cannot be used for target
names.

Examples
CREATE TARGET GROUP test22

A new target group with the name test22 is created.

create target group my_group2 description 'new group for new reports';

Creates a target group my_group2 with description new group for new reports.

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A.6.4 DELETE TARGET

Use this command to delete a specific target from a target group.

Syntax
ALTER TARGETGROUP <target group name> DELETE TARGET <target name>
HELP ALTER TARGETGROUP

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on available options.
target name The name of the specific target that needs to be deleted.
target group name The name of the specific target group.

Example
alter targetgroup tg1 delete target t1

A.6.5 DROP TARGET GROUP

Use the DROP TARGET GROUP command to remove the registration of the specified target
group from Audit Vault Server.
To drop the specified target group from Audit Vault Server.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
DROP TARGET GROUP <target group name>

Arguments

Argument Description
target group name The name of the specified target group being dropped.

Example
DROP TARGET GROUP test22

The target group with the name test22 is dropped.

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A.6.6 LIST TARGET GROUPS

Use the LIST TARGET GROUPS command to view a list of all target groups for a user.

To view a list of all target groups for a user.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
LIST TARGET GROUPS

This command lists all the target groups for the current user.

Example
list target groups;

Lists all the target groups.

A.6.7 LIST TARGETS OF TARGET GROUP

Use the LIST TARGETS OF TARGET GROUP command to view a list of active targets in a
specific target group.
To view a list of active targets in a specific target group.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
LIST TARGETS OF TARGET GROUP <target group name>

This command lists various active targets in a specific target group. The output
contains the name, location, and description for each target.

Arguments

Argument Description
target group name The name of the target group for which the active targets are being
listed.

Example
list targets of target group tg1;

Lists various active targets of the target group tg1.

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A.7 Audit Trail Collection AVCLI Commands

The audit trail collection AVCLI commands enable you to perform tasks such as starting and
stopping audit trail collections.

A.7.1 About Oracle Audit Trail AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI target audit trial collection commands enable you to manage the audit trail
collections for the targets.

A.7.2 DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET

Use the DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET command to drop audit trails.

The DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET drops a trail that no longer needs to be monitored.

Note:
An audit trail must be in a STOPPED state in order for it to be dropped. A trail that
has previously collected audit data associated with it cannot be dropped.

Syntax
DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET secured_target_name USING HOST hostname FROM location
[WITH CONNECTION <connection_name>]

Arguments

Argument Description
secured_target_name The name of the target whose audit trail you want to drop.
hostname The name of the host where the target agent resides.
For agentless collection of Oracle Database table trails, use
agentless collection as the host name.
location The location is one of following:
• DIRECTORY directory name / mask
• TABLE tablename
• SYSLOG DEFAULT | filename / file mask
• NETWORK
• EVENT LOG [eventlog name]
• TRANSACTION LOG directory name / mask
• CUSTOM name

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Argument Description
connection_name Optional. Connection name. Applicable for Oracle AVDF
release 20.7 and later.
For Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with Unified
Auditing, the trails can connect to the current primary
database using failover connection string. Or trails can
connect to individual databases in Active Data Guard using
connection name, specified using WITH CONNECTION
directive. The WITH CONNECTION directive should be used
only for Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with
Unified Auditing.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should not be used for non
Active Data Guard databases.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should not be used for
Active Data Guard databases with Traditional Auditing.
The connection name can be either failover_connection
or it can be audit collection attribute name in the format
av.target.connection.<name> specified during target
creation. For additional information, refer to Additional
Information for Audit Collection from Oracle Active Data
Guard.

See Also:

• LIST SECURED TARGET to find all registered targets.

• LIST HOST to find a list of configured agent hosts.
• LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET for detailed information
about a target.

Examples
avcli> DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM
DIRECTORY /opt/audit_trail;

The audit trail from the directory /opt/audit_trail for target sample_source is
dropped.
avcli> DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM TABLE
sys.aud$;

The audit trail from table trail sys.aud$ for target sample_source is dropped.
avcli> DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM SYSLOG
DEFAULT
/usr/syslog/syslog*;

Syslog trail /usr/syslog/syslog* for target sample_source is dropped.

avcli> DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM
TRANSACTION LOG /extract;

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The transaction log trail from the directory /extract for target sample_source is dropped.

avcli> DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET mysource USING HOST foo FROM TABLE
unified_audit_trail WITH CONNECTION failover_connection;

Deletes table trail unified_audit_trail for target mysource using failover connection
specified during target registration. This is applicable only for Oracle Database having Active
Data Guard with Unified Auditing starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.

avcli> DROP TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET mysource USING HOST foo FROM TABLE
unified_audit_trail WITH CONNECTION av.target.connection.<name>;

Deletes table trail unified_audit_trail for target mysource using connection name in the
format av.target.connection.<name> specified during target registration. This is applicable
only for Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with Unified Auditing starting with Oracle
AVDF release 20.7.

A.7.3 LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET

Use the LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET command to list audit trails that have been started
with the START COLLECTION command or stopped with the STOP COLLECTION command,

The LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET command lists the available audit trails that have been
started with the START COLLECTION command or stopped with the STOP COLLECTION
command.

Syntax
LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET secured_target_name

Arguments

Argument Description
secured_target_name The name of the target.
To find a list of existing targets, see "LIST SECURED TARGET".

Usage Notes
LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET does not list audit trails have been created but not yet
started or stopped.

Examples
avcli> LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source;

The trails available for the target sample_souce are listed.

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A.7.4 START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET

Learn how to use the START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET command to begin the
collection of specified audit trail data from targets.
The START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET command starts the collection of
specified audit trail data from a given target, optionally using the specified collection
plug-in.

Note:
In case the audit trail does not already exist, then it is created and started.

Syntax
START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET secured_target_name USING HOST host FROM
location
[USING PLUGIN plugin id] [WITH CONNECTION <connection_name>]

Arguments

Argument Description
secured_target_name The name of the target whose audit trail collection you
want to begin.
host The name of the host where the target agent resides.
For agentless collection of Oracle Database table trails,
use agentless collection as the host name.
location The location is one of following:
• DIRECTORY directory name / mask
• TABLE tablename
• SYSLOG DEFAULT | filename / file mask
• NETWORK
• EVENT LOG [eventlog name]
• TRANSACTION LOG directory name / mask
• CUSTOM name
plugin id The collection plug-in id being used. Required if there is
more than one possible plug-in. Optional if there is only
one plug-in.

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Argument Description
connection_name Optional. Connection name.
For Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with
Unified Auditing, the trails can connect to the current
primary database using failover connection string. Or
trails can connect to individual databases in Active Data
Guard using the connection name specified using WITH
CONNECTION directive.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should be used only for
Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with Unified
Auditing starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should not be used for
non Active Data Guard databases.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should not be used for
Active Data Guard databases with Traditional Auditing.
The connection name can be either
failover_connection or it can be audit collection
attribute name in the format
av.target.connection.<name> specified during
target creation. For additional information, refer to
Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle
Active Data Guard.

See Also:

• LIST SECURED TARGET to find all registered targets.

• LIST HOST to find a list of configured agent hosts.
• LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET for detailed information about a
target.
• LIST PLUGIN FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE to find a list of existing plug-ins
for the type.

General Usage Notes

To start the trail, the agent process which manages the trail should also be in running state. If
the collection process connects to the target, the target must up and running. When multiple
plug-ins can process audit data from a target, use the optional USING PLUGIN directive to
disambiguate the collection process.
A trail starts in the START_REQUESTED state and transitions to a starting state, followed by a
running state. If there is no outstanding audit data to process from the given trail, the
collection process switches to an idle state. The current state can be viewed using the LIST
TRAIL command.

If a trail must be authenticated, the Audit Vault Server uses the credentials provided in the
AUTHENTICATED BY argument of the REGISTER SECURED TARGET command.

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After you run the START COLLECTION command, the Audit Vault Server begins to collect
audit data from the configured targets. If you want to stop the collection, then run the
STOP COLLECTION command.

See Also:

• REGISTER SECURED TARGET

• STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET

Windows Systems Usage Notes

On Windows systems, enter directory and file name locations in either double-quoted
strings or as a nonquoted string using forward slashes. For example:
... FROM DIRECTORY "c:\app\oracle\product\11.1\av";

... FROM DIRECTORY c:/app/oracle/product/11.1/av;

General Examples
avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM
directory /opt/audit_trail;

Audit data collection from trail /opt/audit_trail for target sample_source starts.
avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM
TABLE sys.aud$;

Audit data collection from table trail sys.aud$ for target sample_source starts.
avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM
syslog
/usr/syslog/syslog*;

Collecting syslog trail /usr/syslog/syslog* for target sample_source starts.

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM
event
log application;

Collecting application event log trail for target sample_source starts.

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo FROM
transaction log /extract;

Audit data collection from trail /extract for target sample_source.

Collecting transaction log data from trail location /extract for target sample_source
starts.
avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST foo
FROM TABLE sys.aud$ USING PLUGIN com.sample_plugin;

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Audit data collection from table trail sys.aud$ for the target sample_source, using the
com.sample_plugin, plug-in starts.

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET mysource USING HOST foo FROM
TABLE unified_audit_trail WITH CONNECTION failover_connection;

Starts collecting audit data from table trail unified_audit_trail for target mysource using
failover connection specified during target registration. This is applicable only for Oracle
Database having Active Data Guard with Unified Auditing starting with Oracle AVDF release
20.7.

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET mysource USING HOST foo FROM
TABLE unified_audit_trail WITH CONNECTION av.target.connection.<name>;

Starts collecting audit data from table trail unified_audit_trail for target mysource using
connection name in the format av.target.connection.<name> specified during target
registration. This is applicable only for Oracle database having Active Data Guard with
Unified Auditing starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.

Oracle Database Target Usage Notes

Audit Trail Settings
For the operating system type of audit trail, use the following settings:

Type of Audit Trail trail_type Setting audit_trail Setting

Operating system directory DIRECTORY directory_location
Syslog file SYSLOG file_name
Windows event log EVENTLOG N/A

SQL Server Target Usage Notes

Audit Trail Settings
You can write the SQL Server audit trail to the Windows event log, C2 trace files, or server
side trace files. The FROM trail_type audit_trail arguments are as follows:

Type of Audit Trail trail_type Setting audit_trail Setting

Windows event log EVENTLOG N/A
C2 trace file DIRECTORY file_wildcard
Server-side trace files DIRECTORY file_wildcard
SQLAUDIT files DIRECTORY file_wildcard

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Best Practice:
The user must have admin privileges to access the security event log
collector system. The user has an option to choose the following properties
as the maximum event log size.

Event Log Properties To Accomplish

Overwrite event as needed To delete the oldest event first. It automatically
clears events.
Do not overwrite events To avoid overwriting of existing events. In this
case the user has to manually clear the event
log.

Sybase ASE Target Usage Notes and Examples

For the Sybase ASE audit trail, set the trail_type audit_trail setting to TABLE
SYSAUDITS.

Sybase ASE Example

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_syb_db USING HOST sybserver
FROM TABLE SYSAUDITS;

MySQL Usage Notes

The trail location is the path to the directory where converted XML files are created
by running the MySQL XML transformation utility.

See Also:
Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats

IBM DB2 Usage Notes and Examples

For the IBM DB2 audit trail, set the trail_type audit_trail setting to DIRECTORY
directory_location.

IBM DB2 Example

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_db2_db USING HOST db2server
FROM DIRECTORY "d:\temp\trace";

Oracle Solaris Target Usage Notes

For an Oracle Solaris target, the trail location used in this command must be in the
format:
hostname:path_to_trail

where hostname matches the host name in the audit log names, which look like this:
timestamp1.timestamp2.hostname

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Windows Target Usage Notes

For a Windows target, the event log audit trail type collects data from the Windows Security
Event Log. The trail location used in this command must be security.

Best Practice:
The user must have admin privileges to access the security event log collector
system. The user has an option to choose the following properties as the maximum
event log size.

Event Log Properties To Accomplish

Overwrite event as needed To delete the oldest event first. It automatically
clears events.
Do not overwrite events To avoid overwriting of existing events. In this case
the user has to manually clear the event log.

Active Directory Target Usage Notes

For Active Directory target, the event log audit trail type collects data from the security and
directory service. The trail location used in this command must be security or directory
service.

Best Practice:

Event Log Properties When To Accomplish

Maximum Event Log Size Is
Reached
Overwrite event as needed It is recommended to select Overwrite event as
needed (Oldest event first) or Do not
overwrite events.
To delete the oldest event first. It automatically
clears events.
Do not overwrite events To avoid overwriting of existing events. In this case
the user has to manually clear the event log.

A.7.5 Create Audit Trail for a Secured Target

Learn how to create and start an audit trail.
To create a new audit trail, use the command syntax mentioned in START COLLECTION
FOR SECURED TARGET. In case the audit trail does not already exist, then it is created and
started.

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A.7.6 STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET

Use the STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET command to stop audit trail
collections.
The STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET command stops the audit trail collection.

Syntax
STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET secured_target_name USING HOST hostname
FROM location
[USING PLUGIN plugin_id]] [WITH CONNECTION <connection_name>]

Arguments

Argument Description
secured_target_name The name of the target for the trail collection you want to
stop.
hostname The name of the host where the target agent resides.
For agentless collection of Oracle Database table trails,
use agentless collection as the host name.
location The location is one of following:
• DIRECTORY directory name / mask
• TABLE tablename
• SYSLOGDEFAULT | filename / file mask
• NETWORK
• EVENT LOG [eventlog name]
• TRANSACTION LOG directory name / mask
• CUSTOM name
plugin_id The collection plug-in id being used. Required if there is
more than one possible plug-in. Optional if there is only
one plug-in.

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Argument Description
connection_name Optional. Connection name.
For Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with
Unified Auditing, the trails can connect to the current
primary database using failover connection string. Or
trails can connect to individual databases in Active Data
Guard using connection name, specified using WITH
CONNECTION directive.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should be used only for
Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with Unified
Auditing starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should not be used for
non Active Data Guard databases.
The WITH CONNECTION directive should not be used for
Active Data Guard databases with Traditional Auditing.
The connection name can be either
failover_connection or it can be audit collection
attribute name in the format
av.target.connection.<name> specified during
target creation. For additional information, refer to
Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle
Active Data Guard.

See Also:

• LIST SECURED TARGET to find a list of all registered targets.

• LIST HOST to find a list of configured agent hosts.
• LIST ATTRIBUTE FOR SECURED TARGET for detailed information about a
target.
• LIST PLUGIN FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE to find a list of existing plug-ins
for the type.
• LIST TRAIL FOR SECURED TARGET to view the current state of target.

General Usage Notes

Since the command is sent to the trail directly, the agent process does not need to be in
running state. When multiple plug-ins process audit data from a target, use the optional USING
PLUGIN directive to disambiguate the process.

A trail will be in a STOP_REQUESTED state when stopped and transitions to a stopping state,
followed by a stopped state.

Windows Systems Usage Notes

On Windows systems, enter directory and file name locations in either double-quoted strings
or as a nonquoted string using forward slashes. For example:
... FROM DIRECTORY "c:\app\oracle\product\11.1\av";

... FROM DIRECTORY c:/app/oracle/product/11.1/av;

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General Examples
avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST sample_host
FROM directory /opt/audit_trail;

Audit data collection from trail /opt/audit_trail for target sample_source stops.
avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST sample_host
FROM TABLE sys.aud$;

Audit data collection from table trail sys.aud$ for target sample_source stops.
avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST sample_host
FROM syslog
/usr/syslog/syslog*;

Collecting syslog trail /usr/syslog/syslog* for target sample_source stops.

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST sample_host
FROM event log application;

Collecting application event log trail for target sample_source stops

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST sample_host
FROM transaction log /extract;

Collecting transaction log data from trail location /extract for target sample_source
stops
avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET sample_source USING HOST sample_host
FROM TABLE sys.aud$ USING PLUGIN com.sample_plugin;

Audit data collection from table sys.aud$ for the target, sample_source, using the
com.sample_plugin, plug-in stops

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET mysource USING HOST foo FROM
TABLE unified_audit_trail WITH CONNECTION failover_connection;

Stops collecting audit data from table trail unified_audit_trail for target mysource
using failover connection specified during target registration. This is applicable only for
Oracle Database having Active Data Guard with Unified Auditing starting with Oracle
AVDF release 20.7.

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET mysource USING HOST foo FROM
TABLE unified_audit_trail WITH CONNECTION av.target.connection.<name>;

Stops collecting audit data from table trail unified_audit_trail for target mysource
using connection name in the format av.target.connection.<name> specified during
target registration. This is applicable only for Oracle Database having Active Data
Guard with Unified Auditing starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.

Oracle Database Usage Notes and Examples

Audit Trail Settings
For the operating system type of audit trail, use the following settings:

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Oracle Database Examples

Operating system directory example:
avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST hrdb.example.com
FROM DIRECTORY $ORACLE_HOME/logs;

Operating system syslog file example:

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST hrdb.example.com
FROM SYSLOG /etc/syslog.conf;

Operating system Windows event log example:

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST hrdb.example.com
FROM EVENTLOG;

Database audit trail example:

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST hrdb.example.com
FROM TABLE sys.aud$;

TRANSACTION LOG example:

avcli> START COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST hrdb.example.com FROM
TRANSACTION LOG /extract;

SQL Server Usage Notes and Example

The SQL Server audit trail can be in the Windows event log, C2 trace files, or server side
trace files. The FROM trail_type audit_trail arguments are as follows:

Type of Audit Trail trail_type Setting audit_trail Setting

Windows event log EVENTLOG n/a
C2 trace file C2TRACE file_wildcard
Server-side trace files SERVERSIDETRACE file_wildcard

SQL Server Examples

Windows event log example:
avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST mssqlserver
FROM EVENTLOG;

C2 trace example:
avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST mssqlserver
FROM DIRECTORY "c:\SQLAuditFile*.trc";

Server-side trace example:

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_sql_db USING HOST mssqlserver
FROM DIRECTORY "c:\SQLAuditFile*.trc";

Sybase ASE Usage Notes and Example

For the Sybase ASE audit trail, set the trail_type audit_trail setting to TABLE SYSAUDITS.

Sybase ASE Example

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avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_syb_db USING HOST sybserver
FROM TABLE SYSAUDITS;

MySQL Usage Notes

The trail location is the path to the directory where converted XML files are created
by running the MySQL XML transformation utility.

See Also:
Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats

IBM DB2 Usage Notes and Example

For the IBM DB2 audit trail, set the trail_type audit_trail setting to DIRECTORY
directory_location.

IBM DB2 Example

avcli> STOP COLLECTION FOR SECURED TARGET hr_db2_db USING HOST db2server
FROM DIRECTORY "d:\temp\trace";

Oracle Solaris Usage Notes

For Oracle Solaris, the trail location must be in the format:
hostname:path_to_trail

where hostname matches the host name in the audit log names, which look like this:
timestamp1.timestamp2.hostname

Windows Target Usage Notes

For a Windows target, the event log audit trail type collects data from the Windows
Security Event Log. The trail location used in this command must be security.

A.8 SMTP Connection AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI SMTP commands enable you to manage SMTP email notifications for Audit
Vault Server reports and alert.

A.8.1 About the SMTP Connection AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI SMTP connection commands enable you to perform tasks such as
registering and modifying SMTP connections.

A.8.2 ALTER SMTP SERVER

Use the ALTER SMTP SERVER command to modify SMTP server configurations and
states.
The ALTER SMTP SERVER command modifies the SMTP server configuration and state.

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Syntax
ALTER_SMTP SERVER AT host:[port] | [SENDER ID sender_id]|
[SENDER EMAIL sender_email] | [AUTHENTICATED BY username]

Arguments

Argument Description
host:[port] The name, and optionally, the outgoing port number of the
SMTP server. The port defaults to 25.
sender_id The user ID of the person responsible for sending the email
(that is, the email address that appears after From).
sender_email The email address of the person whose ID you entered for the
SENDER ID, in Request For Comments (RFC) 822 format.
username Optional. The authentication credentials for the recipient user.
If the SMTP server runs in authenticated mode and needs a
valid user name to connect to send emails, use the
AUTHENTICATED BY clause to specify those credentials. Audit
Vault Server prompts for the password. AUTHENTICATED BY
username/password is accepted from file input through .av
file.

Usage Notes
• After you complete the SMTP server configuration, it is enabled and ready to use.
• If the SMTP server is a secure server, then run the ALTER SYSTEM SMTP SECURE MODE ON
command after you run REGISTER SMTP SERVER.
• To test the configuration, run the TEST SMTP SERVER command.
• If you omit an argument, then Audit Vault Server uses the previously configured setting.

See Also:

• ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON

• TEST SMTP SERVER

Example
avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER AT new_sample_host:465;

The host and port configuration information of the SMTP server is changed.
avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER SENDER ID new-do-not-reply;

The sender ID configuration information of the SMTP server is changed.

avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER AT new_sample_host:465 sender id new-do-not-reply;

The host and port as well as the sender ID of the SMTP server is changed.

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A.8.3 ALTER SMTP SERVER DISABLE

Use the ALTER SMTP SERVER DISABLE COMMAND to disable SMTP server configurations.

The ALTER SMTP SERVER DISABLE command disables the SMTP server configuration.

Syntax
ALTER SMTP SERVER DISABLE

Usage Notes
• After you disable the configuration, Audit Vault Server preserves the most recent
configuration. So, when you re-enable the configuration, this configuration is made
active again.
• To find details about the most recent service configuration, see "LIST ATTRIBUTE
OF SMTP SERVER".
• This command may be useful when the SMTP Server is down for system
maintenance.

Example
avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER DISABLE;

SMTP integration is disabled.

Disables the integration between the Audit Vault and SMT Server.

A.8.4 ALTER SMTP SERVER ENABLE

Use the ALTER SMTP SERVER ENABLE command to enable SMTP server configurations
for servers that you have registered with the REGISTER SMTP SERVER command or that
you modified with the ALTER SMTP SERVER command.

The ALTER SMTP SERVER ENABLE command enables SMTP server configurations for
servers registered with the REGISTER SMTP SERVER command or modified with the
ALTER SMTP SERVER command.

Syntax
ALTER SMTP SERVER ENABLE

Usage Notes
• When you enable the configuration, Audit Vault Server uses the configuration that
was in place when you last disabled the SMTP configuration.
• To find details about the most recent service configuration, see "LIST ATTRIBUTE
OF SMTP SERVER".

Example
avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER ENABLE;

SMTP integration is enabled.

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Enables the integration between the Audit Vault and SMTP server.

A.8.5 ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE OFF

Use the ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE OFF command to disable the secure mode in
secure SMTP servers.
The ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE OFF command disables secure mode in an existing
secure SMTP server.

Syntax
ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE OFF

Usage Notes
Run this command after you run either the REGISTER SMTP SERVER or ALTER SMTP
SERVER command.

Example
avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE OFF;

Updated SMTP server configuration to not use secure protocol.

Sets the SMTP Server registered with Oracle Audit Server to non-secure mode.

A.8.6 ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON

Use the ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON command to enable SMTP server
configurations and specify the secure protocol mode that is in use.
The ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON command enables the SMTP server configuration
and specifies the secure protocol mode used.

Syntax
ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON PROTOCOL [SSL | TLS ] [TRUSTSTORE location]

Arguments

Argument Description
PROTOCOL Optional: One of the following types of protocol:
• SSL: Secure Sockets Layer (default)
• TLS: Transport Layer Security
location The path to the truststore file used to validate the server
certificates. Optional.

Usage Notes
Run this command after you run either the REGISTER SMTP SERVER or ALTER SMTP SERVER
command.
Only run this command if the SMTP server that you are configuring is a secure server.

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See Also:

• REGISTER SMTP SERVER

• ALTER SMTP SERVER

Examples
avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON PROTOCOL ssl TRUSTSTORE /sample_tstore;

This command acknowledges that the SMTP Server registered with Oracle Audit Vault
Server is in secure mode, that is, supports SSL or TLS, and uses the file /
sample_tstore to validate the certificate obtained from the SMTP Server during
connects.
avcli> ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON PROTOCOL tls TRUSTSTORE /sample_tstore;

This example sets TLS protocol instead of SSL.

A.8.7 DROP SMTP SERVER

Use the DROP SMTP SERVER command to unregister the SMTP server that is registered
with Oracle Audit Vault Server and remove associated configuration metadata.
The DROP SMTP SERVER command unregisters the SMTP Server registered with the
Audit Vault Server and removes any associated configuration metadata.

Syntax
DROP SMTP SERVER

Example
avcli> DROP SMTP SERVER;

SMTP server unregistered successfully.

The SMTP Server is unregistered and any associated configuration metadata is

removed.

A.8.8 LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER

Use the LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER command to dislay the current SMTP
configuration details the Oracle Audit Vault Server uses.
The LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER command displays the current SMTP
configuration details used by Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER

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Usage Notes
To reconfigure the SMTP service connection, run the ALTER SMTP SERVER ("ALTER SMTP
SERVER") command.

Example
avcli> LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER;

The configuration data/attributes for the SMTP server appear.

A.8.9 REGISTER SMTP SERVER

Use the REGISTER SMTP SERVER command to register SMTP server configurations with Audit
Vault Server.
The REGISTER SMTP SERVER command registers the SMTP server configuration with the Audit
Vault Server.

Syntax
REGISTER SMTP SERVER AT host:[port] SENDER ID sender_id SENDER EMAIL sender_email
[AUTHENTICATED BY username]

Arguments

Argument Description
host:[port] The name, and optionally, the outgoing port number of the
SMTP server. The port defaults to 25, if unspecified.
sender_id The user ID of the person responsible for sending the email
(that is, the email address that appears after From).
sender_email The email address of the person whose ID you entered for the
SENDER ID, in Request For Comments (RFC) 822 format.
username Optional. The authentication credentials for the recipient user.
If the SMTP server runs in authenticated mode and needs a
valid username and password to connect to send emails, use
the AUTHENTICATED BY clause to specify those credentials.
Audit Vault Server prompts for the password. AUTHENTICATED
BY username/password is accepted from file input
through .av file.

Usage Notes
• Right after you create the SMTP server configuration, it is enabled and ready to use.
• If the SMTP server is a secure server, then run the ALTER SYSTEM SMTP SECURE MODE ON
command after you run REGISTER SMTP SERVER.
• To test the configuration, run the TEST SMTP SERVER command.
• This command associates the sender id and sender email with this configuration data
so that all generated emails are sent with this sender id and sender email.

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See Also:

• ALTER SMTP SERVER SECURE MODE ON

• TEST SMTP SERVER

Examples
avcli> REGISTER SMTP SERVER AT sample_mail.example.com sender id "do-not-reply";

For an SMTP server running in non-authentication mode at

sample_mail.example.com, all email is generated and sent from the address: do-not-
reply<donotreply@example.com>.
avcli> REGISTER SMTP SERVER AT sample_mail.example.com:455 SENDER ID av-alerts
SENDER
EMAIL avalerts@example.com AUTHENTICATED BY smtpuser

For an SMTP server running in authentication mode at sample_mail.example.com,

port 455; all email is generated and sent from the address: av-
alerts<avalerts@example.com>. The credentials smtpuser connect to this server to
send emails. The password has to be entered in the next step by following the prompt.

A.8.10 TEST SMTP SERVER

Use the TEST SMTP SERVER command to test the SMTP integration with Oracle Audit
Vault Server by sending a test email.
The TEST SMTP SERVER command tests SMTP integration with the Audit Vault Server
by sending a test email.

Syntax
TEST SMTP SERVER SEND EMAIL TO email_address

Arguments

Argument Description
email_address Recipient of the test email notification

Usage Notes
• If the test fails, then check the configuration by running the LIST ATTRIBUTE OF
SMTP SERVER command.
• You can recreate the configuration by running the ALTER_SMTP SERVER command.
• If there are no errors, a test email appears in the mail box of the user specified by
the e-mail address argument.
• You can provide a list of comma-separated email addresses to this command.
• A SMTP Server must first be registered with the Audit Vault Server before this
command can be used.

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See Also:

• ALTER SMTP SERVER

• REGISTER SMTP SERVER
• LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER

Example
avcli> TEST SMTP SERVER SEND EMAIL TO me@example.com;

To test the SMTP integration, a test email is sent to the email address, me@example.com.
avcli> TEST SMTP SERVER SEND EMAIL TO abc@example1.com,xyz@example2.com;

To test the SMTP integration, a test email is sent to the email address list,
abc@example1.com,xyz@example2.com.

A.9 Security Assessment AVCLI Commands

Use the security assessment AVCLI commands to collect security assessment data for
Oracle Database targets. Run these commands as an auditor user.
Related Topics
• Assessment Reports

A.9.1 RETRIEVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT FROM TARGET

Use the RETRIEVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT FROM TARGET command to submit security
assessment jobs for Oracle Database targets.

Syntax

RETRIEVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT FROM TARGET target_name

Arguments

Argument Description
target_name Name of the Oracle Database target for which
want to run the security assessment job.

Example
The following command retrieves security assessment data for the Oracle Database target
named t1.

RETRIEVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT FROM TARGET t1

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Related Topics
• LIST SECURED TARGET
Use the LIST SECURED TARGET command to list various active targets that are
registered with Audit Vault Server.

A.10 Security Management AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI security management commands enable you to manage various
administrator and super administrator privileges.

A.10.1 About the Security Management AVCLI Commands

The security management AVCLI commands enable you to perform tasks such as
registering and modifying SMTP connections.

A.10.2 ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION

Use the ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION command to change Transparent Data Encryption
(TDE) configuration to rekey or to reset the repository encryption password.
The ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION command enables super administrators to change the
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) configuration in an Oracle Audit Vault Server
repository. A super administrator can use this command to rekey the master encryption
key, or to reset the repository encryption (wallet) password.

Syntax
ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION REKEY

ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION CHANGE WALLET PASSWORD

Examples
avcli> ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION REKEY;

This command rekeys the master encryption key for the Audit Vault Server repository.
avcli> ALTER DATA ENCRYPTION CHANGE WALLET PASSWORD;

This commands gives prompts to change the repository encryption (wallet) password.

A.10.3 ALTER USER

Use the ALTER USER command to unlock user accounts.

The ALTER USER command unlocks a user account. Only super administrators can run
this command.

Syntax:
ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK

Example:
avcli> ALTER USER scott ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

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The account for user scott is unlocked.

Note:
To unlock super administrator or super auditor, follow these steps:
1. Connect to the Audit Vault Server as root user.
2. Switch user to dvaccountmgr: su dvaccountmgr
3. Run sqlplus /.
4. Run the command: ALTER USER <super administrator/auditor username>
ACCOUNT UNLOCK

A.10.4 GRANT ACCESS

Use the GRANT ACCESS command to grant access to target names or target group names for
specified users.
The GRANT ACCESS command grants access to a target name or target group name to a
specified user.

Syntax
GRANT ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET secured_target_name TO username

GRANT ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET GROUP secured_target_group name TO username

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.
secured_target_name The name of the target.
secured_target_group_name The name of the target group.

Example
avcli> GRANT ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET sample_source TO scott;

User scott granted access to target sample_source.

avcli> GRANT ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET GROUP hr_db_group TO hr;

User hr granted access to group of targets specified by the group hr_db_group.

A.10.5 GRANT ADMIN

Use the GRANT ADMIN command to grant administrator privileges to specified users.
The GRANT ADMIN command grants administrator privileges to specified user.

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Syntax
GRANT ADMIN TO username

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Example
avcli> GRANT ADMIN TO scott;

Administrator privileges granted to user scott.

A.10.6 GRANT AUDITOR

Use the GRANT AUDITOR command to grant auditor privileges to the specified user.
The GRANT AUDITOR command grants auditor privileges to the specified user.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax
GRANT AUDITOR TO <username>

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Example
avcli> GRANT AUDITOR TO scott;

Auditor privileges granted to user scott.

A.10.7 GRANT SUPERADMIN

Use the GRANT SUPERADMIN command to grant super administrator privileges to users
who are specified by username.
The GRANT SUPERADMIN command grants super administrator privileges to the user
specified by username.

Syntax
GRANT SUPERADMIN TO username

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Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Usage Notes
This user automatically receives regular administrator rights as well.

Example
avcli> GRANT SUPERADMIN TO scott;

Super administrator (and administrator) privileges granted to user scott.

A.10.8 GRANT SUPERAUDITOR

Use the GRANT SUPERAUDITOR command to grant super auditor privileges to a specific user.

The GRANT SUPERAUDITOR command grants super auditor privileges to the specified user.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax
GRANT SUPERAUDITOR TO <username>

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Usage Notes
This user automatically receives regular auditor rights as well.

Example
avcli> GRANT SUPERAUDITOR TO scott;

Super auditor (and auditor) privileges granted to user scott.

A.10.9 REVOKE ACCESS

Use the REVOKE ACCESS command to revoke access to targets or target group names for
specified users.
The REVOKE ACCESS command revokes access to a target or target group name from a
specified user.

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Syntax
REVOKE ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET secured_target_name FROM username

REVOKE ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET GROUP secured_target_group_name FROM username

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.
secured_target_name The name of the target.
secured_target_group_name The name of the target group.

Example
avcli> REVOKE ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET sample_source FROM scott;

Access to target sample_source revoked from user scott.

avcli> REVOKE ACCESS ON SECURED TARGET GROUP hr_db_group FROM hr;

Access to a group of targets specified by the group hr_db_group revoked from user hr.

A.10.10 REVOKE ADMIN

Use the REVOKE ADMIN command to revoke administrator privileges from specified
users.
The REVOKE ADMIN command revokes administrator privileges from specified user.

Syntax:
REVOKE ADMIN FROM username

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Example:
avcli> REVOKE ADMIN FROM scott;

Administrator privileges revoked from user scott.

A.10.11 REVOKE AUDITOR

Use the REVOKE AUDITOR command to revoke auditor privileges from specified
users.
The REVOKE AUDITOR command revokes auditor privileges from specified user.

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Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax:
REVOKE AUDITOR FROM <username>

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Example
avcli> REVOKE AUDITOR FROM scott;

Auditor privileges revoked from user scott.

A.10.12 REVOKE SUPERADMIN

Use the REVOKE SUPERADMIN command to revoke super administrator privileges from users
who are specified by username.
The REVOKE SUPERADMIN command revokes super administrator privileges from users
specified by username.

Syntax:
REVOKE SUPERADMIN FROM username

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Usage Notes
The user continues to retain regular administrator rights.

Example:
avcli> REVOKE SUPERADMIN FROM scott;

Super administrator privileges are revoked from user scott.

A.10.13 REVOKE SUPERAUDITOR

Use the REVOKE SUPERAUDITOR command to revoke super auditor privileges from a specific
user.
The REVOKE SUPERAUDITOR command revokes super auditor privileges from a specific user.

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Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax
REVOKE SUPERAUDITOR FROM <username>

Arguments

Argument Description
username The specified user.

Usage Notes
The user continues to retain regular auditor rights.

Example
avcli> REVOKE SUPERAUDITOR FROM scott;

Super auditor privileges are revoked from user scott. User scott continues to be a
normal auditor.

A.10.14 SHOW DATA ENCRYPTION STATUS

Use the SHOW DATA ENCRYPTION STATUS command to show whether data encryption is
enabled for Oracle Audit Vault Server repositories.
The SHOW DATA ENCRYPTION STATUS command shows whether encryption is enabled
or disabled. Encryption is automatically enabled on new installations.

Syntax
SHOW DATA ENCRYPTION STATUS

Example
avcli> SHOW DATA ENCRYPTION STATUS;

This command shows the encryption status (enabled or disabled).

A.11 SAN Storage AVCLI Commands

You can manage SAN servers with SAN storage AVCLI commands.

A.11.1 About the SAN Storage AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI SAN storage commands enable you to perform tasks such as registering
and altering SAN servers.

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A.11.2 ALTER DISKGROUP

Use the ALTER DISK GROUP command to alter a diskgroup by adding or dropping disks.

The ALTER DISKGROUP command alters a disk group by adding or dropping disks from the
group.

Syntax:
ALTER DISKGROUP SYSTEMDATA|EVENTDATA|RECOVERY ADD DISK disk_name
[ON SECONDARY]

ALTER DISKGROUP SYSTEMDATA|EVENTDATA|RECOVERY DROP DISK disk_name

[ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this command to
secondary Audit Vault Server.

Arguments

Argument Description
disk_name Name of the disk to add or drop. When adding a disk, the disk must be
available in the system, and not previously added to a disk group. To display
all disks available in the system, use the command "LIST DISK".

Examples:
avcli> ALTER DISKGROUP SYSTEMDATA ADD DISK disk1;

Adds disk1 to the SYSTEMDATA disk group.

avcli> ALTER DISKGROUP RECOVERY DROP DISK disk2;

Drops disk2 from the RECOVERY disk group.

A.11.3 ALTER SAN SERVER

Use the ALTER SAN SERVER command to alter SAN servers that are registered with Audit Vault
Server by logging into or logging out of a target that is available on the SAN server.
The ALTER SAN SERVER command alters a SAN server registered with the Audit Vault Server
by logging in or logging out of a target available on the SAN server.

Syntax

ALTER SAN SERVER server_name LOGIN target_name ADDRESS address [PORT port]
[AUTHENTICATED BY username] [ON SECONDARY]

ALTER SAN SERVER server_name LOGOUT target_name ADDRESS address [PORT port]
[AUTHENTICATED BY username] [ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this command to
secondary Audit Vault Server.

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Arguments

Argument Description
server_name Name of the SAN server registered with the Audit Vault Server.
target_name Name of the target on the SAN server. To get a list of targets, use the
command "LIST TARGET FOR SAN SERVER".
address IP address or hostname of the target on the SAN server
port Optional. Default is 3260.
username If needed, credential used to log in to the target.
The user name and password is accepted from file input through .av
file.

Example
avcli> ALTER SAN SERVER testServer1 LOGIN target1 ADDRESS
sample_target.example.com AUTHENTICATED BY username1;

Alter the SAN server testServer1 by logging into target1 at address

sample_target.example.com using credentials username1. The default port number
3260 will be used.
avcli> ALTER SAN SERVER testServer2 LOGOUT target2 ADDRESS
sample_target.example.com;

Alter the SAN server testServer2 by logging out of target2 at address

sample_target.example.com.

A.11.4 DROP SAN SERVER

Use the DROP SAN SERVER command to drop SAN servers that are registered with
Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The DROP SAN SERVER command removes a SAN server registered with the Audit Vault
Server.

Syntax:
DROP SAN SERVER server_name [ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this
command to secondary Audit Vault Server.

Arguments

Argument Description
server_name Name of the SAN server registered with the Audit Vault Server.

Example:
avcli> DROP SAN SERVER testServer1;

Removes SAN server testServer1 from the Audit Vault Server.

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A.11.5 LIST DISK

Use the LIST DISK commant to see details of disks that are available on your system.

The LIST DISK command displays details of all disks available in the system, or disks in a
specific disk group.

Syntax:
LIST DISK [FOR DISKGROUP SYSTEMDATA|EVENTDATA|RECOVERY] [ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this command to
secondary Audit Vault Server.

Examples:
avcli> LIST DISK;

Displays the details of all disks in the system.

avcli> LIST DISK FOR DISKGROUP SYSTEMDATA;

Displays the details of the SYSTEMDATA disk group.

A.11.6 LIST DISKGROUP

Use the LIST DISKGROUP command to see the details of all disk groups in your system.

The LIST DISKGROUP command displays details of a disk group in the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax:
LIST DISKGROUP [ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this command to
secondary Audit Vault Server.

Example:
avcli> LIST DISKGROUP;

Displays details for all disk groups in the system, for example, name, total space, and free
space. To see details of disk in a specific disk group, use the command "LIST DISK".

A.11.7 LIST SAN SERVER

Use the LIST SAN SERVER command to display the details of SAN servers that are registered
with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The LIST SAN SERVER command displays details of SAN servers registered with Oracle Audit
Vault Server.

Syntax:
LIST SAN SERVER [ON SECONDARY]

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Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this
command to secondary Audit Vault Server.

Example:
avcli> LIST SAN SERVER;

Displays details of SAN servers registered in the system, for example, storage name,
storage type, etc.

A.11.8 LIST TARGET FOR SAN SERVER

Use the LIST TARGET FOR SAN SERVER command to alter SAN servers that are
registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server by logging into or logging out of a target that
is available on the SAN server
The LIST TARGET FOR SAN SERVER command displays details of the targets available
on a specified SAN server.

Syntax:
LIST TARGET FOR SAN SERVER server_name [ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this
command to secondary Audit Vault Server.

Arguments

Argument Description
server_name Name of the SAN server registered with the Audit Vault Server.

Example:
avcli> LIST TARGET FOR SAN SERVER testServer1;

Displays the details of targets available on SAN server testServer1.

A.11.9 REGISTER SAN SERVER

Use the REGISTER SAN SERVER to register SAN servers of a specified storage type with
Audit Vault Server.
The REGISTER SAN SERVER command registers a SAN server with the Audit Vault
Server.

Syntax
REGISTER SAN SERVER SAN_server_name OF TYPE storage_type ADDRESS address [PORT
port] [METHOD discovery_method] [ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this
command to secondary Audit Vault Server.

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Arguments

Argument Description
SAN_server_name Name of the SAN server. Must be unique.
storage_type Storage type. Currently, only iSCSI is supported (case-insensitive).
address IP address SAN server
port Optional. Port number. Default is 3260.
discovery_method Optional. Method used to discover targets. Possible values are:
SENDTARGETS [AUTHENTICATED BY <username>]
ISNS

AUTHENTICATED BY <username>/<password> is accepted from file input

through .av file.
Default is SENDTARGETS.

Examples
avcli> REGISTER SAN SERVER testServer1 OF TYPE iSCSI ADDRESS 192.0.2.1;

Registers a SAN server testServer1 of storage type iSCSI at address 192.0.2.1. The
default port number 3260 and the default discovery method sendtargets will be used.
avcli> REGISTER SAN SERVER testServer2 Of Type iSCSI ADDRESS 192.0.2.1 METHOD
sendtargets AUTHENTICATED BY username2;

Registers a SAN server testServer2 of storage type iSCSI at address 192.0.2.1 using the
discover method sendtargets with credentials username2.

A.11.10 SHOW iSCSI INITIATOR DETAILS FOR SERVER

Use the SHOW iSCSI INITIATOR DETAILS FOR SERVER command to see the iSCSI initiator
details for Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The SHOW ISCSI INITIATOR DETAILS FOR SERVER command displays iSCSI initiator details
for Oracle Audit Vault Server. These initiator details are used in the SAN server configuration
to allow it to connect to the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax:
SHOW ISCSI INITIATOR DETAILS FOR SERVER [ON SECONDARY]

Use the [ON SECONDARY] option in a high availability configuration to apply this command to
secondary Audit Vault Server.

Example:
avcli> SHOW ISCSI INITIATOR DETAILS FOR SERVER;

Displays the iSCSI initiator details for the Audit Vault Server.

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A.12 Remote File System AVCLI Commands

Use the remote file system AVCLI commands to mange remote file systems. These
commands support registering and managing connections to NFS file systems that are
used as archive locations.

A.12.1 About the Remote File System AVCLI Commands

Use the remote file system AVCLI commands to configure remote file systems to work
with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

A.12.2 ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Use the ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM command to alter remote file systems that are
registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM command alters a remote filesystem registered with
Oracle Audit Vault Server.

Syntax:
ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM filesystem_name SET {key=value [,key=value...]}

ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM filesystem_name MOUNT

ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM filesystem_name UNMOUNT [FORCE]

Arguments

Argument Description
filesystem_name Name of the remote filesystem
key For an NFS remote filesystem, the key NAME is supported.

Examples:
avcli> ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM sample_filesystem SET NAME=newfilesystem;

Changes the name of the remote filesystem sample_filesystem to newfilesystem.

avcli> ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM sample_filesystem MOUNT;

Mounts the remote filesystem sample_filesystem.

avcli> ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM sample_filesystem UNMOUNT;

Unmounts remote filesystem sample_filesystem.

avcli> ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM sample_filesystem UNMOUNT FORCE;

Unmounts remote filesystem sample_filesystem and forces this operation.

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A.12.3 DROP REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Use the DROP REMOTE FILESYSTEM command to drop remote file sytems that are registered
with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The DROP REMOTE FILESYSTEM command drops a remote filesystem registered with the Audit
Vault Server.

Syntax:
DROP REMOTE FILESYSTEM file_system_name

Arguments

Argument Description
filesystem_name Name of the remote filesystem.

Examples:
avcli> DROP REMOTE FILESYSTEM filesystem1;

Drops the remote filesystem filesystem1.

A.12.4 LIST EXPORT

Use the LIST EXPORT command to display the list of exports that are available on an NFS
server.
The LIST EXPORT command displays the list of exports available on a NFS server.

Syntax:
LIST EXPORT OF TYPE NFS ON HOST address

Arguments

Argument Description
address Hostname or IP address of the NFS server.

Example:
avcli> LIST EXPORT OF TYPE NFS ON HOST example_server.example.com;

Lists the exports available on the NFS server example_server.example.com.

A.12.5 LIST REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Use the LIST REMOTE FILESYSTEM command to list all of the remote file systems that are
registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The LIST REMOTE FILESYSTEM command lists all of the remote file systems that are registered
with Oracle Audit Vault Server.

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Syntax:
LIST REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Example:
avcli> LIST REMOTE FILESYSTEM;

Lists all remote filesystems registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server.

A.12.6 REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Use the REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM command to register remote file systems with
Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM command registers a remote file system with the
Audit Vault Server. This command currently supports registering an NFS file system.
After registering a remote file system, an administrator can select it when specifying an
archive location.

Syntax:
REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM filesystem_name OF TYPE NFS ON HOST
NFS_server_address USING EXPORT export [MOUNT]

Arguments

Argument Description
filesystem_name A unique name for the remote file system. Special characters
(&<>"/;,*|=% and --) cannot be used for remote file system names.
NFS_server_address Host name or IP address of the NFS server
export Name of the export directory on the NFS server. This directory must
be created in etc/exports file of the NFS server.

Note:
Special characters (such as $, #, and !)
are not allowed in export directory
names.

Note:

1. Log in as Oracle user 503 to register the remote file system. Use the
same user name on the NFS Server and the Audit Vault Server.
2. If this is any different, then edit the /etc/passwd/ file in the NFS
Server and change the USER ID of Oracle user to 503.

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Examples:
avcli> REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM sample_Filesystem OF TYPE NFS ON HOST
example_host.example.com USING EXPORT /export/home1;

Registers a remote NFS file system named sample_Filesystem on the host

example_host.example.com using the export directory /export/home1. This will mount the
registered remote file system.
avcli> REGISTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM sample_Filesystem OF TYPE NFS ON HOST
example_host.example.com USING EXPORT /export/home1 MOUNT;

Registers a remote NFS file system named sample_Filesystem on the host

example_host.example.com using the export directory /export/home1. This will also mount
the registered remote file system.

A.12.7 SHOW STATUS OF REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Use the SHOW STATUS OF REMOTE FILESYSTEM command to show the status of remote file
systems that are registered with Oracle Audit Vault Server.
The SHOW STATUS OF REMOTE FILESYSTEM command shows the status of a specified remote
file system.

Syntax:
SHOW STATUS OF REMOTE FILESYSTEM filesystem_name

Arguments

Argument Description
filesystem_name Name of the remote filesystem

Examples:
avcli> SHOW STATUS OF REMOTE FILESYSTEM filesystem1;

Shows the status of remote filesystem filesystem1.

A.13 Server Management AVCLI Commands

The server management AVCLI commands enable you to manage the server, such as
checking certificates and downloading log files.

A.13.1 About the Server Management AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI server management commands manage aspects of Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall such as altering the system set.

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A.13.2 ALTER SYSTEM SET

Use the ALTER SYSTEM SET command to modify system configuration data.

The ALTER SYSTEM command modifies system configuration data.

Syntax:
ALTER SYSTEM SET {attribute=value [,attribute=value...]}

Arguments

Argument Description
attribute System attributes as key/value pairs. See Table A-7.

Usage Notes
Typically, system configuration data affects all components system-wide.
Multiple component log levels can be changed by delimiting them using the | symbol.
Modify system configuration data by altering the attributes associated with the data
using key=value pairs and multiple attributes by specifying comma-separated pairs.
Log files are in the $Oracle_Home/av/log directory in the Audit Vault Server.

The following attributes are supported:

Table A-7 System Attributes

Parameter Description
LOGLEVEL The log level of components running on this host.
The LOGLEVEL attribute takes a two part value, separated by a
colon, as follows:
component_name:loglevel_value
See Table A-8 for component names and log level values.
Multiple components' log levels can be changed by delimiting
them using the | symbol.
SYS.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL Sets the system heartbeat interval to a numerical value in
seconds.
SYS.AUTOSTART_INTERVAL The interval in seconds before the system will try to restart failed
audit trails. Default: 1800
SYS.AUTOSTART_RETRY_CO The number of times the system attempts to start failed audit
UNT trails.
Oracle AVDF release 20.1 to 20.6: 5 times (default)
Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and onwards: 20 times (default)

Table A-8 shows valid values for component_name and loglevel_value for the
LOGLEVEL attribute:

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Table A-8 Logging component names and values

Logging component name Values

AlertLog Alert
AgentLog Agent
ARLog Archive and Retrieve
DWLog Data Warehouse
FWLog Database Firewall
GUIlog Web Concole UI
JfwkLog Java Server Process
NotifyLog Notification
PfwkLog Plug-in Management
PolicyLog Policy Management
ReportLog Report Generation
SanLog SAN Storage
TransLog Transaction Log Trail
All All components. Valid only with ERROR and WARNING log level values.

Table A-9 Logging level and values

Parameter Description
ERROR The ERROR log level
WARNING The WARNING log level (not supported for GUIlog)
INFO The INFO log level
DEBUG The DEBUG log level
Be aware that DEBUG generates many files and that this can affect the
performance of your system. Only use it when you are trying to
diagnose problems.

Examples
avcli> ALTER SYSTEM SET SYS.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL=10;

The SYS.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL system configuration setting changes to 10 seconds.

avcli> ALTER SYSTEM SET LOGLEVEL=JfwkLog:DEBUG|PfwkLog:INFO;

The log levels of the JfwkLog and PfwkLog components running on the system change.
avcli> ALTER SYSTEM SET SYS.AUTOSTART_INTERVAL=900;

The system will restart failed audit trails after 900 seconds.

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See Also:
Downloading Detailed Diagnostics Reports for Oracle Audit Vault Server for
information about generating a diagnostics report that captures Audit Vault
Server appliance information.

A.13.3 DOWNLOAD LOG FILE

Use the DOWNLOAD LOG FILE to download Oracle Audit Vault Server log files to perform
diagnostics,
The DOWNLOAD LOG FILE command downloads the diagnostics log file (as a .zip file)
from the Audit Vault Server and saves it in the following directory:
AVCLI_installation_path/av/log

Syntax
DOWNLOAD LOG FILE FROM SERVER

Example
avcli> DOWNLOAD LOG FILE FROM SERVER;

The Audit Vault Server log file is downloaded.

A.13.4 SHOW CERTIFICATE

Use the SHOW CERTIFICATE command to display Oracle Audit Vault Server certificates.

The SHOW CERTIFICATE command displays the certificate for the Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
SHOW CERTIFICATE FOR SERVER

Example
avcli> SHOW CERTIFICATE FOR SERVER;

The Oracle Audit Vault Server certificate appears.

A.14 Collection Plug-In AVCLI Commands

Use the AVCLI collection plug-in commands to manage the deployment of collection
plug-ins.

A.14.1 About the Collection Plug-In AVCLI Commands

Use the AVCLI collection plug-in commands to work with plug-ins, such as
downloading and listing plug-ins.

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A.14.2 DEPLOY PLUGIN

Use the DEPLOY PLUGIN command to deploy plug-ins into Oracle Audit Vault Server homes
from a given archive file.
The DEPLOY PLUGIN command deploys a plug-in into the Audit Vault Server home from a
given archive file.

Syntax
DEPLOY PLUGIN plugin archive

Arguments

Argument Description
plugin archive The plug-in archive.
Archive files have an .zip extension, specifying custom plug-ins that third-
party vendors or partners develop to add functionality to Audit Vault Server.

Usage Notes
No action is required after this command.
The DEPLOY PLUGIN command updates the agent archive with the contents of this plug-in for
future Agent deployments.
When a newer version of the plug-in is available, use the DEPLOY PLUGIN command to update
the plug-in artifacts. Multiple plug-ins can support a single target type.

Example
avcli> DEPLOY PLUGIN /opt/avplugins/sample_plugin.zip;

Deploys the plug-in at /opt/avplugins/sample_plugin.zip into the Audit Vault Server and
updates the agent archive by adding the plug-in to its contents.

A.14.3 LIST PLUGIN FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE

Use the LIST PLUGIN FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE command to list all of the plug-ins in Audit
Vault Server installations.
The LIST PLUGIN FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE command lists all the plug-ins that support a
particular target type.

Syntax
LIST PLUGIN FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE secured target type name

Arguments

Argument Description
secured target The name of the target type
type name

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Usage Notes
To find a list of available target types, see "LIST SECURED TARGET TYPE".

Examples
avcli> LIST PLUGINS FOR SECURED TARGET TYPE "Oracle Database";

The plug-ins that support the target type "Oracle Database" are listed.

A.14.4 UNDEPLOY PLUGIN

Use the UNDEPLOY PLUGIN command to undeploy plug-ins from Oracle Audit Vault
Server homes.
The UNDEPLOY PLUGIN command deletes a plug-in from an Audit Vault Server home.

Syntax
UNDEPLOY PLUGIN plugin_id

Arguments

Argument Description
plugin_id The ID of the plug-in that you want to undeploy.

Usage Notes
UNDEPLOY PLUGIN attempts to identify dependent plug-ins or packages prior to deleting
the plug-in.
This command undeploys a plug-in specified by the plug-in ID from the Audit Vault
Server. It also updates the agent archive removing this plug-in, so that it is not
deployed in future agent deployments.

Examples
avcli> UNDEPLOY PLUGIN com.abc.sample_plugin;

The plug-in, com.abc.sample_plugin, is undeployed from Oracle Audit Vault Server

and the agent archive is updated by removing the plug-in.

A.15 General Usage AVCLI Commands

You can find general information, such as help, from the general usage AVCLI
commands.

A.15.1 About the General Usage AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI general usage commands enable you to perform tasks such as connecting
to servers or identifying users.

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A.15.2 CLEAR LOG

Use the CLEAR LOG command to clear a system's diagnostic logs.

The CLEAR LOG command deletes all log files in the directory $ORACLE_HOME/av/log on the
Audit Vault Server.

Syntax
CLEAR LOG

Example
avcli> CLEAR LOG;

A.15.3 CONNECT
Use the CONNECT command to connect the current AVCLI user as a different user.

The CONNECT command enables you to connect as a different user in AVCLI.

Syntax
CONNECT [username]

Usage Notes
• If you have logged into to AVCLI without specifying a username and password, then you
must use the CONNECT command to connect as a valid user.
• For additional ways to connect to AVCLI, see "Using the Audit Vault Command Line
Interface".

Example 1
avcli> CONNECT psmith;
Enter password: password

Connected.

Example 2
avcli> CONNECT;
Enter user name: username
Enter password: password

Connected.

A.15.4 HELP
Use the HELP command to list the AVCLI commands with their categories.

The HELP command lists all available AVCLI commands and their categories.

Syntax
HELP

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Example
avcli> HELP;

A.15.5 -HELP
Use the -HELP command to display help information for all of the AVCLI utility
commands.
The -HELP command displays version number and help information about the AVCLI
commands. Run the -HELP command from outside of AVCLI.

Syntax
avcli -h
avcli -H
avcli -help
avcli -HELP

Example
avcli -help:

[oracle@slc02vjp ~]$ avcli -help

AVCLI : Release 12.2.0.0.0 - Production on Thu Nov 8 00:53:54 UTC 2012

Copyright (c) 1996, 2015 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.

Usage 1: avcli -{h|H} | -{v|V}

-{h|H} Displays the AVCLI version and the usage help

-{v|V} Displays the AVCLI version.

Usage 2: avcli [ [<option>] [<logon>] [<start>] ]

<option> is: [-{l|L} <log level>]

-{l|L} <log level> Sets the log level to the level specified.
Supported log levels: INFO, WARNING, ERROR, DEBUG

<logon> is: -{u|U} <username>

Specifies the database account username for the database
connection

<start> is: -{f|F} <filename>.<ext>

Runs the specified AVCLI script from the local file system
(filename.ext). Valid AVCLI script files should have
their file extension as '.av' (e.g. sample_script.av)

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A.15.6 QUIT
Use the QUIT command to exit AVCLI.

The QUIT command exits AVCLI.

Syntax
QUIT

Example
avcli> QUIT;

A.15.7 SHOW USER

Use the SHOW USER command to display the currently logged in AVCLI user.

The SHOW USER command displays the currently logged in AVCLI user.

Syntax
SHOW USER

Example
avcli> SHOW USER;

A.15.8 STORE CREDENTIALS

Use the STORE CREDENTIALS command to store administrator credentials in AVCLI wallet, or
to overwrite previously stored credentials.
The STORE CREDENTIALS command lets you store credentials for one Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall administrator in the Oracle AVCLI wallet, or update existing credentials in
the wallet.

Syntax
STORE CREDENTIALS [FOR USER username]

Example 1
avcli> STORE CREDENTIALS FOR USER admin1;
Enter password: password
Re-enter password: password

Example 2
avcli> STORE CREDENTIALS;
Enter user name: admin1
Enter password: password
Re-enter password: password

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A.15.9 -VERSION
Use the -VERSION command to display the AVCLI version number.

The -VERSION command displays the version number for AVCLI. Run the -VERSION
command from outside of AVCLI.

Syntax
avcli -v
avcli -V
avcli -version
avcli -VERSION

Example
avcli -v;

AVCLI : Release 12.2.0.0.0 - Production on Tue Apr 26 14:25:31 PDT 2011

Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.

A.16 Retention Policy AVCLI Commands

You can find general information on retention policy (or Information Lifecycle
Management) related AVCLI commands.

A.16.1 APPLY RETENTION POLICY

Use the APPLY RETENTION POLICY command to apply a retention policy to a target.
This can be applied only by a super auditor.
To apply a retention policy to a target.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
APPLY RETENTION POLICY <policy name> TO TARGET <target name>

This command applies a specific retention policy to a specified target.

Arguments

Argument Description
policy name The name of the policy on which the retention policy needs to be
applied.
target name The name of specified target for which the policy needs to be applied.

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Example
apply retention policy test_policy1 to target test_target1;

Applies policy test_policy1 to target test_target1.

A.16.2 CREATE RETENTION POLICY

Use the CREATE RETENTION POLICY command to create a retention (or lifecycle) policy. This
can be created only by a super administrator.
To create a retention policy.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
CREATE RETENTION POLICY <policy name> ONLINE MONTHS <month number> ARCHIVED MONTHS
<month number>

This command creates a retention policy with the specified name and specifies the number of
online months and archived months. A policy name cannot be null, start with reserved name,
or be the same as an existing policy name. Only alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar sign
($), and pound sign (#) are allowed for the policy name.

Arguments

Argument Description
policy name The name of the policy to be created.
month number The number of months to be online or to be archived.
The number of months for online, must be between 1 and 9000.
The number of months to be archived, must be between 0 and 9000.
Note: In case the above guidelines for the number of months (online and to
be archived) are not followed, then an error may be observed.

Example
create retention policy test_policy1 online months 2 archived months 3;

Creates a retention policy with the name test_policy1 and sets 2 months online and 3
months as the archival period.

A.16.3 DELETE RETENTION POLICY

Use the DELETE RETENTION POLICY command to delete a retention policy.

To delete a retention policy.

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Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
DELETE RETENTION POLICY <policy name>

This command deletes the specified retention policy.

Arguments

Argument Description
policy name The name of the retention policy to be deleted.

Example
delete retention policy test_policy1;

Deletes test_policy1.

A.16.4 LIST RETENTION POLICIES

Use the LIST RETENTION POLICIES command to view all the retention policies.

To view all the retention policies.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
LIST RETENTION POLICIES

This command lists all retention policies.

Example
list retention policies;

Lists all the retention policies.

A.16.5 SHOW RETENTION POLICY FOR TARGET

Use the SHOW RETENTION POLICY FOR TARGET command to display the current
retention policy defined for the specified target.
To view the lifecycle policy defined for the specified target.

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Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
SHOW RETENTION POLICY FOR TARGET <target name>

This command displays the current retention policy for the specified target.

Arguments

Argument Description
target name The name of specified target for which the policy needs to be viewed.

Example
show retention policy for target test_target1;

Displays the current policy for test_target1.

A.17 Alert Policy Management AVCLI Commands

You can find general information on alert policy management related AVCLI commands.

A.17.1 DELETE ALERT POLICY

Use the DELETE ALERT POLICY command to delete an alert policy.

To delete an alert policy.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
DELETE ALERT POLICY <alert policy name>

This command deletes the alert policy with the specified name.

Arguments

Argument Description
alert policy name The name of the alert policy to be deleted.

Example
delete alert policy test_alert1;

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Deletes alert policy with the specified name test_alert1.

A.17.2 DISABLE ALERT POLICY

Use the DISABLE ALERT POLICY command to disable an alert policy.

To disable an alert policy.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
DISABLE ALERT POLICY <alert policy name>

This command disables the alert policy with the specified name.

Arguments

Argument Description
alert policy name The name of the alert policy to be disabled.

Example
disable alert policy test_alert1;

Disables the alert policy with the name test_alert1.

A.17.3 ENABLE ALERT POLICY

Use the ENABLE ALERT POLICY command to enable an alert policy.

To enable an alert policy.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
ENABLE ALERT POLICY <alert policy name>

Arguments

Argument Description
alert policy name The name of the alert policy to be enabled.

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Example
enable alert policy test_alert1;

Enables alert policy with the name test_alert1.

A.17.4 LIST ALERT POLICIES

Use the LIST ALERT POLICIES command to list all the active alert policies.

Lists all the active alert policies.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
LIST ALERT POLICIES

This command lists all the active alert policies.

Example
list alert policies;

A.18 Unified Audit Policy AVCLI Commands

You can find general information on unified audit policy related AVCLI commands.

A.18.1 ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY

Use the ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY command to enable a unified audit policy.

To enable a unified audit policy for a target. This command provisions the unified audit policy
specified on the target.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY <policy name> [EXCLUDE USERS <user names>] [LIST OF USERS
<user names>] ON TARGET <target name>

This command provisions the unified audit policy with the specified policy name on the
specific target. The policy name must be specified with the actual name.

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Arguments

Argument Description
policy name The name of policy to be provisioned or enabled.
user names A list of users separated by comma. This is optional.
target name The name of specific target for which the unified audit policies is to be
enabled.
EXCLUDE USERS Optional parameter required for LOGON EVENTS and USER
ACTIVITY. The list of user names must be separated by comma.
LIST OF USERS Optional parameter required for LOGON EVENTS and USER
ACTIVITY. The list of user names must be separated by comma.

Result
The job to provision audit policy is successfully submitted. The status of the job can be
viewed in the Audit Vault Server console. Provisioning audit policy takes at least a
minute to complete.

Examples
enable unified audit policy tp1 on target t1;

Toggles policy tp1 of target t1 to ON.

enable unified audit policy 'User Activity' list of users 'BOB,JOHN' on target
t1;

Enables User Activity policy for users BOB and JOHN on target t1.
enable unified audit policy 'Logon Events' exclude users 'BOB,JOHN' on target t1;

Enables LOGON EVENTS policy for users BOB and JOHN on target t1.

Edit Unified Audit Policy

Starting Oracle AVDF 20.4, Custom and Oracle Predefined Unified policies can be
enforced on users, roles, and on specific event conditions (successful, unsuccessful,
or both).

Syntax

ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY <policy name> ON TARGET <target name>

[WHENEVER SUCCESSFUL | WHENEVER NOT SUCCESSFUL]

ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY <policy name> ON TARGET <target name> FOR
USERS EXCEPT <user names> [WHENEVER SUCCESSFUL] [WHENEVER NOT
SUCCESSFUL]

ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY <policy name> ON TARGET <target name>

{ [FOR USERS <user names> WHENEVER SUCCESSFUL] [FOR USERS <user names>
WHENEVER NOT SUCCESSFUL] [FOR USERS <user names>] [FOR USERS WITH

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ROLES <role names> WHENEVER SUCCESSFUL] [FOR USERS WITH ROLES <role names>
WHENEVER NOT SUCCESSFUL] [FOR USERS WITH ROLES <role names>]}

Arguments

Argument Description
policy name The name of policy to be provisioned or enabled.
target name The name of the specific target for which the unified audit policies have to be
enabled.
FOR USERS EXCEPT Optional parameter. The list of user names must be separated by comma.
FOR USERS Optional parameter. The list of user names must be separated by comma.
FOR USERS WITH Optional parameter. The list of roles must be separated by comma.
ROLES
WHENEVER Optional parameter. The policy is enabled for success events.
SUCCESSFUL
WHENEVER NOT Optional parameter. The policy is enabled for fail events.
SUCCESSFUL

Examples

enable unified audit policy tp1 on target t1;

Toggles policy tp1 of target t1 to ON.

enable unified audit policy on target t1 'User Activity' for users

'BOB,JOHN';

Enables 'User Activity' policy for users BOB and JOHN on target t1.

enable unified audit policy on target t1 'Logon Events' for users except
'BOB,JOHN';

Enables 'Logon Events' policy for users BOB and JOHN on target t1.

enable unified audit policy tp2 on target t1 for users 'SCOTT' whenever
successful for users with roles 'DBA' whenever not successful;

Enables policy tp2 for users SCOTT whenever it is successful and for users with granted
roles dba whenever is not successful on target t1.

enable unified audit policy tp3 on target t1 for users 'HR';

Enables policy tp2 for users HR for both success/failure events on target t1.

Enabling Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG) Compliance

Starting Oracle AVDF 20.5, a new category Security Technical Implementation Guidelines
(STIG) is available for Unified audit policy. Security Technical Implementation Guidelines

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(STIG) category can be enabled on Oracle Database targets to make the target STIG
compliant. Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG) category is available
for Oracle Database target starting with version 21.

Syntax

ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY "Security Technical Implementation

Guidelines (STIG)" ON TARGET <target name>;

This command enables the following predefined policies available in Oracle Database
version starting with 21.

Predefined Audit Policies Name Can be enabled for users Event Condition
ORA_STIG_RECOMMENDATIONS All users • Success
• Failure
ORA_LOGON_LOGOFF All users • Success
• Failure
ORA_ALL_TOPLEVEL_ACTIONS Privileged users • Success
• Failure

Privileged users are users retrieved from the user entitlement job.
In case the user entitlement job was never retrieved, then the audit provisioning job
will retrieve the user entitlement first to get the privileged users before enabling the
above policies in target database.

ENABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY "Security Technical Implementation

Guidelines (STIG)" ON TARGET <target name> FOR USERS <user names>;

This command enables following Oracle Predefined policies available in Oracle

Database version starting with 21:
• ORA_STIG_RECOMMENDATIONS audit policy will be enabled for all users for both
successful and failed events.
• ORA_LOGON_LOGOFF audit policy will be enabled for all users for both successful and
failed events.
• ORA_ALL_TOPLEVEL_ACTIONS will be enabled for users provided in the enable
statement for both successful and failed events.

Arguments

Argument Description
target name The name of the specific target for which the unified audit policies have
to be enabled.
FOR USERS Optional parameter. The list of user names must be separated by
comma.

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A.18.2 LIST UNIFIED AUDIT POLICIES

Use the LIST UNIFIED AUDIT POLICIES command to list all the various unified core, oracle
pre-defined, custom, and all the unified policies of a specific target.
To view all the various unified core, Oracle pre-defined, custom, and all the unified policies of
a specific target. The output is displayed in the format |Unified Policy Name|Enabled
(Yes/No)|.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
LIST UNIFIED AUDIT CORE POLICIES FOR TARGET <target name>

This command lists all the core policies for the specified target.
LIST UNIFIED AUDIT ORACLE PREDEFINED POLICIES FOR TARGET <target name>

This command lists all the Oracle pre-defined policies for the specified target.
LIST UNIFIED AUDIT CUSTOM POLICIES FOR TARGET <target name>

This command lists all the custom policies for the specified target.
LIST UNIFIED AUDIT POLICIES FOR TARGET <target name>

This command lists all the unified policies for the specified target.

Arguments

Argument Description
target name The name of specified target for which the unified audit policies need to be
viewed.

Examples
list unified audit policies for target tg1;

Lists all the unified audit policies (for example core, custom, and others) for tg1.
list unified audit oracle predefined policies for target tg1;

Lists all the Oracle pre-defined policies for tg1.

list unified audit custom policies for target tg1;

Lists all the custom policies for tg1.

list unified audit policies for target tg1;

Lists all the unified policies for tg1.

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A.18.3 DISABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY

Use the DISABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY command to disable a unified audit policy.

To disable a unified audit policy. This command provisions the unified audit policy
specified on the target and turns it off. The policy name must be specified properly.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.3.

Syntax
DISABLE UNIFIED AUDIT POLICY <policy name> ON TARGET <target name>

Arguments

Argument Description
policy name The name of policy to be disabled.
target name The name of specific target for which the unified audit policies is to be
disabled.

Result
The job to provision audit policy is successfully submitted. The status of the job can be
viewed in the Audit Vault Server console. Provisioning audit policy takes at least a
minute to complete.

Examples
disable unified audit policy tp1 on target t1;

Disables the policy tp1 on t1.

A.18.4 RETRIEVE AUDIT POLICIES

Use the RETRIEVE AUDIT POLICIES command to retrieve audit policies configured on
the target.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.8.

Syntax

RETRIEVE AUDIT POLICIES FROM TARGET <target name>

This command retrieves audit policies configured on the specified target.

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Arguments

Argument Description
target name The name of the specific target for which the audit policies have to be
retrieved.
The name is case-sensitive and must be one of the registered targets. See
LIST SECURED TARGET for a list of registered targets. Special characters
(&<>"/;,*|=% --) cannot be used for target names.

Result
The job to retrieve audit settings is submitted successfully. The status of the job can be
viewed in the Audit Vault Server console.
In case the audit setting retrieval job fails due to connection issues, then check the
connection details of the specified target.

A.19 AVCLI User Commands

You can run AVCLI user commands to create users, assign roles, reset passwords, and
delete users.

A.19.1 About the User AVCLI Commands

The AVCLI general user commands enable you to perform tasks such as creating and
dropping Oracle Audit Vault users.

A.19.2 ALTER ADMIN

Use the ALTER ADMIN command to reset the password for an admin or superadmin user. Only
a superadmin can reset the password for an admin or superadmin user.
The ALTER ADMIN command resets the password of the user with admin role. A superadmin
can modify the password of the user with admin role.

Syntax
ALTER ADMIN <user name>

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The existing user with admin role who requires a password reset.
password The command prompts a password for modifying the password of the user
with admin role. The password must have at least one uppercase letter, one
lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). A
password must be at least 8 characters and at most 30 bytes in length.

Example
alter admin myadmin

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This command resets the password of the existing user myadmin. The password for
myadmin is taken from the prompt.

Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

This command is used to modify an ADMIN user type or reset an ADMIN user's
password. This command can be run only by a SUPERADMIN user.

Syntax
ALTER ADMIN <username> ADMIN TYPE <type>

This command changes the ADMIN user's type.

ALTER ADMIN <username> CHANGE PASSWORD

This command resets the password of the specified user name. The user password is
taken from the prompt.

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The existing user with ADMIN role who requires a password reset.
type Type specifies the particular type of ADMIN role being created. The
type can only be either ADMIN or SUPERADMIN.
password The command prompts a password for modifying the password of the
user with ADMIN role. The password must have at least one
uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and one special
character(.,+:_!). A password must be at least 8 characters and at most
30 bytes in length.

Examples
alter admin myadmin admin type admin;

Changes the type of user myadmin to ADMIN role.

alter admin myadmin change password;

Resets the password of user myadmin. The password for myadmin is taken from the
prompt.

A.19.3 ALTER AUDITOR

Use the ALTER AUDITOR command to reset the password for existing auditors or
superauditor users. Only a superauditor can reset the password for auditors or
superauditor users.
The ALTER AUDITOR command resets the password of the user with auditor role. A
superauditor can modify the password of the user with auditor role.

Syntax
ALTER AUDITOR <user name>

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Arguments

Argument Description
user name The existing user with auditor role who requires a password reset.
password The command prompts a password for modifying the password of the user
with auditor role. The password must have at least one uppercase letter, one
lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). A
password must be at least 8 characters and at most 30 bytes in length.

Example
alter auditor myauditor

This command resets the password of the existing user myauditor. The password for
myauditor is taken from the prompt.

Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

This command is used to modify an AUDITOR user type or reset an AUDITOR user's
password. This command can be run only by a SUPERAUDITOR user.

Syntax
ALTER AUDITOR <username> AUDITOR TYPE <type>

This command changes the AUDITOR user's type.

ALTER AUDITOR <username> CHANGE PASSWORD

This command resets the password of the specified user name. The user password is taken
from the prompt.

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The existing user with AUDITOR role who requires a password reset.
type Type specifies the particular type of AUDITOR role being created. The type
can only be either AUDITOR or SUPERAUDITOR.
password The command prompts a password for modifying the password of the user
with AUDITOR role. The password must have at least one uppercase letter,
one lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). A
password must be at least 8 characters and at most 30 bytes in length.

Examples
alter auditor myauditor auditor type superauditor;

Modify the type of user myauditor to SUPERAUDITOR role.

alter auditor myauditor change password;

Resets the password of user myauditor. The password for myauditor is taken from the
prompt.

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A.19.4 CREATE ADMIN

Use the CREATE ADMIN command to create users with the admin role. Only a
superadmin can create a user with admin role.
The CREATE ADMIN command creates a user with admin role. A superadmin can create
a user with admin role.

Syntax
CREATE ADMIN user name

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The name of the user being created with admin role. The user name
cannot be null, start with any reserved user name, or be the same as
any of the existing user role. It must be alphanumeric only and can
contain underscore (_), dollar sign ($), and pound sign (#).
password The command prompts a password before creating a user with admin
role. The password must have at least one uppercase letter, one
lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). A
password must be at least 8 characters and at most 30 bytes in length.

Example
create admin myadmin

This command creates a user myadmin with admin role. The user password is taken
from the prompt.

Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

This command creates a user with administrator privileges. A super administrator can
create a user with admin role.

Syntax
CREATE ADMIN <user name> ADMIN TYPE <type>

This command prompts a password and creates a user with the specified user name
and assigns ADMIN or SUPERADMIN privileges.

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The name of the user being created with ADMIN role. The user name
cannot be null, start with any reserved user name, or be the same as
any of the existing user role. It must be alphanumeric only and can
contain underscore (_), dollar sign ($), and pound sign (#). It can have
a maximum of 30 characters in length.

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Argument Description
password The command prompts a password before creating a user with ADMIN
role. The password must have at least one uppercase letter, one
lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). A
password must be at least 8 characters and at most 30 bytes in length.
type Type specifies the particular type of administrator role being created.
The type can only be either ADMIN or SUPERADMIN. ADMIN gives
administrator privileges, while SUPERADMIN gives super
administrator privileges.

Example
create admin myadmin admin type superadmin

Creates user myadmin with SUPERADMIN type. The user password is taken from the prompt.

A.19.5 CREATE AUDITOR

Use the CREATE AUDITOR command to create users with the auditor role. Only superauditors
can create users with the auditor role.
The CREATE AUDITOR command creates a user with the auditor role. A superauditor can
create a user with auditor role.

Syntax
CREATE AUDITOR user name

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The name of the user being created with auditor role. The user name cannot
be null, start with any reserved user name, or the same as any of the
existing user role. It must be alphanumeric only and can contain underscore
(_), dollar sign ($), and pound sign (#).
password The command prompts a password before creating a user with auditor role.
The password must have at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter,
one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). A password must be at least
8 characters and at most 30 bytes in length.

Example
create auditor myauditor

This command creates a user myauditor with auditor role. The user password is taken from
the prompt.

Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later

This command creates a user with AUDITOR privileges. A super auditor can create a user
with auditor role.

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Syntax
CREATE AUDITOR <username> AUDITOR TYPE <type>

This command prompts a password and creates a user with the specified user name
and assigns AUDITOR privileges.

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The name of the user being created with auditor role. The user name
cannot be null, start with any reserved user name, or the same as any
of the existing user role. It must be alphanumeric only and can contain
underscore (_), dollar sign ($), and pound sign (#). It can have a
maximum of 30 characters in length.
password The command prompts a password before creating a user with auditor
role. The password must have at least one uppercase letter, one
lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). A
password must be at least 8 characters and at most 30 bytes in length.
type Type specifies the particular type of auditor role being created. The
type can only be either AUDITOR or SUPERAUDITOR. AUDITOR
gives auditor privileges, while SUPERAUDITOR gives super auditor
privileges.

Example
create auditor myauditor auditor type superauditor;

Creates user myauditor with SUPERAUDITOR type. The user password is taken from
the prompt.

A.19.6 DROP ADMIN

Use the DROP ADMIN command to drop or delete admin or superadmin users. Only a
superadmin can drop an admin or superadmin user.
The DROP ADMIN command drops or deletes a user with admin role. A superadmin can
drop a user with admin role.

Syntax
DROP ADMIN user name

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The existing user with admin role who needs to be dropped or deleted.

Example
drop admin myadmin

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This command drops the existing user myadmin. The command performs a cleanup, expire
the password, lock the account, terminate any existing sessions for the user, and drop the
user completely from the database.

A.19.7 DROP AUDITOR

Use the DROP AUDITOR command to drop or delete auditors or superauditor users. Only
superauditors can drop an auditor or superauditor user.
The DROP AUDITOR command drops or deletes a user with auditor role. A superauditor can
drop a user with auditor role.

Syntax
DROP AUDITOR user name

Arguments

Argument Description
user name The existing user with auditor role who needs to be dropped or deleted.

Example
drop auditor myauditor

This command drops the existing user myauditor. The command performs a cleanup, expire
the password, lock the account, terminate any existing sessions for the user, and drop the
user completely from the database.

A.19.8 LIST ADMIN

Use the LIST ADMIN command to see administrator privileges for a specific user.
The LIST ADMIN command lists administrator privileges for a specific user.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax

LIST ADMIN <username>

This command lists the administrator privileges for a specific user.

Argument

Argument Description
username The specified user.

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Example
list admin scott;

Lists the administrator privileges of a specific user scott.

A.19.9 LIST ADMINS

Use the LIST ADMINS command to view or get a list of all users with administrator
privileges.
The LIST ADMINS command lists all users with administrator privileges.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax

LIST ADMINS

Example

list admins;

List all users with administrator privileges.

A.19.10 LIST AUDITOR

Use the LIST AUDITOR command to see auditor privileges for a specific user.
The LIST AUDITOR command lists auditor privileges for a specific user.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax

LIST AUDITOR <username>

This command lists the auditor privileges for a specific user.

Argument

Argument Description
username The specified user.

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AVCLI User Commands

Example
list auditor scott;

Lists the auditor privileges of a specific user scott.

A.19.11 LIST AUDITORS

Use the LIST AUDITORS command to view or get a list of all users with auditor privileges.
The LIST AUDITORS command lists all users with auditor privileges.

Note:
This command is available starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

Syntax

LIST AUDITORS

Example

list auditors;

List all users with auditor privileges.

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System Configuration Utilities
Run these commands as root user to manage system configuration and CLI utilities.

B.1 CONFIG-ASO
Use this command to display the public certificate that is presented to the target for decoding
Oracle native encryption (Transparent Data Encryption) on the Database Firewall appliance.
This command is available after installing the Database Firewall diagnostics package.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-aso help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-aso show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on displaying the public certificate used to present to the target.
show To display the existing public certificate used to present to the target.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

certificate The actual certificate details.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-aso show

B.2 CONFIG-AVS
Use this command to establish the communication channel between Database Firewall and
Audit Vault Server.
This command is available with the Database Firewall installation.

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CONFIG-BOND

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-avs help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-avs set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-avs show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on establishing the communication channel between
Database Firewall and Audit Vault Server.
show To display the existing communication channel between Database
Firewall and Audit Vault Server.
set To modify the communication channel between Database Firewall and
Audit Vault Server.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

address IP address of the Audit Vault Server instance.
avs primary
secondary
certificate The CA certificate of the Audit Vault Server.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-avs set avs=primary

address=192.0.2.12 certificate=/root/avscert.crt

B.3 CONFIG-BOND
Use this command to configure bonding between two Network Interface Cards (NIC).
The bonding functionality increases the bandwidth and supports redundancy of the
network connections on the appliance.
This command is available with the Database Firewall installation.

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CONFIG-BOND

Note:
The Database Firewall command-line interface (CLI) creates a bond interface with
the default configuration for the operating system. To configure specific bonding
controls, use the operating system. See Create Network Bonds using Network
Manager CLI for details on creating network bonds in Oracle Linux.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond add

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond delete

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on configuring bonding between two Network Interface Cards.
add To configure bonding between two Network Interface Cards.
delete To delete the existing bonding between two Network Interface Cards.
show To display the existing bonding between two Network Interface Cards.
set To modify the existing bonding functionality between two Network Interface
Cards.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

description A short description of the network or service this bond provides.
device User defined name of the bonded device.
enabled This attribute confirms if the bonding between two Network Interface Cards
exists. The allowed values are Yes or No.
gateway IP address of the gateway.
ip_address Ip address of the bond.
network_mask The network mask of the device.
components The names of the component devices.

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CONFIG-CAPTURE

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond add device=bond0

components=enp0s18,enp0s19 ip_address=192.168.10.10
network_mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.10.1 enabled=yes

B.4 CONFIG-CAPTURE
Use this command to monitor the network traffic on the Database Firewall and create
packet capture files (PCAP) for Database Firewall configuration.
This command is available with the Database Firewall installation.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-capture help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-capture add

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-capture delete

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-capture show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on configuring traffic capture facility on the Database
Firewall appliance.
add To capture traffic using a NIC on the Database Firewall appliance.
delete To delete the results of the traffic captured using a NIC on the
Database Firewall appliance.
show To display the list of the recorded traffic captured on the Database
Firewall appliance.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

duration The amount of time (in seconds) to capture the traffic.
interface The name of the interface.
size The maximum allowed size (in kilobytes) of the traffic capture file.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-capture add interface=enp0s3

duration=300 size=9999

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CONFIG-DIAGNOSTICS

B.5 CONFIG-DIAGNOSTICS
Use this command to run the system diagnostics status which displays current information
about a range of processes monitored on the appliance.
This command is available after installing the Database Firewall diagnostics package.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-diagnostics help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-diagnostics show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on system diagnostic processes monitored on the appliance.
show To display the existing system diagnostic capturing process on the
appliance.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-diagnostics show

B.6 CONFIG-DNS
Use this command to get and set the DNS server addresses on the appliance.
This command is available after installing the Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall
diagnostics packages.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-dns help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-dns set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-dns show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on configuring DNS server addresses on the appliance.
set To configure the DNS server address on the appliance.
show To display the existing DNS server configuration on the appliance.

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CONFIG-KEYTABLE

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

servers Up to three DNS server IP addresses separated by comma.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-dns set servers="192.0.2.1 192.0.2.2

192.0.2.3"

B.7 CONFIG-KEYTABLE
Use this command to configure keyboard locale on the appliance.
This command is available after installing the Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall
diagnostics packages.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-keytable help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-keytable set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-keytable show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on configuring keyboard locale on the appliance.
set To configure the keyboard locale on the appliance.
show To display the existing keyboard locale settings on the appliance.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

layout Any value from /lib/kbd/keymaps/xkb/ and /lib/kbd/
keymaps/legacy/

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-keytable set layout=us

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CONFIG-NIC

B.8 CONFIG-NIC
Use this command to configure secondary network interfaces on the appliance.
This command is available with the Audit Vault Server and the Database Firewall installation.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-nic help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-nic set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-nic show

Note:
This command should be used for debugging purpose only. It is advisable to use
the Audit Vault Server console to perform the NIC configuration.

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on configuring secondary network interfaces on the appliance.
set To configure secondary network interfaces on the appliance.
show To display the current settings of secondary network interfaces on the
appliance.
delete To delete a configured secondary network interface on the appliance.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

description User defined name of the interface.
device Device name of the interface on the appliance.
enabled Yes
No
gateway IP address of the gateway.
hostname User defined hostname for all the NICs.
info System level information about the NIC.
ip_address IP address of the secondary NIC.
network_mask The network mask of the NIC.

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CONFIG-NTP

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-nic set device=enp0s3

ip_address=192.0.2.22 network_mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.0.2.1
enabled=true

B.9 CONFIG-NTP
Use this command to configure up to 3 NTP server addresses on the appliance.
This command is available with the Database Firewall installation. This command is
also available after installing the Audit Vault Server diagnostics package.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ntp help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ntp set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ntp show

Arguments

Argument Description
help To seek help on setting NTP server address on the appliance.
set To set NTP server address on the appliance.
show To display the current NTP server settings on the appliance.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

enabled Yes
No
panic The amount of time drift that the NTP synchronization ends. It can be
an integer.
servers Comma separated IP addresses or hostnames of NTP servers on the
appliance.
sync_on_save To synchronize the time when settings are saved.
time_differences To get the time difference of different NTP servers on the appliance.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ntp set
servers=192.0.2.0,192.0.2.2,192.0.2.22

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CONFIG-PROXY

B.10 CONFIG-PROXY
Use this command to configure traffic proxy ports on the Database Firwewall appliance.
This command is available after installing the Database Firewall diagnostics package.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-proxy help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-proxy add

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-proxy delete

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-proxy set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-proxy show

Note:
This command should be used for debugging purpose only. It is advisable to use
the Audit Vault Server console to configure proxy ports.

Arguments

Argument Description
add To add a proxy port on the Database Firewall appliance.
delete To delete an existing proxy port on the Database Firewall appliance.
help To seek help on proxy port configuration for the Database Firewall appliance.
set To modify a proxy port on the Database Firewall appliance.
show To display the existing traffic proxy ports on the Database Firewall appliance.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

description User defined name of the port.
enabled Yes
No
id A unique ID has to be set for the proxy port on the Database Firewall
appliance.
network_id To set the network interface used for the proxy port on the Database Firewall
appliance.

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CONFIG-SNMP

Attributes Key Values

port To set a specific port as a proxy for the Database Firewall appliance.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-proxy set id=1 network_id=enp0s8

port=9999 enabled=true description='Sales proxy port'

B.11 CONFIG-SNMP
Use this command to configure SNMP access on the appliance.
This command is available after installing the Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall
diagnostics packages.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-snmp help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-snmp set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-snmp show

Arguments

Argument Description
set To set SNMP access on the appliance.
show To display the current SNMP access settings on the appliance.
help To get help on setting SNMP access on the appliance.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

access To set SNMP access to the appliance, provide a list of IP addresses
separated by comma.
community To set SNMP community string on the appliance.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-snmp set
access=192.0.2.0,192.0.2.2,192.0.2.22,192.0.2.24

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CONFIG-SSH

B.12 CONFIG-SSH
Use this command to configure SSH access on the appliance.
This command is available with the Database Firewall installation. This command is also
available after installing the Audit Vault Server diagnostics package.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh help

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh show

Arguments

Argument Description
set To set SSH access on the appliance.
show To display the current SSH access settings on the appliance.
help To get help on setting SSH access on the appliance.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

access To set SSH access to the appliance, provide a list of IP addresses separated
by comma.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-ssh set
access=192.0.2.0,192.0.2.2,192.0.2.22,192.0.2.24

B.13 CONFIG-STATUS
Use this command to display the current status of updates on various Database Firewall
components.
This command is available after installing the Database Firewall diagnostics package.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status show

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status help

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CONFIG-SYSLOG

Arguments

Argument Description
show To display the current status of updates on various Database Firewall
components.
help To get help on the commands for retrieving the status of updates on
various Database Firewall components.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

component_version Defines the version of the Database Firewall component, like
20.1.0.0.0.
diagnostic_status Defines the diagnostic status of the Database Firewall component, like
OK, Fail, Warn.
free_space Defines the free available space on the Database Firewall component.
grammar_versions Defines the SQL grammar version on the Database Firewall
component.
software_version Defines the software version of the Database Firewall component.

Examples

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status show

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status show component_version

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status show diagnostic_status

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status show free_space

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status set grammar_versions

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-status set software_version

B.14 CONFIG-SYSLOG
Use this command to configure syslog destinations on the appliance. It can also be
used to set the active syslog categories and the maximum message length.
This command is available after installing the Database Firewall diagnostics package.

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CONFIG-TIME

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-syslog set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-syslog show

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-syslog help

Arguments

Argument Description
set To set syslog destinations on the appliance.
show To display the current syslog destinations on the appliance.
help To get help of the available commands and supported attributes.

Attributes

Attributes Key Values

categories system
alerts
info
debug
heartbeat
max_message_length Defines the maximum length of the syslog messages. It can be any integer
between 1024 and 1048576.
tcp_destinations The TCP destinations on the appliance includes IP address, or the
hostname, and the port number. For example, my.host:1234
udp_destinations The UDP destinations on the appliance includes IP address or the
hostname. For example, my.host
The default port number is 514.

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-syslog set
categories=system,alerts,info,debug,hearbeat max_message_length=2000
tcp_destinations=my.host:1234,second.host:4321 udp_destinations=my.host

B.15 CONFIG-TIME
Use this command to configure the time on the appliance.
This command is available after installing the Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall
diagnostics packages.

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CONFIG-PKI_IDENTITY

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-time set

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-time show

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-time help

Arguments

Argument Description
set To set the time on the appliance.
show To display the current time on the appliance.
help To get help of the available commands and supported attributes.

Attributes

Attribute Key Values

time Define the date and time in ISO8601 format:
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-time set time=2020-02-15T14:31:01

B.16 CONFIG-PKI_IDENTITY
Use this command to list, add, delete, and validate TLS identities (keys, certificates,
Certificate Signing Requests) for Database Firewall.

Note:
This command is available starting with Oracle AVDF 20.7.

Syntax

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity show

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity help

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CONFIG-PKI_IDENTITY

Arguments

Argument Description
show To display the list of certificates and Certificate Signing Requests.
add To create a Certificate Signing Request with specified attributes.
set To self sign or import external signed certificates to a specified path.
delete To delete a certificate with the specified common_name.
help To get help of the available commands and supported attributes.

Attributes

Attribute Key Values

common_name Common name of the certificate.
alt_dns Generic certificate attributes used for creating a CSR (add).
alt_email
alt_ip
alt_uri
common_name
country
email
locality
organisation
organisational_unit
state
cert_gid File system setting for the generated CSR.
cert_mode
cert_path
cert_uid
key_gid File system setting for the generated key.
key_mode
key_path
key_uid
self_sign Argument to self sign the CSR with the local CA.

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CONFIG-PKI_IDENTITY

Example

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity show
common_name=foobar.example.com

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity set cert_path=/usr/

local/dbfw/certificate.crt

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity delete
common_name=foobar.example.com

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-pki_identity add \
common_name=foobar.example.com \
country=US \
email=first.last@example.invalid \
locality=city \
organisation=company \
organisational_unit=group \
state=area \
cert_uid=user \
cert_gid=group \
cert_mode=444 \
key_uid=root \
key_gid=privilegedgroup \
key_mode=440 \
key_path=/usr/local/dbfw/private.key \
cert_path=/usr/local/dbfw/certificate.csr

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Plug-In Reference
This appendix contains high-level data for each plug-in that is shipped with Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF). It also contains lookup information to complete the
procedures for registering targets and configuring audit trails. These procedures link directly
to the relevant sections of this appendix.

C.1 About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Plug-ins

Learn about the plug-ins supported by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports different types of targets by providing a
plug-in for each target type. Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall ships with a set of plug-
ins out-of-the-box. These plug-ins are packaged and deployed with the Audit Vault Server.
You can also develop your own plug-ins, or get new available plug-ins, and add them to your
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall installation.

See Also:
Deploying Plug-ins and Registering Plug-in Hosts

C.2 Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports plug-ins for a variety of different platforms,
such as Oracle Solaris, Linux, and Microsoft Windows.

C.2.1 About Plug-ins

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports plug-ins for many platforms and third-party
products.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall plug-ins support the target versions listed in
Table C-1. Click the link for each target to get detailed information.

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Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Table C-1 Out-of-the-Box Plug-ins and Features Supported in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall

Target Version Audit Trail Audit Policy Stored Audit Database Host Native
Collection Creation, Procedure Trail Firewall Monitor Network
Entitlement Auditing Cleanup Agent Encrypted
Auditing Traffic
Monitoring /
Retrieve
Session
Information
Oracle Database Yes Yes (except Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Plug-in for Oracle Unified Audit
Audit Vault and Policies)
Database Firewall
11.2
Oracle Database Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Plug-in for Oracle (including
Audit Vault and Unified Audit
Database Firewall Policies)
12c, 18c, 19c
Microsoft SQL Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes (on Yes (Microsoft
Server Plug-in for (Versions Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle Audit Vault 2000, 2005, Windows 2005, 2008,
and Database 2008, 2008 2008 and 2008 R2)
Firewall (Windows) R2) onwards) (Retrieving
2012, 2014, 2016, session
2017, 2019 information
Standard Edition only)
2019 (Starting with
Oracle AVDF 20.6)
Microsoft SQL Yes No Yes Yes No No No
Server Plug-in for (Versions
Oracle Audit Vault 2012 R2)
and Database
Firewall (Windows
Clustered)
2012 R2
Sybase ASE Plug-in Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database
Firewall
15.7, 16
IBM DB2 Plug-in for Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Oracle Audit Vault Versions
and Database 9.1 - 10.5
Firewall for LUW
10.5, 11.1, 11.5
MySQL Plug-in for Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Oracle Audit Vault
and Database
Firewall
5.6, 5.7, 8.0

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Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Table C-1 (Cont.) Out-of-the-Box Plug-ins and Features Supported in Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall

Target Version Audit Trail Audit Policy Stored Audit Database Host Native
Collection Creation, Procedure Trail Firewall Monitor Network
Entitlement Auditing Cleanup Agent Encrypted
Auditing Traffic
Monitoring /
Retrieve
Session
Information
Oracle Solaris Plug- Yes No No No No Yes No
in for Oracle Audit Versions 11,
Vault and Database 11.1, 11.2
Firewall
11.x up to 11.4 on
x86-64 platforms
Oracle Solaris Plug- Yes No No No No Yes No
in for Oracle Audit Versions 11,
Vault and Database 11.1, 11.2
Firewall
11.x up to 11.4 on
SPARC64 platforms
Oracle Linux Yes No No No No Yes No
6.0 - 6.10
7.0 - 7.3, 7.4, 7.5,
7.8
8, 8.2, 8.3
9
Red Hat Enterprise Yes No No No No Yes No
Linux
6.8 - 6.10
7.3 - 7.8
9
IBM AIX Plug-in for Yes No No No No Yes No
Oracle Audit Vault
and Database
Firewall
7.1 TL5, 7.2 (TL2,
TL3, TL4) on Power
Systems (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Yes No No No No No No
Plug-in for Oracle
Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Microsoft Windows
Server 2012, 2012
R2, 2016, and 2019
on x86-64
(2019 is supported
starting with Oracle
AVDF 20.2)

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Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Table C-1 (Cont.) Out-of-the-Box Plug-ins and Features Supported in Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall

Target Version Audit Trail Audit Policy Stored Audit Database Host Native
Collection Creation, Procedure Trail Firewall Monitor Network
Entitlement Auditing Cleanup Agent Encrypted
Auditing Traffic
Monitoring /
Retrieve
Session
Information
Microsoft Active Yes No No No No No No
Directory Plug-in for
Oracle Audit Vault
and Database
Firewall
2012, 2012 R2, and
2016 on 64 bit
Oracle ACFS Plug- Yes No No No No No No
in for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database
Firewall
12c

Note:
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)
or Oracle Advanced Cluster File System is deprecated in Oracle AVDF
release 20.7 and will be desupported in 20.8.

C.2.2 Oracle Database Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall
Learn about the Oracle Database plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Table C-2 lists features of the Oracle Database Plug-in.

Table C-2 Oracle Database Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.oracle
Target Versions Oracle 11.2.0.4
Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1)
Oracle 12c Release 2 (12.2)
Oracle 18c
Oracle 19c
21 (Starting Oracle AVDF 20.4)

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Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Table C-2 (Cont.) Oracle Database Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Target Platforms Linux/x86-64
Solaris /x86-64
Solaris /SPARC64
AIX/Power64
Windows /x86-64
HP-UX Itanium
See Platform Support Matrix in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall Installation Guide for complete details on supported
target platforms and versions.
Setup Script(s) Yes. See "Oracle Database Setup Scripts" for instructions.
Target Location (Connect jdbc:oracle:thin:@//hostname:port/service
String)
Collection Attributes None.
ORCLCOLL.NLS_LANGUAGE, ORCLCOLL.NLS_TERRITORY and
ORCLCOLL.NLS_CHARSET: These will be deprecated in the
future.
ORCLCOLL.NLS_CHARSET attribute is replaced by
AV.COLLECTOR.DATABASECHARSET.
See Table C-21 for details.
AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET
Note: This attribute must be set to timezone offset of Oracle
Database. It is mandatory if Transaction Log audit trail is going to
be configured for the target.
AVDF Audit Trail Types TABLE
DIRECTORY
TRANSACTION LOG
SYSLOG (Linux only)
EVENT LOG (Windows only)
NETWORK
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.

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Plug-ins That are Shipped with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Table C-2 (Cont.) Oracle Database Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Audit Trail Location For TABLE audit trails: SYS.AUD$, SYS.FGA_LOG$,
DVSYS.AUDIT_TRAIL$, UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL,
CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL.
For DIRECTORY audit trails: Full path to directory containing AUD
or XML files.
For SYSLOG audit trails: Use DEFAULT or the full path to directory
containing the syslog file.
For EVENT LOG and NETWORK audit trails: no trail location
required.
For TRANSACTION LOG: Full path to directory containing Golden
Gate Integrated Extract file.
Note:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall queries and collects
records from Unified Audit trail which fetches unified audit
records from operating system spillover audit files. The Database
Audit Management manages the clean up of Unified Audit trail
and the underlying operating system spillover audit files.
Audit Trail Cleanup Support Yes. See Oracle Database Audit Trail Cleanup for instructions.
OS user running the Agent For Oracle Database Directory Audit Trail: Any user who has
read permission on audit files, i.e oracle user, or user in DBA
group.
For Table Trail: Any database user (preferably not a DBA). See
Oracle Database Setup Scripts for instructions.
For Transaction Log trail : Any user who has read permission on
Golden Gate Integrated Extract XML files.
For any other directory audit trail: Any user who has read
permission on audit files.
Supported Character Sets The DIRECTORY and SYSLOG audit trails use Java character set
for DIRECTORY and SYSLOG to open audit files based on the database character sets. This
audit trails ensures the audit files are processed using the right character
sets and to avoid data loss.
The database character set is read from the following sources in
the same order:
1. Target attribute AV.COLLECTOR.DATABASECHARSET

2. Target attribute ORCLCOLL.NLS_CHARSET (deprecated)

3. The target Oracle database

Note: An exception to the above process is XML audit files with
Java character set specified in XML declaration. Refer to the
known issues for a list of character sets that are not supported.
Cluster support (Oracle Real Yes
Application Clusters) When configuring a Oracle RAC as a target for audit collection,
enter the port number of the SCAN Listener.
Oracle Active Data Guard Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle Active
Data Guard

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C.2.3 MySQL Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn how to use the MySQL plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Table C-3 lists the features of the MySQL plug-in.

Table C-3 MySQL Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.mysql
Target Versions Enterprise Edition 5.6, 5.7, 8.0
Target Platforms Linux (x86-64): OL 5.x, 6.x, 7.x and RHEL 6.x, 7.x
Microsoft Windows (x86-64): 8
Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64): 2012, 2012R2, 2016
Target Location (Connect jdbc:av:mysql://hostname:port/mysql
String)
Collection Attribute(s) av.collector.securedTargetVersion - (Required) Specifies the
MySQL version. Default is 8.0.
av.collector.AtcTimeInterval - (Optional) Specifies the audit
trail cleanup file update time interval in minutes. Default is 20.
AVDF Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY
NETWORK
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Cleanup Support Yes.

Audit Trail Location

The path to the directory where the converted files are created.
The default audit format for MySQL 5.5 and 5.6 is old. The default audit format for MySQL 5.7
is new. The audit format can be changed by modifying the configuration on MySQL Server.
The Audit Trail Location is as follows:
1. For old audit format, the path to the directory is where the converted XML files are
created when you run the MySQL XML transformation utility.
2. For new audit format, the path to the directory is where the audit.log files are generated
by MySQL Server.

Table C-4 Old Audit Format

Audit Trail Location Value

Input path format before MySQL 5.7.21 <Path of the converted XML location.>
For example: \ConvertedXML
Input path format of MySQL 5.7.21 onwards <Path of the converted XML location.>
For example: \ConvertedXML

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Table C-5 New Audit Format

Audit Trail Location Value

Input path format before MySQL 5.7.21 <Path of the audit.log location.>
For example: \MySQLLog
Input path format for MySQL 5.7.21 onwards <Path of the audit log file>/<log file
name>.*.log
Where * is the time stamp in YYYYMMDDThhmmss format.
For example: MySQLLog/audit*.log

Note:

• In the old format audit data is collected from converted XML files. In the
new format audit data is collected from both active log and rotated logs.
• Audit collection from MySQL Community Edition is not supported by this
plug-in of Oracle AVDF.

Best Practice:
Enable automatic size-based audit log file rotation, by setting
audit_log_rotate_on_size property. See Audit Log File Space
Management and Name Rotation in MySQL Reference Manual for further
details.

See Also:

• Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats

• MySQL Audit Trail Cleanup

C.2.4 Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
The following table lists the features of the Microsoft SQL Server plug-in for Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF).

Table C-6 Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.
mssql

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Table C-6 (Cont.) Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Target versions Enterprise Edition 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Standard Edition 2019 (starting with Oracle AVDF 20.6)
Target platforms Windows/x86-64
See Platform Support Matrix in Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall Installation Guide for complete details on supported
target platforms and versions.
Setup scripts Yes. See Microsoft SQL Server Setup Scripts for instructions.

Note:
After upgrading to Oracle AVDF
20.3 or later, rerun the server setup
script for all targets to continue with
audit collection.

Target location (Connect jdbc:av:sqlserver://hostname:port

string for SQL server
authentication)
Target location (Connect jdbc:av:sqlserver://
string for Windows hostname:port;authenticationMethod=ntlmjava
authentication)
Use Windows user credentials along with the domain. For
example:
domain\username and password
Collection attributes None
AVDF audit trail types DIRECTORY
TRANSACTION LOG (starting with Oracle AVDF 20.9)
EVENT LOG
NETWORK
See Table C-19 for descriptions of the audit trail types.

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Table C-6 (Cont.) Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Audit trail location for • *.sqlaudit
DIRECTORY audit trails • *.trc (trace)
• *.xel (extended events)
• #C2_DYNAMIC
• #TRACE_DYNAMIC
Examples:
• directory_path\*.sqlaudit
• directory_path\prefix*.sqlaudit
• directory_path\prefix*.trc
• directory_path\*.xel
• directory_path\prefix*.xel
• #C2_DYNAMIC
• #TRACE_DYNAMIC

Note:
• For prefix, you can use any
prefix for the .trc, *.xel, or
*.sqlaudit files.
• Support for extended events
(*.xel files) is included for
DIRECTORY audit trails starting
with Oracle AVDF 20.3.

Audit trail location for EVENT • application

LOG audit trails • security
Audit trail location for Full path to the directory containing the Oracle GoldenGate CDC
TRANSACTION LOG audit Extract file
trails (Oracle AVDF 20.9 and
later)
Audit trail cleanup support Yes. See Microsoft SQL Server Audit Trail Cleanup for
instructions.
Cluster support Yes
Target platform for clusters Windows 2012 R2 Enterprise Edition for audit collection
Cluster collection attribute Attribute name: av.collector.clusterEnabled
Attribute value: 1

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Table C-6 (Cont.) Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Support for the AlwaysOn Yes (starting with Oracle AVDF 20.3)
availability group

Note:
• Register one target in the
Audit Vault Server for every
Microsoft SQL Server that is
part of the AlwaysOn
availability group.
• The Oracle AVDF audit report
provides a view of audit
records that are generated by
individual Microsoft SQL
Servers in the availability
group. It is not a consolidated
view of audit records that are
generated by all servers in the
availability group.

Collection attributes av.collector.validateConnectionOnBorrow

(optional) Setting this attribute to False eliminates unnecessary logging of
records or events due to test queries in the target database. This
attribute is available starting with Oracle AVDF 20.6.

C.2.5 PostgreSQL Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about using the PostgreSQL plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Table C-7 specifies the values or details required for the configuration.
Prerequisite: Ensure to enable pgaudit extension. The audit collection is incomplete and
operational details are missed out from the reports in case this extension is not enabled.

Table C-7 PostgreSQL

Specification Description
Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.postgresql
Target Versions 9.6 to 11.8
12 (Starting Oracle AVDF release 20.8)
13 (Starting Oracle AVDF release 20.8)
Target Platforms Linux/x86-64
Setup Scripts None
Target Location (Connect None
String)

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Table C-7 (Cont.) PostgreSQL

Specification Description
Collection Attributes av.collector.securedTargetVersion
(Required) Specifies the target version. Default is 11.0.
Collection Attributes (Optional) AV.COLLECTOR.DATABASECHARSET
The NLS character set of the audit trail file. This is available starting
Oracle AVDF 20.4.
The PostgreSQL DIRECTORY audit trails use Java character set to
open audit files based on the database character sets. This ensures
the audit files are processed using the right character sets and avoid
data loss.
Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY
Audit Trail Location The path to the directory containing CSV audit files.
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

C.2.6 IBM DB2 Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about how to use the IBM DB2 plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall.
Table C-8 lists the features of the IBM DB2 plug-in.

Table C-8 IBM DB2 Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.db2
Target Versions 10.5, 11.1, 11.5
Target Platforms Linux (x86-64): OL 5.x, 6.x, 7.x and RHEL 6.x, 7.x
Microsoft Windows (x86-64): 8
Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64): 2012, 2012R2, 2016
IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit): 7.1
Setup Script(s) Yes. See "IBM DB2 for LUW Setup Scripts" for instructions.
Target Location (Connect jdbc:av:db2://hostname:port/dbname
String) Note:
• Connect string is not required for Oracle AVDF release 20.
• Connect string is not required for IBM DB2 cluster.
Collection Attribute(s) av.collector.databasename (case sensitive) - (Required)
Specifies the IBM DB2 for LUW database name.
AVDF Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY
NETWORK
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location Path to a directory, for example: d:\temp\trace
Audit Trail Cleanup Support Yes

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Table C-8 (Cont.) IBM DB2 Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Cluster Support Yes
HADR (High Availability and Disaster Recovery)
Target Platform for Cluster HADR on OL 7.x
DB2 Multiple Instances Yes
Support

Multiple Instances Environment

In case of multiple instances environment, create an Audit Vault Agent user and then the
Agent group. Install the Agent as the newly created Agent user belonging to the Agent group.
Add all the users of the instance to the Agent group and then add the Agent user to the
instance group. This functionality is supported from Oracle AVDF 20.2 (RU2) and later.
Perform the following steps from every instance to extract the audit files:
1. Navigate to the extraction utility location using $AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/
com.oracle.av.plugin.db2/bin.
2. Set the environment variables agent_home, db2audit_command, and lslk_cmd.
3. Run the extraction utility using ./DB295ExtractionUtil -archivepath <archive path>
-extractionpath <extraction path> -audittrailcleanup <yes/no>.
4. The extracted files are generated in the directory at the instance level.
5. Start the audit trail for every instance as the extraction path is different for each instance.

C.2.7 Sybase ASE Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn how to use the Sybase ASE plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Table C-9 lists the features of the Sybase ASE plug-in.

Table C-9 Sybase ASE Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.sybase
Target Versions 15.7
16.0
Target Platforms All platforms
Setup Script(s) Yes. See "Sybase ASE Setup Scripts for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall " for instructions.
Target Location (Connect jdbc:av:sybase://hostname:port
String)
Collection Attribute(s) None
AVDF Audit Trail Types TABLE
NETWORK
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.

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Table C-9 (Cont.) Sybase ASE Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Audit Trail Location SYSAUDITS
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No
Cluster support No

Sybase Password Encryption

In case you are using password encryption on SAP Sybase database, incorporate the
following changes on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall:
1. Use the following connection string in Audit Vault Server console while setting up
the audit trail for SAP Sybase database:
jdbc:sybase:Tds:<host>:<port>/sybsecurity?
ENCRYPT_PASSWORD=TRUE&JCE_PROVIDER_CLASS=com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJC
E
2. Copy the jconn4.jar file from /opt/sybase/jConnect-16_0/classes in
Sybase server to Agent_Home/av/jlib.

Note:
If you are using Sybase 15.7, then fetch the jconn4.jar file from the
latest Sybase server version 16.0.

3. Restart the Audit Vault Agent.

4. Start the collection.

C.2.8 Sybase SQL Anywhere Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Learn about using the Sybase SQL Anywhere plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.

Note:
Sybase SQL Anywhere was deprecated in Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and is
desupported in 20.8.

Table C-10 lists the features of the Sybase SQL Anywhere plug-in.

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Table C-10 Sybase SQL Anywhere Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.sqlanywhere
Target Versions 10.0.1
Target Platforms All platforms
Setup Script(s) Yes. See "Sybase SQL Anywhere Setup Scripts" for instructions.
Target Location (Connect jdbc:av:sybase://hostname:port
String)
Collection Attributes None
AVDF Audit Trail Types NETWORK (used for host monitoring only)
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location Not required
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

C.2.9 Quick JSON Target Type for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall
Learn how to configure and use the Quick JSON target type for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
Quick JSON target type can be used to collect audit data from targets that store audit records
in JSON format, by mapping few collection attributes.
Table C-11 specifies the values or details required for the configuration.

Table C-11 Quick JSON

Specification Description
Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.quickjson
Target Platforms Linux/x86-64
Windows /x86-64
Setup Scripts None
Target Location (Connect None
String)
Collection Attributes av.collector.securedTargetVersion
(Required) Specifies the target version.
Collection Attributes (Optional) AV.COLLECTOR.DATABASECHARSET
The NLS character set of the audit trail file. This is available starting
Oracle AVDF 20.4.
The Quick JSON DIRECTORY audit trails use Java character set to
open audit files based on the database character sets. This ensures
the audit files are processed using the right character sets and avoid
data loss.
Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY

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Table C-11 (Cont.) Quick JSON

Specification Description
Audit Trail Location The path to the directory containing JSON audit files.
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

QuickJSON collector relies on collection attributes to map JSON audit data to Oracle
AVDF audit record fields. These collection attributes point to data within JSON audit
file using JSON Path expressions. Following table lists the QuickJSON collection
attributes.

Table C-12 Quick JSON Collection Attributes

Quick JSON Collection Attribute Description Attribute Value Type

Name
av.collector.qck.starttag Should be set to the first key of Static String
JSON audit record. This is not JSON
Path expression. It is the name of the
required key.
av.collector.qck.eventtime Time when the event occurred. JSON Path Expression
av.collector.qck.username The user of the target who executed JSON Path Expression
the event.
av.collector.qck.os.username Operating system login name of the JSON Path Expression
target user who executed the event.
av.collector.qck.eventname Name of the event as recognized by JSON Path Expression
the target.
av.collector.qck.commandclas Class of command issued by the JSON Path Expression
s target user who executed the event.

av.collector.qck.client.ip IP address of the client host. JSON Path Expression

av.collector.qck.targetobjec Object affected by the event. JSON Path Expression
t
av.collector.qck.targettype Type of the target object. For JSON Path Expression
example: Package, Type, or Table.
av.collector.qck.eventstatus Completion status of the event. JSON Path Expression
av.collector.qck.errorid Error number in case of event failure. JSON Path Expression
av.collector.qck.errormessag Error message in case of event JSON Path Expression
e failure.

av.collector.qck.target.enti Name of target entity. JSON Path Expression

ty
av.collector.qck.target.user Name of target user. JSON Path Expression
av.collector.qck.target.role Name of target role. JSON Path Expression

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Note:
The attributes av.collector.qck.target.entity,
av.collector.qck.target.user, and av.collector.qck.target.role are only
applicable if Quick JSON target is used to collect audit data from Mongo DB.

See Also:

• Configuring Quick JSON Target Type to Collect Audit Data from MongoDB
• Audit Record Fields for more information on other collection attributes and
corresponding audit record field definitions.

C.2.10 Oracle Solaris Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn to use the Oracle Solaris plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Table C-13 lists the features of the Oracle Solaris plug-in.

Table C-13 Oracle Solaris Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.solaris
Target Versions Versions 11.3 and 11.4 on SPARC64 and x86-64 platforms
Target Platforms Solaris/x86-64
Solaris/SPARC64
Setup Script(s) No
Target Location (Connect hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
String)
Collection Attribute(s) None
AVDF Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location hostname:path_to_trail
The hostname matches the hostname in the audit log names, which
look like this:
timestamp1.timestamp2.hostname
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

C.2.11 Linux Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn how to benefit from using the Linux plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall.
Table C-14 lists the features of the Linux plug-in that collects audit data from Oracle Linux
(OL) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

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Table C-14 Linux Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.linux
Target Versions Oracle Linux (OL):
• OL 5.8 (with auditd package 1.8)
• OL 5.11
• OL 6.0 (with auditd package 2.0)
• OL 6.1 - 6.5 (with auditd package 2.2.2)
• OL 6.6 - 6.7 (with auditd package 2.3.7)
• OL 6.8 - 6.9 (with auditd package 2.4.5)
• OL 7.0 (with auditd package 2.3.3)
• OL 7.1 - 7.2 (with auditd package 2.4.1)
• OL 7.3 (with auditd package 2.6.5)
• OL 7.4 - 7.5 (with auditd package 2.7.6)
• OL 7.6 (with auditd 2.8) (Oracle AVDF 20.2 and later)
• OL 7.7 (with auditd 2.8.5) (Oracle AVDF 20.2 and later)
• OL 7.8 (with auditd 2.8) (Oracle AVDF 20.2 and later)
• OL 7.9 (with auditd 2.8) (Oracle AVDF 20.4 and later)
• OL 8 (with auditd 3.0) (Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later)
• OL 8.2 and 8.3 (with auditd 3.0) (Oracle AVDF 20.4 and
later)
• OL 9 (Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):
• RHEL 6.7 (with auditd 2.3.7)
• RHEL 6.8 (with auditd 2.4.5)
• RHEL 6.9 (with auditd 2.4.5)
• RHEL 6.10 (with auditd 2.4.5)
• RHEL 7.0 (with auditd 2.3.3)
• RHEL 7.1 (with auditd 2.4.1)
• RHEL 7.2 (with auditd 2.4.1)
• RHEL 7.3 (with auditd 2.6.5)
• RHEL 7.4 (with auditd 2.7.6)
• RHEL 7.5 (with auditd 2.7.6)
• RHEL 7.6 (with auditd 2.8) (Oracle AVDF 20.2 and later)
• RHEL 7.7 (with auditd 2.8.5) (Oracle AVDF 20.2 and later)
• RHEL 7.8 (with auditd 2.8) (Oracle AVDF 20.2 and later)
• RHEL 7.9 (with auditd 2.8) (Oracle AVDF 20.4 and later)
• RHEL 8 (with auditd 3.0) (Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later)
• RHEL 8.2 and 8.3 (with auditd 3.0) (Oracle AVDF 20.4 and
later)
• RHEL 9 (Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later)
Run rpm -q audit to get the audit package version.
Target Platforms Linux/x86-64

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Table C-14 (Cont.) Linux Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Setup Script(s) No. However, the following user/group access rights are needed
to start a Linux audit trail:
If the agent process is started with root user, no changes to
access rights are needed.
If the agent process is started with a user other than root:

1. Assign the group name of the Agent user (the one who will
start the Agent process) to the log_group parameter in
the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file.

2. The Agent user and group must have read and execute
permissions on the folder that contains the audit.log file
(default folder is /var/log/audit).

3. Restart the Linux audit service after you make the above
changes.

Target Location (Connect hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)

String)
Collection Attribute(s) None
AVDF Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location Default location of audit.log (/var/log/audit/audit*.log)
or any custom location configured in the /etc/audit/
auditd.conf file
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

C.2.12 IBM AIX Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about the IBM AIX plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Table C-15 lists the features of the IBM AIX plug-in.

Table C-15 IBM AIX Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.aixos
Target Versions AIX versions:
• 7.2 TL2 and above
• 7.1 TL5
Supported JRE Version 1.8.0_241 (minimum)
Note: JRE version 11 is not supported on AIX platform.
Target Platforms Power Systems (64-bit)

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Table C-15 (Cont.) IBM AIX Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Setup Script(s) No. However, the following user andgroup access rights are needed to
start an AIX audit trail:
If the Agent process is started by the root user, then no changes to
access rights are needed.
If the Agent process is started with a user other than root, then run
the following commands in the AIX system as root to authorize
another user:
1. Create a new role and grant it the aix.security.audit
authorization:
mkrole authorizations= (aix.security.audit)
(role_name)
2. Alter the Agent user to assign the newly created role:
chuser roles=role_name agent_user_name
3. Update the kernel table with the newly created role by running the
command: setkst

4. Add the Agent user to the same group as that of the AIX audit
files.
5. Ensure you have set read permission on the /audit directory
where the audit trail files are located.
6. To start the Agent with the Agent user, log in to the AIX terminal
with agent_user_name and switch to the role created in this
procedure:
swrole role_name

Target Location (Connect hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)

String)
Collection Attribute(s) None
AVDF Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location Default location of trail (/audit/trail) or any custom location
configured in the /etc/security/audit/config file
Audit Trail Cleanup Support Yes. The AIX plug-in will create a .atc file at:
AGENT_HOME/av/atc/SecuredTargetName_TrailId.atc
The .atc file contains the following information:
trail_location end_time_of_audit_event_collection

C.2.13 Microsoft Windows Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall
Learn about the Microsoft Windows plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall.
Table C-16 lists the features of the Microsoft Windows plug-in.

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Table C-16 Microsoft Windows Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.winos
Target Versions Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016
2019 in release 20.2 (20 RU2) and later
Target Platforms Windows/x86-64
Setup Script(s) No
Target Location (Connect hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
String)
Collection Attribute(s) None
AVDF Audit Trail Types EVENT LOG
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location security (case-sensitive)
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

C.2.14 Microsoft Active Directory Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Learn about how to use the Microsoft Active Directory plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
Table C-17 lists the features of the Microsoft Active Directory plug-in.

Table C-17 Microsoft Active Directory Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.msad
Target Versions 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2016 on 64 bit
Target Platforms Windows/x86-64
Setup Script(s) No
Target Location (Connect hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
String)
Collection Attribute(s) None
AVDF Audit Trail Types EVENT LOG
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location directory service or security (case-sensitive)
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

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C.2.15 Oracle ACFS Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall
Use the Oracle ACFS plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to
implement Oracle ACFS in Oracle AVDF.

Note:
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)
or Oracle Advanced Cluster File System was deprecated in Oracle AVDF
release 20.7 and is desupported in 20.8.

Table C-18 lists the features of the Oracle ACFS plug-in.

Table C-18 Oracle ACFS Plug-in

Plug-in Specification Description

Plug-in directory AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.acfs
Target Versions 12c Release 1 (12.1)
Target Platforms Linux/x86-64
Solaris/x86-64
Solaris/SPARC64
Windows 2008, 2008 R2 64-bit
Setup Script(s) No
Target Location (Connect hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
String)
Collection Attribute(s) av.collector.securedtargetversion - (Required) Specify
the Oracle ACFS version.
AVDF Audit Trail Types DIRECTORY
See Table C-19 for descriptions of audit trail types.
Audit Trail Location The path to the directory containing XML audit files. For
example, for a file system mounted at $MOUNT_POINT, the audit
trail location is:
$MOUNT_POINT/.Security/audit/
Audit Trail Cleanup Support No

C.2.16 Summary of Data Collected for Each Audit Trail Type

Explore the types of data that Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF)
collects for each audit trail type.
When you configure an audit trail for a target, you select the type of audit trail in the
Audit Trail Type field. The audit trail type depends on your target type. Table C-19
describes the types of audit trails that you can configure for each target type.

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Refer to the product documentation for your target type for details on its auditing features and
functionality. See the following documentation for Oracle products:
• Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1): Oracle Database Security Guide
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2): Oracle Database Security Guide
• Oracle Solaris 11.1
• Oracle Solaris 10.6
• Oracle ACFS: Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
Administrator's Guide

Note:
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) or
Oracle Advanced Cluster File System was deprecated in Oracle AVDF release
20.7 and is desupported in 20.8.

Table C-19 Summary of Audit Trail Types Supported for Each Target Type

Target Type Trail Type Description

Oracle Database TABLE Collects from the following audit trails:
Releases • Oracle Database audit trail, where standard audit events
supported: 11.2.0.4; are written to the SYS.AUD$ dictionary table
12.1; 12.2; 18c; 19c. • Oracle Database fine-grained audit trail, where audit
Release 21 events are written to the SYS.FGA_LOG$ dictionary table
(Starting Oracle • Oracle Database Vault audit trail, where audit events are
AVDF 20.4) written to the DVSYS.AUDIT_TRAIL$ dictionary table
• Oracle database 12.x unified audit trail, where audit
events are written to the UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL data
dictionary view

Note:
The SYS.AUD$ and
SYS.FGA_LOG$ tables have an
additional column, RLS$INFO.
The unified audit trail table has
a RLS_INFO column. This
column describes row-level
security policies that are
configured. This is mapped to
the extension field in Oracle
AVDF. To populate this column,
set the AUDIT_TRAIL
parameter of the target to DB
EXTENDED.

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Table C-19 (Cont.) Summary of Audit Trail Types Supported for Each Target Type

Target Type Trail Type Description

Oracle Database DIRECTORY Collects data from the following audit trails:
Releases 11.2.0.4, • On Linux and UNIX platforms: Oracle database audit
12c, 18c; 19c. files that are written to the operating system (AUD and
XML) files
• On Windows platforms: Operating system XML files

Note:
Oracle recommends that you
use unified audit table trails
because directory trails are
deprecated.

Oracle Database TRANSACTION Collects audit data from Golden Gate Integrated Extract files.
LOG If you plan to use this audit trail type, you can define the
11.2.0.4 onwards for Golden Gate Integrated Extract rules to audit the tables from
TRANSACTION which Golden Gate Integrated Extract will capture audit
LOG collection information. The Golden Gate Integrated Extract files, in turn,
are read by transaction log audit trail.
For versions before 12.2, Oracle GoldenGate Downstream
Mining must be configured.
See Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's
Guide for more information.
Oracle Database SYSLOG Collects Oracle audit records from either syslog or rsyslog
audit files on Linux and Unix platforms only.
If the system has both syslog and rsyslog installed, the
exact rsyslog audit file location must be specified to collect
data from rsyslog files.
The following rsyslog formats are supported:
• RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat (has low-precision
time stamps)
• RSYSLOG_FileFormat (has high-precision time stamps
and time zone information)
Events from both formats appear the same on reports.
However, with RSYSLOG_FileFormat, the
AVSYS.EVENT_LOG table shows EVENT_TIME with
microsecond precision.
See Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's
Guide for details on this table and Audit Vault Server schema
documentation.
Oracle Database EVENT LOG Collects Oracle audit records from Microsoft Windows event
logs on Windows platforms only.
Oracle Database NETWORK Collects network traffic (all database operations that use a
TCP connection). Used for the Host Monitor Agent.

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Table C-19 (Cont.) Summary of Audit Trail Types Supported for Each Target Type

Target Type Trail Type Description

Microsoft SQL DIRECTORY Collects audit data from the following:
Server • sqlaudit
• trace
• extended events
• C2_DYNAMIC
• TRACE_DYNAMIC
Microsoft SQL TRANSACTION In Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later, collects audit data from
Server LOG Oracle GoldenGate CDC Extract files. If you plan to use this
audit trail type, you can define the GoldenGate CDC Extract
rules to audit the tables from which GoldenGate CDC Extract
will capture audit information. The GoldenGate CDC Extract
files, in turn, are read by transaction log audit trail.
Microsoft SQL EVENT LOG Collects audit data from Windows application and security
Server event logs.
Microsoft SQL NETWORK Collects network traffic (all database operations that use a
Server TCP connection). Used for the Host Monitor Agent.
Sybase ASE TABLE Collects audit data from system audit tables (sysaudits_01
through sysaudits_08) in the sybsecurity database
Sybase ASE NETWORK Collects network traffic (all database operations using a TCP
connection). Used for Host Monitor Agent.
Sybase SQL NETWORK (For host monitoring only) Collects network traffic (all
Anywhere database operations using a TCP connection).
Note: Sybase SQL Anywhere was deprecated in Oracle
AVDF release 20.7 and is desupported in 20.8.
IBM DB2 for DIRECTORY Collects audit data from ASCII text files extracted from the
LUW binary audit log (db2audit.log). These files are located in
the security subdirectory of the DB2 database instance.
IBM DB2 for NETWORK Collects network traffic (all database operations using a TCP
LUW connection). Used for Host Monitor Agent.
MySQL DIRECTORY Collects XML-based audit data from a specified location
MySQL NETWORK Collects network traffic (all database operations using a TCP
connection). Used for Host Monitor Agent.
Oracle Solaris DIRECTORY Collects Solaris Audit records (version 2) generated by the
audit_binfile plug-in of Solaris Audit
Linux DIRECTORY Collects audit data from audit.log
Windows OS EVENT LOG Collects audit data from Windows Security Event Log
Microsoft Active EVENT LOG Collects audit data from Windows Directory Service, and
Directory Security Event Logs
Oracle ACFS DIRECTORY Collects audit data from ACFS encryption and ACFS security
sources.
Note: Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File
System (Oracle ACFS) or Oracle Advanced Cluster File
System was deprecated in Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and is
desupported in 20.8.
Oracle Linux DIRECTORY Collects audit data from audit.log

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C.3 Scripts for Oracle AVDF Account Privileges on Targets

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall provides scripts for Oracle Database,
Sybase, Microsoft, IBM DB2 for LUW, and MySQL plug-ins.

C.3.1 About Scripts for Setting up Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall Account Privileges
You can use scripts to set up accounts and privileges for Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
You must set up a user account with the correct privileges on each target for Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall to use to perform functions that are related to
monitoring and collecting audit data. Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
provides setup scripts for this purpose so that you can configure your database
targets. Depending on the type of target, the scripts set up user privileges that enable
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to do the following functions:
• Audit data collection
• Audit policy management
• Stored procedure auditing
• User entitlement auditing
• Native Network Encrypted Traffic monitoring
• Audit trail cleanup (for some targets)
• Sensitive Data Discovery (for Oracle Database targets only)
When you deploy the Audit Vault Agent on a host computer (usually the same
computer as the target), the setup scripts for creating the user permissions for Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall are in the following directory (Linux example below):
$AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.secured_target_type/config/

C.3.2 Oracle Database Setup Scripts

Download and use these scripts to set up user account privileges for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) to audit Oracle Database targets.
Use these scripts to set up or revoke user privileges on Oracle Database so that
Oracle AVDF can perform the following functions:
• Audit data collection
• Audit policy management
• Stored procedure auditing (SPA)
• User entitlement auditing
• Sensitive Data Discovery

Downloading Oracle Database Setup Scripts

To download the scripts from the Audit Vault Server console:

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1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

2. Click the Targets tab.
3. Click the Target Setup Script button.
Download and run the target setup scripts for auditing Oracle Database targets. The scripts
aren't required for Database Firewall monitoring.
You can also access the scripts in the following directory (Linux example):
/opt/avdf/defaultagent/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.oracle/
config/

Setting Up and Revoking User Privileges on Oracle Database Targets

To set up or revoke Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user privileges on an Oracle
Database target:
1. Create a user account for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall on the Oracle
Database. For example:

SQL> CREATE USER username IDENTIFIED BY password

You will use this user name and password when registering this Oracle Database as a
target in the Audit Vault Server.
2. Connect as the SYS user with the SYSDBA privilege. For example:

SQL> CONNECT SYS / AS SYSDBA

3. To set up Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user privileges, run the following
setup script and then enter the user name and mode at the prompts:

SQL> @oracle_user_setup.sql

Alternatively, you can enter the script, user name, and mode on one line:

SQL> @oracle_user_setup.sql username mode

• username: Enter the name of the user you created in Step 1.

• mode: Enter one of the following:
– SETUP: To set up privileges for managing the Oracle Database audit policy from
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, and for collecting data from any audit
trail type. For example, use this mode for a TABLE audit trail in Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall.
– SPA: To enable stored procedure auditing for this database
– ENTITLEMENT: To enable user entitlement auditing for this database
– DBSAT_DISCOVERY: To enable sensitive data discovery for this database

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Note:

• For audit collection from CDB, create a user in the CDB and run the
oracle_user_setup.sql script for this user.
• For audit collection from individual PDB, first alter the session to
switch to the PDB, create the user on the PDB and then run the
oracle_user_setup.sql script for this user.

4. If Database Vault is installed and enabled on the Oracle database, log in as a user
who has been granted the DV_OWNER role do the following:
Grant the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user the DV_SECANALYST role
on this Oracle Database. For example:

SQL> GRANT DV_SECANALYST TO username;

For username, enter the user name you created in Step 1.

The DV_SECANALYST role enables Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to
monitor and collect audit trail data for Oracle Database Vault, and run Oracle
Database Vault reports.
5. To revoke Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user privileges, follow these
steps:
a. Connect to the database as the SYS user with the SYSDBA privilege.
b. Run the following script and then enter the user name and mode at the
prompts:

SQL> @oracle_drop_db_permissions.sql

Alternatively, you can enter the script, user name, and mode on one line:

SQL> @oracle_drop_db_permissions.sql username mode

• username: Enter the name of the user you created in Step 1.

• mode: Enter one of the following:
– SETUP: To revoke privileges for managing the Oracle Database audit
policy from Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, and for
collecting data from any audit trail type.
– SPA: To disable stored procedure auditing for this database
– ENTITLEMENT: To disable user entitlement auditing for this database
– DBSAT_DISCOVERY: To disable sensitive data discovery for this
database

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See Also::
Configuring Audit Trail Collection for CDBs and PDBs

C.3.3 Sybase ASE Setup Scripts for Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall
The Sybase ASE setup scripts configure audit data collection privileges and auditing
privileges for Sybase ASE targets.

C.3.3.1 About Sybase ASE Setup Scripts

Learn about Sybase ASE setup scripts for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
The following scripts are provided for configuring necessary user privileges for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall in a Sybase ASE target:
sybase_auditcoll_user_setup.sql
sybase_auditcoll_drop_db_permissions.sql
sybase_spa_user_setup.sql
sybase_spa_drop_db_permissions.sql

The scripts are located in the following directory (Linux example below):
$AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.sybase/config/

These scripts allow Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall to perform the following
functions for Sybase ASE:
• Audit data collection
• Stored procedure auditing (SPA)

C.3.3.2 Setting Up Audit Data Collection Privileges for Sybase ASE Targets
Set up audit data collection privileges for Sybase ASE targets to enable you to analyze audit
data.
To set up or revoke audit data collection privileges on a Sybase ASE target:
1. Create a user account for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall in Sybase ASE with
the user name avdf_sybuser. For example:
sp_addlogin avdf_sybuser, password
You will use the user name av_sybuser and password when registering this Sybase ASE
database as a target in the Audit Vault Server.
2. Run the setup sybase_auditcoll_user_setup.sql script as follows:
isql -S server_name -U sa -i sybase_auditcoll_user_setup.sql

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• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the
name of the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script
locally, then omit the -S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
3. When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.
4. To revoke the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall user privileges, run the
sybase_auditcoll_drop_db_permissions.sql script as follows:
isql -S server_name -U sa -i sybase_auditcoll_drop_db_permissions.sql

• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the
name of the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script
locally, then omit the -S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.

C.3.3.3 Setting Up Stored Procedure Auditing Privileges for Sybase ASE

Targets
You can configure stored procedure auditing privileges for Sybase ASE Targets.
To set up or revoke stored procedure auditing privileges on a Sybase ASE target:
1. If you have not already done so, then create a user account for Oracle AVDF in
Sybase ASE with the user name avdf_sybuser. For example:
sp_addlogin avdf_sybuser, password
You will use the user name av_sybuser and password when registering this
Sybase ASE database as a target in the Audit Vault Server.
2. Run the sybase_spa_user_setup.sql script as follows:
isql -S server_name -U sa -i sybase_spa_user_setup.sql

• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the
name of the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script
locally, then omit the -S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
3. When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.
4. To revoke the SPA user privileges, run the sybase_spa_drop_db_permissions.sql
script as follows:
isql -S server_name -U sa -i sybase_spa_drop_db_permissions.sql

• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the
name of the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script
locally, then omit the -S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.

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C.3.4 Sybase SQL Anywhere Setup Scripts

Learn how to use the Sybase SQL Anywhere setup scripts.

Note:
Sybase SQL Anywhere was deprecated in Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and is
desupported in 20.8.

The Oracle AVDF setup scripts for a Sybase SQL Anywhere target,
sqlanywhere_spa_user_setup.sql and sqlanywhere_spa_drop_db_permissions.sql, are
located in the following directory (Linux example below):
$AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.sqlanywhere/config/

These scripts are used to set up or revoke user privileges on the SQL Anywhere database for
Oracle AVDF to do stored procedure auditing (SPA).
To set up or revoke stored procedure auditing for a SQL Anywhere target:
1. Log in to the database as a user who has privileges to create users and set user
permissions.
2. Run the sqlanywhere_spa_user_setup.sql script as follows:
isql -S server_name -U sa -i sqlanywhere_spa_user_setup.sql -v username="username"
password="password"

• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the name of
the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script locally, then omit the
-S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• username: Enter the name of the user you want to create for Oracle AVDF to use for
SPA. Enclose this user name in double quotation marks.
• password: Enter a password for the Oracle AVDF SPA user you are creating. Enclose
the password in double quotation marks.
After running the script, the user is created with privileges for SPA.
3. When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.
4. To revoke these privileges and remove this user from the database, run the
sqlanywhere_spa_drop_db_permissions.sql as follows:
isql -S server_name -U sa -i sqlanywhere_spa_drop_db_permissions.sql -v
username="username"

• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the name of
the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script locally, then omit the
-S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• username: Enter the name of the user you want to create for Oracle AVDF to use for
SPA. Enclose this user name in double quotation marks.

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• When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.

C.3.5 Microsoft SQL Server Setup Scripts

The Microsoft SQL Server setup scripts manage audit data collection and auditing
privileges for Microsoft SQL Server targets.

C.3.5.1 About the SQL Server Setup Script

Use the SQL Server setup script to set up or revoke user privileges for Oracle AVDF.
The Oracle AVDF setup scripts for a Microsoft SQL Server target,
mssql_user_setup.sql and mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql, are located in the
following directory:
AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.mssql\config\

The scripts set up or revoke user privileges for Oracle AVDF to perform the following
functions for SQL Server:
• Audit data collection
• Stored procedure auditing (SPA)

C.3.5.2 Setting Up Audit Data Collection Privileges for SQL Server Targets
You can set up audit data collection privileges for SQL Server targets.

Prerequisites
Assign the following required privileges to run the commands in this topic:

Version and Detail Command

To assign the required privileges
in SQL Server 2014 and later dbsa/src/plugin/mssqldb/scripts/
mssql_user_ver12_setup.sql

To revoke the assigned

privileges in SQL Server 2014 dbsa/src/plugin/mssqldb/scripts/
and later mssql_drop_db_permissions_ver12.sql

To assign the required privileges

in SQL Server versions prior to dbsa/src/plugin/mssqldb/scripts/
2014 mssql_user_setup.sql

To revoke the assigned

privileges in SQL Server dbsa/src/plugin/mssqldb/scripts/
versions prior to 2014 mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql

To set up or revoke Oracle AVDF user privileges for audit data collection:

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1. Create a user account for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall in SQL Server or use
Windows authenticated user. For example:
exec sp_executesql N'create login username with password = ''password'',
check_policy= off'

exec sp_executesql N'create user username for login username'

Use this user name and password when registering this SQL Server database as a target
in the Audit Vault Server.
2. Run the mssql_user_setup.sql script as follows:
For SQL Server authentication:
sqlcmd -S server_name -U sa -i mssql_user_setup.sql -v username="username"
mode="AUDIT_COLL" all_databases="NA" database="NA"

For Windows Authentication:

sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -i mssql_user_setup.sql -v username="[<domain
name>\<user name>]" mode="AUDIT_COLL" all_databases="NA" database="NA"
• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the name of
the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script locally, then omit the
-S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• username: Enter the name of the user you created in Step 1.
3. When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.
4. To revoke audit data collection privileges run the mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql script
as follows:
For SQL Server Authentication:
sqlcmd -S server_name -U sa -i mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql -v
username="username" mode="AUDIT_COLL" all_databases="NA" database="NA"

For Windows Authentication:

a. sqlcmd -S server_name -U sa -i mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql -v
username="[<domain name>\<user name>]" mode="AUDIT_COLL"
all_databases="NA" database="NA"
• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the name
of the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script locally, then
omit the -S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• username: Enter the name of the user you created in Step 1.
b. When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.

C.3.5.3 Setting Up Stored Procedure Auditing Privileges for SQL Server Targets
You can set up stored procedure auditing privileges for SQL Server targets.
To set up or revoke Oracle AVDF user privileges for stored procedure auditing:

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1. If you have not already done so, create a user account for Oracle AVDF in SQL
Server. For example:
exec sp_executesql N'create login username with password = ''password'',
check_policy= off'

exec sp_executesql N'create user username for login username'

You will use this user name and password when registering this SQL Server
database as a target in the Audit Vault Server.
2. Run the mssql_user_setup.sql script as follows:
sqlcmd -S server_name -U sa -i mssql_user_setup.sql -v username="username"
mode="SPA" all_databases="Y/N"
database="NA/database_name"

• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the
name of the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script
locally, then omit the -S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• username: Enter the name of the user you created in Step 1.
• Y/N: Enter Y if all databases should be audited for stored procedures. Enter N
to specify one database name in the database parameter.
• NA/database_name: If you entered Y for all_databases, enter NA. If you
entered N for all_databases, enter the database name that should be audited
for stored procedures.
3. When prompted for a password, enter the system administrator password.
4. To revoke SPA privileges run the mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql script as
follows:
sqlcmd -S server_name -U sa -i mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql -v
username="username" mode="SPA" all_databases="Y/N"
database="NA/database_name"

• server_name: Only use this argument if the database is remote. Enter the
name of the remote server or its IP address. If you are running the script
locally, then omit the -S server_name argument.
• sa: Enter the system administrator user name.
• sa_password: Enter the system administrator password.
• Y/N: Enter Y if SPA privileges for all databases should be revoked. Enter N to
specify one database name in the database parameter.
• NA/database_name: If you entered Y for all_databases, enter NA. If you
entered N for all_databases, enter the database name for which SPA
privileges should be revoked.
• When prompted for a password, enter the name of the user you created in
Step 1.

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C.3.6 IBM DB2 for LUW Setup Scripts

The IBM DB2 for LUW setup scripts manage privileges for audit data collection and stored
procedure auditing (SPA) privileges for IBM DB2 for LUW targets.

C.3.6.1 About the IBM DB2 for LUW Setup Scripts

Learn how to use the IBM DB2 for LUW setup scripts.
The Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall setup scripts for a DB2 target,
db2_auditcoll_user_setup.sql and db2_spa_user_setup.sql, are located in the following
directory (Linux example below):
$AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.db2/config/

Note:
Connect string is not required from release 12.2.0.11.0 and onwards.

These scripts are used to set up or revoke user privileges on the DB2 database for Oracle
AVDF to do the following functions:
• Audit data collection
• Stored procedure auditing (SPA)

C.3.6.2 Setting Up Audit Data Collection Privileges for IBM DB2 for LUW
You can configure audit data collection privileges for IBM DB2 for LUW to control access to
the audit data.
To set up or revoke Oracle AVDF user privileges for audit data collection:
1. Create a new user account in DB2 to be used by Oracle AVDF for audit data collection.
You will use this user name and password when registering this DB2 database as a
target in the Audit Vault Server.
2. In the $AGENT_HOME/av/plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.db2/config/ directory, locate
the db2_auditcoll_user_setup.sql script and open it for editing.
3. In the script, put the user name of the account from Step 1 in the grant statement, then
save the modified script.
4. Execute the modified script as follows:
$> db2 -tvf db2_auditcoll_user_setup.sql
5. To revoke audit collection privileges:
a. Modify the db2_auditcoll_drop_db_permissions.sql script as in Step 3 above.
b. Run the script as follows:
$> db2 -tvf db2_auditcoll_drop_db_permissions.sql

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C.4 Audit Collection Consideration

Considerations for audit collection on other target types.

C.4.1 Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle Active

Data Guard
Learn about additional information required to collect audit data from Oracle Active
Data Guard.
Oracle Active Data Guard is a high availability solution which consists of one primary
database and multiple standby databases. This section contains some additional
information for configuring different audit trails.

Note:

Oracle AVDF release 20.6 and prior:

• When Traditional Auditing is enabled, Oracle AVDF supports audit
collection from both the primary and standby databases of Oracle Active
Data Guard. For Oracle Active Data Guard target, Traditional Auditing is
recommended for Oracle AVDF release 20.6 and prior.
• When Unified Auditing is enabled for Oracle Active Dataguard, audit
collection is supported only from the primary database and not from the
standby database. The audit data generated in the standby database is
not collected.
Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and later: When Unified Auditing is enabled, audit
collection is supported from both the primary and standby databases of
Oracle Active Data Guard. For Oracle Active Data Guard target, Unified
Auditing is recommended for Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and later.

Traditional Auditing
Follow these steps for collecting audit data from databases in Oracle Active Data
Guard with traditional auditing:
1. Set AUDIT_TRAIL parameter to DB, EXTENDED on all target databases.
2. Create a target in Oracle AVDF with a single connection string that contains the
connection details of all the databases. This ensures that Oracle AVDF trail can
read from sys.aud$ table of the current primary database even when failover or
switchover occurs.
3. For the above mentioned target configure Oracle Database table trail in Oracle
AVDF to read the records from sys.aud$.
4. Create one target in Oracle AVDF for every database in Oracle Active Data Guard
with a connection string that contains connection details of only the specific
database.

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5. Configure one directory trail in Oracle AVDF for every target to collect data from *.aud
log file for the specific target database in Oracle Active Data Guard.

Unified Auditing (Oracle AVDF 20.6 and Earlier)

Audit data can be collected only from the primary database in Oracle Active Data Guard with
unified auditing in releases Oracle AVDF 20.6 and prior. Follow these steps:
1. Create a target in Oracle AVDF with single connection string that contains the connection
details of all the databases. This ensures that Oracle AVDF trail can read from
unified_audit_trail table of the primary database even when failover or switchover
occurs.
2. Create Oracle Database table trail in Oracle AVDF to read the records from
unified_audit_trail of the primary database.

Unified Auditing (Oracle AVDF 20.7 and Later)

Audit data can be collected from both the primary and standby databases in Oracle Active
Data Guard with unified auditing. This is applicable starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7.
Follow these steps:
1. Ensure to apply patch (33171070 and 33420490) on all the databases in the Oracle
Active Data Guard setup.
2. Create a failover connection string which always connects to the current primary
database in Oracle Active Data Guard.
3. Registration of a single target database is required in Oracle AVDF to collect audit data
from all the databases in Oracle Active Data Guard.
4. Select Active Data Guard checkbox during target registration.
5. In the Failover Connection String text box, enter the failover connection string which
always connects to current primary database.
6. Create an attribute in the Audit Collection Attributes tab for every database in the
Oracle Active Data Guard configuration as follows:
• Each attribute should be in the format av.target.connection.<name> where <name>
can be any identifier defined by the user to identify the database.
• The value corresponding to each attribute should be specified as the connection
string of that specific database. For example, if there are three databases in Oracle
Active Data Guard configuration, then the user can create these attributes:

Attribute Name Attribute Value

av.target.connection.first_db Dedicated connection string of the first

database.

av.target.connection.second_db Dedicated connection string of the

second database.

av.target.connection.third_db Dedicated connection string of the third

database.

7. For audit collection create one trail for every database in the Oracle Active Data Guard
configuration. Create an additional trail that uses the failover connection string. The

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remaining trails must use the connection string specified in the Audit Collection
Attributes.
8. Click Add to create an audit trail and specify the following. This step has to be
performed only once. There will be only one trail which uses the failover
connection.

Field Select or enter the value

Audit Trail Type TABLE

Trail Location UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL

Connection FAILOVER_CONNECTION

9. Click the Add button to create the trails and select the following options. This step
has to be performed for every database in the Oracle Active Data Guard.

Field Select or enter the value

Audit Trail Type TABLE

Trail Location UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL

Connection av.target.connection.<name>

C.4.2 Additional Information for Audit Collection from Oracle Data

Guard
Learn about additional information required to collect audit data from Oracle Data
Guard.
Oracle Data Guard is a high availability solution which consists of one primary
database and multiple standby databases. This section contains some additional
information for configuring different audit trails.

Traditional Auditing
Audit data can be collected from the current primary database in Oracle Data Guard
with traditional auditing. Follow these steps:
1. Set AUDIT_TRAIL parameter to DB, EXTENDED, on all target databases.
2. Create a target in Oracle AVDF with a single connection string that contains the
connection details of all the databases. This ensures that Oracle AVDF trail can
read from sys.aud$ table of the current primary database after failover or
switchover occurs.
3. Create Oracle Database table trail in Oracle AVDF to read the records from
sys.aud$. of the current primary database.

Unified Auditing
Audit data can be collected from the current primary database in Oracle Data Guard
with unified auditing. Follow these steps:

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1. Create a target in Oracle AVDF with single connection string that contains the connection
details of all the databases. This ensures that Oracle AVDF trail can read from
unified_audit_trail table of the current primary database after failover or switchover
occurs.
2. Create Oracle Database table trail in Oracle AVDF to read the records from
unified_audit_trail of the current primary database.

Note:
Oracle AVDF supports audit collection from the traditional audit trail and unified
audit trail for the current primary database only. In case of switchover or failover,
audit collection starts on the new primary database, from the point at which the
collection had stopped on the old primary database. Audit collection is not
supported from the standby database.

C.5 Audit Trail Cleanup

Some Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall plug-ins include audit trail cleanup utilities.

C.5.1 Oracle Database Audit Trail Cleanup

Oracle Database provides the ability to purge audit trails both manually and with scheduled
jobs.

C.5.1.1 About Purging the Oracle Database Target Audit Trail

You can use the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT PL/SQL package to purge the database audit trail.

The DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT package lets you perform audit trail cleanup tasks such as scheduling
purge jobs, moving the audit trail to a different tablespace, setting archive timestamps in the
audit trail, and so on. The target database user must have the EXECUTE privilege on
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT to use it.
Oracle Database 11g release 2 (11.2) or later includes the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT package and its
associated data dictionary views installed by default. If your target database does not have
this package installed, then you can download the package and data dictionary views from
My Oracle Support.
Search for Article ID 731908.1.
For details about using the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT PL/SQL package and views, refer to the
following Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) documentation:
• The section "Purging Audit Trail Records" in Oracle Database Security Guide for
conceptual and procedural information
• Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference for reference information
about the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT PL/SQL package
• Oracle Database Reference for information about the DBA_AUDIT_MGMT_* data dictionary
views

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C.5.1.2 Scheduling Automated Purge Jobs

Simplify maintenance by scheduling automated jobs to purge unneeded audit data.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall is integrated with the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT
package on an Oracle Database. This integration automates the purging of audit
records from the UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL, AUD$, and FGA_LOG$ tables, and from the
operating system .aud and .xml files after they have been successfully inserted into
the Audit Vault Server repository.
After the purge is completed, the Audit Vault Agent automatically sets a timestamp on
audit data that has been collected. Therefore, you must set the
USE_LAST_ARCH_TIMESTAMP property to TRUE to ensure that the right set of audit records
are purged. You do not need to manually set a purge job interval.
To schedule an automated purge job for an Oracle Database target:
1. Log in to SQL*Plus on the target database as a user who has been granted the
EXECUTE privilege for the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT PL/SQL package.
For example:
sqlplus tjones
Enter password: password

2. Initialize the audit trail cleanup operation.

In the following example, the DEFAULT_CLEANUP_INTERVAL setting runs the job
every two hours:
BEGIN
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.INIT_CLEANUP(
AUDIT_TRAIL_TYPE => DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.AUDIT_TRAIL_ALL,
DEFAULT_CLEANUP_INTERVAL => 2 );
END;
/

Note:

• In case you are collecting audit data from CDB, then execute this
step every time there is any change in the PDB instance.
• In case you are using a CDB unified audit trail, then use
CONTAINER_ALL parameter in the above command.

3. Verify that the audit trail is initialized for cleanup.

For example:
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
BEGIN
IF
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.IS_CLEANUP_INITIALIZED(DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.AUDIT_TRAIL_ALL)
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Database and OS audit are initialized for cleanup');
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Database and OS audit are not initialized for
cleanup.');

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END IF;
END;
/

4. Use the DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.CREATE_PURGE_JOB procedure to create and schedule the

purge job.
In this procedure, ensure that you set the USE_LAST_ARCH_TIMESTAMP property to TRUE, so
all records older than the timestamp can be deleted.
The following procedure creates a purge job called CLEANUP_OS_DB_AUDIT_RECORDS that
will run every two hours to purge the audit records.
BEGIN
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.CREATE_PURGE_JOB (
AUDIT_TRAIL_TYPE => DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.AUDIT_TRAIL_ALL,
AUDIT_TRAIL_PURGE_INTERVAL => 2,
AUDIT_TRAIL_PURGE_NAME => 'CLEANUP_OS_DB_AUDIT_RECORDS',
USE_LAST_ARCH_TIMESTAMP => TRUE );
END;
/

C.5.1.3 Oracle GoldenGate Extract Cleanup

Learn how to use Oracle GoldenGate extract cleanup and simply maintenance.
Use the Oracle GoldenGate extract cleanup utility to simplify maintenance. This utility is
available starting Oracle AVDF 20.4.
To run the Oracle GoldenGate extract cleanup utility:
1. Navigate to the following directory on the host machine:
AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.oracle\bin
2. Run the following command:

OracleGoldenGateExtractCleanupHandler <target name> <Agent deployed

location>

The above command has the following variables:

<target name> is the name of the registered target.
<Agent deployed location> is the full path of the directory where the Agent is deployed.

Note:
Ensure to specify the timezone offset when creating the target, using the target
attribute av.collector.timezoneoffset. Also ensure the Agent machine and
Oracle Database target are in the same timezone.

C.5.2 Microsoft SQL Server Audit Trail Cleanup

Learn about cleaning up your Microsoft SQL Server audit trail.
If the SQL Server audit trail has collected data from a trace, extended events, or sqlaudit file
and that file is inactive, then you can clean up this file. The SQL Server audit trail writes the

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names of the SQL Server audit text files to a plain text file with the .atc extension.
The .atc file resides in the AGENT_HOME\av\atc directory on the computer on which
the agent is installed.
To manually clean up files that Oracle AVDF has completed extracting audit records
from:
1. Go to the AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.mssql\bin directory of
the computer where the Audit Vault Agent is installed.
Ensure that the AGENT_HOME environment variable is correctly set to the directory
path where the agent.jar file is extracted.
2. Run the following utility:
SQLServerCleanupHandler secured_target_name

For example:
SQLServerCleanupHandler mssqldb4

If you do not set the AGENT_HOME environment variable, you can provide the agent
home location in the command line using the following syntax:
SQLServerCleanupHandler -securedtargetname secured_target_name
agent_home_location

For example:
SQLServerCleanupHandler mssqldb4 c:\AV_agent_installation

Important: If the name of the Audit Vault Agent installation directory contains
spaces, enclose the name in double quotes, for example "C:\Agent Directory".
To automate the cleanup of SQL Server trace files, you can use the Windows
Scheduler.

Note:
If the SQL Server trace definition is redefined or reinitialized, then you must
ensure that the file names of the trace files do not overlap with trace files that
were created earlier.
For example, suppose you start SQL Server with a trace definition in which
the trace files names use the following format:
c:\serversidetraces.trc
c:\serversidetraces_1.trc
c:\serversidetraces_2.trc
...
c:\serversidetraces_259.trc

Then you restart the SQL Server with a new trace definition. This new trace
definition must use a different file name from the current trace files (for
example, the current one named c:\serversidetraces.trc). If you do not,
then when you purge the audit trail, the new trace files that have same
names as the old ones will be deleted.

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C.5.2.1 Cleaning Up Oracle GoldenGate Extracts

Use the Oracle GoldenGate Extract cleanup utility to simplify maintenance.
1. Navigate to the following directory on the host machine:
AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.mssql\bin
2. Run the following command:

SQLServerGoldenGateExtractCleanupHandler.bat <target name> <agent

deployed location>

<target name> is the name of the registered target.

<agent deployed location> is the full path of the directory where the Audit Vault Agent is
deployed.

C.5.3 MySQL Audit Trail Cleanup

Use the MySQL audit trail cleanup utility to simplify maintenance.
To run the MySQL audit trail cleanup utility:
1. On the host machine, go to the directory
AGENT_HOME\av\plugins\com.oracle.av.plugin.mysql\bin
2. Run the following command:
MySQLServerCleanupHandler.bat secured_target_name AGENT_HOME
The above command has the following variables:
• secured_target_name - the name of the MySQL target
• AGENT_HOME - the path to the directory where the Audit Vault Agent is deployed.

C.5.4 IBM DB2 Audit Trail Cleanup

Learn about using the IBM DB2 scripts to cleanup records.
Refer to Converting Binary Audit Files to ASCII Format for IBM DB2 for information regarding
DB2 records cleanup.

C.6 Procedure Look-Ups: Connect Strings, Collection Attributes,

Audit Trail Locations
Procedure lookups enable you to fine tune and customize audit records generation.

C.6.1 Target Locations (Connect Strings)

Use connect strings to register target locations in the Audit Vault Server console.

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When registering a target in the Audit Vault Server console, you enter a connect string
in the Target Location field. Use a connect string format from Table C-20 depending
on the target type.

Note:
The connection string is mandatory for audit collection. However, it's not
required for Database Firewall monitoring.

Table C-20 Target Connect Strings (for Target Location Field)

Target Type Connect String

Oracle Database jdbc:oracle:thin:@//hostname:port/service
Sybase ASE jdbc:av:sybase://hostname:port
Sybase SQL jdbc:av:sybase://hostname:port
Anywhere Note: Sybase SQL Anywhere was deprecated in Oracle AVDF release
20.7 and is desupported in 20.8.
Microsoft SQL Server jdbc:av:sqlserver://hostname:port
(SQL Server When SSL Encryption is used with MSSQL sever and the server
Authentication) certificate validation is required. Ensure that agent TLS level is set to
Level 4.
jdbc:av:sqlserver://<MSSQL Host name>:<Port
number>;encryptionMethod=SSL;validateServerCertificate
=true;CryptoProtocolVersion=TLSv1.2;trustStore=<key
store jks path>;trustStorePassword=<keystore
password>;extendedOptions=enableCipherSuites=SSL_RSA_W
ITH_RC4_128_MD5,SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
When SSL Encryption is used with MSSQL sever and the server
certificate validation is not required.
jdbc:av:sqlserver://<MSSQL Host name>:<Port
number>;encryptionMethod=SSL;validateServerCertificate
=false;CryptoProtocolVersion=TLSv1.2;
Microsoft SQL Server jdbc:av:sqlserver://<Host
(Windows Name>:<Port>;authenticationMethod=ntlmjava
Authentication)
(Use Windows user credentials along with domain. For
example, <domain name>\<user name > and password.)
OR
jdbc:av:sqlserver://<Host
Name>:<Port>;authenticationMethod=ntlmjava;domain=<dom
ain name>
Use Windows user credentials without domain. For
example, <user name > and password.
Oracle Solaris hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
Oracle Linux hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
Microsoft Windows hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
Microsoft Active hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
Directory Server

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Table C-20 (Cont.) Target Connect Strings (for Target Location Field)

Target Type Connect String

Oracle ACFS hostname (fully qualified machine name or IP address)
Note: Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
(Oracle ACFS) or Oracle Advanced Cluster File System was
deprecated in Oracle AVDF release 20.7 and is desupported in 20.8.

See Also:
Registering or Removing Targets in Audit Vault Server

C.6.2 Audit Collection Attributes

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF) provides audit collection attributes
that are specific to the target platform, such as Oracle Database or MySQL.

C.6.2.1 About Audit Collection Attributes

Specify audit collection attributes when configuring targets.
Some types of targets have optional or required audit trail collection attributes. You can
specify audit collection attributes when registering or modifying targets in the Audit
Collection Attributes fields.
The following target types do not require audit collection attributes:
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Sybase ASE
• Oracle Solaris
• Windows
• Linux
• Microsoft Active Directory Server

See Also:
Registering or Removing Targets in Audit Vault Server

C.6.2.2 Oracle Database Audit Collection Attributes

Specify audit collection attributes to control the types of data that Audit Vault collects.
You can specify audit collection attributes for a DIRECTORY audit trail for Oracle Database.
Table C-21 describes the audit collection attributes you can use if you select DIRECTORY as

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the Audit Trail Type when registering an Oracle Database target in Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall.

Table C-21 Audit Collection Attributes for DIRECTORY Audit Trail for Oracle Database

Attribute Name and Description Required? Default Comments

ORCLCOLL.NLS_LANGUAGE Yes: If the started audit trail NA The value is not case
The NLS language of the data source cannot establish a sensitive.
connection to the Oracle
target (for example, target is
not running)
No: If the started audit trail
is able to connect to the
Oracle target and get these
parameter values from the
target (for example, the
target is running when the
trail is started)
ORCLCOLL.NLS_TERRITORY Yes: If the started audit trail NA The value is not case
The NLS territory of the data source cannot establish a sensitive.
connection to the Oracle
target (for example, target is
not running)
No: If the started audit trail
is able to connect to the
Oracle target and get these
parameter values from the
target (for example, the
target is running when the
trail is started)
ORCLCOLL.NLS_CHARSET Yes: If the started audit trail NA The value is not case
The NLS character set of the data source cannot establish a sensitive.
connection to the Oracle
target (for example, target is
not running)
No: If the started audit trail
is able to connect to the
Oracle target and get these
parameter values from the
target (for example, the
target is running when the
trail is started)
ORCLCOLL.RAC_INSTANCE_ID No 1 None.
The instance ID in an Oracle RAC
environment

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Table C-21 (Cont.) Audit Collection Attributes for DIRECTORY Audit Trail for Oracle Database

Attribute Name and Description Required? Default Comments

AV.COLLECTOR.DATABASECHARSET Yes: If the audit trail started NA None.
The NLS character set of the data source. cannot establish a
connection to the target
Oracle Database. For
example, the target is not
running.
No: If the audit trail started
is able to connect to the
target Oracle Database and
get these parameter values
from the target. For
example, the target is
running when the trail is
started.
ORCLCOLL.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL No 60 Cannot be reconfigured
The interval, in seconds, to store the at run time.
metric information This interval determines
how frequently metric
information is updated. If
the value is too low it
creates overhead for
sending metrics to the
Audit Vault Server. If the
value is too high it will
skew the average metric
information.
ORCLCOLL.NT_ORACLE_SID No No default The value is not case
The Oracle SID name on a Microsoft sensitive. If no value is
Windows systems specified then the audit
trail queries the value
from the target.
AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET Optional. NA None.
Timezone offset of Oracle Database Note: For Oracle AVDF
target release 20.1 only, it is a
mandatory target attribute
for Transaction Log audit
collection.
This attribute is not required
from Oracle AVDF release
20.2 and onwards, as the
Transaction Log audit trail
fetches the time zone offset
from the target database.

C.6.2.3 IBM DB2 for LUW Audit Collection Attribute

Learn about the IBM DB2 for LUW audit collection attribute.
Table C-22 describes the audit collection attribute required when you register an IBM DB2 for
LUW target in Oracle AVDF.

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Table C-22 Audit Collection Attribute for IBM DB2 for LUW Database

Attribute Name and Description Required? Default Comments

av.collector.databasename Yes NA This parameter is case
The IBM DB2 for LUW database name sensitive.
Note: The audit
collection attribute is not
required from release
12.2.0.11.0 and onwards.

C.6.2.4 MySQL Audit Collection Attributes

Learn about the MySQL audit collection attributes.
Table C-23 describes the required and optional audit collection attributes when you
register a MySQL target in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

Table C-23 Audit Collection Attributes for MySQL Database

Attribute Name and Description Required? Default Comments

av.collector.securedTargetVersio Yes 8.0 NA
n
The MySQL database version
av.collector.AtcTimeInterval No 20 Example: If this value is 20, the
Specifies a time interval, in minutes, at audit trail cleanup time is
which the audit trail cleanup time is updated every 20 minutes in the
updated ATC file. Audit log files that have
a time stamp older than the
audit trail cleanup time will be
cleaned from the source folder
when you run the audit trail
cleanup utility.

See Also:
MySQL Audit Trail Cleanup

C.6.2.5 Oracle ACFS Audit Collection Attribute

Learn about the Oracle ACFS target audit collection attribute.

Note:
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)
or Oracle Advanced Cluster File System was deprecated in Oracle AVDF
release 20.7 and is desupported in 20.8.

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Table C-24 describes the audit collection attribute required when you register an Oracle
ACFS target in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

Table C-24 Audit Collection Attribute for Oracle ACFS

Attribute Name and Description Required? Default Comments

av.collector.securedtargetversio Yes NA Five integer values
n separated by dots, for
example 12.1.0.0.0.
The version number of Oracle ACFS

C.6.3 Audit Trail Locations

When you configure an audit trail for a target in the Audit Vault Server, you specify a trail
location. The trail location depends on the type of target.

Note:
Trail locations are case sensitive. To avoid duplicate data collection, Oracle
recommends that you provide the entire trail location either in all capital letters or all
lowercase letters.

Note:
If you select DIRECTORY for the audit trail type, the trail location must be a
directory mask.

Table C-25 Supported Trail Locations for Targets

Target Type Trail Type Supported Trail Locations

Oracle Table SYS.AUD$, SYS.FGA_LOG$, DVSYS.AUDIT_TRAIL$,
Database UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL, CDB_UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL
Oracle Directory Full path to the directory that contains the AUD or XML files
Database
Oracle syslog Full path to the directory that contains the syslog or
Database rsyslog file
Include the syslog or rsyslog file prefix in the path. For
example, if the file names are messages.0, messages.1,
and so on, you might use the following path:
/scratch/user1/rsyslogbug/dbrecord/
messages
You can also enter Default and the system will search for
either the syslog or the rsyslog location. If both are
present, entering Default causes the audit trail to collect
data from the syslog files.
Oracle Event log No trail location required
Database Network

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Table C-25 (Cont.) Supported Trail Locations for Targets

Target Type Trail Type Supported Trail Locations

Oracle Transaction Log Full path to the directory that contains the Oracle GoldenGate
Database Integrated Extract XML trail file
Microsoft Directory *.sqlaudit files, or *.trc (trace) files
SQL Server Examples:
directory_path\*.sqlaudit
directory_path\prefix*.sqlaudit
directory_path\prefix*.trc
For prefix, you can use any prefix for the .trc or
*.sqlaudit files.
#C2_DYNAMIC and #TRACE_DYNAMIC are only supported
for SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2014, and 2016.
Microsoft Event log application or security (SQL Server 2008, 2012,
SQL Server 2014, and 2016)
Microsoft Transaction Log Full path to the directory that contains the Oracle GoldenGate
SQL Server (Oracle AVDF 20.9 and CDC Extract XML trail file
later)
IBM DB2 for Directory Path to a directory, for example: d:\temp\trace
LUW
Sybase ASE Table SYSAUDITS
PostgreSQL Directory Path to the directory that contains the CSV audit files
MySQL Directory Path to the directory where converted XML files are created
when you run the MySQL XML transformation utility
Linux Directory Default location of the audit.log (/var/log/audit/
audit*.log) or any custom location that is configured in
the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file
Microsoft Event log security (case-insensitive)
Windows You can use any case combination in the word security.
However, after you start collecting a trail with a particular case
combination, you must use the same combination in
subsequent collections. Otherwise, a new audit trail will start
collecting records from the start of the security event log.
Oracle Directory hostname:path_to_trail
Solaris The hostname matches the host name in the audit log names,
which look like this:
timestamp1.timestamp2.hostname
AIX Directory /audit/trail

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Table C-25 (Cont.) Supported Trail Locations for Targets

Target Type Trail Type Supported Trail Locations

Oracle ACFS Directory Path to the directory that contains XML audit files
For example, a file system that is mounted
at $MOUNT_POINT has the following audit trail location:
$MOUNT_POINT/.Security/audit/

Note:
Oracle Automatic Storage
Management Cluster File System
(Oracle ACFS) or Oracle
Advanced Cluster File System
was deprecated in Oracle AVDF
release 20.7 and is desupported
in 20.8.

Microsoft Event log directory service or security (case-insensitive)

Active You can use any case combination in the words directory
Directory
service or security. However, after you start collecting a
Server
trail with a particular case combination, you must use the same
combination in subsequent collections. Otherwise, a new audit
trail will start collecting records from the start of the security
event log.

Related Topics
• Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection
To begin collecting audit data with the Audit Vault Agent, configure an audit trail for each
target that's registered on the Audit Vault Server and then start the audit trail collection.
• Running the XML Transformation Utility for MySQL Audit Formats
Learn how to run the XML transformation utility for MySQL audit formats.

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Transaction Log Audit Data Collection for
Oracle Database
You can fine-tune audit data collection by setting REDO log parameters for Oracle Database
targets.

D.1 Introduction to Transaction Log Audit Trails for Oracle

Database Using Oracle GoldenGate
Learn about the recommended collection from REDO logs settings using Oracle GoldenGate.
REDO log files also known as transaction logs are files used by Oracle Database to maintain
logs of all the transactions that have occurred in the database. This chapter contains the
recommendations for setting initialization parameters to use the TRANSACTION LOG audit
trail type to collect audit data from the REDO logs of Oracle Database target.
These log files allow Oracle Database to recover the changes made to the database in case
of a failure. For example, if a user updates a salary value in a table that contains employee
related data, a REDO record is generated. It contains the value before this change (old value)
and the new changed value. REDO records are used to guarantee ACID (Atomicity,
Consistency, Isolation, and Durability) properties over crash or hardware failure. In case of a
database crash, the system performs redo (re-process) of all the changes on data files that
takes the database data back to the state it was when the last REDO record was written.
REDO log records contain Before and After values for every DML (Data Manipulation
Language) and DDL (Data Definition Language) operations. Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall provides the ability to monitor the changed values from REDO logs using Transaction
Log collector.
Transaction Log collector takes advantage of Oracle GoldenGate’s Integrated Extract
process to move the REDO log data from database to XML files. The extract process is
configured to run against the source database or it is configured to run on a Downstream
Mining database (Oracle only). It captures DML and DDL operations performed on the
configured objects. The captured operations from transaction logs are transferred to
GoldenGate XML trail files. Oracle AVDF's Transaction Log collector, collects transaction log
records from generated XML files. These logs are forwarded to the Audit Vault Server to
show the before and after values changed in the Data Modification Before-After Values
report. The DDL changes are available in the All Activity report. The DML changes are
available in the Data Modification Before-After Values report.

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Sizing Guidelines

Figure D-1 Transaction Log Collection Process

Source GoldenGate AVDF Audit Vault

Database Transaction Server
Log Collector

XML
Transaction XML Before and After
Logs Values Report -GUI

See Also:
Oracle Database Setup Scripts for instructions on setting up privileges in the
Oracle Database for collecting audit data from the REDO logs.

D.2 Sizing Guidelines

Learn and follow the sizing guidelines outlined in this topic.

Prerequisites
Adhere to the system and sizing requirements outlined in System Requirements and
Operating System Requirements of Oracle GoldenGate documentation.

General sizing guidelines

1. General recommendation for memory and CPU is to start with 32G memory and 2
CPUs per Integrated Extract as it is a multi threaded process and uses large
memory when processing large transaction. Depending on the transaction volume
and transaction pattern, scale up the resources appropriately following the
guidelines in Oracle GoldenGate documentation.
2. General recommendation for disk space is to start with 2T, and vary based on the
volume of data the Integrated Extract captures from the source databases. Extract
uses storage for trail files and temporary disk space for cache files in case there is
big transaction to buffer for processing.
There are multiple database dictionary views in the computation formulae referred in
the guidelines. They provide information on transaction log size. For example, v$log
gives detailed information of each online log. Similarly number of log switches per day
can be estimated from v$log_history/gv$log_history.

Temporary disk space requirements on account of large transactions may fill up cache
and spill over to the transaction cached data or temporary files. Configure an archive
policy and define the retention period of the files, so they can be recycled accordingly.
Maintain enough physical memory to handle large transactions. As per the guidelines,
have at least 32 GB of memory available for Extract to use. For a more accurate
estimation, collect the statistics from the database server history run and check for the
size of the biggest transaction. Oracle GoldenGate provides send <extract>

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cachemgr, cachestats command that displays the statistics of the transaction, that is helpful
to determine the base line for estimation.
In general, the sizing, storage, and memory for Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract
process is highly dependent on the transaction volume and transaction pattern. Collect these
statistics from every single database server to estimate as there is no standard value.
The number of databases that can be supported by a single GoldenGate instance or
Integrated Extract process, depends on the system resources that support multiple extracts.
Ensure to configure one extract for every database.

Note:

• Other Disk Space Considerations

• Temporary Disk Requirements

D.3 Restricted Use License for Oracle GoldenGate

Learn about restricted license of Oracle GoldenGate.
A restricted use license for Oracle GoldenGate is included with Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall release 20. This license permits you to install Oracle GoldenGate and use
the integrated extract process to capture transactional changes in database systems
monitored by Oracle AVDF. The extracted data from Oracle GoldenGate is consumed only by
Oracle AVDF. Deploy Oracle GoldenGate Microservices Architecture on a separate server
other than the server on which Oracle AVDF appliance is deployed. Later configure the
Integrated Extract feature of Oracle GoldenGate. Oracle GoldenGate version 19.1.0.0.4 is the
minimum version supported with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20. To support
Oracle Databases prior to 12.2, Downstream Mining needs to be configured. It requires
deployment of Oracle Enterprise Edition database and has to be licensed separately.

D.4 Installing Oracle GoldenGate on Oracle Database

Learn how to install Oracle GoldenGate on Oracle Database.
Download Oracle GoldenGate Microservices Architecture (MA) from the Oracle Software
Delivery Cloud.

Note:
After installing Oracle GoldenGate, contact Oracle Support to create a Merge Label
Request for applying the patch 32175609, 32063871, 33701099, and 34014874. This
patch needs to be applied on Oracle GoldenGate installation.

1. Refer and follow the Installing Oracle GoldenGate Microservices procedure in Oracle
GoldenGate documentation.
2. After installing Oracle GoldenGate, configure a new instance of GoldenGate by following
the steps in Configure Deployments.

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Capturing Transaction Log Data from Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 and Later

D.5 Capturing Transaction Log Data from Oracle Database

12.2.0.1 and Later
Learn how to capture Transaction Log data from Oracle Database versions 12.2.0.1
and later.
Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract process is supported only for Oracle Database
versions 12.2.0.1 and later. In this case Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract is
configured on the source database. To capture Transaction Log data from Oracle
Database 12.2.0.1 or later, run the steps in the following sections and in the same
order:
1. Create User and Grant Relevant Privileges
2. Configure Oracle GoldenGate Parameters for Oracle Database
3. Create New Credential in GoldenGate Administration Server
4. Create a New Integrated Extract in Oracle GoldenGate Administration Server

D.6 Downstream Mining to Capture Transaction Log Data

from Oracle Database Prior to 12.2.0.1
Learn how to capture Transaction Log data from Oracle Database versions prior to
12.2.0.1.
Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract process is supported only for Oracle Database
versions 12.2.0.1 and later. In this case Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract is
configured on the source database.
For capturing Transaction Log data from Oracle Database versions prior to 12.2.0.1,
Downstream Mining must be used. In this case there are 2 databases, the source
database and the Downstream Mining database. The source database (Oracle
Database prior to 12.2.0.1) is configured to ship the online REDO logs to a
Downstream database (Oracle Database version 12.2.0.1 or later). Integrated Extract
is then configured on the Downstream database.

Note:

• Before configuring Downstream Mining, execute the steps in sections

Create User and Grant Relevant Privileges and Configure Oracle
GoldenGate Parameters for Oracle Database on both the source
database and the Downstream Mining database.
• Configure Downstream Mining by referring to section Configure
GoldenGate Downstream Mining.

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Migrating Transaction Log Audit Trail from Oracle AVDF 12.2 to 20

D.7 Migrating Transaction Log Audit Trail from Oracle AVDF

12.2 to 20
Learn how to migrate transaction log audit trail from Oracle AVDF 12.2 to 20.
Transaction log audit trail data can be migrated from Oracle AVDF 12.2 to 20. Follow this
procedure before upgrading to Oracle AVDF 20:
1. Install and deploy Oracle GoldenGate.
2. Run the below procedure for every transaction log audit trail in Oracle AVDF 12.2:
a. Ensure Oracle AVDF 12.2 transaction log audit trail is running on the Oracle source
database. Create Oracle Goldengate integrated extract. If Oracle source database is
older than 12.2.0.1, then configure Downstream Mining and create Integrated Extract
for Downstream Mining database. If Oracle source database is version 12.2.0.1 or
later, then create Integrated Extract for the source database.
b. Configure Integrated Extract XML file for each source database instance in a unique
location.
c. Wait for five minutes after creating the Integrated Extract, to ensure it is running
successfully. In case the Integrated Extract fails, then check the logs in the Reports
tab and fix the issue.
d. After confirming that the Integrated Extract is running successfully, wait till DDL/DML
statements run. Ensure that the Integrated Extract file contains XML data in it.
e. Stop the 12.2 transaction log audit trail. Before Oracle AVDF 12.2 transaction log
audit trail is stopped, for a brief duration both the GoldenGate Integrated Extract and
Oracle AVDF 12.2 transaction log audit trail are running concurrently. Hence
duplicate records are observed only for this brief duration. Safely ignore the duplicate
records observed for this short duration.
f. Ensure these steps run successfully for all the 12.2 transaction log audit trails.
3. If the current version of Oracle AVDF is prior to 12.2.0.9.0, then first upgrade to
12.2.0.9.0 and then upgrade to Oracle AVDF 20.
4. After upgrading to Oracle AVDF 20, perform these steps for each target database which
has transaction log audit trail:
a. Delete the old transaction log audit trail.
b. Create a new transaction log audit trail.
c. Make sure the trail location is the full path of the directory containing Integrated
Extract XML files.

D.8 Create User and Grant Relevant Privileges

Learn how to create a user and grant the required privileges.
Create a new user depending on the type of the database:
• In case of standalone database, create a new user and grant relevant privileges to the
user. This new user can fetch REDO log data from the Oracle Database using Oracle
GoldenGate Integrated Extract.

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• In case of multitenant database, create a new user in the CDB and grant relevant
privileges to the user. This new CDB user can fetch REDO log data from individual
PDBs in Oracle Database using Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract.
Follow this procedure for the standalone database:
1. Log in to the database as sysdba.
2. Execute the following command to create an example user avggadmin:

create user avggadmin identified by avggadmin;

3. Execute the following commands to grant privileges to the newly created user:

grant create session, resource, alter system to avggadmin;

grant unlimited tablespace to avggadmin;

4. Execute the following commands to grant GoldenGate admin privilege to the

example user avggadmin:

begin
DBMS_GOLDENGATE_AUTH.GRANT_ADMIN_PRIVILEGE(
'avggadmin',
'*',
TRUE,
TRUE,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
'CURRENT');
end;
/

Follow this procedure for multitenant database:

1. Log in to CDB$ROOT as sysdba.
2. Execute the following command to create an example user c##avggadmin:

create user c##avggadmin identified by c##avggadmin container=all;

3. Execute the following commands to grant privileges to the newly created user:

grant create session, resource, alter system to c##avggadmin

container=all;

grant unlimited tablespace to c##avggadmin container=all;

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4. Execute the following commands to grant GoldenGate admin privilege to the example
user c##avggadmin:

begin
DBMS_GOLDENGATE_AUTH.GRANT_ADMIN_PRIVILEGE(
'c##avggadmin',
'*',
TRUE,
TRUE,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
'ALL');
end;
/

See Also:

• Granting the Appropriate User Privileges

• GRANT_ADMIN_PRIVILEGE Procedure

D.9 Configure Oracle GoldenGate Parameters for Oracle

Database
Follow this procedure to configure Oracle GoldenGate parameters for Oracle Database.
1. For multitenant database, log in to CDB$ROOT as sysdba. For standalone database, log in
as sysdba.
2. Execute the following command to enable GoldenGate replication:

alter system set enable_goldengate_replication=true scope=spfile;

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3. Execute the following commands to enable Archive Log:

shutdown immediate

startup mount

alter database archivelog;

alter database open;

alter pluggable database all open /*Applicable only for

multitenant database*/;

select name,log_mode from v$database;

4. Enabling Forced Logging is recommended by Oracle GoldenGate. Execute the

following command to enable Forced Logging:

alter database force logging;

5. Execute the following commands to enable Supplemental Logging:

alter database add supplemental log data;

select force_logging, supplemental_log_data_min from v$database;

6. Change database compatibility only if the version is prior to 12.2.0.1.0. Execute

the following command to see database compatibility:

show parameter compatible;

7. The database compatibility parameter needs to be changed only for the database,
on which Integrated Extract will be configured. Execute the following command to
set database compatibility to version 12.2.0.1.0 or higher. In case of normal
integrated extract, execute the following command on the source database. In
case of Downstream Mining configuration, execute the following command only on
the Downstream Mining database and not on the source database.

alter system set compatible = '12.2.0.1.0' scope=spfile;

8. Set the appropriate streams_pool_size depending on the number of integrated

extracts on the database. Refer to Oracle GoldenGate Performance Best
Practices guide for complete information on sizing.
9. Execute the following command to check the current parameter values:

show parameter streams;

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10. In case the streams_pool_size is not as per above sizing document, then set the
relevant streams_pool_size, by executing the following commands:

alter system set streams_pool_size=1250M scope=spfile;

shutdown immediate;

startup;

alter pluggable database all open /*Applicable only for multitenant

database*/;

show parameter streams;

See Also:

• Enabling Minimum Database-level Supplemental Logging

• Oracle GoldenGate Performance Best Practices

D.10 Create New Credential in GoldenGate Administration

Server
Follow this procedure to create a new credential in Oracle GoldenGate Administration Server
for the target database.
1. Log in to the Oracle GoldenGate Administration Server.
2. Click the Configuration tab in left navigation menu.
3. Click the plus button next to Credentials on the main page.
4. Enter the domain name in the Credential Domain field. For example, inst1.
5. Enter the alias in the Credential Alias field. For example, avggadmin_inst1.
6. In the User ID field, enter the user name in this format <username>@<connect string>.
For example:

avggadmin@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST= foobar.example.com)
(PORT=1234))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME= foobar.example.com)))

7. Enter the Password.

8. Re enter the password in Verify Password field.
9. Click Submit.

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10. After creating the credential, click the Log in database icon. There is a pointer
available for the icon. This ensures that the newly created credential is able to
connect to the target database.

D.11 Create a New Integrated Extract in Oracle GoldenGate

Administration Server
Follow this procedure to create new Integrated Extract in Oracle GoldenGate
Administration Server for the target database.
1. Log in to the Oracle GoldenGate Administration Server.
2. Click the Overview tab in left navigation menu.
3. Click the plus button next to Extract on the main page.
4. In the Add Extract section and Extract Type sub section, select the Integrated
Extract radio button.
5. Click Next.
6. In the Extract Options sub section, enter the Process Name.
7. Optionally, enter the Description.
8. Select Unidirectional in the Intent field.
9. Select the Credential Domain from the drop down.
10. Select the Credential Alias from the drop down.

11. Select Now in the Begin field.

12. Enter a two character trail name in the Trail Name field.

13. Enter the Trail Subdirectory.

Note:
Trail subdirectory can be full path of any directory. This directory must
already exist on the file system.

14. Enter the Trail Size (in MB).

Note:
In case the record generation rate of GoldenGate is low (less than 50
records per second), then it is recommended to set the Trail Size to
lower values. For example, 100MB.

15. Select the PDB container in the Register to PDBs field.

16. The maximum size of the XML file can be configured using the Trail Size field.
After the XML file reaches this size, rotation happens and integrated extract starts
writing into a new XML file.
17. The other fields can be left unchanged as they are optional.

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18. Click Next.

19. In the Parameter File sub section, enter the below parameters:

extract <extract_name>
useridalias <credential_userid_alias> domain <credential_domain>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <sub_directory>/<trail_name>
SOURCECATALOG <pdb_name>
DDL <ddl options to include or exclude schemas and tables>
TABLE <schema>.<table>;

Example parameter file:

extract int_ex_1
useridalias tkggadmin_inst1 domain inst1
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail subdirectory/aa
SOURCECATALOG cdb1_pdb1
DDL INCLUDE ALL
TABLE scott.*;

Note:

• The SOURCECATALOG parameter is applicable only for the multi tenant

database and is not required for the standalone database.
• There is space between XML and _AUDIT_VAULT in the OUTPUTFORMAT
parameter.
• The OUTPUTFORMAT parameter must be mentioned before the exttrail
parameter in the parameter file. Else, the XML files are not generated.
• Ensure the TABLE command always ends with a semicolon (;).
• Ensure the sequence of all the parameters are in the exact order as
mentioned above.
• The DDL INCLUDE command is used to specify the tables for which DDL
changes need to be captured.
• The TABLE command is used to specify the tables for which DML changes
need to be captured.
• Refer to the following sections in Oracle® GoldenGate Reference for
Oracle GoldenGate for Windows and UNIX for more information about the
DDL, TABLE and TABLEEXCLUDE commands.

20. After entering the values in the Parameter File field, click Create and Run button to start
the integrated extract process.
21. In the Extracts panel, the newly created Integrated Extract is displayed. To view the
status of the Integrated Extract follow these steps:

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a. Click Actions drop down next to the Integrated Extract icon.

b. Select Details.
c. Click Report tab to view the diagnostic messages. In case the extract process
fails, then the relevant errors are displayed in the report.

See Also:

• DDL
• TABLE | MAP
• TABLEEXCLUDE

D.12 Periodic Backup of LogMiner Dictionary

Learn when to take backup of the LogMiner dictionary.
Oracle GoldenGate highly recommends periodic backup (preferably every day) of the
LogMiner dictionary. It can be performed by extracting the LogMiner dictionary to the
redo log files. Database jobs can be created to perform periodic backup.

See Also:
Extracting a LogMiner Dictionary to the Redo Log Files

D.13 Sample Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract

Parameter Files
Use sample Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract parameter files.

Audit DML and DDL in multiple tables

The following parameter file configures Integrated Extract to capture:
1. DDL operations on all the objects in accounts schema and emp table of scott
schema.
2. DML operations on all the tables in accounts schema and emp table of scott
schema.

extract <extract_name>
useridalias <credential_userid_alias> domain <credential_domain>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <sub_directory>/<trail_name>
SOURCECATALOG cdb1_pdb1
DDL INCLUDE OBJNAME accounts.* INCLUDE OBJNAME scott.emp;

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TABLE accounts.*;
TABLE scott.emp;

Audit DML and DDL in the schema excluding some tables

The following parameter file configures Integrated Extract to capture:
1. DDL operations on all the objects, except the objects in accounts schema.
2. DML operations on all the tables in scott schema, except emp table in scott schema.

extract <extract_name>
useridalias <credential_userid_alias> domain <credential_domain>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <sub_directory>/<trail_name>
SOURCECATALOG cdb1_pdb1
DDL INCLUDE ALL, EXCLUDE OBJNAME accounts.*
TABLE scott.*;
TABLEEXCLUDE scott.emp

Audit all DDL and DML in a schema

The following parameter file configures Integrated Extract to capture:
1. DDL operations on all the objects in scott schema.
2. DML operations on all the tables in scott schema.

extract <extract_name>
useridalias <credential_userid_alias> domain <credential_domain>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <sub_directory>/<trail_name>
SOURCECATALOG cdb1_pdb1
DDL INCLUDE OBJNAME scott.*
TABLE scott.*;

Audit only DDL in a schema

The following parameter file configures Integrated Extract to capture DDL operations on all
the objects in scott schema.

extract <extract_name>
useridalias <credential_userid_alias> domain <credential_domain>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <sub_directory>/<trail_name>
SOURCECATALOG cdb1_pdb1
DDL INCLUDE OBJNAME scott.*

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Audit only DML in a schema

The following parameter file configures Integrated Extract to capture DML operations
on all the tables in scott schema.

extract <extract_name>
useridalias <credential_userid_alias> domain <credential_domain>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <sub_directory>/<trail_name>
SOURCECATALOG cdb1_pdb1
TABLE scott.*;

Audit all DDL in all schema

The following parameter file configures Integrated Extract to capture DDL operations
on all the objects.

extract <extract_name>
useridalias <credential_userid_alias> domain <credential_domain>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <sub_directory>/<trail_name>
SOURCECATALOG cdb1_pdb1
DDL INCLUDE ALL

See Also:
Adding Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection for configuring Transaction
Log audit trail in Oracle AVDF.

D.14 Audit Trail Creation in Audit Vault Console

Learn how to create a mandatory target attribute before creating audit trail.
Ensure the mandatory target attribute AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET is set on the
Oracle Database target in Audit Vault Server console before audit trail creation. This
attribute must be set to timezone offset of Oracle Database. For example, +03:00 for
positive offset, -03:00 for negative offset.

Create audit trail by specifying the following details or guidelines:

• Trail Type: TRANSACTION LOG
• Trail Location: Full path of directory containing integrated extract XML files
• Agent should be running on the host machine which has access to the trail
location
• Agent user should have read permission on the trail location

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D.15 Audit Trail Cleanup

Learn how to delete the files that are read by Audit Vault Agent.
Oracle Golden Gate Collector writes the checkpoint information into the Audit Trail Cleanup
(ATC) file. This file is present in <Agent_Home>/av/atc directory. The ATC file contains
information of the target type, target name, trail type, trail directory, and the checkpoint
timestamp. The ATC file has extension .atc. All the records with event timestamp older than
the checkpoint timestamp are read by Audit Vault Agent and written into the event_log table
in Audit Vault Server.

Note:
The timestamp in ATC file is in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time zone.

Here is an example ATC file:

securedTargetType=Oracle Database
SecuredTargetName=secured_target_oracle_one
TrailType=TRANSACTION LOG
TrailName=/foo/bar/trail_files
2020-06-30 07:11:46.0

For Oracle AVDF 20.3 and Earlier

To delete the files that are read by the Audit Vault Agent, create a script which deletes the
files. These are the files where the last modified timestamp is older than the checkpoint
timestamp present in ATC file. This script can be scheduled to run periodically.

For Oracle AVDF 20.4 and Later

To delete the files that are read by the Audit Vault Agent use the Oracle GoldenGate Extract
Cleanup utility. This is available starting Oracle AVDF 20.4.

D.16 Configure GoldenGate Downstream Mining

Learn how to configure GoldenGate downstream mining.
Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract process is supported only for Oracle Database
versions 12.2.0.1 and later. In this case Oracle GoldenGate Integrated Extract is configured
on the source database. For capturing transaction log data from Oracle Database versions
prior to 12.2.0.1, downstream mining is used. In this case there are 2 databases, the source
database and the Downstream Mining database. The source database (Oracle Database
versions prior to 12.2.0.1) is configured to send the online REDO logs to a Downstream
database (Oracle Database version 12.2.0.1 or later). Integrated Extract is then configured on
the Downstream database to generate XML files in _AUDIT_VAULT format.

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Prerequisite
Execute the steps in Create User and Grant Relevant Privileges and Configure Oracle
GoldenGate Parameters for Oracle Database on both the source database and the
Downstream Mining database.

Configuring the Password File

1. Execute the follow command on the source database to see database
compatibility:

show parameter compatible;

2. If the version of the source database is 12.1.0.2.0, then execute below command:

alter system set compatible = '12.1.0.2.0' scope=spfile;

shutdown immediate

startup

3. Execute the following command and check if the compatibility has changed to
12.1.0.2.0:

show parameter compatible;

4. Execute the following query to find the global_name on both the source database
and the Downstream Mining database:

select * from global_name;

5. Ensure the source database and the Downstream Mining database do not have
the same global_name.
6. If a source database has a remote login password file, copy it to the appropriate
directory of the mining database system. The password file must be the same as
the source database and the mining database. If the source database and the
Downstream Mining database do not have the same password file, then execute
the following commands in the source database and then copy over the source
password file to the Downstream Mining database:

alter system set remote_login_passwordfile = 'shared' scope =

spfile;

shutdown immediate

startup

7. In the source database, the password file is $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/

orapw<$ORACLE_SID>.

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The example source password file is /foo/bar/orapwsource.

8. Execute the following command on the Downstream Mining database to find the
downstream password file:

select file_name from v$passwordfile_info;

The example downstream password file is /foo/bar/orapwdownstream.

9. Execute the following command to take backup of the existing downstream password file:

cp /foo/bar/orapwdownstream /foo/bar/orapwdownstream_orig

10. Execute the following command to copy the source password file to downstream
password file location:

cp /foo/bar/orapwsource /foo/bar/orapwdownstream

Configuring the Source Database

In this example, the database unique name for source database is source_db_unique_name
and for the Downstream Mining database is downstream_db_unique_name.

Execute the following command to find the database unique name:

select db_unique_name from v$database;

Execute the following commands on the source database, to configure the source database
to transmit redo data to the Downstream Mining database. While setting the
LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 parameter, the connection details of the Downstream Mining database
needs to be provided.

ALTER SYSTEM SET

LOG_ARCHIVE_CONFIG='DG_CONFIG=(source_db_unique_name,downstream_db_unique_nam
e)';

ALTER SYSTEM SET

LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2='SERVICE="(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)
(HOST=foo.bar.com)(PORT=1234))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=foo.bar.com)))"
ASYNC OPTIONAL NOREGISTER VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILE,PRIMARY_ROLE)
DB_UNIQUE_NAME=downstream_db_unique_name';

ALTER SYSTEM SET LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_STATE_2=ENABLE;

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Configuring the Downstream Mining Database

1. Archiving must be enabled in the Downstream Mining database to run Integrated
Extract in real time integrated capture mode. Execute the following commands on
the Downstream Mining database to archive local redo log files:

ALTER SYSTEM SET LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1='LOCATION=/foo/bar/arc_dest/

local valid_for=(ONLINE_LOGFILE,PRIMARY_ROLE)';

ALTER SYSTEM SET LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_STATE_1=ENABLE;

2. Downstream Mining database must be configured to archive the standby redo logs
that receive redo data from the online redo logs of the source database. The
foreign archived logs should not be archived in the recovery area of the
Downstream Mining database. Execute the following commands on the
Downstream Mining database to archive standby redo logs locally:

ALTER SYSTEM SET

LOG_ARCHIVE_CONFIG='DG_CONFIG=(source_db_unique_name,downstream_db_u
nique_name)';

ALTER SYSTEM SET LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2='LOCATION=/foo/bar/arc_dest/

standbyredo VALID_FOR=(STANDBY_LOGFILE,PRIMARY_ROLE)';

ALTER SYSTEM SET LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_STATE_2=ENABLE ;

3. Execute the following command on the source database and make a note of the
results:

select group#, thread#, bytes from v$log;

4. Add the standby log file groups to the mining database. The standby log file size
must be at least the size of the source log file. The number of standby log file
groups must be at least one more than the number of source online log file groups.
This applies to each instance (thread) in case of Oracle RAC installation. If you
have n threads in the source database, each having m redo log groups, then you
should configure n*(m+1) redo log groups in the Downstream Mining database.
For example, let us assume the following is the result of the query select group#,
thread#, bytes from v$log;:

GROUP# THREAD# BYTES

1 1 26214400
2 1 26214400

Number of threads ( n ) is 1.
Number of groups per thread ( m ) is 2.
Hence n*(m+1) = 3 redo logs groups are required in the Downstream Mining
database, where the size of each log group should be at least 26214400 bytes.

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5. For this example, execute the following query on the Downstream Mining database:

ALTER DATABASE ADD STANDBY LOGFILE GROUP 3

('/foo/bar/arc_dest/standbyloggroups/slog3a.rdo', '/foo/bar/arc_dest/
standbyloggroups/slog3b.rdo') SIZE 500M;

ALTER DATABASE ADD STANDBY LOGFILE GROUP 4

('/foo/bar/arc_dest/standbyloggroups/slog4a.rdo', '/foo/bar/arc_dest/
standbyloggroups/slog4b.rdo') SIZE 500M;

ALTER DATABASE ADD STANDBY LOGFILE GROUP 5

('/foo/bar/arc_dest/standbyloggroups/slog5a.rdo', '/foo/bar/arc_dest/
standbyloggroups/slog5b.rdo') SIZE 500M;

SELECT * FROM V$STANDBY_LOG;

Registering Integrated Extract

1. Create credentials for both the source database and the Downstream Mining database
on Oracle GoldenGate administration server by following the steps in Create New
Credential in GoldenGate Administration Server.
2. Launch the adminclient command line interface:

$GG_HOME/bin/adminclient

3. Execute the command to connect to the GoldenGate Service Manager. If SSL is

configured, then execute the command:

connect https://<hostname>:<port> as <username> password <password> !

If SSL is not configured, then execute the command:

connect http://<hostname>:<port> as <username> password <password> !

Example command if SSL is configured:

connect https://localhost:1234 as ggadminuser password ggadminpassword !

Example command if SSL is not configured:

connect https://localhost:1234 as ggadminuser password ggadminpassword !

4. Execute the following command to log in to the source database in adminclient:

dblogin useridalias <source db user id> domain <source db domain>

For example:

dblogin useridalias avggadmin_remotesourceinst1 domain remotesourceinst1

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5. Execute the following command to log in to the Downstream Mining database in

adminclient:

miningdblogin useridalias <downstream db user id> domain

<downstream db domain>

For example:

miningdblogin useridalias avggadmin_remotedowninst1 domain

remotedowninst1

6. Execute the following commands to add and register the Integratd Extract. Before
executing these steps, manually create the subdirectory, where the Integrated
Extract XML files need to be stored.

ADD EXTRACT <extract name> INTEGRATED TRANLOG BEGIN NOW

REGISTER EXTRACT <extract name> DATABASE

ADD EXTTRAIL <subdirectory>/<trail name>, EXTRACT <extract name>

After executing this command, you may see the message OGG-12029 The file
with name '<extract name>.prm' does not exist. Ignore this message.
For example:

ADD EXTRACT ext1 INTEGRATED TRANLOG BEGIN NOW

REGISTER EXTRACT ext1 DATABASE
ADD EXTTRAIL e1/e1, EXTRACT ext1

7. Log in to the Oracle GoldenGate administration server.

8. In the Extracts panel, the newly created Integrated Extract is displayed. To update
the parameter file of the Integrated Extract follow these steps:
a. Click Actions drop down next to the Integrated Extract icon.
b. Select Details.
c. In the Parameters tab, enter the below parameters:

extract <extract name>

useridalias <source db user id> domain <source db domain>
TRANLOGOPTIONS MININGUSERALIAS <downstream db user id> domain
<downstream db domain>
TRANLOGOPTIONS INTEGRATEDPARAMS (downstream_real_time_mine Y)
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail <subdirectory>/<trail name>
DDL INCLUDE ALL
TABLE <schema>.<table>;

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For example:

extract ext1
useridalias avggadmin_remotesourceinst1 domain remotesourceinst1
TRANLOGOPTIONS MININGUSERALIAS avggadmin_remotedowninst1 domain
remotedowninst1
TRANLOGOPTIONS INTEGRATEDPARAMS (downstream_real_time_mine Y)
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
exttrail e1/e1
DDL INCLUDE ALL
TABLE scott.*;

9. After updating the parameters, click the Apply button.

10. Click Actions drop down next to the Integrated Extract icon.
11. Click Start button to start the Integrated Extract. Wait for 5 minutes for the Integrated
Extract to start successfully and create the background log mining process. Log Mining
process runs in the background and is not visible to the user.
12. Execute the following commands on the source database to switch the log files on the
source database:

select * from v$log;

alter system switch logfile;

select * from v$log;

13. Wait for 5 minutes after performing the log switch. The Integrated Extract needs few
minutes to start creating the XML files.

Checking the status of Downstream Mining

Execute the following commands on both the source database and the Downstream Mining
database:

select * from V$archive_dest_status;

select * from V$archive_dest;

In the row having dest_name column with values LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 and

LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2, ensure the status column has a value VALID and the gap_status
column has a value NO GAP or null.

If the status column has a value ERROR, then the error column shows the relevant error
message.

Checking the status of Integrated Extract

1. Log in to the Oracle GoldenGate administration server.
2. View the Extracts panel. The Integrated Extract is displayed.

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3. Check the status of the Integrated Extract. Click Actions drop down next to the
Integrated Extract icon.
4. Select Details.
5. Click Report tab to view the diagnostic messages. In case the extract process
fails, then the relevant errors are displayed in the report.

See Also:
Understand the downstream mining process available in Configuring a
Downstream Mining Database and Example Downstream Mining
Configuration.

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Transaction Log Audit Data Collection for
Microsoft SQL Server
This chapter explains how to configure Oracle GoldenGate for Microsoft SQL Server
databases (Oracle AVDF 20.9 and later) and how to create transaction log audit trails in the
Audit Vault Server console.

E.1 Introduction to the Transaction Audit Log Trail Using Oracle

GoldenGate for Microsoft SQL Server
Change Data Capture (CDC) in Microsoft SQL Server records the insert, update, and delete
operations that are performed on the data in the tables of the SQL Server.
It captures the data with the help of the SQL Server agent. The first five columns of the CDC
table contain the metadata. These columns provide additional information related to the
changes that are captured. For each insert, delete, and update operation that is applied to the
table, a single row appears in the table. The data columns of the row that results from an
insert operation contain the column values after the insert. The data columns of the row that
results from a delete operation have the column values before the delete. An update
operation requires a one-row entry to identify the column values before the update and a
second-row entry to specify the column values after the update.
The Transaction Log collector takes advantage of Oracle GoldenGate's Extract process (CDC
Capture) to pull CDC table data into XML files. This Extract process captures only data
manipulation language (DML) operations that are performed on the configured objects.
Oracle AVDF's Transaction Log collector for SQL Server collects transaction log records from
generated XML files. These logs are forwarded to the Audit Vault Server to show the before
and after values that are changed in the Data Modification Before-After Values report. The
DML changes are available in the Data Modification Before-After Values report.

Figure E-1 Transaction Log Collection Process

Source GoldenGate AVDF Audit Vault

Database Transaction Server
Log Collector

XML
Transaction XML Before and After
Logs Values Report -GUI

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E.2 Sizing Guidelines

Follow these sizing guidelines to configuring Oracle GoldenGate for Microsoft SQL
Server.

Prerequisites
Follow the system and sizing requirements in What is Required? in the Oracle
GoldenGate documentation.

General Sizing Guidelines

• For memory and CPU, start with 32 GB of memory and 2 CPUs per Extract,
because it's a multithreaded process and uses a large amount of memory when
processing large transactions. Depending on the transaction volume and pattern,
scale up the resources appropriately following the guidelines in the Oracle
GoldenGate documentation.
• For disk space, start with 2 TB, and vary it based on the volume of data that the
Extract captures from the source databases. The Extract uses storage for trail files
and temporary disk space for cache files if there's a big transaction to buffer for
processing.
Temporary disk space requirements due to large transactions may fill up the cache
and spill over to the transaction-cached data or temporary files. Configure an archive
policy and define the retention period of the files so they can be recycled accordingly.
Maintain enough physical memory to handle large transactions. According to the
guidelines, have at least 32 GB of memory available for the Extract to use. For a more
accurate estimation, collect the statistics from the database server history run and
check for the size of the biggest transaction. Oracle GoldenGate provides the send
<extract> cachemgr, cachestats command that displays the statistics of the
transaction, which is helpful to determine the baseline for estimation.
In general, the sizing, storage, and memory for the Oracle GoldenGate Extract
process is highly dependent on the transaction volume and transaction pattern. Collect
these statistics from every single database server to estimate, because there's no
standard value. The number of databases that can be supported by a single
GoldenGate instance or Extract process depends on the system resources that
support multiple Extracts. Configure one Extract for every database.

See Also:

• Other Disk Space Considerations

• Temporary Disk Requirements

E.3 Restricted Use License for Oracle GoldenGate

A restricted-use license for Oracle GoldenGate is included with Oracle AVDF release
20.

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This license permits you to install Oracle GoldenGate and use the Extract process to capture
transactional changes in database systems that are monitored by Oracle AVDF. The
extracted data from Oracle GoldenGate is consumed only by Oracle AVDF. Deploy Oracle
GoldenGate Classic Architecture on a separate server other than the server on which the
Oracle AVDF appliance is deployed. Then configure the Oracle GoldenGate Extract feature.
Oracle AVDF 20 supports Oracle GoldenGate version 19.1.0.0.200414+ for Microsoft SQL
Server versions 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.

E.4 Installing Oracle GoldenGate for Microsoft SQL Server

Databases
Follow these instructions to install Oracle GoldenGate on Microsoft SQL Server.
Download Oracle GoldenGate from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
Follow the instructions in Installing GoldenGate for Heterogeneous Databases in the Oracle
GoldenGate documentation.
After installing Oracle GoldenGate 19.0.0.0.0 or later, apply a patchset for 19.1.0.0.200414+.
Oracle recommends this for the Oracle GoldenGate Extract process to work. After installing
Oracle GoldenGate, contact Oracle Support to create a merge label request for applying
patch 31050939.

E.5 Capturing Transaction Log Data from Microsoft SQL Server

2012 (Through Version 2019)
You capture transaction log data from Microsoft SQL Server by using Oracle GoldenGate's
change data capture (CDC) Capture (Extract) process.
1. Creating Users and Privileges
2. Creating the Manager Process
3. Preparing the System for Oracle GoldenGate
4. Preparing the System for the CDC Capture
5. Creating the GoldenGate CDC Extract
The Oracle GoldenGate CDC Extract process in version 19.1.0.0.200414+ supports capturing
transaction log data from Microsoft SQL Server versions 2012 through 2019. For SQL Server
2014, 2016, and 2017, Microsoft has identified and fixed several important issues that directly
affect the SQL Server CDC feature. This situation impacts the ability of Oracle GoldenGate to
capture data correctly. The current known issues that require Microsoft patches include
KB3030352, KB3166120, and KB4073684. If you're using SQL Server 2014, 2016, or 2017
as a source database, Oracle highly recommends that you apply the latest service pack or
cumulative update for your version of SQL Server. See SQL Server Supported Versions in
the Oracle GoldenGate documentation for information.

E.5.1 Creating Users and Privileges

The user that is used for the Oracle GoldenGate Extract process and the user that is used to
enable supplemental login need different sets of privileges.
See the following topics in the Oracle GoldenGate documentation for instructions:

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• For the Extract user for Microsoft SQL Server, see only the Extract user section in
Extract and Replicat Users for SQL Server.
• For the user that enables supplemental login, see User that Enables Supplemental
Logging and Other Features.

E.5.2 Creating the Manager Process

The Manager process can run as a Microsoft Windows service, or it can run
interactively as the current user.
The Manager process requires the following:
• Full control permissions over the files and folders within the Oracle GoldenGate
directories.
• Full control permissions over the trail files, if they're stored in a location other than
the Oracle GoldenGate directory.
• Membership in the server's local administrators group (on all nodes in a cluster).
• If you're running the Manager process as a Windows service with an Extract that is
connected to a remote database using Windows Authentication, the process
attempts to log in to the database with the account that the Manager process is
running under. Ensure that the Manager's service account has the correct access
to the remote SQL Server instance.
The programs that capture data for the Extract run under the Manager account and
inherit the Manager's operating system privileges.
Create a file named GLOBALS.txt in the root folder of Oracle GoldenGate.

Add a new schema in the database to be used by Oracle GoldenGate objects that may
get created in the database. Open the GLOBALS.txt file and write GGSCHEMA
<schema_name>. Use the GGSCHEMA parameter to specify the name of the schema that
contains the database objects that are owned by Oracle GoldenGate, such as those
that support data definition language (DDL) replication for trigger-based replication,
those that are a part of the heartbeat table implementation, and those that are part of
the SQL Server CDC Capture and Cleanup implementation. After creating the
GLOBALS file, remove the .txt extension. The schema name mentioned under
GGSCHEMA is treated as a system object, and table names with wildcards under
GGSCHEMA are excluded from the Extract. If you need to capture in GGSCHEMA, don't use
wildcards and make sure that you explicitly map the respective table names.
Open the command prompt in the location of the GoldenGate folder and run
ggsci.exe in the command prompt, or you can directly run this as an administrator.

After running ggsci.exe, the GoldenGate command prompt appears.

Run the following command at the GGSCI command prompt:

create subdirs

To create a Manager process, use the following steps:

1. Enter the following command in GGSCI:

edit params mgr

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Notepad or a similar editor opens the parameter file.

2. In the parameter file, enter the port number for the Manager process. It can be any port
number except the well-known port numbers. Use the following format: port
<port_number>
For example: port 3456
3. Enter the following command:

start mgr

This starts the Manager process and only enables communication between the Manager
process and the local Oracle GoldenGate instance. For more information about the
parameters and configuring other types of network communications for the Manager, see
Configuring Manager and Network Communications in the Oracle GoldenGate
documentation.
To see if the manager process is running, enter the following command:

info all

(Optional) To add a Manager process as a Windows service, run the following commands.
You'll receive a warning or error message if the Manager process is already running as a
Windows service. In that case, you don't need to add the Manager process as a Windows
service.

stop mgr

shell install addservice

start mgr

E.5.3 Preparing the System for Oracle GoldenGate

The Extract connects to a source SQL Server database through an Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC) connection.
To create this connection, set up a data source name (DSN) through the Data Sources
(ODBC) control panel. For instructions, see Configuring an Extract Database Connection in
the Oracle GoldenGate documentation.

E.5.4 Preparing the System for the CDC Capture

To create a CDC Capture process, you enable supplemental logging and create an Oracle
GoldenGate CDC cleanup job.
See the following instructions:
• Enabling CDC Supplemental Logging
• Purging the CDC Staging Data

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E.5.5 Creating the GoldenGate CDC Extract

This section discusses the steps to initiate the CDC Extract process.
Before creating a parameter file for CDC Extract, make sure that you're already logged
in to the database through GGSCI, supplemental logging and Oracle GoldenGate's
CDC Cleanup job are enabled, and the Manager process is running. The following file
is a sample parameter file for the CDC Extract process. For more detailed information
on the fields in the parameter file, see Valid and Invalid Parameters for CDC Capture
in the Oracle GoldenGate documentation.
To create and save a new Extract parameter file, enter the following command in
GGSCI:

edit params <extract_name>

For example:

edit params exta

Notepad or a similar editor opens for you to add the required parameters. The
following example parameter file has the minimum required parameters:

EXTRACT <extract_name>
SOURCEDB <dsn> USERID <username> PASSWORD <password>
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
EXTTRAIL .\dirdat\{Any combination of two alphabets indicating prefix
of trail file e.g. ab, bc, ea, sn.....etc}
TABLE owner.table_name;

Note:
The OUTPUTFORMAT must appear before the EXTTRAIL.

The following example parameter file is for a single table. Here the dirdat folder will
contain the trail files that Oracle GoldenGate generates.

EXTRACT exta
SOURCEDB GGDB USERID sa PASSWORD passwd
OUTPUTFORMAT XML _AUDIT_VAULT
EXTTRAIL .\dirdat\ea
TABLE dbo.employee;

Note:
The following examples and commands continue to use exta as the Extract
name.

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Creating Audit Trails in the Audit Vault Console

To add the Extract process, run the following commands in GGSCI:

add extract exta, tranlog, begin now

add exttrail .\dirdat\ea, extract exta

Make sure that the Manager process is already running, and then start the Extract with the
following commands in GGSCI:

start extract exta

info all

This starts the Extract process. From this point onward, every DML operation on the tables
that are monitored by the Extract will be captured and entered in the trail file in the dirdat
folder. To learn more about the Extract process, the naming conventions, creating trail, and
so on, see Configuring Online Change Synchronization.
To stop the Extract process, enter the following command:

stop exta

E.6 Creating Audit Trails in the Audit Vault Console

Follow these guidelines for creating transaction log audit trails for Microsoft SQL Server
database targets in the Audit Vault console.

Note:
Before creating the audit trails, Oracle recommends (although it's not mandatory)
that you set the AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET attribute for the Microsoft SQL
Server database target in the Audit Vault Server console, because the transaction
log audit trail gets the timezones of audit records from the target.
Set AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET to the timezone offset of the Microsoft SQL
Server database. For example: +03:00 for positive offset and -03:00 for negative
offset.
See Registering Targets for the full instructions.

Use the following guidelines when you create audit trails according to the steps in Adding
Audit Trails with Agent-Based Collection:
• For Trail Type, select TRANSACTION LOG.
• For Trail Location, enter the full path of the directory that contains the CDC Extract XML
files.

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Cleaning Up Audit Trails

• Ensure that the Audit Vault Agent is running on the host machine that has access to
the trail location.
• Ensure that the Audit Vault Agent user has read permission for the trail location.

E.7 Cleaning Up Audit Trails

Audit trail cleanup involves deleting the files that are read by the Audit Vault Agent.
See Cleaning Up Oracle GoldenGate Extracts.

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PostgreSQL Audit Data Collection Reference
Learn how to collect audit data from PostgreSQL.

F.1 Introduction to PostgreSQL Audit Data Collection

Learn how to collect audit data from PostgreSQL.
PostgreSQL is a open source object relational database system that uses and extends the
SQL language combined with many features. It safely stores and scales the most
complicated data workload. The origin of PostgreSQL dates back to 1986 as part of the
POSTGRES project at the University of California in Berkeley, and has more than 30 years of
active development on the core platform.
PostgreSQL must be configured to generate audit data in CSV format. The PostgreSQL audit
extension (or pgaudit) provides detailed session and object audit logging through the
standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL.
Installing pgaudit extension on the PostgreSQL database is a must for audit collection. Audit
Vault Agent supports collection of PostgreSQL audit events only if the pgaudit extension is
installed and PostgreSQL is configured to generate audit data in CSV format.

F.2 Installing PostgreSQL

Learn how to install PostgreSQL.
1. Refer to the documentation in the following link:
https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/redhat/
2. Install the relevant PostgreSQL version.

F.3 Steps After Installing PostgreSQL

Run post PostgreSQL installation steps.

Update PostgreSQL Super User Password

A default super user postgres is created during PostgreSQL installation. Run the following
command to change the password for postgres user:

sudo passwd postgres

Create PostgreSQL Non Super User

Create a new user with necessary permission to create databases, and set the password.
Run the following command to create the new user:

sudo -u postgres createuser <new user name> -d -P

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Create root Permission on PostgreSQL Database

The role root is required for installing pgaudit extension on PostgreSQL database.
Perform these steps:
1. Run the following command to log in as user postgres:

sudo -u postgres psql

2. Run the following commands in the postgres command prompt:

create role root superuser;

alter user root with password <new password>;

alter role root with login;

3. Find the PostgreSQL configuration file location by running the following

commands, and then exit the postgres command prompt. Make a note of the
configuration file details, as it is updated in the later part of this topic.

show config_file;

exit;

Create a Sample Database

1. Log in using the newly created PostgreSQL non super user.
2. Create a sample database by running the following commands:

createdb <new database name>

3. Log in to the newly created database with the newly created PostgreSQL non
super user by running the following command:

psql <new database name>

4. Exit the database prompt by running exit or \q command.

Install the pgaudit Extension on PostgreSQL Database

1. Log in as root user and run the below commands to install PostgreSQL developer
libraries. The commands used in this section are for installing PostgreSQL 11
developer libraries as example only.

yum install postgresql11-devel

2. Follow the steps provided in Compile and Install section in the below link, to install
pgaudit extension.
https://github.com/pgaudit/pgaudit

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3. Log in as root user. In the PostgreSQL configuration file, update the

shared_preload_libraries parameter to include pgaudit, and save the file.

shared_preload_libraries = 'pgaudit'

4. Log in as root user. Restart the PostgreSQL service by running these commands:

/sbin/service postgresql-11 stop

/sbin/service postgresql-11 start

Enable pgaudit Audit Logging in PostgreSQL Database

Note:
For complete information on all the PGAUDIT settings, refer to the respective
documentation.

1. Log in as postgres user:

sudo -u postgres psql

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2. Run the following commands in postgres command prompt, for enabling auditing
for the newly created database:

CREATE EXTENSION pgaudit;

alter database <database name> set pgaudit.log = 'all';

SET pgaudit.log = 'ALL';

SET pgaudit.log_level = 'notice';

SET pgaudit.log_client = ON;

SET pgaudit.log_relation = ON;

SET pgaudit.log_parameter = ON;

SET pgaudit.log_catalog = ON;

alter system set log_connections=on;

alter system set log_disconnections=on;

alter system set log_statement='all';

alter system set pgaudit.log_parameter TO 'on';

SELECT pg_reload_conf();

Update Audit Logging Parameters in PostgreSQL Configuration File

Note:
For complete information on all the PostgresSQL logging related parameters,
refer to the respective documentation.

Log in as root user. Edit the PostgreSQL configuration file and update below
parameters as follows:

log_destination = 'csvlog'

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log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log'
log_min_messages = info
log_checkpoints = on
log_connections = on
log_disconnections = on
log_duration = on
log_error_verbosity = verbose
log_hostname = on
log_statement = 'all'
log_directory = '<full path of directory where log files need to be stored>'
log_file_mode = 0640

Log in as root user and restart the PostgreSQL service. The following example commands
are for PosgreSQL 11:

/sbin/service postgresql-11 stop

/sbin/service postgresql-11 start

Generate Audit Log

1. Log in as the newly created PostgreSQL non super user. Now, log in to the newly created
database using below command:

psql <database name>

2. Run commands to create tables, insert data into the tables, and query the data from the
tables.
3. The logs are present in the following location for PostgreSQL 11 (example) installation on
Oracle Linux 6.
/var/lib/pgsql/11/data/log/

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Ports Used by Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall uses specific TCP and UDP ports.

G.1 Ports for Deploying Database Firewall for Targets

You must configure two classes of ports when deploying Database Firewall for targets.
These following two classes of ports must be open in external network firewalls for the
following types of Database Firewall deployments:
• When you configure Database Firewall to protect a target database, traffic directed to that
database must be able to pass through external network firewalls to Database Firewall.
The ports required are configured in the target's page in Audit Vault Server.
• You can configure Database Firewall to accept proxy connections which are passed on to
the database. The ports required for proxy connections are configured in the Network
Configuration page on Database Firewall.

Note:
It is recommend that you do not change these ports.

See Also:

• Registering or Removing Targets in Audit Vault Server

• Configuring the Database Firewall As a Traffic Proxy

G.2 Ports for Services Provided by Audit Vault Server

Learn about the ports for services that are provided by Audit Vault Server.
Table G-1 lists the ports for services that are provided by Audit Vault Server. These services
are used by external users of the system. Access to most of these ports can be controlled
within Oracle AVDF. If you use external network firewalls, then these ports must be open to
enable connections from the users, or clients, of these services to Audit Vault Server.

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Table G-1 Ports for Services Provided by Audit Vault Server

Port Protocol Protocol Purpose Notes

Family
22 TCP SSH Command line access to system Disabled by default
161 UDP SNMP SNMP Access Disabled by default
443 TCP HTTPS Administration Console (web interface) None
1521 TCP Oracle Access for Audit Vault agents, and Audit Vault Agents
Database access to Oracle Database for reporting use native Oracle
Net Services data
encryption
1522 TCPS Oracle Access for Audit Vault agents, and Uses TCPS
Database access to Oracle Database for reporting
7443 TCP TCPS Audit Vault Servers in high availability This is between
mode. primary and
secondary Audit
Vault Servers when
high availability is
configured.

G.3 Ports for Services Provided by Database Firewall

Learn about the ports for services that are provided by Database Firewall.
Table G-2 lists ports for general services provided by Database Firewall. These
services are used by outside users of the system, and access to all them can be
controlled within Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall. If you use external network
firewalls, then these ports must be open to enable connections from the users, or
clients, of these services to the Database Firewall configurations in Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall.

Table G-2 Ports for Services Provided by Database Firewall

Port Protoc Protoc Purpose Notes

ol ol
Family
22 TCP SSH Command line access Disabled by default
to system
161 UDP SNMP SNMP Access Disabled by default

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Table G-2 (Cont.) Ports for Services Provided by Database Firewall

Port Protoc Protoc Purpose Notes

ol ol
Family
2050 - TCP Audit Incoming traffic This applies when deployed in Host
5100 Vault captured from Host Monitor mode and ports need not be
and Monitor Agent. The open during out-of-band or proxy mode.
Databa Host Monitor Agent For each monitoring point, a unique port
se forwards the data is created in the given range. The exact
Firewall securely to Database port for each monitoring point can be
Internal Firewall. found at /usr/local/
Protocol dbfw/va/XX/etc/
appliance.conf where XX
represents the monitoring points created
and have the value of 1, 2, 3…..N.
REMOTE_AGENT_LISTEN_PORT is the key
in appliance.conf file that
represents the port Database Firewall is
listening for data from Host Monitor
Agent.
2050 - TCP Syslog Incoming WAF (F5) The exact port number used by a
5100 violation alerts monitoring point can be found in the
Advanced settings.
See Also:
Finding the Port Number Used by a
Database Firewall Monitoring Point

G.4 Ports for External Network Access by Audit Vault Server

You must configure the correct external network firewall ports to enable Audit Vault Server to
access them as a client.
Table G-3 lists ports for external services that Audit Vault Server can use. If you use external
network firewalls, then the correct ports must be open so that Audit Vault Server can use
these services as a client.

Table G-3 Ports for External Network Access by the Audit Vault Server

Port Protocol Protocol Purpose Notes

Family
25 TCP SMTP Email delivery None
53 UDP DNS Domain name None
service
123 UDP and TCP NTP Time None
Synchronizati
on

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Table G-3 (Cont.) Ports for External Network Access by the Audit Vault Server

Port Protocol Protocol Purpose Notes

Family
514 UDP, or Syslog Syslog alerts For TCP-transport connections to
configured as syslog server(s) the port must be
TCP configured in the Audit Vault Server
console.
See Also:
Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog
Destinations
3260 TCP Software SAN server This port can be configured on Audit
iSCSI communicatio Vault Server console when registering a
n SAN server.
See Also:
Registering a SAN Server
Target listener Oracle TCP or TCPS User The direct connection between Audit
port. Database Entitlement Vault Server and the target.
It is the same Reporting The connection details is provided with
as the port Stored the target location used.
provided in Procedure
target Auditing
location. Audit Policy
Retrieval

See Also:
About Plug-ins for a complete list of supported target types.

G.5 Ports for External Network Access by Database Firewall

Learn about the ports that you must configure for access by Database Firewall.
Table G-4 lists ports for external services that Database Firewall can use. If you use
external network firewall, then the relevant ports must be open so that Database
Firewall can use these services as a client.

Table G-4 Ports for External Network Access by Database Firewall

Port Protocol Protocol Purpose Notes

Family
53 UDP DNS Domain name None
service
123 UDP and NTP Time None
TCP Synchronization

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Ports for Internal TCP Communication

Table G-4 (Cont.) Ports for External Network Access by Database Firewall

Port Protocol Protocol Purpose Notes

Family
514 UDP, or Syslog Syslog alerts For TCP-transport connections to
configured syslog server(s) the port must be
as TCP configured in the Audit Vault
Server console.
514 TCP WAF (F5) alerts WAF (F5) alerts The port can be changed from
the Audit Vault Server console.

See Also:
Configuring Audit Vault Server Syslog Destinations

G.6 Ports for Internal TCP Communication

Learn about ports for internal TCP communication between Database Firewall and Audit
Vault Server.
Table G-5 lists ports for services that are used between Database Firewall and Audit Vault
Server. If you configure an external network firewall between these systems, then you must
open the relevant ports.

Table G-5 Ports for Internal TCP Communication

Port Protocol Protocol Direction Notes

Family
7443 TCP HTTPS • Database Firewall It is the default port for inter
accepts connections appliance communication. It applies
from Audit Vault Server to both the Audit Vault Server and
• Database Firewall the Database Firewall. It also
accepts connections handles traffic log transfer from the
from Audit Vault Server Database Firewall.
in high availability.
1514 TCP SSL Audit Vault Server accepts Event reporting and monitoring
connections from Database
Firewall

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Message Code Dictionary for Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall
Learn about the different messages that Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall can
generate.

H.1 Audit Vault Messages

Learn about Audit Vault messages.
This table lists the Audit Vault messages:

46501: invalid string.

Cause: Invalid value specified.

Action: Provide a valid non-NULL value with valid length.

46502: NULL in string

Cause: NULL value specified.

Action: Provide a non-NULL value.

46503: object string already exists

Cause: Object specified was already present in the system.

Action: Provide a different value.

46504: duplicate string

Cause: Value was repeated in the input.

Action: Remove the duplicates.

46505: object string does not exist

Cause: Object specified was not present in the system.

Action: Provide a different value.

46506: attribute string exists in string

Cause: Attribute specified was already present.

Action: Provide a different attribute.

46507: invalid data or type name for attribute string

Cause: Data type of the value specified was different from the type name of the Attribute.

Action: Change the type name or the type of the value for the Attribute.

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46508: too many attributes of type string specified

Cause: Specified number of attributes of this type exceeded the maximum number
supported.

Action: Specify fewer number of attributes of this type.

46509: offset "string" is incorrectly formatted

Cause: The specified offset value is not in the format +/-hh:mm

Action: Specify the offset in the correct format +/-hh:mm

46510: specified audit trail can be collected by more than one plugin. please
resolve the conflict by explicitly specifying a plugin using the USING PLUGIN
clause
Cause: Multiple plugins are registered that can collect from this audit trail.

Action: Explicitly specify the plugin ID by using the USING PLUGIN clause.

46511: missing plugin for trail at agent on host "string"

Cause: Agent at the specified host does not have the plugin to handle the trail.

Action: Deploy the plugin on the server that can handle this trail and deploy the agent
with this plugin on the host.

46512: no agent running on host "string"

Cause: Agent at the specified host does not seem to be running.

Action: Start the agent using agentctl start command and re-try the operation.

46513: insufficient privileges

Cause: User performed an operation for which they did not have sufficient privileges.

Action: Check privileges for user and re-try the operation.

46514: invalid syntax "string". Run HELP string for help.

Cause: User entered an invalid command.

Action: Check syntax and re-try the command with the correct syntax.

46515: invalid host attribute "string". Run HELP string for help.
Cause: User attempted to alter an invalid attribute for HOST.

Action: Check syntax and re-try the command with the correct syntax.

46516: audit data is being actively collected from the specified trail "string".
cannot drop trail.
Cause: User attempted to drop a trail which is currently active.

Action: Stop the trail using STOP COLLECTION command and re-try.

46517: Cannot drop trail of type "string" at "string" for target "string"; audit trail
does not exist.
Cause: User attempted to drop a trail which does not exist.

Action: One cannot drop audit trail which does not exist.

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46518: start collection failed for plug-in:"string". plug-in does not exist.
Cause: User attempted to start collection for a target using a plug-in that does not exist.

Action: Check the plug-in specified in the command and re-try the command with a valid
plug-in.

46519: start collection failed. host "string" is not registered with the audit vault server
Cause: User attempted to start a collection using a host which is not registered with the audit
vault server.

Action: Register the host with the audit vault server, activate it, and then re-try the command.

46520: host with ip address "string" is already registered with the audit vault server
Cause: User attempted to register a host with an ip address that is already registered with an
existing host.

Action: User cannot register two hosts with the same IP address.

46521: NULL value passed for a mandatory attribute

Cause: A mandatory attribute was set to a NULL value.

Action: Provide a non-NULL value for the mandatory attribute.

46522: mandatory attribute string missing in the input

Cause: Mandatory attribute name was missing in the attribute value list.

Action: Provide the value for mandatory attribute.

46523: attempting to drop Event Category with active Events

Cause: Event Category specified had active Events.

Action: Drop the active Events before dropping this Event Category.

46524: at least one audit trail being collected for target

Cause: Target specified had trails which were active.

Action: Stop all the active trails for the given Target.

46525: Sourcetype-specific extension for Category already exists

Cause: Event Category was specified which already has a Format extension for the given
Sourcetype.

Action: Provide an Event Category which does not have a Sourcetype-specific extension.

46526: attempting to drop an in-use Event mapping

Cause: Event mapping specified was in use.

Action: Provide an Event mapping that is not being used.

46527: attempting to change an immutable attribute

Cause: An immutable attribute was specified.

Action: Provide a mutable attribute.

46528: attempting to drop system-defined Event

Cause: Event specified was system-defined.

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Action: Provide a user-defined Event.

46529: attempting to drop Event with active mappings

Cause: Event specified had active Event mappings.

Action: Drop the active mappings before dropping this Event.

46530: attempting to drop Sourcetype with active Sources

Cause: Sourcetype specified had active Sources.

Action: Drop the active Sources before dropping this Sourcetype.

46531: unsupported Source version

Cause: Version specified for the Source was not supported.

Action: Provide a Source version which is equal to or greater than the minimum
supported version for the corresponding Sourcetype.

46532: Attribute 'string' is not set for target 'string'.

Cause: The specified attribute was not set for the target.

Action: Set the specified attribute for the target.

46533: Invalid lock type 'string' specified.

Cause: An invalid plugin lock type was specified.

Action: Valid plugin lock types are 'DEPLOY' and 'UNDEPLOY'.

46534: Plug-in deployment/undeployment operation already in progress.

Cause: A plug-in deployment/undeployment operation is already in progress and a
corresponding lock already exists.

Action: Wait for the current operation to end before attempting another plug-in
deployment/undeployment operation.

46535: failed to add target address: address 'string' is used by Target 'string'.
Cause: The user tried to add a duplicate address for a target.

Action: Check existing address for the target.

46536: firewall cannot be paired with itself

Cause: User tries to pair a firewall with itself.

Action: Choose a different firewall and try again.

46537: firewall string is not registered with the Audit Vault Server
Cause: User tries to create a resilient pair using a non-existent firewall.

Action: Register the firewall first and then try again.

46538: invalid enforcement point attribute "string". Run HELP string for help.
Cause: User attempted to alter an invalid attribute for the enforcement point.

Action: Check syntax and re-try the command with the correct syntax.

46539: Target Name is too long.

Cause: Target Name failed length validation checks.

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Action: Provide valid Target Name.

46540: Target Description is too long.

Cause: Target Description failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Target Description.

46541: attempting to drop Collector Type with active Collectors

Cause: One or more Collectors for this Collector Type were active.

Action: Drop all active Collectors for this Collector Type.

46542: attempting to drop an Agent with active Collectors

Cause: One or more Collectors for this Agent were active.

Action: Drop all active Collectors for this Agent.

46543: attempting to drop a Collector before disabling the collection

Cause: The collection for the Collector specified was not disabled.

Action: Disable the collection before dropping the Collector.

46544: attempting to drop an Agent before disabling it

Cause: The Agent specified was not disabled.

Action: Disable the Agent before dropping it.

46545: failed to start collection; trail is already being collected. Audit Trail will
continue to auto-start.
Cause: The user tried to start a trail which had already been started.

Action: Check the status of the trail before starting it.

46546: Failed to drop host; one or more audit trails associated with the host are being
collected.
Cause: User tried to drop a host which has active trails associated with it.

Action: Stop the active trails associated with this host and then try again.

46547: Enabling Target Location requires setting User Name and Password; please
specify User Name and Password along with the Target Location.
Cause: The user tried to set target location without setting user name and password.

Action: Set user name and password along with the target location.

46548: Failed to generate target location string.

Cause: User did not specify the correct components of target location string.

Action: Specify the correct components of target location string and then try again.

46549: No NTP servers are specified.

Cause: The user chose to enable NTP synchronization, but did not specify any NTP server.

Action: Specify NTP server and then try again.

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46550: Target Location is required for registering this target.

Cause: User tried to register a target without providing target location, which is
required to connect to the target.

Action: Provide target location and try again.

46551: attempting to change the type of an attribute currently in use

Cause: Attribute specified was in use.

Action: Provide an attribute that is not being used.

46552: attempting to drop an attribute currently in use

Cause: Attribute specified was in use.

Action: Provide an attribute that is not being used.

46553: attempting to change the type of an attribute without providing a new

default value
Cause: Current type of the default value did not match with the new type specified.

Action: Provide a new default value for the attribute.

46554: Target Location is too long.

Cause: Target Location failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Target Location.

46555: User Name is too long.

Cause: User Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid User Name.

46556: Single and double quotes are not allowed in the User Name.
Cause: Illegal characters were supplied in the User Name.

Action: Remove single and double quotes from User Name.

46557: Password must contain at least 8 characters and at most 30 bytes.

Cause: Password failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Password.

46558: Target Attribute Name is too long.

Cause: Target Attribute Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Target Attribute Name.

46559: Target Attribute Value is too long.

Cause: Target Attribute Value failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Target Attribute Value.

46560: Setting User Name and Password requires enabling Target Location;
please specify Target Location along with User Name and Password.
Cause: The user tried to set user name and password without enabling target
location.

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Action: Set target location along with user name and password.

46561: no Format defined for the Source Type and Category

Cause: Format for the specified Source Type and Catetory pair was not present in the
system.

Action: Provide Source Type and Category pair which already has a Format defined.

46562: error in Alert condition

Cause: Invalid Alert condition was specified.

Action: Correct the Alert condition.

46563: Attempt to delete alert 'string' failed.

Cause: User is trying to drop an alert he does not own.

Action: Ask the owner of the alert to drop it.

46564: Setting alert threshold value to string failed.

Cause: An invalid value was specified for the alert threshold.

Action: Provide an alert threshold value in the valid range ( > 1).

46565: Failed to update alert 'string' due to insufficient privileges.

Cause: User is trying to update an alert he does not own.

Action: Ask the owner of the alert to update it.

46566: no changes specified

Cause: The user attempted to alter an alert, but no changes were specified.

Action: No action is required.

46567: Cannot modify, or delete built-in alert

Cause: The user attempted to alter, or delete a built-in alert.

Action: No action is required.

46568: Setting alert duration value to string failed.

Cause: An invalid value was specified for the alert duration.

Action: Provide an alert duration value in the valid range ( >= 0).

46569: no agent running on host "string". Audit trail no longer eligible for auto-start.
Cause: Agent at the specified host does not seem to be running.

Action: Start the agent using agentctl start command and re-try the operation.

46570: no agent running on host "string". Audit trail is now eligible for auto start and
will auto-start when the agent is started.
Cause: Agent at the specified host does not seem to be running.

Action: Start the agent using agentctl start command and re-try the operation.

46571: Agent is running on host "string". Host name or host IP can not be changed.
Cause: Agent at the specified host is running.

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Action: Stop the agent and then change host name and IP.

46572: Agent is UNREACHABLE on host "string". Please try after some time.
Audit trail no longer eligible for auto-start.
Cause: Agent at the specified host is in UNREACHABLE state.

Action: Please check the agent log files for details.

46573: Agent is UNREACHABLE on host "string". Please try after some time.
Audit trail is now eligible for auto start.
Cause: Agent at the specified host is in UNREACHABLE state.

Action: Please check the agent log files for details.

46581: notification profile "string" already exists

Cause: Notification Profile already exists.

Action: Please try creating the Notification Profile with another name.

46582: cannot delete notification profile "string" as it is being used in alert

definitions
Cause: Notification Profile is being used in Alert Definitions.

Action: Please try changing the Alert Definition to use a different Notification Profile
name before deleting this one.

46583: notification profile "string" does not exist

Cause: Notification Profile does not exist.

Action: Please try specifying a valid Notification Profile name.

46584: "string" is not a well-formed e-mail address list

Cause: The specified e-mail address list was not well formed.

Action: Please try specifying a well-formed e-mail address list.

46585: notification template "string" already exists

Cause: Notification Template already exists.

Action: Please try creating the Notification Template with another name.

46586: "string" is not a well-formed e-mail address

Cause: The specified e-mail address was not well formed.

Action: Please try specifying a well-formed e-mail address.

46587: remedy string trouble ticket template "string" already exists

Cause: Trouble Ticket Template already exists.

Action: Please try creating the Template with another name.

46588: string is not one of string values

Cause: The specified value is not in the list of values expected for this entity.

Action: Please try choosing from the list of values.

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46589: Warning level Alert and Critical level Alert cannot be mapped to the same
Remedy Urgency level
Cause: Warning Alert and Critical Alert is mapped to the same Remedy Urgency level.

Action: Please try mapping them to different Remedy Urgency levels.

46591: No Enforcement Point configured for the Target.

Cause: User tried to start a collection of type network for a target which has no enforcement
point configured.

Action: Configure an enforcement point for the target and then try again.

46592: firewall with name string and/or IP address string already exists.
Cause: User tries to register a firewall which already exists.

Action: Check the name and/or IP of the firewall then try again.

46593: target address does not exist. cannot drop target address.
Cause: User tries to drop a target address which does not exist.

Action: Check the target address and then try again.

46594: unable to resolve host string

Cause: The user did not provide an IP address when registering a host and the host name is
not resolvable.

Action: Provide a valid IP address or a resolvable host name.

46595: failed to drop host string. agent process may be running and needs to be
stopped first before dropping. if you already stopped the agent, please wait for the
agent to be fully stopped.
Cause: User tries to drop a host on which an agent process is running or the agent has not
been fully stopped.

Action: Stop the agent process first and then try again.

46596: host string has already been activated.

Cause: User tries to activate a host which has already been activated.

Action: Check the current status of the host.

46597: no pending activation request for host string.

Cause: Activation request for agent on host was not found.

Action: Request activation for the agent.

46598: stop collection failed for plug-in:"string". plug-in does not exist.
Cause: User attempted to stop collection for a target using a plug-in that does not exist.

Action: Check the plug-in specified in the command and re-try the command with a valid
plug-in.

46599: internal error string string string string string

Cause: Internal error occurred in Audit Vault.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

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46601: The authenticated user is not authorized with audit source

Cause: User is not authorized to send audit data on behalf of this audit source.

Action: Connect as the user who is associated with the source. Or grant this user
appropriate authorization by changing the source's properties.

46602: Error on audit record insert as RADS partition full

Cause: RADS partition table is full.

Action: Purge the RADS partition table through archive.

46603: Error on audit record insert as RADS_INVALID table full

Cause: RADS_INVALID table is full.

Action: Need to purge RADS_INVALID table or make its size larger.

46604: Error on insert as Error table full

Cause: Error table is full.

Action: Need to purge the error table.

46605: There are more recovery entries than the maximum member can be
returned
Cause: There are more recovery entries for this collector.

Action: Need to purge the old entries from the recovery table.

46606: There is no recovery entry for the given name

Cause: There was no recovery context matching to the given name.

Action: Need to check if the name was correct or if the recovery context was saved for
this name.

46607: There are more configuration entries than the maximum member can be
returned
Cause: There were more configuration entries for this collector.

Action: Need to reduce the configuration entries for this collector.

46608: Failed to drop Target; Stored Procedure Auditing collection is in

progress.
Cause: User tried to drop target while SPA job is running.

Action: Wait for SPA job to complete and then try again.

46620: invalid interval string for data warehouse duration; must be positive
Cause: Invalid interval was specified for data warehouse duration.

Action: Specify valid interval, the interval should be positive.

46621: invalid start date string for data warehouse operation; must be less than
string
Cause: Invalid start date was specified for data warehouse load/purge operation.

Action: Specify valid start date, the start date must be less than current date -
warehouse duration.

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46622: invalid number of days string for data warehouse operation; must be greater
than 0
Cause: Invalid number of days was specified for data warehouse load/purge operation.

Action: Specify valid number of days, the number of days must be positive.

46623: cannot execute warehouse operation; another operation is currently running

Cause: A warehouse operation was executed while another operation is currently running.

Action: Wait for the operation to complete before reissuing the command.

46624: invalid schedule string for data warehouse refresh schedule

Cause: Invalid schedule was specified for data warehouse refresh.

Action: Specify valid non-null schedule.

46625: invalid repeat interval string for data warehouse refresh schedule
Cause: Invalid schedule was specified for data warehouse refresh.

Action: Specify valid non-null repeat interval.

46626: invalid number of years string for audit data retention; must be positive
Cause: Invalid number of years was specified for audit data retention.

Action: Specify valid number, the number should be positive.

46627: error in aquiring the global lock for target string

Cause: Internal error occurred while acquiring the global lock.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46640: specified source name string was not found

Cause: Invalid source name was specified.

Action: Specify a valid source name.

46641: archive does not exist

Cause: Invalid archive id was specified.

Action: Specify valid archive ID.

46642: database audit type invalid

Cause: Invalid database audit type specified.

Action: Database audit type must be S for standard or F for FGA.

46643: audit frequency invalid

Cause: Invalid audit frequency specified.

Action: Audit frequency must be A for "by access" or S for "by session".

46644: return type invalid

Cause: Return type was invalid.

Action: Return type must be S for "success", F for "failure", or B for "both".

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46645: privilege flag invalid

Cause: Privilege flag is invalid.

Action: The privilege flag must be Y or N.

46646: specified Agent name string was not found

Cause: Invalid Agent name was specified.

Action: Specify a valid Agent name.

46647: enforcement point does not exist

Cause: User tried to start/stop/remove an enforcement point which does not exist.

Action: Check if the enforcement point has actually been created and then try again.

46648: Enforcement point is already suspended

Cause: User tried to stop an enforcement point which has already been stopped.

Action: User cannot stop an enforcement point which has already been stopped.

46649: Enforcement point is in resume state

Cause: User tried to start an enforcement point which has already been started.

Action: User cannot start an enforcement point which has already been started.

46650: At least one Enforcement Point is monitoring the Target string.

Cause: User tried to drop a target which an enforcement point is monitoring.

Action: Stop the enforcement point and try again.

46651: Retention Policy string is in use.

Cause: Operation failed because Retention Policy is in use.

Action: Delete the assignment of this Retention Policy to Target(s) and try again.

46652: Cannot delete built-in Retention Policies.

Cause: Cannot delete built-in Retention Policies.

Action: n/a

46653: Retention Policy Name is too long.

Cause: Retention Policy Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Retention Policy Name.

46654: Invalid Retention Policy Name.

Cause: Retention Policy Name contains illegal characters.

Action: Provide a valid Retention Policy Name.

46655: Invalid Retention Policy Month specified. Online Month must be between
0 and 9996. Offline Month must be between 1 and 9996.
Cause: Retention Policy Month is invalid.

Action: Provide a valid Retention Policy Month.

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46656: Unable to release tablespace used by audit trails.

Cause: There is one or more audit trails writing data into the selected tablespace.

Action: n/a

46657: Datafile associated with tablespace string is inaccessible at this archive

location string.
Cause: The datafile for the tablespace needed by a trail is not accessible.

Action: n/a

46658: Unable to stage datafile string for archiving.

Cause: Insufficient space on /var/lib/oracle.

Action: Add space and try again.

46661: Service Name is too long.

Cause: Service Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Service Name.

46662: Service Name/SID is not supported for Target of type "string".

Cause: User entered service name as part of target address for a target which does not
support service name.

Action: Do not provide service name when providing target address.

46663: Target Address is not supported for Target of type "string".

Cause: User tried to add a target address for a target which cannot be monitored by the
firewall.

Action: Users are not allowed to add target address for a target which cannot be monitored
by the firewall.

46671: High Availability is not configured.

Cause: Cannot perform operation as system is not configured for HA.

Action: Please configure HA and try again.

46672: unable to stage diagnostic file "string" for download

Cause: File copy operation failed while staging diagnostics file for download.

Action: Check for available disk space on /tmp and see if the diagnostics file exists in /usr/
local/dbfw/tmp folder.

46673: IP address 'string' is already in use on the network.

Cause: IP address is already in use on the network.

Action: Please specify a different IP address and try again.

46674: Illegal characters were supplied in password. Password must not contain
control characters, delete character, non-spacebar space, or double-quote (")
character
Cause: Illegal characters were supplied in password.

Action: Specify valid characters and try again.

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46675: Current password is incorrect.

Cause: The current password supplied for authentication is incorrect.

Action: The user must supply the correct password associated with the account.

46676: User 'string' already exists in the system.

Cause: User by that name already exists in the system.

Action: Please specify a different user name and try again.

46677: User name string is invalid. User name cannot be null, or start with
reserved user name. Only alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar sign ($), and
pound sign (#) are allowed for user name.
Cause: Illegal user name is provided.

Action: Please specify a different user name and try again.

46678: User account string is locked or has expired. Please contact your
administrator.
Cause: User account with specified name is locked or has expired.

Action: Contact your administrator.

46679: Password cannot have leading, or trailing space. ASCII only password
must have at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one digit(0-9), and
one special character(.,+:_!). Password must be at least 8 characters and at
most 30 bytes in length.
Cause: Password does not satisfy the password rule.

Action: Specify valid characters and try again.

46680: User account string is locked. Please contact your administrator.

Cause: User account with specified name is locked.

Action: Contact your administrator.

46681: Failed to remove AVS log files. [string]

Cause: Files does not exist, or no privilege to access the files.

Action: Make sure directory /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log and log files exist

and OS user oracle has privilege to access and remove those files.

46682: Failed to set trace level for AVS event 46600

Cause: Null value is passed for trace level.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46683: Old and new passwords should not be the same.

Cause: Old and new password are the same.

Action: Specify different passwords and try again.

46684: The password cannot be reused.

Cause: Old password is reused.

Action: Specify different new password and try again. User can reuse the password
after 365 days if the password has already been changed 1 time.

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46685: Failed to generate diagnostic file for download

Cause: Operation failed while generating diagnostics file for download.

Action: Check information in /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug.

46686: Empty diagnostics file name.

Cause: Operation failed while generating diagnostics file without a file name.

Action: Check information in /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug.

46687: Invalid diagnostics file name format: "string" for generation.

Cause: Operation failed while generating diagnostics file with invalid file name format.

Action: Check information in /var/log/messages, /var/log/debug, and trace file for "Admin
API::Diagnostics".

46688: Diagnostics file is missing after generation opertion.

Cause: Operation failed while generating diagnostics file for download.

Action: Check information in /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug, and trace file for "Admin
API::Diagnostics".

46689: Invalid diagnostics file name format: "string" for download.

Cause: Operation failed while downloading diagnostics file with invalid file name format.

Action: Check information in /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug, and trace file for "Admin
API::Diagnostics".

46690: Diagnostics file "string" is missing for downloading.

Cause: Operation failed while downloading diagnostics file.

Action: Check information in /var/log/messages, /var/log/debug, and trace file for "Admin
API::Diagnostics".

46800: normal, successful completion

Cause: Normal exit.

Action: None

46801: out of memory

Cause: The process ran out of memory.

Action: Increase the amount of memory on the system.

46821: generic CSDK error (line number)

Cause: There was a generic error in CSDK.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46822: no collector details for collector string

Cause: Collector is not properly set up in AV tables.

Action: Configure collector.

46823: attribute string is not valid for category

Cause: Collector attempted to set invalid attribute.

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Action: Contact collector owner.

46824: type is not valid for attribute string

Cause: Collector attempted to set value of wrong type to attribute.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46825: invalid record

Cause: Collector attempted to pass invalid record.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46826: invalid parameter string (line number)

Cause: Collector attempted to pass invalid parameter.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46827: invalid context

Cause: Collector attempted to pass invalid context.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46828: OCI layer error number

Cause: OCI layer returned error.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46829: category string unknown

Cause: Collector attempted to pass category not configured in AV.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46830: null pointer (line number)

Cause: Collector attempted to pass null pointer.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46831: invalid source event id (string)

Cause: Collector passed source event id not suitable for category.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46832: internal error (line number), additional information number

Cause: Internal error occurred in CSDK.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46833: invalid error record

Cause: Collector attempted to pass invalid error record.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46834: missing attribute in error record

Cause: One or more attributes of error record is missing.

Action: Contact collector owner.

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46835: duplicate error attribute

Cause: Collector attempted to set already set attribute.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46836: error record in use

Cause: Attempt to create a new error record before sending or dropping the previous one.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46837: missing eventid attribute in audit record

Cause: Eventid attributes of audit record is missing.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46838: Internal Error: Failed to insert string into string hash table
Cause: Core hash table insertion function failed.

Action: Contact collector owner.

46840: no smtp server registered

Cause: SMTP server is not registered.

Action: Please register SMTP server using avca register_smtp first.

46841: smtp server already registered

Cause: SMTP server is already registered.

Action: Please unregister SMTP server using avca register_smtp -remove first or use avca
alter_smtp to update SMTP parameters.

46842: string command requires the string parameter

Cause: A required parameter is missing

Action: Please provide all the required parameters for the command.

46843: invalid value "string" specified for parameter string

Cause: A parameter was specified an invalid or incorrect value.

Action: Please provide correct values for the indicated parameter.

46844: no value specified for "string" in parameter string

Cause: No value was specified for a sub-parameter in a main parameter.

Action: Please provide correct values for the indicated parameter.

46845: input value "string" exceeds maximum allowed length of string

Cause: Input value exceeds the maximum allowed length.

Action: Please input a value within the allowed length limits.

46846: input value "string" in parameter string is not a number

Cause: Input value for port number must be a numeric value.

Action: Please input a numeric value for the port number.

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46847: input value "string" for parameter string is not a valid email address
Cause: Input value does not seem to be a valid email address.

Action: Please input a valid email address of the form user@domain.

46848: smtp server is already in secure mode using protocol "string"

Cause: The specified SMTP server configuration is already secure using the protocol
specified.

Action: Please use avca alter_smtp to change the protocol settings.

46849: smtp server is not configured to use a secure protocol

Cause: The specified SMTP server is not configured to use a secure protocol.

Action: Please use avca secure_smtp to specify a secure SMTP protocol first.

46850: file "string" does not exist

Cause: The specified file does not exist.

Action: Please specify a valid file.

46851: smtp integration is already enabled

Cause: The SMTP configuration registered with Audit Vault is already in enabled
state.

Action: None

46852: smtp integration is already disabled

Cause: The SMTP configuration registered with Audit Vault is already in disabled
state.

Action: None

46853: parameters "string" and "string" cannot be specified together

Cause: The user specified two mutually exclusive parameters.

Action: Please provide one of the two parameters.

46854: unsupported remedy version: "string"

Cause: The user specified an unsupported Remedy version.

Action: Please specify 6 or 7 for remedy.version.

46855: remedy server already registered

Cause: Remedy server is already registered.

Action: Please unregister Remedy server using avca register_remedy -remove first or
use avca alter_remedy to update Remedy parameters.

46856: no remedy server registered

Cause: Remedy server is not registered.

Action: Please register Remedy server using avca register_remedy first.

46857: remedy integration is already enabled

Cause: The Remedy configuration registered with Audit Vault is already in enabled
state.

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Action: None

46858: remedy integration is already disabled

Cause: The Remedy configuration registered with Audit Vault is already in disabled state.

Action: None

46859: remedy server is already in secure mode using protocol "string"

Cause: The specified Remedy server configuration is already secure using the protocol
specified.

Action: None

46860: remedy server is not configured to use a secure protocol

Cause: The specified Remedy server is not configured to use a secure protocol.

Action: Please use avca secure_remedy to specify a secure Remedy protocol first.

46861: specified ticket id "string" does not exist in the remedy server database
Cause: Specified ticket does not exist in the Remedy Server.

Action: Please provide a ticket ID which exists in the Remedy Server.

46862: Email Template Name is too long.

Cause: Email Template Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide a valid Email Template Name.

46863: Email Template Description is too long.

Cause: Email Template Description failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide a valid Email Template Description.

46864: Email Template Subject is too long.

Cause: Email Template Subject failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide a valid Email Template Subject.

46865: Firewall string is offline.

Cause: User tried to create an enforcement point using a firewall which is offline.

Action: Bring the firewall online and try again.

46866: An Enforcement Point with the same configuration already exists.

Cause: User tried to create two EPs with the same target and firewall.

Action: Two EPs with the same firewall and target are not allowed.

46867: string is not a valid global name.

Cause: Global name contains invalid character [()@=].

Action: Correct Audit Vault Server global name.

46868: Alert syslog template name is too long.

Cause: Alert syslog template name failed length validation check (255B is the limit).

Action: Provide a valid alert syslog template name.

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46869: Alert syslog template description is too long.

Cause: Alert syslog template description failed length validation check (4000B is the
limit).

Action: Provide a valid alert syslog template description.

46870: Alert syslog template "string" already exists

Cause: Alert syslog template already exists.

Action: Please try creating the alert syslog template with another name.

46871: Dropping the default alert syslog template is not allowed.

Cause: User attempts to drop the default alert syslog template.

Action: Users are not supposed to drop the default alert syslog template.

46901: internal error, string

Cause: There was a generic internal exception for OS Audit Collector.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46902: process could not be started, incorrect arguments

Cause: Wrong number of arguments or invalid syntax used.

Action: Please verify that all the required arguments are provided. The required
arguments are Host name, Source name, Collector name and the Command.

46903: process could not be started, operating system error

Cause: The process could not be spawned because of an operating system error.

Action: Please consult the log file for detailed operating system error.

46904: collector string already running for source string

Cause: Collector specified was already running.

Action: Provide a different collector or source name.

46905: collector string for source string does not exist

Cause: Collector specified was not running.

Action: Provide a different collector or source name.

46906: could not start collector string for source string, reached maximum limit
Cause: No more collectors could be started for the given source.

Action: None

46907: could not start collector string for source string, configuration error
Cause: Some collector parameters were not configured correctly.

Action: Check the configuration parameters added during ADD_COLLECTOR.

46908: could not start collector string for source string, directory access error
for string
Cause: Access to specified directory was denied.

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Action: Verify the path is correct and the collector has read permissions on the specified
directory.

46909: could not start collector string for source string, internal error: [string], Error
code[number]
Cause: An internal error occurred while starting the collector.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46910: error processing collector string for source string, directory access error for
string
Cause: Access to specified directory was denied.

Action: Verify the path is correct and the collector has read permissions on the specified
directory.

46911: error processing collector string for source string, internal error: [string],
[number]
Cause: An internal error occurred while processing the collector.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46912: could not stop collector string for source string

Cause: An error occurred while closing the collector.

Action: None

46913: error in recovery of collector string for source string: string

Cause: An error occurred while accessing the file.

Action: Verify the path is correct and the collector has read permissions on the specified
directory.

46914: error in recovery of collector string for source string, internal error: [string],
[number]
Cause: An internal error occurred while getting recovery information for collector.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46915: error in parsing of collector string for source string: string

Cause: An error occurred while accessing the file.

Action: Verify the path is correct and the collector has read permissions on the specified
directory.

46916: error in parsing of collector string for source string, internal error [string],
[number]
Cause: An internal error occurred while parsing data for collector.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46917: error processing request, collector not running

Cause: OS Audit Collector was not running and a command was issued.

Action: Start the collector using command START.

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46918: could not process the command; invalid command

Cause: An invalid value was passed to the command argument.

Action: Please verify that a valid value is passed to command argument. The valid
values are START, STOP and METRIC.

46919: error processing METRIC command; command is not in the required

format
Cause: METRIC command was not in the required METRIC:XYZ format.

Action: Please verify that metric passed is in METRIC:XYZ format where XYZ is the
type of metric (Example:- METRIC:ISALIVE).

46920: could not start collector string for source string, directory or file name
string is too long
Cause: The name of directory or file was too long.

Action: Verify the length of the path is less than the system-allowed limit.

46921: error processing collector string for source string, directory or file name
string is too long
Cause: The name of directory or file was too long.

Action: Verify the length of the path is less than the system-allowed limit.

46922: collector string for source string is not able to collect from event log,
cannot open or process Windows event log :[string] Error code [number]
Cause: Windows event log could not be opened or processed.

Action: Verify event log exists.

46923: OCI error encountered for source database string access, audit trail
cleanup support disabled.
Cause: An error was encountered while attempting to connect to or execute SQL
statements on the source database.

Action: Verify source database and listener are up and connect information is correct.

46924: Corrupted recovery information detected for collector string for source
string
Cause: Corrupted recovery information detected.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46925: error in parsing XML file string for collector string and source database
string : error code number
Cause: An internal error occurred while parsing data for collector.

Action: Verify that collector has read permissions on the file and the file is in proper
XML format. Contact Oracle Support Services for patch set.

46926: error in recovery of XML file string for collector string and source
database string : error code number
Cause: An internal error occurred while parsing data for collector.

Action: Verify that collector has read permissions on the file and the file is in proper
XML format. Contact Oracle Support Services for patch set.

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46927: Syslog is not configured or error in getting audit files path for syslog for
collector string and source database string.
Cause: One of the following occurred. - facility.priority was not valid. - There was no
corresponding path for facility.priority setting. - Source database was only returning facility
and there was no corresponding path for facility.* setting.

Action: Configure syslog auditing to valid facility.priority setting and corresponding valid path.
If source database only returning facility then contact Oracle Support Services for patch set.

46928: Collector string for source database string cannot read complete file string
Cause: File size is more than 2GB.

Action: File size should be less than 2GB. Please use log rotation to limit the file size to less
than 2GB.

46941: internal error, on line number in file ZAAC.C, additional information number
Cause: There was a generic internal exception for AUD$ Audit Collector.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46942: invalid AUD Collector context

Cause: The AUD Collector context passed to collector was invalid.

Action: Make sure that context passed is the context returned by ZAAC_START.

46943: NULL AUD Collector context

Cause: The pointer to AUD Collector context passed to collector was NULL.

Action: Make sure that context passed is the context returned by ZAAC_START.

46944: conversion error in column string for <string>

Cause: The VARCHAR retrieved from AUD$ or FGA_LOG$ table could not be converted to
ub4.

Action: Correct value in source database.

46945: bad recovery record

Cause: The recovery record retrieved from Audit Vault was damaged.

Action: None. The record will be corrected automatically.

46946: too many active sessions

Cause: The number of active sessions exceeded the specified number in the
GV$PARAMETER table.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46947: CSDK layer error

Cause: CSDK layer returned error indication.

Action: Action should be specified in CSDK error report.

46948: already stopped

Cause: AUD collector already stopped because of previous fatal error.

Action: Restart collector.

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46949: log level

Cause: Specified log level was invalid.

Action: Use legal log level (1,2,3).

46950: log file

Cause: An error occurred during the opening of the log file.

Action: Make sure that the log directory exists, and that the directory and log file are
writable.

46951: bad value for AUD collector attribute

Cause: Specified collector attribute was invalid.

Action: Correct attribute value in Audit Vault table AV$ATTRVALUE.

46952: bad name for AUD collector metric

Cause: The specified metric name was undefined.

Action: Use a correct metric name.

46953: unsupported version

Cause: The specified version of the source database is not supported.

Action: Update to supported version.

46954: recovery context of 10.x

Cause: Source database (9.x) was incompatible with 10.x recovery context.

Action: Clean up AUD$ and FGA_LOG$ tables and recovery context.

46955: recovery context of 9.x

Cause: Source database (10.x) was incompatible with 9.x recovery context.

Action: Clean up AUD$ and FGA_LOG$ tables and recovery context.

46956: FGA_LOG$ table of 9.x

Cause: Source database (10.x) was incompatible with 9.x rows of FGA_LOG$.

Action: Clean up FGA_LOG$ table.

46957: RAC recovery context

Cause: Non-RAC source database was incompatible with RAC recovery context.

Action: Clean up AUD$ and FGA_LOG$ tables and recovery context.

46958: Non-RAC recovery context

Cause: RAC source database was incompatible with non-RAC recovery context.

Action: Clean up AUD$ and FGA_LOG$ tables and recovery context.

46959: bad authentication information

Cause: Incorrect format of authentication information in the column
COMMENT$TEXT.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

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46960: bad metric request

Cause: Unknown metric name (%s) was provided in metric request.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46961: internal error on line number in file ZAAC.C; additional info |string|
Cause: There was a generic internal exception for AUD$ Audit Collector.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46962: Database Vault audit table is not accessible

Cause: Database Vault was not set up properly or the proper role was not granted to user
being used by the collector.

Action: Set up Database Vault and make sure that DVSYS.AUDIT_TRAIL$ is accessible to
the user being used by the collector.

46963: Some rows may have been missed by Audit Vault or may be duplicated
Cause: Collector encountered rows in the SYS.AUD$ or FGA_LOG$ tables with SESSIONID
<= 0.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46964: Connector was not able to reconnect to Source Database

Cause: Maximum number of attempts to reconnect was exceeded.

Action: Verify connectivity and that that the database is started.

46965: Attribute string is longer than 4000 bytes and was clipped
Cause: When attribute was converted to UTF8 encoding, it became longer than 4000 bytes.

Action: None. It was clipped automatically after conversion.

46966: Function AV_TRUNCATE_CLOB does not exist in source database

Cause: Latest version of script ZARSSPRIV.SQL was not run.

Action: None. Function created automatically.

46967: Audit Trail Cleanup package is not proper. Audit Trail Cleanup cannot be
performed for source database.
Cause: Audit Trail Cleanup package was not proper.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

46979: Firewall string (with IP address string) has the same IP address as the Audit
Vault Server
Cause: User tried to register a firewall which has the same IP address as Audit Vault Server.

Action: Check the name and/or IP of the firewall then try again.

46980: Firewall string part of a resilient pair

Cause: Operation not permitted when firewall is part of a resilient pair.

Action: Break the resilience and try the operation again.

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46981: Unable to connect to Database Firewall with IP string.

Cause: Database Firewall is shutdown or unreachable, Audit Vault Server certificate is
invalid or not yet valid because the date on the Database Firewall is out of sync with
the Audit Vault Server certificate.

Action: Restart the Database Firewall, Copy the correct certificate and ensure that the
date on Database Firewall is in sync with the Audit Vault Server and try again.

46982: Network configuration of the secondary Firewall does not match that of
the primary Firewall.
Cause: You may be trying to perform an operation like adding a resilient pair. Such
operations require the network configuration on the firewalls to be identical.

Action: Ensure that the network configuration is identical on the firewalls and try
again.

46983: Bridged interface string is not enabled on Firewall string.

Cause: When the mode is in monitoring and blocking mode, bridged interfaces must
be enabled.

Action: Enable the bridged interface on the Firewall and retry operation.

46984: Firewalls not in the same resilient pair.

Cause: Only a resilient pair can be swapped. You cannot swap Firewalls from different
resilient pairs.

Action: Ensure that the Firewalls are part of the same resilient pair and retry
operation.

46985: Unable to create resilient pair because Firewall string has Enforcement
Points configured.
Cause: The Firewalls being paired for resilience must not have any Enforcement
Points configured.

Action: Please delete all Enforcement Points and try again.

46986: Firewall at IP address string does not have a valid Audit Vault Server
certificate.
Cause: Audit Vault Server certificate is not present on the Firewall, or is invalid.

Action: Please supply server certificate on the Firewall UI.

46987: Firewall Name is too long.

Cause: Firewall Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide a valid Firewall Name.

46988: Invalid IP address 'string'. IP address must be a valid IPv4 address.

Cause: IP address does not confirm to IPv4 standard.

Action: Please specify an IPv4 address and try again.

46990: More than one proxy interface specified.

Cause: In monitoring and blocking mode, only one proxy interface must be specified.

Action: Specify one proxy most and retry the operation.

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46991: Invalid monitoring only mode for proxy interface.

Cause: Use monitoring and blocking mode when proxy interface is specified.

Action: Specify monitoring only mode.

46992: Enforcement Point mode cannot be in monitoring and blocking mode when the
Firewall is in a resilient pair configuration.
Cause: Monitoring only mode must be set when Firewall is in a resilient configuration.

Action: Specify monitoring only mode.

46993: Full error message reporting can only be enabled if database response
monitoring is enabled.
Cause: Database response monitoring not enabled.

Action: Please enable database response and try again.

46994: Enforcement Point Name is too long.

Cause: Enforcement Point Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide a valid Enforcement Point Name.

46995: Target Address cannot be deleted.

Cause: There must be at least one address defined when there are active Enforcement
Points.

Action: Add a new Target Address and try again.

46996: Invalid IP addresses list. IP addresses list must be a space-separated list of

valid IPv4 addresses. For example, '10.240.114.168 10.240.114.169'.
Cause: Invalid IP address list specified.

Action: The IP addresses must be valid IPv4 addresses and separated by spaces.

46997: Invalid Port 'string'. Port must be a number between 1 and 65535.
Cause: Port Number is not between 1 and 65535.

Action: Specify a value between 1 and 65535 and try again.

46998: Invalid WAF session timeout 'string'. WAF session timeout value is specified in
minutes, and must be at least 30 and at most 1440.
Cause: WAF session timeout must be at least 30 minutes and no more than a day.

Action: Please specify a valid timeout value and try again.

46999: IP address, port number, service name, and credentials must be specified in
order to decrypt with Native Network Encryption Key.
Cause: User tried to decrypt with native network encryption key without specifying IP
address, port number, service name, or credentials.

Action: Specify IP address, port number, service name, or credentials appropriately and then
try again.

47000: Activation approval for agent on host string failed.

Cause: Activation request for agent on host was not found.

Action: Request activation for the agent.

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47001: Agent deactivation for host string failed.

Cause: Agent Deactivation failed.

Action: Check if agent on the host is activated.

47002: Agent version string is invalid.

Cause: Agent version must be in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF3 TZHTZM' format

Action: Check the agent version.

47003: Agent on host string is incompatible with Audit Vault Server.

Cause: Agent version is not supported by the Audit Vault Server.

Action: Upgrade the agent to the latest version.

47004: Host Monitor is not installed on host 'string'.

Cause: Host Monitor is not installed for the Host.

Action: Install Host Monitor at the host

47005: Upgrade of Host Monitor on host 'string' failed.

Cause: Host Monitor auto upgrade failed for the Host.

Action: Reinstall Host Monitor at the host

47006: Host Monitor on host 'string' is being upgraded.

Cause: Host Monitor auto upgrade is running for the Host.

Action: Try later once upgrade finishes.

47007: Host Monitor is being installed on host 'string'.

Cause: Host Monitor installation is running for the Host.

Action: Try later once installation finishes.

47008: Host Monitor is being uninstalled on host 'string'.

Cause: Host Monitor uninstallation is running for the Host.

Action: Try after Installing Host Monitor once uninstallation finishes.

47009: Host 'string' is not active.

Cause: The host is deactivated.

Action: Activate the host and install Host Monitor on the host.

47010: Host Monitor is not supported for host 'string' (string).

Cause: Host Monitor is not supported for the platform type

Action: Contact Oracle Support

47011: Host Monitor needs to be upgraded to a newer version for host 'string'.
Cause: Host Monitor version is lower than the version available at the server.

Action: Download new Host Monitor zip from Audit Vault Server and update Host
Monitor.

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47012: Host Monitor state is unknown for host 'string'.

Cause: Host Monitor state is Unkown.

Action: Download new Host Monitor zip from Audit Vault Server and install Host Monitor.

47101: Invalid job name specified. Job name must be at most 18 chars and must be a
valid SQL identifier.
Cause: Job name validation failed.

Action: Enter a valid job name.

47102: Repository storage is not upgraded to use ASM.

Cause: Repository storage is not upgraded to use ASM.

Action: Upgrade repository storage to ASM and try again.

47103: ARCHIVE diskgroup does not exist.

Cause: ARCHIVE diskgroup must exist.

Action: Please create ARCHIVE diskgroup and try again.

47104: Invalid transfer type.

Cause: Specified transfer type is not supported.

Action: Please specify a transfer type that is supported and try again.

47105: Invalid authentication method.

Cause: Specified authentication method is not supported.

Action: Please specify a valid authentication method and try again.

47106: Archive Location Name is too long.

Cause: Archive Location Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid Archive Location Name.

47107: Invalid Archive Location Name.

Cause: Archive Location Name contains illegal characters.

Action: Provide a valid Archive Location Name.

47108: Failed to create Archive Location "string". The name is reserved.

Cause: Reserved name cannot be used for Archive Location Names.

Action: Use another name for Archive Location Name.

47109: Failed to modify Archive Location "string". Reserved Archive Locations can
not be modified.
Cause: A reserved archive location, once added, cannot be modified.

Action: Do not delete or change reserved archive location.

47110: Failed to create Archive Location "string". Another Archive Location with the
same name exists.
Cause: An existing Archive Location Name conflicts with a reserved name.

Action: Delete or rename the existing Archive Location Name and retry operation.

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47111: Cannot drop disk from 'ARCHIVE' diskgroup with archived data.
Cause: Archived data is present in the diskgroup.

Action: Add another disk to diskgroup or wait untill the archive period expires.

47112: Cannot drop Archive Location. It is being used to store archived data.
Cause: Specified Archive Location is being used to store archive data.

Action: Wait untill the archive period expires.

47113: Tablespace is being encrypted. Please try again

Cause: Specified tablespace has been encrypted already.

Action: Encrypt again with another tablespace name.

47114: Job is currently running. Re submit after the job finishes

Cause: Retrieve job for encryption has already been running.

Action: Wait and resubmit.

47201: Operation not permitted. User must be an admin.

Cause: The user passed in is not an admin.

Action: Specify an admin and retry the operation.

47202: Operation not permitted. User must be an auditor.

Cause: The user passed in is not an auditor.

Action: Specify an auditor and retry the operation.

47203: Operation not permitted. User must be a super admin.

Cause: The user passed in is not a super admin.

Action: Specify a super admin and retry the operation.

47204: Operation not permitted. User must be a super auditor.

Cause: The user passed in is not a super auditor.

Action: Specify a super auditor and retry the operation.

47205: Operation not permitted on this user

Cause: This is operation not permitted on this user.

Action: n/a

47206: Operation not permitted. User is neither admin nor auditor.

Cause: The user passed in is neither admin nor auditor.

Action: Specify an admin or auditor and retry.

47301: SAN Server with the name 'string' already exists.

Cause: Storage names are unique across the system.

Action: Specify a different storage name and try again.

47302: SAN Server with the name 'string' does not exist.
Cause: A SAN Server with that name already exists in the system.

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Action: Specify a different storage name and try again.

47303: iSCSI Target already in session.

Cause: An attempt was made to log into a target that is already in session.

Action: Specify another target or logout from this target and try again.

47304: iSCSI Target not in session.

Cause: An attempt was made to logout from a target that is not in session.

Action: Specify another target or login to this target and try again.

47305: No SAN Server found for IP Address=string, Port=string and Method=string.

Cause: No matching SAN Servers were found.

Action: Please register this SAN Server or specify different values

47306: Invalid method string for iSCSI target discovery. Must be 'SENDTARGETS' or
'iSNS'.
Cause: Discovery method must be 'SENDTARGETS' or 'iSNS'

Action: Specify a valid method and try again.

47307: SAN Server with IP Address=string, Port=string and Method = string already
exists.
Cause: SAN Server with the specified configuration already exits.

Action: Try with different values for IP Address, Port and Method.

47308: Disk string does not exist.

Cause: Disk specified is not an existing disk in the system.

Action: Specify an existing disk and try again.

47309: Disk string not is part of the diskgroup string.

Cause: Disk specified is not part of an existing diskgroup.

Action: Specify a disk that is a memeber of a diskgroup and try again.

47310: Disk string cannot be removed. Please try after number minutes
Cause: ASM rebalance operation is in progress.

Action: Please try again.

47311: Invalid diskgroup string specified.

Cause: Diskgroup must be one of 'SYSTEMDATA', 'RECOVERY', 'EVENTDATA' or
'ARCHIVE'.

Action: Please try again with a valid diskgroup.

47312: Disk string already member of a diskgroup.

Cause: Disk already part of diskgroup

Action: Please try again with a different disk.

47314: SAN Server Name is too long.

Cause: SAN Server Name failed length validation checks.

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Action: Provide valid SAN Server Name.

47315: Unable to logout from iSCSI target. Disk string in use

Cause: The disk is being used by a diskgroup.

Action: Drop the disk from the diskgroup and try again.

47316: Illegal characters were supplied in CHAP secret.

Cause: Illegal characters were supplied in CHAP secret.

Action: Specify valid characters and try again.

47317: Illegal characters were supplied in CHAP name.

Cause: Illegal characters were supplied in CHAP name.

Action: Specify valid characters and try again.

47318: CHAP secret must contain at least 8 characters and at most 30

characters.
Cause: CHAP secret failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid CHAP secret.

47319: CHAP Name is too long.

Cause: CHAP Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid CHAP Name.

47320: iSCSI Name is too long.

Cause: iSCSI Name failed length validation checks.

Action: Provide valid iSCSI Name.

47321: Invalid iSCSI Name.

Cause: iSCSI Name does not conform to standards.

Action: Provide a valid iSCSI Name.

47322: Invalid SAN Server Name.

Cause: SAN Server contains illegal characters.

Action: Provide a valid SAN Server Name.

47323: Invalid Disk Name.

Cause: ASM disk name contains illegal characters.

Action: Provide a valid ASM disk name.

47324: Connection to IP Address = string, Port = string timed out.

Cause: Network connection to the specified address timed out.

Action: Please check the address and try again.

47325: Connection to IP Address = string, Port = string refused.

Cause: Network connection to the specified address was refused by the remote
server.

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Action: Please check the address and try again.

47326: Login failed. Invalid CHAP name/secret.

Cause: Incorrect CHAP credentials specified.

Action: Please specify correct CHAP credentials and try again.

47327: Specified target is not a discovered target.

Cause: Target must be first discovered before performing this operation.

Action: Please discover the target and try this operation again.

47328: Cannot drop SAN Server. Active sessions found.

Cause: Active sessions for nodes from this SAN server exist.

Action: Please logout of these sessions and try again.

47329: iSCSI subsystem may have been manually configured. Please delete the
configuration and try again.
Cause: iSCSI subsystem is not configured using AVDF UI or AVCLI.

Action: Please delete the configuration and try again.

47330: Cannot drop disk from string diskgroup. This operation requires number MB of
free space in the diskgroup
Cause: Disgkroup rebalance operation will fail.

Action: Add more disks to the diskgroup and try again.

47331: User requested to stop the encryption process.

Cause: User requested to stop the encryption process.

Action: Try again.

47332: Encryption process has not started yet. Execute /usr/local/dbfw/bin/

avdf_data_encryption.sh as root and try again.
Cause: Encryption process not started yet. Execute /usr/local/dbfw/bin/
avdf_data_encryption.sh as root

Action: Try again.

47333: All tablespaces are encrypted.

Cause: All tablespaces are encrypted.

Action: n/a

47401: The remote filesystem is busy.

Cause: There are open file(s) on the filesystem.

Action: Close file(s) and retry operation; or use force option.

47402: Unable to mount export string from host string.

Cause: AVS is not given client access or cannot contact server.

Action: Check server export and add AVS system to allowed client list

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47403: The path string is not a relative path.

Cause: Remote location destination path must be a relative path

Action: Provide a relative path without the leading / character

47404: The path string is not an absolute path.

Cause: Remote location destination path must be a relative path

Action: Provide a relative path without the leading / character

47405: Remote filesystem mount point still exists.

Cause: Remote filesystem was not unmounted before delete operation.

Action: Unmount the remote filesystem (with force option if necessary).

47406: Unexpected character(s) in remote destination path.

Cause: Remote destination path contains illegal character(s).

Action: Remove characters that are not letters, numbers, space or _ . : , + !

47407: Filesystem name string is not unique.

Cause: A duplicate filesytem name is already in use.

Action: Pick a different filesystem name.

47408: Location name string is not unique.

Cause: A duplicate location name is already in use.

Action: Pick a different location name.

47409: Absolute path does not exist on remote filesystem

Cause: The constructed path is missing or outside of the remote filesystem.

Action: Make sure remote location resolves to a valid directory on the remote
filesystem.

47410: User Oracle cannot write to absolute path

Cause: The constructed path's permission does not allow oracle write access.

Action: Change the NFS export permission or directory permission to allow oracle
write access.

47411: Export string does not exist on remote filesystem.

Cause: The user attempts to mount a non-existing export on the remote filesystem.

Action: Make sure the export exists on the remote filesystem.

47481: Unable to load the generated certificate request.

Cause: Certificate request could not be loaded.

Action: Once again generate certificate request and try.

47482: Certificate requst is not compatible with server.

Cause: Certificate siging request and private key mismatch.

Action: Retry with a valid certificate signing request.

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47483: Common Name(string) of the certificate request does not match with the host
name(string).
Cause: Common Name of the certificate request has to be the same as the host name.

Action: Generate certificate request once again.

47484: IP address(string) of the certificate request does not match with the host IP
address(string).
Cause: IP address of the certificate request has to be same as the host.

Action: Generate certificate request once again.

47485: Unable to validate string field of the certificate request.

Cause: Validation of the Specified field of certificate request failed.

Action: Generate certificate request once again.

47486: Common Name(string) of the certificate does not match with the host
name(string).
Cause: Common Name of the certificate has to be the same as the host name.

Action: Modify the host name to match with Common Name of the certificate and retry.

47487: Certificate is not compatible with server.

Cause: Certificate and private key mismatch.

Action: Please upload certificate whose certificate signing request file was generated.

47488: Cannot restore the user uploaded certificate for UI.

Cause: The user uploaded certificate is not present.

Action: Please upload a new certificate.

47489: User uploaded certificate is already in use for UI.

Cause: The user uploaded certificate is already in use for UI.

Action: No action required.

47490: Certificate restore failed: Certificate is no longer valid.

Cause: The earlier uploaded certificate is not valid for UI.

Action: Please upload a new certificate.

47491: UI certificate management operation already in progress.

Cause: Another AVS UI certificate management operation is already in progress.

Action: Wait for the current operation to end before attempting another management
operation.

47492: IP address(string) of the certificate does not match with the host IP
address(string).
Cause: IP address of the certificate has to be same as the host.

Action: Modify the host IP address to match with IP address of the certificate and retry.

47493: The certificate has expired.

Cause: End date of certificate is more than system time.

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Action: Try uploading another valid certificate.

47494: string is too long. Maximum allowed length is string.

Cause: Length validation check failed.

Action: Provide value with valid length.

47495: Invalid certificate. The certificate can't be null and the size of certificate
should be less than 32KB
Cause: Certificate is more than 32767 bytes.

Action: Please provide a certificate with 1 to 32767 bytes.

47496: string cannot be a multi-byte character string.

Cause: Given string is multi-byte character string.

Action: Please use only ASCII characters.

47497: Issuer certificate of Firewall console with common name(string) is not

part of AVS trusted certification authorities.
Cause: Issuer certificate of Firewall console certificate is not imported to AVS oracle
wallet

Action: Please import the issuer certificate of Firewall console certificate to AVS oracle
wallet

47498: Invalid Certificate. Issuer should use SHA-2 algorithm for signing.
Cause: Issuer should use a stronger algorithm for signing the CSR

Action: Please upload a certificate where the issuer have signed it using SHA-2
algorithm

47501: Traffic proxy 'string' is in use.

Cause: Traffic proxy port is in use by another Enforcement Point.

Action: Please specify a different proxy port and try again.

47502: Enforcement Point with the specified name already exists.

Cause: Duplicate Enforcement Point name.

Action: Please specify a different name and try again.

47503: Cannot stop trail of type "string" at "string" for target "string"; audit trail
does not exist.
Cause: User attempted to stop a trail which does not exist

Action: One cannot stop audit trail which does not exist

47504: Cannot stop trail of type "string" at "string" for target "string"; audit trail
is already stopped. Audit trail no longer eligible for auto-start.
Cause: User attempted to stop a trail which is already stopped

Action: User cannot stop an audit trail which is already stopped

47505: Trail auto start invocation failed. Invoker unknown.

Cause: Unknown invoker

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Action: Provide valid invoker e.g. 'AGENT' or 'DBJOB'.

47506: Error while setting up redo collector during start trail. Additional Info |string|
Cause: Internal Error.

Action: Check additional information to solve the problem or Contact Oracle Support
Services.

47551: Invalid user name string. User name should be between 1 and 30 bytes long.
Cause: The user name spcified is 0 byte long, or more than 30 bytes.

Action: Provide a simple SQL name as user name between 1 and 30 bytes long.

47553: User name string is already in use. Please provide a different user name.
Cause: The user name already exists in the database.

Action: Provide a different simple SQL name as user name.

47571: Invalid host name string. Host name should be between 1 and 255 bytes long.
Cause: Host name is more than 255 byte.

Action: Please provide a host name with 1 to 255 bytes.

47572: Invalid host name string. The first and last characters of a host name cannnot
be dots(.).
Cause: There is a leading and/or trailing dot in the host name.

Action: Please remove the leading and/or trailing dot.

47573: Invalid host name string. Host name can only contain the characters a-z, A-Z
and dot(.).
Cause: Invalid characters in host name.

Action: Please provide a host name with characters from a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and dot(.).

47581: Invalid certificate. Certificate should be between 1 and 2048 bytes long.
Cause: Certificate is more than 2048 bytes.

Action: Please provide a certificate with 1 to 2048 bytes.

47582: Certificate has invalid format or contains illegal characters.

Cause: Certificate has invalid format or contains illegal characters.

Action: Please provide a valid certificate.

47583: Invalid certificate: string.

Cause: Certificate could not be verified.

Action: Please provide a valid certificate.

47584: Unable to load certificate

Cause: Certificate could not be loaded.

Action: Please provide a valid certificate.

47591: Remote system string is not accessible.

Cause: Remote system is not accessible.

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Action: Please check the IP address or hostname.

47596: Failed to get the HA status of the remote AVS.

Cause: The HA status could not be verified.

Action: Please check the system log files for details.

47597: The primary and the standby system cannot have the same IP address.
Cause: The HA peer IP address is the same as the IP address of the current system.

Action: Please check the provided IP address.

47598: The system cannot use its own certificate.

Cause: The HA peer certificate is the same as the certificate of the current system.

Action: Please check the provided certificate.

47599: Data Encryption status is not compatible between primary and

secondary.
Cause: When configuration HA, the encryption status must be the same.

Action: Please enable encryption and try again.

47621: The interval in UE retrieval has invalid value.

Cause: The interval value for retrieval of UE is invalid.

Action: Please input a valid interval value and submit again.

47622: The first run time in UE retrieval should not be in the past.
Cause: The start time for retrieval of UE is in the past.

Action: Please input a future start time and submit again.

47651: The interval in Audit Setting retrieval has invalid value.

Cause: The interval value for retrieval of audit setting is invalid.

Action: Please input a valid interval value and submit again.

47652: The first run time in Audit Setting retrieval should not be in the past.
Cause: The start time for retrieval of audit setting is in the past.

Action: Please input a future start time and submit again.

47671: The interval in SPA has invalid value.

Cause: The interval value for SPA is invalid.

Action: Please input a valid interval value and submit again.

47672: The first run time in SPA should not be in the past.
Cause: The start time for SPA is in the past.

Action: Please input a future start time and submit again.

47681: Oracle Database In-Memory is already enabled on the Audit Vault Server.
Cause: User is trying to enable Oracle Database In-Memory on an Audit Vault Server
where Oracle Database In-Memory is already enabled.

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Action: No action required.

47682: Oracle Database In-Memory is already disabled on the Audit Vault Server.
Cause: User is trying to disable Oracle Database In-Memory on an Audit Vault Server where
Oracle Database In-Memory is already disabled.

Action: No action required.

47683: Value entered is higher than the maximum available for Database In-Memory,
or less than 1 GB.
Cause: User entered an invalid memory size for Oracle Database In-Memory".

Action: Provide memory to Oracle Database In-Memory within allowable limit. Memory
should be more than 1 GB and less than min((total system memory - 8GB), 90% of total
system memory)).

47684: Oracle Database In-Memory: Internal error in string. Additional info |string|.
Cause: Internal error.

Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.

47685: Oracle Database In-Memory is not enabled on Audit Vault Server. Enable
Oracle Database In-Memory on the Audit Vault Server before changing the In-Memory
allocation.
Cause: User is trying to change memory for Oracle Database In-Memory while Oracle
Database In-Memory is not enabled on Audit Vault Server."

Action: Enable Oracle Database In-Memory on Audit Vault Server before changing memory
for Oracle Database In-Memory.

47686: The value entered (string GB) is the same as the current memory allocation for
Oracle Database In-Memory. Enter a different value to change the allocation.
Cause: User is trying to change the memory allocation to Oracle Database In-Memory by
entering a value that is the same as current value allocated.

Action: Provide a value for Oracle Database In-Memory allocation that is different from the
current value allocated.

47687: Date range is not valid for Oracle Database In-Memory. Additional information:
string.
Cause: User has provided an invalid date range for Oracle Database In-Memory.

Action: Provide a valid date range for Oracle Database In-Memory.

47688: Provided Oracle Database In-Memory size is not sufficient for date range.
Increase the size of Oracle Database In-Memory or reduce the date range.
Cause: User has not provided enough memory to accommodate all the data into Oracle
Database In-Memory for specified date range.

Action: Increase the size of memory provided to Oracle Database In-Memory or reduce the
date range size.

47689: Error in string . Some other user is performing the same operation. Try string
after some time
Cause: More than one user is trying to perform the same operation for Oracle Database In-
memory.

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Action: Try to perform the Oracle Database In-memory operations after some time.

47701: Invalid policy name: string ... Policy name should be between 1 and 255
bytes long.
Cause: Policy name is more than 255 bytes.

Action: Please provide a policy name with 1 to 255 bytes.

47702: Policy name cannot be null or the length is 0.

Cause: Policy name is null or the length of the policy name is 0 byte.

Action: Please provide a policy name with 1 to 255 bytes.

47751: The SNMP string is invalid. SNMP string must contain at least 8
characters and at most 30 characters, at least one uppercase letter(A-Z), one
lowercase letter(a-z), one digit(0-9), and one special character(.,+:_!). SNMP
string must not contain characters outside of a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and . , + : _ !.
Cause: SNMP string does not meet the policy.

Action: Please input a valid string and submit again.

47755: Built-in report string cannot be deleted.

Cause: User attempted to delete a built-in report.

Action: Built-in reports cannot be deleted.

47756: Report string cannot be deleted as you are not the owner of the report.
Cause: User attempted to delete a report uploaded by a different auditor.

Action: Users can only delete reports owned by them.

H.2 Database Firewall Messages

Learn about Database Firewall messages.
This table lists Database Firewall messages. These messages are captured in
the /var/log/messages file.

ODF Code Cause Action

10000 Minimum number for the This message should never be seen. Please
DBFW message codes contact Oracle Support.
10001 Internal error Please contact Oracle Support.
10100 The operation has No action required.
completed successfully
10101 Configuration change A configuration change is being applied. No
action required.
10102 Startup complete The process has completed its initialization
and is ready to perform work. No action
required.
10103 Engine informational Informational message only. No action
required.
10104 ACE informational Informational message only. No action
required.
10105 Decoder informational Informational message only. No action
required.

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ODF Code Cause Action

10106 Connected to AVS A connection has been successfully
established to the Audit Vault Server. No
action is required.
10107 TrafficTrace starting The TrafficTrace logging system has started.
No action is required.
10108 TrafficTrace data The TrafficTrace logging system is logging
data. No action is required.
10109 TrafficTrace stopping The TrafficTrace logging system has stopped.
No action is required.
10110 Process Metrics Information about the performance of the
process. No action is required.
10111 Traffic capture is enabled Network traffic is being captured for diagnostic
purposes. You should only see this message
under the direction of Oracle support.
10112 Buffered Traffic written Buffered network traffic has been written to file
successfully for diagnostic purposes. No action is required.
10113 TCP connection A client TCP connection to the database has
successfully disrupted been successfully disrupted. This action was
taken as the Database Firewall Monitoring
Point is in monitoring and blocking mode, and
the option to "Maintain Existing Connections"
was not selected. No action is required.
10114 Stopped receiving Information about the Database Firewall
heartbeat data Monitoring Point. No action is required.
10115 Nsi library version Informational message about the Nsi library
version. No action is required.
10116 Traffic capture initiated Informational message only. No action is
required.
10117 Logging of Process Metrics Informational message only. No action is
is enabled required.
10118 Session cache serialisation Informational message only. No action is
required.
10119 Successfully loaded the Informational message only. No action is
Diffie-Hellman parameters required.
10120 Additional memory Informational message only. No action is
allocation permitted required.
10121 Incrementing the maximum Informational message only. No action is
size the IPC buffer can required.
grow up to.
10200 Internal error None
10201 Internal error None
10202 Internal error None
10203 Internal error None
10204 Internal error None
10205 Internal error None
10206 Internal error None
10207 Internal error None
10208 Internal error None
10209 Internal error None

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ODF Code Cause Action

10210 Internal error None
10211 Internal error None
10300 Host Monitor connected A remote Host Monitor process has
established a connection to the Database
Firewall. No action required.
10301 Host Monitor disconnected A remote Host Monitor process has
disconnected from the Database Firewall. This
is normal behavior if the Host Monitor has
been stopped.
10302 Host Monitor not A Host Monitor has attempted to connect to
authorized the Database Firewall from an unauthorized
source. Please investigate the source of this
unexpected connection attempt.
10303 Authentication not enabled No certificate has been provided to
for HostMonitor authenticate incoming connections from
connections - No certificate HostMonitor. Please see the documentation
provided related to "Enabling and Using Host
Monitoring" for information as to how to
resolve this issue.
10400 No ASO records found Check that database has been configured for
ASO as per the instructions in the
Administrator's Guide.
10401 ASO traffic will not be ASO (encrypted) traffic to the database will not
decrypted be decrypted. If you wish this traffic to be
decrypted, follow the instructions in the
Administrator's Guide.
10402 Delayed response to ASO The response to the ASO request was so
request delayed that the request was purged from the
queue before the response was received.
Verify that the Target is configured for ASO
and is functioning correctly.
10403 ASO is using unsupported ASO processing found the session is using
encryption algorithm unsupported encryption algorithm. If the
Database Firewall Monitoring Point is
configured in monitoring and blocking mode,
the session is terminted. The message is
decoded and SQL statements extracted when
Database Firewall is in monitoring only mode.
10500 Unable to connect to AVS A connection could not be established to the
Audit Vault Server. This message will be seen
in normal operation when the DBFW is first
associated with the Audit Vault Server. If the
message persists, or is seen under different
circumstances then check the settings for the
DBFW on the Audit Vault Server GUI.
10501 Failed connecting to the Check the Target configuration. Check the
Target Target host is running and prepared to accept
connections.
10502 Failed connecting to Check the configuration for the remote
remote database database in question, and that it is running
and prepared to accept connections.

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ODF Code Cause Action

10503 No connection to remote Check the connection configuration, and that
database the remote database is running and prepared
to accept connections. Note that this may be
due to temporary unavailability of the remote
database.
10504 Network device error Check the configuration of the network devices
on the DBFW.
10505 Failed to resolve hostname Check the DNS settings on your Appliance,
and that the hostname is specified correctly.
10506 IP packet fragmented An IP packet intercepted with Database
Firewall in monitoring only mode was marked
as fragmented. Check your network
infrastructure to determine the cause of the
fragmentation.
10507 TCP session re-use A closed TCP session to the database has
been re-opened. This could lead to state from
the previous session being applied to the new
session. No action required.
10508 Detected connection failure A notification of message delivery has not
to AVS been received for certain period of time. If the
message persists then check the network
connection between the Audit Vault Server
and the Database Firewall (including router or
firewall settings).
10509 Failed to find MAC address Failed to find database MAC address. MAC
address substitution will not work. Possible
causes: database server is down or
unreachable through specified traffic source;
database server is connected to client port.
Connect the database and firewall correctly,
then reboot the firewall.
10510 The TCP connection to the Please check the network path between the
AVS has been lost DBFW and the AVS. Note that this problem
may be seen when the AVS is restarted.
10511 IPC Communication Please see other messages in log file for more
Disrupted information.
10512 A badly formed TCP URG This problem has been seen in 'Fuzz-Testing'
packet was received of the DBFW where bad TCP packets are
transmitted. Please verify that the clients using
the DBFW are behaving correcly.
10513 SSL handshake failed An SSL client has failed to connect to the
DBFW due to a failure in the initial handshake.
Please examine the additional information in
this message, and confirm that the client is
correctly configured.
10514 Peer has reset the The remote peer of this TCP session has reset
connection the connection. Please ensure that the remote
peer is behaving correctly. Note that although
resetting a TCP connection is a hard close of
the TCP session, it does not necessarily
indicate that there is an error in the peer.

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ODF Code Cause Action

10515 TCP connection attempt An attempt to establish a TCP connection has
has failed failed. Please examine other related error
messages to determine the context of this
failure.
10516 Failed opening socket An attempt to open a socket has failed. Please
examine other related error messages to
determine the context of this failure.
10517 DDI request failed An attempt to query a protected database has
failed. Please examine the details given in this
message, as the problem may be as a result of
mis-configuration. Are the confirured IP
address and TCP port of the protected
database correct? Have the correct username
and password been supplied?
10518 Connection attempt to An attempt to conenct to a RAC database has
RAC failed failed. Please examine other related error
messages to determine the context of this
failure.
10519 Operation failed - Network A network operartion has failed as the network
is down is currently down. Please examine recent
messages to see if a restart is in progress.
10520 A request was received A client request was received from an
from an unknown client unexpected source. If this message persists
the source of the request must be verified. It
may be an attempt to gain access to the data
on this appliance.
10521 Inter-process A local IPC communication attempt has failed.
communication failure This is occasionally seen while the Database
Firewall monitoring point processes are
restarted. If this message persists, contact
Oracle Support.
10522 No data received in TNS A connection to an Oracle RAC node target on
connection the Database Firewall did not send any data.
This has been observed when a load balancer
in front of the Database Firewall is checking
the status of the Database Firewall by pings. A
TCP connection which is closed immediately
with no data being sent. If this is the case in
the current environment, this message may be
safely ignored. If your environment is not so
configured, please contact Oracle support.
10523 TCP Connection closed A TCP connection has been closed. Examine
the rest of the message to determine the
cause. Note that if the cause is Timeout, the
socket may have been closed due to the TCP
keep alive mechanism detecting a dead peer.
10600 Invalid Target IP address Ensure the Target IP address has been
specified correctly in the GUI.
10601 Target clash Two Targets with the same connection
information (IP:port[:OSN]) have been
specified in the GUI. Resolve this clash with
the GUI, otherwise data may not be examined
as expected.

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ODF Code Cause Action

10602 No MySql database name The name of the MySql database has not
been provided. Check the relevant
configuration on the GUI and add the
database name.
10603 Reboot now to apply new The system management software failed to
configuration (cannot apply apply configuration to the running system. A
configuration to running reboot should apply the new settings. More
system) information may be available in the debug log.
10604 Cannot generate new The system management software failed to
configuration file. generate the new configuration. Please
contact Oracle Support.
10605 Cannot generate new The system management software failed to
configuration, please retry generate the new configuration. Workaround
the operation given.
10606 Internal error, invalid Please contact Oracle Support.
configuration
10607 Value of system The value of the system setting rmem_max is
configuration rmem_max unexpectedly high. On some hardware, it has
may be excessive been observed that this can lead to traffic not
being intercepted as expected when Database
Firewall is in monitoring only mode. Please
verify that your system can support this value
successfully.
10608 Invalid argument for Please check the parameters or files you have
certificate operation provided.
10609 Invalid certificate key pair The uploaded certificate was not generated
from the correct certificate signing request.
10610 Certificate Signing The uploaded certificate does not match the
Request common name original common name. Please verify your
mismatch signing process.
10611 Error processing certificate The uploaded certificate was not valid. Please
check the uploaded certificate.
10612 Proxy-mode Database More than one Database Firewall Monitoring
Firewall Monitoring Points Point is configured to use the same proxy port.
clash Please examine the Database Firewall
Monitoring Points configured for this DBFW
and resolve the conflict.
10613 LVM out of space, add There is not enough storage available for the
more storage and try again requested LVM operation. Please add more
storage and try again.
10614 No TrafficTrace SQL Edit the configuration file and add the SQL
statement provided in against key TRACE_SQL
configuration file
10615 Unable to parse the expiry Edit the configuration file and enter the expiry
time in configuration file time against key EXPIRES_AT in the format
"yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss". Example:
"2015-11-23 12:13:14".
10616 Expiry time has already Edit the configuration file and alter the
passed EXRIRES_AT time as desired
10617 TrafficTrace period set for Edit the configuration file and alter the
greater than the permitted EXRIRES_AT time as desired
value

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Database Firewall Messages

ODF Code Cause Action

10618 Secure Transport string Edit the configuration file and alter the secure
unrecognised transport protocol string
10619 Insecure Transport Edit the configuration file and alter the secure
protocol transport protocol string to a more secure
version
10620 There are public security Edit the configuration file and alter the secure
vulnerabilities in this transport protocol string to a more secure
protocol version version, if that option is available in your
deployment
10621 Secure Transport Protocols This is an informational message. No action
configured required.
10622 Database dialect does not The selected dialect does not support Oracle
support Oracle RAC RAC connections. Please correct the
configuration by disabling RAC for this dialect.
10623 Oracle RAC is only The mode that the Database Firewall
supported for Database Monitoring Point is configured in does not
Firewall Monitoring Points support Oracle RAC. Please change the mode
in Proxy mode of the Database Firewall Monitoring Point, or
turn off RAC support.
10624 Traffic from local IP Network traffic associated with IP addresses
address is not excluded local to this machine are captured for analysis
from capture when when Database Firewall is in monitoring only
Database Firewall is in mode. Please note that this message should
monitoring only mode not be seen in real time deployments.
10625 Secure Transport This is an informational message. No action
configured required.
10626 Secure Transport Ciphers This is an informational message. No action
configured required.
10627 The agent could not be The recompilation of the Agent software failed
recompiled from the for an unspecified reason. There may be a
current configuration problem with the Database, the Database
Listener or the Java Framework. Contact
Oracle Support if this message is seen on a
Primary or Standalone server.
10628 The agent could not be The recompilation of the Agent software failed
recompiled from the because the database is down. Contact Oracle
current configuration Support if this message is seen on a Primary
because the database is or Standalone server.
down
10629 Diffie-Hellman Named Please check the configuration to ensure the
Group is not known Diffie-Hellman Named Group is correct.
10630 The agent upgrade signal The agents could not be signaled for upgrade
could not be sent because at this time because the database was not
the database is down available. The agent upgrade signal will need
to be issued manually. Contact Oracle Support
if this message is seen.
10631 The agent upgrade signal The agents could not be signaled for upgrade
could not be sent because at this time for an unknown reason. The agent
the command failed upgrade signal will need to be issued
manually. Contact Oracle Support if this
message is seen.

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Database Firewall Messages

ODF Code Cause Action

10632 The agent upgrade signal The agents were signaled for upgrade but the
could not be disabled target could not be disabled. The agent
upgrade signal must be disabled manually.
Run 'systemctl agent-signal-upgrade.service
disable'.
10633 File missing from Ensure that both the required certificate and
Certificate/private key pair private key have been provided.
10634 Device name not found on The supplied device name could not be found
system in the list of devices available on this
appliance. Check the network device listings to
ensure that all expected devices are present.
10635 Dhclient config file missing The required configuration file could not be
found. This may happen during install but
should not happen during general runtime
activities. If this message persists, contact
Oracle Support.
10636 NTP query failed Confirm that the configured NTP server
(echoed in the message) is correct, and if
required check the DNS is configured
correctly.
10637 Data for stream not Traffic has been observed destined for a
processed database that is not configured for processing
by this target, and the traffic is ignored. Alter
your configuration so that stream can be
processed.
10700 Internal cache full Check the status of the Audit Vault Server
associated with this DBFW, and that the AV
Server and DBFW are correctly paired.
10701 Capture capacity exceeded Some network packets were not captured
for Database Firewall in because the system was overloaded when
monitoring only mode Database Firewall is in monitoring only mode.
10702 Capacity exceeded The system is not able to capture all the
requested traffic with Database Firewall in
monitoring only mode.
10703 Database Firewall in The system is now capturing all the requested
monitoring only mode traffic again when Database Firewall is in
capture capacity no longer monitoring only mode. No action required.
exceeded
10704 Internal capacity exceeded Internal system capacity has been exceeded
for the protected database. Please contact
Oracle Support.
10705 SQL call failed Check that database is running, that the
configured user has permission to execute the
statement and has access to the required
resources.
10706 Syslog message too big A message being processed for forwarding to
the Audit Vault Server is too large to send.
Please contact Oracle Support.
10707 Data truncation The size of an item of data exceeded a limit
and has been truncated.
10708 Failed sending Unable to start the Arbiter process. Please
StartMonitoring command examine the log file for other errors to
to Arbiter determine the cause of this failure.

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Database Firewall Messages

ODF Code Cause Action

10709 Failed To Start Monitoring Please examine the debug log file for other
Processes errors to determine the cause of this failure.
10710 Internal capacity no longer The system is now transferring all the
exceeded requested traffic again when Database
Firewall is in monitoring only mode. No action
required.
10711 Could not find service The Oracle connection string did not contain
name information in recognizable service name information
connection string ("SERVICE_NAME" or "SID"). This means that
such information will not be logged for display
in any reports. If you require this information in
reprorts, please alter the client's connection
string appropriately.
10712 Syslog Fifo Closed Informational message only. No action
required.
10713 Failed connecting to the This message is sometimes seen in heavily
Policy Server loaded systems during the shutdown or restart
of a Database Firewall Monitoring Point. No
action required, unless this error is seen
repeatedly.
10714 Failure in proxying to There was a failure trying to establish a
Oracle RAC database connection to a protected Oracle RAC
database. Please examine recent previous
messages to determine the cause of this
failure.
10715 Failed sending Stitcher This message is sometimes seen in heavily
Count Object loaded systems during the shutdown or restart
of a Database Firewall Monitoring Point.
Please contact Oracle support if this error
occurs repeatedly during routine operartion.
10716 Bad response to control This message is sometimes seen in heavily
command from Arbiter loaded systems during the shutdown or restart
of a Database Firewall Monitoring Point.
Please contact Oracle support if this error
occurs repeatedly during routine operartion.
10717 Zero packets processed for This message may be seen with Database
Database Firewall in Firewall in monitoring only mode when zero
monitoring only mode packets are processed in the event loop. This
message is informational only, and has no
effect of the performance of the system.
10718 Internal cache full. Possible Check the network throughput between the
slow transfer rate between Audit Vault Server associated with this
the Database Firewall and Database Firewall, and that the number of
the AVS alerts or syslog messages generated by this
Database Firewall does not exceed the
network capacity.
10719 Unable to load Session We were unable to load the cached Session
information from file information from file. In DAM mode, this may
mean that some fields associated with long
lived client connections may not be populated
in reports.
10720 Unable to save Session This may be seen at startup. If it is seen
information to file continuously, please call Oracle support.

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Database Firewall Messages

ODF Code Cause Action

10721 Update of the Audit Vault Informational message only. No action
Server connectivity flag required.
intterrupted by a reload
signal.
10722 Failed determining policy This may be seen at startup. If it is seen
continuously, call Oracle support.
10723 Cache at capacity, evicting An internal cache has reached its maximum
items capacity, and entries are being evicted. This
message should not be seen during normal
functioning of the system. If this message is
seen continuously, call Oracle support.
10724 Potential alert not Under some circumstances the Database
generated as policy not yet Firwall may want to test if an alert is to be
determined. issued for a SQL statement before the policy
for that SQL statement has been determined.
This can happen for the initial SQL statements
involved in establishing connection to Oracle
databases when the connection is encrypted
with ASO.
10725 Unable to retrieve relevant This message may be emitted when the
session information. database session we are inquiring about has
already been terminated, or is for other
reasons not available from the protected
database.
10726 RAC Proxy object present An internal object was unexpectedly still in
existance when it was expected that it should
have been released by now. If this message is
seen as part of a warning, look for previously
logged warnings for an explanation. If this
message is seen as part of an error, contact
Oracle Support.
10727 Additional memory Informational message only. No action is
allocation denied required.
10728 Items being evicted from Items are being evicted from internal cache.
cache Examine the rest of the message for full
details. If this message is seen continuously,
call Oracle Support.

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Database Firewall Messages

ODF Code Cause Action

10729 Platform certificates may Perform the following action for uninterrupted
expire soon. Refer to the Oracle AVDF services.
required action against the Regenerate the platform certificates on Audit
specific ODF code Vault Server and Database Firewall by
mentioned in Oracle AVDF following these steps:
Administrators Guide.
1. Log in to the appliance as support user.
2. Switch to root user using the command:
su root
3. Run the following command to regenerate
the certificate: /usr/local/bin/
gensslcert create-certs
4. Run the following commands to restart
the services on the Database Firewall
appliance:
• systemctl stop httpd
• systemctl start httpd
• /usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl
restart
• systemctl stop stund
• systemctl start stund
Run the following commands to restart
the services on the Audit Vault Server
appliance:
• systemctl stop httpd
• systemctl start httpd
• systemctl stop controller
• systemctl start controller
• systemctl stop dbfwlistener
• systemctl start dbfwlistener
The platform certificates of Audit Vault Server
or Database Firewall appliances are rotated or
renewed for another year.
10800 Generic GUI information Generic informational message. No action
required.
10801 Generic GUI warning Generic warning message. No action required.
10900 Invalid user credentials The system does not recognize the account
credentials (username, password)
10901 Failed to set password The system has failed to set the password.
11000 Migration file result: This message is for audit trail and no specific
success action is required.
11001 Migration file invocation This message is for audit trail and no specific
action is required.
11002 Migration group invocation This message is for audit trail and no specific
action is required.
11003 Migration stanza invocation This message is for audit trail and no specific
action is required.
11004 Migration stanza result: This message is for audit trail and no specific
success action is required.

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ODF Code Cause Action

11005 Migration group result: This message is for audit trail and no specific
success action is required.
11006 Migration file result: This message is for audit trail and no specific
success action is required.
11007 Migration stanza result: This message is for audit trail and no specific
skipped action is required.
11008 Please confirm you wish to Please read the following messages, and re-
start upgrade run this utility as follows to begin
upgrade: /usr/bin/avdf-upgrade --confirm
11009 Please check before Power loss during upgrade may cause data
continuing loss. Do not power off during upgrade.
11010 Please check before This upgrade will erase /root and /images.
continuing
11011 Please check before Please review Note ID 2235931.1 for a current
continuing list of known issues.
11012 The install or upgrade has This message is for audit trail and no specific
completed successfully action is required.
11013 Last migration: success No further action needed.
11014 Last migration: started The upgrade is in progress or was interrupted.
Please wait until the upgrade completes or
contact support.
11015 Last migration: failed Please fix the failure cause. Migration is
rerunnable and can be executed again.
11016 Last migration: failed Please review /var/log/messages and /var/log/
debug for more information. Perform the
actions necessary to get the system to the
expected final state of migration.
11017 Attempt to resume upgrade Confirm that you have fixed the original error
without confirmation cause by running the tool again with --confirm
option.
11018 Attempt to resume upgrade Confirm that you have fixed the original error
without confirmation cause by running the tool again with --confirm
option. WARNING: resuming upgrade on an
unfixed system may further corrupt it.
11019 Attempt to resume upgrade The system is not in recovery mode. There is
when not in recovery mode nothing to resume.
11030 Migration file result: Please download the diagnostics package and
completed with warnings contact Oracle support. Please review /var/log/
messages and /var/log/debug for more
information. To download the diagnostics
package please follow the instructions from
the documentation.
11031 Cannot resume upgrade or The migration index does not validate with the
install: migration file does given hash, so it is not possible to resume the
not match hash install or upgrade. Please generate a new
hash if you are using a new migration index.

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Agent Messages

ODF Code Cause Action

11060 Migration file result: FATAL Please do not use this system in a production
ERROR - TERMINATED environment. Please download the diagnostics
package and contact Oracle support. Please
review /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug
for more information. To download the
diagnostics package please follow the
instructions from the documentation.
11061 Migration group result: Please do not use this system in a production
failed environment. Please download the diagnostics
package and contact Oracle support. Please
review /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug
for more information. To download the
diagnostics package please follow the
instructions from the documentation.
11062 Migration stanza result: Please do not use this system in a production
failed to start because its environment. Please download the diagnostics
preconditions were not met package and contact Oracle support. Please
review /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug
for more information. To download the
diagnostics package please follow the
instructions from the documentation.
11063 Migration file result: Please download the diagnostics package and
incomplete contact Oracle support. Please review /var/log/
messages and /var/log/debug for more
information. To download the diagnostics
package please follow the instructions from
the documentation.
11064 The install or upgrade is Please download the diagnostics package and
incomplete contact Oracle support. Please review /var/log/
messages and /var/log/debug for more
information. To download the diagnostics
package please follow the instructions from
the documentation.
11065 Failed to execute Please review /var/log/messages and /var/log/
migrations debug for more information.
19999 Maximum number for the This message should never be seen. Please
DBFW message codes contact Oracle Support.
99999 The code for this message This message should never be seen. Please
is the maximum permitted contact Oracle Support.
number

H.3 Agent Messages

Learn about Audit Vault Agent messages.

OAV Message Code Message Description

6001 Activation request failed.
6002 Error reading the bootstrap configuration file: "string".
6011 Error while reading Agent configuration from server.
6012 Activation key validation failed. Check Audit Vault Server
console for activation key.

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Agent Messages

OAV Message Code Message Description

6013 Agent status update failed.
6014 Agent host is invalid. Register the Agent host.
6016 Agent host is not registered with IP "string". Register the
Agent host.
6021 Error validating activation key. Check Audit Vault Server
console for activation key.
6022 Agent started successfully.
6024 Activation key required. Check Audit Vault Server console
for activation key.
6025 Agent is already activated.
6026 An instance of the Agent is already running.
6027 Stopping Agent...
6028 Internal Error. See logs for more details.
6029 Agent stop was already requested. Wait for the Agent to
stop.
6030 Agent is not running.
6031 Agent is unable to connect to database server. Make sure
the database server is up and the Agent is activated.
6032 Invalid activation key. Check Audit Vault Server console for
activation key.
6033 Agent is unable to access the Agent home directory. Check
if the Agent home directory exists and if the Agent user has
relevant permissions to the directory.
6035 Invalid activation key. Maximum allowed attempts reached.
Reactivate Agent in Audit Vault Server console.
6036 Agent is unable to determine the platform.
6037 Agent updated successfully.
6038 Plugin file validation failed.
6040 Error: There is more than one plugin with the same ID.
Undeploy duplicate plugin in Audit Vault Server console.
6041 Error occurred while fetching plugin from server. See logs
for more details.
6042 Error occurred while updating Agent generation timestamp.
See logs for more details.
6043 Error occurred while updating plugin inventory for plugin :
"string".
6044 Error occurred while resetting plugin inventory.
6045 Error occurred while updating Agent version.
6046 Checking for updates...
6047 Agent is updating. This operation may take a few minutes.
Please wait...
6052 The Agent must be started with an activation key. Check
Audit Vault Server console for activation key.
6053 Agent setup validation failed. Check logs for more details.
6054 A newer version of the Agent is available on the Audit Vault
Server. Update the Agent manually.
6055 The activate command has been deprecated.
6056 Host Monitor upgrade failed.

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Agent Messages

OAV Message Code Message Description

6057 Agent integrity check failed. Upgrade the Agent manually.
6058 Failed to update Host Monitor state on the Audit Vault
Server.
6059 Host Monitor update failed. See logs for more details.
6060 Trail auto start failed. See server trace logs for more
details.
6061 Error while reading host attributes from server.
6062 Potential insecure PATH "string". Ensure directories in
PATH are not modifiable by others and PATH does not have
more than 5 levels of symbolic links.
6063 Invalid PATH "string".
6064 Agent has connected to standby Audit Vault Server.
Purging the old connection pool and trying to connect to
primary Audit Vault Server.
6065 Execution of command "string" failed with error code
"string".
6066 Execution of command "string" failed.
6067 Error while unzipping file "string".
6068 Error while updating bootstrap file "string".
6070 Error while checking if Host Monitor is supported on current
platform.
6071 Error while retrieving Host Monitor state.
6072 Agent username is not present in wallet. Unable to update
wallet.
6073 Error while copying new wallet to wallet location.
6074 Error while deleting directory "string".
6075 Error updating Agent certificate expiry date.
6076 Agent update failed after "string" retries.
6077 Error while calculating hash for file "string".
6078 Error while getting plugin updates.
6079 Invalid IP address "string" in bootstrap file.
6080 Invalid port "string" in bootstrap file.
6081 Error while downloading bootstrap file from Audit Vault
Server.
6082 Error occurred during install/upgrade. Check log files for
more information.
6083 Agent home directory contains invalid characters "string".
6084 Error occured during upgrade. Uninstall Host Monitor and
retry.
6085 Error occurred while creating "string". Check log files for
more information.
6086 Agent upgrade failed.
6087 Agent host must be registered before an agent can be
installed or upgraded. Agent deployment failed.
6088 Error while uploading agent logs to AV Server. Please see
agent logs for more details.
6089 Host name returned by AV Server is null.

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Agent Messages

OAV Message Code Message Description

11300 The activation key cannot be entered in the Agent start
command. Enter 'agentctl start -k'.
8002 Internal Collector "string":"string" Error .
8004 Failed to start collector "string":"string".
8005 Failed to establish connection to target for "string". Check if
you can connect to target using connection string.
8006 Failed to disconnect from "string".
8008 Failed to establish connection to Audit Vault Server for
"string".
8009 Invalid arguments.
8010 Query not found "string".
8012 Error creating AuditEventCollector instance.
8013 Collector class not found "string".
8014 Could not cast the Collector class to AuditEventCollector
"string".
8015 Error initializing AuditEventCollector instance.
8016 Error loading SQL properties file "string".
8017 Illegal arguments in start trail command "string".
8018 Error sending records to server.
8019 Error setting checkpoint.
8020 Error fetching data from server.
8021 Error fetching information from plugin manifest file "string".
8023 Failed to get valid template file from template directory:
"string". Check if valid template file exists.
8025 Mapping not specified for mandatory field: "string" in
template file. Refer "string" for more information.
8026 Invalid target field name: "string" in template file. Check if
field exists on the target.
8027 Trail name is NULL from collector context. Specify valid trail
name during trail creation.
8028 Target name is NULL from collector context. Specify valid
target name during trail creation.
8030 Source version is NULL. Specify valid target version in
Targets tab - Audit Collection Attributes tab for the key
AV.COLLECTOR.SECUREDTARGETVERSION.
8031 Invalid attribute name: "string". Check if valid attribute is
present in Targets tab - Audit Collection Attributes tab.
8032 Error setting attribute: "string". Check if attribute key and
value are valid.
8033 Source Field: "string" has incompatible datatype: "string".
Check if target field has valid data type.
8034 Error getting data from target.
8036 Source Type is NULL. Check securedTargetType in
template file.
8037 Invalid Trail name. Specify valid trail name during trail
creation.
8038 Invalid Document object. Check if valid template file exists.

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Agent Messages

OAV Message Code Message Description

8039 Failed to parse audit file: "string". Check if the audit file is
valid and if Agent user has read permissions on the audit
file.
8040 Failed to read audit file: "string". Check if the audit file is
valid and if Agent user has read permissions on the audit
file.
8041 No Template files present in directory: "string".
8042 No read permission on directory: "string". Provide read
permission to Agent user on the directory.
8043 Invalid Template File: "string".
8044 Invalid directory path: "string". Check if directory exists and
if Agent user has relevant permissions on the directory.
8046 Value transformation rules not specified for mandatory
Audit Vault Server field: "string" in template file. Refer
"string" for more information.
8047 Invalid Source version format : "string". Check target
version in template file.
8048 SQL Server version "string" not supported.
8049 NULL event time timezone offset from collector context.
Specify valid timezone offset in Targets tab - Audit
Collection Attributes tab for the key
AV.COLLECTOR.TIMEZONEOFFSET.
8051 This Auditing system is not supported by the collector.
Specify supported trail type during trail creation.
8052 Error writing checkpoint to collector ATC file: "string".
Check if ATC file exists and if Agent user has write
permission on ATC file.
8054 Invalid Target Version: "string". Check if target version is
supported by template file.
8055 Invalid Target Platform: "string". Check documentation to
see if target operating system is supported.
8057 Unauthorized user to access service : "string".
8058 Invalid Audit Service : "string".
8059 Invalid OAuth 2.0 "string".
8060 Invalid REST Authentication setup.
8061 Invalid Trail Extension. Supported extension is "string".
8062 Registered target is not a CDB container. Provide
connection details of CDB container in Targets tab in Audit
Vault console.
8064 Could not find Java charset for database charset "string".
8065 Unable to get database charset information either from
source or collection attribute. Specify valid java character
set in Targets tab - Audit Collection Attributes tab for
attribute AV.COLLECTOR.DATABASECHARSET.
8066 Unable to read database charset from database.
8067 Template file "string" has no document element.
8068 Invalid audit trail location format : The format should be
<hostname>:<location of OS log files>.
9001 Sybsecurity database not configured.

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Agent Messages

OAV Message Code Message Description

9003 Error getting active table position.
9004 Error getting list of configured audit tables.
9005 Error constructing marker due to unknown hashing
algorithm.
9006 Active table "string" is not present in configured audit table
list.
9008 Configured Audit table list is empty.
11000 Cannot read the directory. Check if directory exists and if
Agent user has relevant permissions on the directory.
11200 Audit Package Version is not supported.

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Security Technical Implementation Guides
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall follows the Security Technical Implementation
Guides (STIG)-based compliance standards.

I.1 About Security Technical Implementation Guides

Learn about Security Technical Implementation Guides.
A Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is a methodology followed by the U.S.
Department of Defense (DOD) to reduce the attack surface of computer systems and
networks, thereby ensuring a lockdown of highly confidential information stored within the
DOD network. STIGs provide secure configuration standards for the DOD's Information
Assurance (IA) and IA-enabled devices and systems. STIGs are created by the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA).
For over a decade, Oracle has worked closely with the DOD to develop, publish, and
maintain a growing list of STIGs for a variety of core Oracle products and technologies
including:
• Oracle Database
• Oracle Solaris
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle WebLogic
When STIGs are updated, Oracle analyzes the latest recommendations in order to identify
new ways to improve the security of its products by:
• Implementing new and innovative security capabilities that are then added to future STIG
updates
• Delivering functionality to automate the assessment and implementation of STIG
recommendations
After you enable the STIG guidelines in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, the
settings are preserved when you perform any upgrades.
Improving "out of the box" security configuration settings based upon STIG recommendations

STIG recommendations
Oracle Audit Vault Server is a highly tuned and tested software appliance. Any additional
software installed on this server can cause unstable behavior. Hence Oracle does not
recommend the installation of any software on Oracle Audit Vault Server. If there are
requirements for virus scan, then utilize external scanners as much as possible.
The following are some cases where external scanners cannot be utilized and an Anti-virus is
installed on the Audit Vault Server:
• If there is an issue, then Oracle support may request that the user uninstall the Anti-virus
software to enable troubleshooting.

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Enabling and Disabling STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

• If there are no issues and there is a new Bundle Patch to be applied for Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall, then Oracle support may request that you
uninstall the anti-virus software, apply the patch, and then re-install the anti-virus
software on Oracle Audit Vault Server. This reduces some of the issues after
applying the patch.
• If there are no issues but the anti-virus scanner has detected a virus or malware,
then you should contact the anti-virus scanner vendor to verify the validity of the
finding.
• If the anti-virus software was not removed in advance and the Bundle Patch
upgrade has failed, then Oracle may recommend a fresh installation of Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall and a consequent Bundle Patch upgrade. Only
after this the anti-virus scanner can be re-installed.
• If the customer followed the instructions from Oracle, the anti-virus scanner does
not uninstall completely, and the Bundle Patch upgrade fails, contact the anti-virus
vendor for instructions on how to remove their software completely. Once this is
completed Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Bundle Patch should be
installed. If the install fails, then a clean install may be warranted.

See Also:

• Oracle Database STIG

• Oracle Linux STIG
• DISA STIG Home

I.2 Enabling and Disabling STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit

Vault and Database Firewall
You can enable STIG guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall by
enabling Strict mode.

I.2.1 Enabling STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database

Firewall
Learn how to enable STIG guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
To enable strict mode:
1. Log in to the operating system of Oracle Audit Vault Server as the root user.
2. Run the following command as root:
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/stig --enable

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Current Implementation of STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

I.2.2 Disabling STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database

Firewall
Learn how to disable STIG guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
To disable strict mode:
1. Log in to the operating system of Oracle Audit Vault Server as the root user.
2. Run the following command as root:
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/stig --disable

I.3 Current Implementation of STIG Guidelines on Oracle Audit

Vault and Database Firewall
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall is security-hardened because the configurations
follow Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) recommendations.
Oracle has developed a security-hardened configuration of Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall that supports U.S. Department of Defense Security Technical Implementation Guide
(STIG) recommendations.
Table I-1 lists the three vulnerability categories of the STIG.

Table I-1 Vulnerability Categories

Category Description
CAT I Any vulnerability, the exploitation of which will, directly and immediately result in loss of
Confidentiality, Availability, or Integrity.
CAT II Any vulnerability, the exploitation of which has a potential to result in loss of
Confidentiality, Availability, or Integrity.
CAT III Any vulnerability, the existence of which degrades measures to protect against loss of
Confidentiality, Availability, or Integrity.

I.4 Current Implementation of Database STIG Guidelines

Learn about the current implementation of database STIG guidelines on Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall.
Table I-2 shows the current implementation of Database STIG guidelines on Oracle Audit
Vault and Database Firewall.

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Table I-2 Current Implementation of Database STIG Guidelines

STIG ID Title Severity Address Ad Acti Imp Notes

ed by dre on lem
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DG0004- DBMS application object owner CAT II No No Non No Application object
ORACLE11 accounts e owner accounts
AVSYS, MANAGEMENT,
SECURELOG are
locked after the
installation of Oracle
Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
DG0008- DBMS application object No No Yes No No For more information,
ORACLE11 ownership see DG0008-
ORACLE11 STIG
Guideline.
DG0014- DBMS demonstration and CAT II No No Non No All default
ORACLE11 sample databases e demonstration and
sample database
objects have been
removed.
DG0071- DBMS password change CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 variance supported
DG0073- DBMS failed login account lock CAT II Yes No No No MONITORING_PROFI
ORACLE11 LE no longer exists in
Oracle Audit Vault
and Database
Firewall 12.2. For
other profiles,
FAILED_LOGIN_ATT
EMPTS is set to the
required limit in the
script.
DG0075- DBMS links to external CAT II No Yes No No For more information,
ORACLE11 databases see DG0075-
ORACLE11 and
DO0250-ORACLE11
STIG Guidelines.
DG0077- Production data protection on a CAT II No No Non No No
ORACLE11 shared system e
DG0116- DBMS privileged role CAT II Yes Yes No No Revoked DBFS_ROLE
ORACLE11 assignments from AV_ADMIN. For
more information, see
DG0116-ORACLE11
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Table I-2 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Database STIG Guidelines

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DG0117- DBMS administrative privilege CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 assignment supported
DG0121- DBMS application user privilege CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 assignment supported
DG0123- DBMS Administrative data CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 access supported
DG0125- DBMS account password CAT II Yes No No No MONITORING_PROFI
ORACLE11 expiration LE no longer exists in
Oracle Audit Vault
and Database
Firewall 12.2. For
other profiles,
PASSWORD_LIFE_TI
ME is set to the
required limit in the
script.
DG0126- DBMS account password reuse CAT II No No Non No Password reuse is
ORACLE11 e not allowed on Oracle
Audit Vault and
Database Firewall.
DG0128- DBMS default passwords CAT I Yes No No No Account
ORACLE11 OWBSYS_AUDIT no
longer exists in
Oracle Audit Vault
and Database
Firewall 12.2.
Accounts such as
CTXSYS , AUDSYS,
DBSNMP, and ORDSYS
are assigned a
random password in
the script.
DG0133- DBMS Account lock time CAT II Yes No No No No
ORACLE11
DG0141- DBMS access control bypass CAT II Yes No No No Users can use a
ORACLE11 script to audit the
following events:
DROP ANY SYNONYM
DROP ANY
INDEXTYPE

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DG0142- DBMS Privileged action audit CAT II No No Non No No
ORACLE11 e
DG0192- DBMS fully-qualified name for CAT II Yes No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 remote access supported
DO0231- Oracle application object owner CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 tablespaces supported
DO0250- Oracle database link usage CAT II No Yes No No For more information,
ORACLE11 see DG0075-
ORACLE11 and
DO0250-ORACLE11
STIG Guidelines.
DO0270- Oracle redo log file availability CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 supported
DO0350- Oracle system privilege CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 assignment supported
DO3475- Oracle PUBLIC access to CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 restricted packages supported
DO3536- Oracle IDLE_TIME profile CAT II Yes No No No No
ORACLE11 parameter
DO3540- Oracle SQL92_SECURITY CAT II No No Non No Parameter
ORACLE11 parameter e SQL92_SECURITY is
already set to TRUE.
DO3609- System privileges granted WITH CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 ADMIN OPTION supported
DO3610- Oracle minimum object auditing CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 supported
DO3689- Oracle object permission CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 assignment to PUBLIC supported
DO3696- Oracle RESOURCE_LIMIT CAT II No No No No Currently not
ORACLE11 parameter supported
O121- The Oracle CAT I No No No Yes None
BP-021900 REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT parameter
must be set to FALSE.
O121- The Oracle REMOTE_OS_ROLES CAT I No No No Yes None
BP-022000 parameter must be set to FALSE.
O121- The Oracle Listener must be CAT I No No No Yes None
BP-022700 configured to require
administration authentication.

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O121- DBA OS accounts must be CAT I No No No Yes In Audit Vault and
C1-004500 granted only those host system Database Firewall,
privileges necessary for the only Oracle user can
administration of the DBMS. connect to the
database as
SYSDBA. Oracle
user is granted only
necessary privileges.
O121- Oracle software must be CAT I No No No No Apply Audit Vault and
C1-011100 evaluated and patched against Database Firewall
newly found vulnerabilities. release quarterly
bundle patch which
patches OS, DB, and
Java on the Audit
Vault Server and
Database Firewall.
O121- DBMS default accounts must be CAT I Yes No No Yes DVSYS is assigned
C1-015000 assigned custom passwords. custom password in
product. Other users
are assigned
passwords through
the STIG script.
O121- The DBMS, when using PKI- CAT I No No No Yes None
C1-015400 based authentication, must
enforce authorized access to the
corresponding private key.
O121- The DBMS must employ CAT I No No No Yes On Audit Vault
C1-019700 cryptographic mechanisms Server, the following
preventing the unauthorized list of encryption
disclosure of information during algorithms is set in
transmission unless the sqlnet.ora:
transmitted data is otherwise SQLNET.ENCRYPTI
protected by alternative physical ON_TYPES_SERVE
measures. R=
(AES256,AES192,AE
S128). The
communication
between agent and
the Audit Vault Server
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O121- Applications must obscure CAT I No No No Yes All passwords in Audit
N1-015601 feedback of authentication Vault and Database
information during the Firewall are either
authentication process to protect stored in Oracle
the information from possible Wallet or encrypted in
exploitation or use by the database. All
unauthorized individuals. passwords are sent
through encrypted
channel.
O121- When using command-line tools CAT I No No No Can Audit Vault and
N1-015602 such as Oracle SQL*Plus, which not Database Firewall
can accept a plain-text password, com has a command line
users must use an alternative plet interface AVCLI. The
login method that does not ely password can be
expose the password. com typed clearly without
ply. any issue. However
AVCLI also provides
an alternative login
method which does
not expose the
password as clear
text.
O121- Use of the DBMS software CAT I No No No Yes None
OS-004600 installation account must be
restricted to DBMS software
installation.
O121- Oracle instance names must not CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-021300 contain Oracle version numbers.
O121- Fixed user and public database CAT II No See No No See note
BP-021400 links must be authorized for use. Not
e.
O121- The Oracle SQL92_SECURITY CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-022100 parameter must be set to TRUE.
O121- The Oracle CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-022200 REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE
parameter must be set to
EXCLUSIVE or NONE.
O121- System privileges granted using CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-022300 the WITH ADMIN OPTION must
not be granted to unauthorized
user.

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O121- System privileges must not be CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-022400 granted to PUBLIC role.
O121- Oracle roles granted using the CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-022500 WITH ADMIN OPTION must not
be granted to unauthorized
accounts.
O121- Object permissions granted to CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-022600 PUBLIC role must be restricted.
O121- Application role permissions CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-022800 must not be assigned to the
Oracle PUBLIC role.
O121- Connections by mid-tier web and CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-023000 application systems to the Oracle
DBMS must be protected,
encrypted, and authenticated
according to database, web,
application, enclave, and network
requirements.
O121- Unauthorized database links CAT II No See No No See note
BP-023200 must not be defined and left Not
active. e.
O121- Only authorized system accounts CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-023600 must have the SYSTEM table
space specified as the default
table space.
O121- The Oracle CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-023900 _TRACE_FILES_PUBLIC
parameter if present must be set
to FALSE.
O121- Credentials stored and used by CAT II No See No No See note
BP-025200 the DBMS to access remote Not
databases or applications must e.
be authorized and restricted to
authorized users.
O121- DBMS data files must be CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-025700 dedicated to support individual
applications.
O121- Changes to configuration options CAT II No No No Yes None
BP-025800 must be audited.

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O121- Network client connections must CAT II No No No Yes The following
BP-026600 be restricted to supported parameter in
versions. sqlnet.ora on the
Audit Vault Server is
set to
SQLNET.ALLOWED_L
OGON_VERSION_SER
VER = 11
O121- The DBMS must automatically CAT II Yes No No No None
C2-002100 disable accounts after a period of
35 days of account inactivity.
O121- The DBMS must enforce CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-003000 Discretionary Access Control
(DAC) policy allowing users to
specify and control sharing by
named individuals, groups of
individuals, or by both, limiting
propagation of access rights and
including or excluding access to
the granularity of a single user.
O121- DBMS processes or services CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-003400 must run under custom and
dedicated OS accounts.
O121- A single database connection CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-003600 configuration file must not be
used to configure all database
clients.
O121- The DBMS must verify account CAT II Addresse No No No None
C2-004900 lockouts and persist until reset by d in Audit
an administrator. Vault and
Database
Firewall
12.2.0.1.0
STIG
script.
O121- A DBMS utilizing Discretionary CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-006700 Access Control (DAC) must
enforce a policy that includes or
excludes access to the
granularity of a single user.

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O121- The DBMS must allow CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-006900 designated organizational
personnel to select specific
events that can be audited by the
database.
O121- Default demonstration, sample CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-011500 databases, database objects,
and applications must be
removed.
O121- Unused database components, CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-011600 DBMS software, and database
objects must be removed.
O121- Unused database components CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-011700 that are integrated in the DBMS
and cannot be uninstalled must
be disabled.
O121- The DBMS must support CAT II Yes No No No None
C2-013800 organizational requirements to
disable user accounts after a
defined time period of inactivity
set by the organization.
O121- The DBMS must support CAT II No No No Yes None
C2-014600 organizational requirements to
enforce password encryption for
storage.
O121- DBMS passwords must not be CAT II No No No Yes None.
C2-015100 stored in compiled, encoded, or
encrypted batch jobs or
compiled, encoded, or encrypted
application source code.
O121- The DBMS must enforce CAT II Yes No No No None
C2-015200 password maximum lifetime
restrictions.

Note:
The use of the DB link has already been documented in Audit Vault and Database
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I.5 Additional STIG Guideline Notes

Learn about additional advice regarding STIG guidelines.
Related Topics
• Current Implementation of Database STIG Guidelines
Learn about the current implementation of database STIG guidelines on Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

I.5.1 DG0008-ORACLE11 STIG Guideline

Learn about STIG guideline DG0008-ORACLE11.
Object owner accounts in Audit Vault Server:
• APEX
– APEX_180200 (Oracle AVDF 20.1 to 20.3)
– APEX_200100 (Oracle AVDF 20.4 to 20.5)
– APEX_210100 (Oracle AVDF 20.6 and later)
• MANAGEMENT
• AVRULEOWNER
• SECURELOG
• AVREPORTUSER
• AVSYS
Object owner accounts in Database Firewall:
• MANAGEMENT
• SECURELOG

I.5.2 DG0075-ORACLE11 and DO0250-ORACLE11 STIG Guidelines

Learn about STIG guidelines DG0075-ORACLE11 and DO0250-ORACLE11.
Database links used on Oracle Audit Vault Server:
AVRPTUSR_LINK.DBFWDB:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=1521))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=dbfwdb)))

The database link is created during installation of Oracle Audit Vault Server and is
used by the REDO collector.

I.5.3 DG0116-ORACLE11 STIG Guideline

Learn about STIG guideline DG0116-ORACLE11.
Table I-3 lists accounts and role assignments in Audit Vault Server.

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Table I-3 Accounts and Role Assignments in Audit Vault Server

Account Role Assignment

AV_ADMIN AQ_ADMINISTRATOR_ROLE
SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE
XDBADMIN
AV_AUDITOR SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE
AV_MONITOR SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE
AV_SOURCE AQ_USER_ROLE
HS_ADMIN_ROLE HS_ADMIN_EXECUTE_ROLE
HS_ADMIN_SELECT_ROLE
OEM_MONITOR SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE

Table I-4 lists accounts and role assignments in Database Firewall.

Table I-4 Accounts and Role Assignments in Database Firewall

Account Role Assignment

HS_ADMIN_ROLE HS_ADMIN_EXECUTE_ROLE
HS_ADMIN_SELECT_ROLE
OEM_MONITOR SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE

I.6 Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Rules

This topic contains information on the current implementation of operating system STIG
guidelines for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF).

Table I-5 Operating System STIG Guideline Set Reference

Reference Detail
Document Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Version 1
Release 5
Release date January 13, 2023
Document link Oracle Linux Security Technical Implementation Guide

Table I-6 User Action - Definition and Guidelines

User Action Description of the Guideline

None The guideline is implemented by default and no user action is required.

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Table I-6 (Cont.) User Action - Definition and Guidelines

User Action Description of the Guideline

Enable strict mode The guideline can be implemented by switching the appliance to strict
mode.

See Also:
Enabling and Disabling STIG Guidelines
on Oracle Audit Vault and Database
Firewall

Site policy The guideline can be implemented depending on local policy and it
requires administrator action. See the Notes column for additional
information on implementation.
Administrative task The guideline implementation is an administrator configuration action
after installation or upgrade. It can also be a regularly used and defined
administrative procedure.

Table I-7 Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines for

Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010000 CAT I - OL 8 must be a Implemented by
vendor-supported default
release.
OL08-00-010140 CAT I - OL 8 operating Implemented by
systems booted default
with United
Extensible
Firmware
Interface (UEFI)
must require
authentication
upon booting into
single-user mode
and maintenance.
OL08-00-010150 CAT I - OL 8 operating Implemented by
systems booted default
with a BIOS must
require
authentication
upon booting into
single-user and
maintenance
modes.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

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STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010370 CAT I - YUM must be Implemented by
configured to default
prevent the
installation of
patches, service
packs, device
drivers, or OL 8
system
components that
have not been
digitally signed
using a certificate
that is recognized
and approved by
the organization.
OL08-00-010460 CAT I - There must be no Implemented by
"shosts.equiv" default
files on the OL 8
operating system.
OL08-00-010470 CAT I - There must be no Implemented by
".shosts" files on default
the OL 8
operating system.
OL08-00-010820 CAT I - Unattended or Implemented by
automatic logon default
via the OL 8
graphical user
interface must not
be allowed.
OL08-00-010830 CAT I - OL 8 must not Implemented by
allow users to default
override SSH
environment
variables.
OL08-00-020330 CAT I - OL 8 must not Implemented by
allow accounts default
configured with
blank or null
passwords.
OL08-00-020331 CAT I - OL 8 must not Implemented by
allow blank or null default
passwords in the
system-auth file.
OL08-00-020332 CAT I - OL 8 must not Implemented by
allow blank or null default
passwords in the
password-auth
file.
OL08-00-040000 CAT I - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have the telnet- default
server package
installed.

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STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-040010 CAT I - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have the rsh- default
server package
installed.
OL08-00-040171 CAT I - The x86 Ctrl-Alt- Implemented by
Delete key default
sequence in OL 8
must be disabled
if a graphical user
interface is
installed.
OL08-00-040190 CAT I - The Trivial File Implemented by
Transfer Protocol default
(TFTP) server
package must not
be installed if not
required for OL 8
operational
support.
OL08-00-040200 CAT I - The root account Implemented by
must be the only default
account having
unrestricted
access to the OL
8 system.
OL08-00-040360 CAT I - A File Transfer Implemented by
Protocol (FTP) default
server package
must not be
installed unless
mission essential
on OL 8.
OL08-00-010049 CAT II - OL 8 must display Implemented by
a banner before default
granting local or
remote access to
the system via a
graphical user
logon.
OL08-00-010110 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
encrypt all stored default
passwords with a
FIPS 140-2
approved
cryptographic
hashing
algorithm.

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STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010120 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
employ FIPS default
140-2 approved
cryptographic
hashing
algorithms for all
stored
passwords.
OL08-00-010130 CAT II - The OL 8 shadow Implemented by
password suite default
must be
configured to use
a sufficient
number of
hashing rounds.
OL08-00-010151 CAT II - OL 8 operating Implemented by
systems must default
require
authentication
upon booting into
rescue mode.
OL08-00-010152 CAT II - OL 8 operating Implemented by
systems must default
require
authentication
upon booting into
emergency
mode.
OL08-00-010159 CAT II - The OL 8 Implemented by
"pam_unix.so" default
module must be
configured in the
system-auth file
to use a FIPS
140-2 approved
cryptographic
hashing algorithm
for system
authentication.
OL08-00-010160 CAT II - The OL 8 Implemented by
"pam_unix.so" default
module must be
configured in the
password-auth
file to use a FIPS
140-2 approved
cryptographic
hashing algorithm
for system
authentication.

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STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010161 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent system default
daemons from
using Kerberos
for authentication.
OL08-00-010162 CAT II - The krb5- Implemented by
workstation default
package must not
be installed on
OL 8.
OL08-00-010163 CAT II - The krb5-server Implemented by
package must not default
be installed on
OL 8.
OL08-00-010200 CAT II - OL 8 must be Implemented by
configured so that default
all network
connections
associated with
SSH traffic are
terminate after a
period of
inactivity.
OL08-00-010210 CAT II - The OL 8 Implemented by
"/var/log/ default
messages" file
must have mode
0640 or less
permissive.
OL08-00-010220 CAT II - The OL 8 Implemented by
"/var/log/ default
messages" file
must be owned
by root.
OL08-00-010230 CAT II - The OL 8 Implemented by
"/var/log/ default
messages" file
must be group-
owned by root.
OL08-00-010240 CAT II - The OL 8 "/var/ Implemented by
log" directory default
must have mode
0755 or less
permissive.
OL08-00-010250 CAT II - The OL 8 "/var/ Implemented by
log" directory default
must be owned
by root.
OL08-00-010260 CAT II - The OL 8 "/var/ Implemented by
log" directory default
must be group-
owned by root.

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STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010294 CAT II - The OL 8 Implemented by
operating system default
must implement
DoD-approved
TLS encryption in
the OpenSSL
package.
OL08-00-010372 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent the default
loading of a new
kernel for later
execution.
OL08-00-010373 CAT II - OL 8 must enable Implemented by
kernel default
parameters to
enforce
Discretionary
Access Control
(DAC) on
symlinks.
OL08-00-010374 CAT II - OL 8 must enable Implemented by
kernel default
parameters to
enforce
Discretionary
Access Control
(DAC) on
hardlinks.
OL08-00-010381 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
require users to default
reauthenticate for
privilege
escalation and
changing roles.
OL08-00-010382 CAT II - OL 8 must restrict Implemented by
privilege elevation default
to authorized
personnel.
OL08-00-010480 CAT II - The OL 8 SSH Implemented by
public host key default
files must have
mode "0644" or
less permissive.
OL08-00-010500 CAT II - The OL 8 SSH Implemented by
daemon must default
perform strict
mode checking of
home directory
configuration
files.

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STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010520 CAT II - The OL 8 SSH Implemented by
daemon must not default
allow
authentication
using known
host's
authentication.
OL08-00-010521 CAT II - The OL 8 SSH Implemented by
daemon must not default
allow Kerberos
authentication,
except to fulfill
documented and
validated mission
requirements.
OL08-00-010522 CAT II - The OL 8 SSH Implemented by
daemon must not default
allow GSSAPI
authentication,
except to fulfill
documented and
validated mission
requirements.
OL08-00-010543 CAT II - OL 8 must use a Implemented by
separate file default
system for "/tmp".
OL08-00-010550 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
permit direct default
logons to the root
account using
remote access
via SSH.
OL08-00-010561 CAT II - OL 8 must have Implemented by
the rsyslog default
service enabled
and active.
OL08-00-010571 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent files with default
the setuid and
setgid bit set from
being executed
on the /boot
directory.
OL08-00-010630 CAT II - OL 8 file systems Implemented by
must not execute default
binary files that
are imported via
Network File
System (NFS).

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STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010640 CAT II - OL 8 file systems Implemented by
must not interpret default
character or block
special devices
that are imported
via NFS.
OL08-00-010650 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent files with default
the setuid and
setgid bit set from
being executed
on file systems
that are imported
via Network File
System (NFS).
OL08-00-010760 CAT II - All OL 8 local Implemented by
interactive user default
accounts must be
assigned a home
directory upon
creation.
OL08-00-020010 CAT II - OL 8 systems Implemented by
below version 8.2 default
must
automatically lock
an account when
three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur.
OL08-00-020011 CAT II - OL 8 systems, Implemented by
versions 8.2 and default
above, must
automatically lock
an account when
three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur.
OL08-00-020012 CAT II - OL 8 systems Implemented by
below version 8.2 default
must
automatically lock
an account when
three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur during a
15-minute time
period.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-020013 CAT II - OL 8 systems, Implemented by
versions 8.2 and default
above, must
automatically lock
an account when
three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur during a
15-minute time
period.
OL08-00-020014 CAT II - OL 8 systems Implemented by
below version 8.2 default
must
automatically lock
an account until
the locked
account is
released by an
administrator
when three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur during a
15-minute time
period.
OL08-00-020018 CAT II - OL 8 systems Implemented by
below version 8.2 default
must prevent
system
messages from
being presented
when three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur.
OL08-00-020019 CAT II - OL 8 systems, Implemented by
versions 8.2 and default
above, must
prevent system
messages from
being presented
when three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-020020 CAT II - OL 8 systems Implemented by
below version 8.2 default
must log user
name information
when
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur.
OL08-00-020021 CAT II - OL 8 systems, Implemented by
versions 8.2 and default
above, must log
user name
information when
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur.
OL08-00-020022 CAT II - OL 8 systems Implemented by
below version 8.2 default
must include root
when
automatically
locking an
account until the
locked account is
released by an
administrator
when three
unsuccessful
logon attempts
occur during a
15-minute time
period.
OL08-00-020039 CAT II - OL 8 must have Implemented by
the tmux package default
installed.
OL08-00-020100 CAT II - OL 8 must ensure Implemented by
the password default
complexity
module is
enabled in the
password-auth
file.
OL08-00-020140 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
require the default
maximum
number of
repeating
characters of the
same character
class be limited to
four when
passwords are
changed.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-020150 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
require the default
maximum
number of
repeating
characters be
limited to three
when passwords
are changed.
OL08-00-020160 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
require the default
change of at least
four character
classes when
passwords are
changed.
OL08-00-020180 CAT II - OL 8 passwords Implemented by
for new users or default
password
changes must
have a 24 hours/1
day minimum
password lifetime
restriction in "/etc/
shadow".
OL08-00-020190 CAT II - OL 8 passwords Implemented by
for new users or default
password
changes must
have a 24 hours/1
day minimum
password lifetime
restriction in "/etc/
login.defs".
OL08-00-020200 CAT II enable strict OL 8 user Implemented in
mode account strict mode
passwords must
have a 60-day
maximum
password lifetime
restriction.
OL08-00-020210 CAT II enable strict OL 8 user Implemented in
mode account strict mode
passwords must
be configured so
that existing
passwords are
restricted to a 60-
day maximum
lifetime.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-020230 CAT II enable strict OL 8 passwords Implemented in
mode must have a strict mode
minimum of 15
characters.
OL08-00-020231 CAT II enable strict OL 8 passwords Implemented in
mode for new users strict mode
must have a
minimum of 15
characters.
OL08-00-020263 CAT II - The OL 8 lastlog Implemented by
command must default
be owned by root.
OL08-00-020264 CAT II - The OL 8 lastlog Implemented by
command must default
be group-owned
by root.
OL08-00-020300 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent the use of default
dictionary words
for passwords.
OL08-00-020310 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
enforce a delay of default
at least four
seconds between
logon prompts
following a failed
logon attempt.
OL08-00-020350 CAT II - OL 8 must display Implemented by
the date and time default
of the last
successful
account logon
upon an SSH
logon.
OL08-00-020351 CAT II - OL 8 default Implemented by
permissions must default
be defined in
such a way that
all authenticated
users can read
and modify only
their own files.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030000 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
system must be default
configured to
audit the
execution of
privileged
functions and
prevent all
software from
executing at
higher privilege
levels than users
executing the
software.
OL08-00-030020 CAT II - The OL 8 System Implemented by
Administrator default
(SA) and
Information
System Security
Officer (ISSO) (at
a minimum) must
be alerted of an
audit processing
failure event.
OL08-00-030040 CAT II - The OL 8 System Implemented by
must take default
appropriate
action when an
audit processing
failure occurs.
OL08-00-030060 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
system must take default
appropriate
action when the
audit storage
volume is full.
OL08-00-030061 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
system must default
audit local events.
OL08-00-030062 CAT II - OL 8 must label Implemented by
all offloaded audit default
logs before
sending them to
the central log
server.
OL08-00-030063 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
resolve audit default
information
before writing to
disk.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030080 CAT II - OL 8 audit logs Implemented by
must be owned default
by root to prevent
unauthorized
read access.
OL08-00-030100 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
log directory must default
be owned by root
to prevent
unauthorized
read access.
OL08-00-030121 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
system must default
protect auditing
rules from
unauthorized
change.
OL08-00-030122 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
system must default
protect logon
UIDs from
unauthorized
change.
OL08-00-030130 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for all
account creation
events that affect
"/etc/shadow".
OL08-00-030140 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for all
account creation
events that affect
"/etc/security/
opasswd".
OL08-00-030150 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for all
account creation
events that affect
"/etc/passwd".
OL08-00-030160 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for all
account creation
events that affect
"/etc/gshadow".

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030170 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for all
account creation
events that affect
"/etc/group".
OL08-00-030171 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for all
account
creations,
modifications,
disabling, and
termination
events that affect
"/etc/sudoers".
OL08-00-030172 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for all
account
creations,
modifications,
disabling, and
termination
events that affect
"/etc/sudoers.d/".
OL08-00-030180 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
package must be default
installed.
OL08-00-030181 CAT II - OL 8 audit Implemented by
records must default
contain
information to
establish what
type of events
occurred, the
source of events,
where events
occurred, and the
outcome of
events.
OL08-00-030190 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the "su"
command.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030200 CAT II - The OL 8 audit Implemented by
system must be default
configured to
audit any use of
the "setxattr",
"fsetxattr",
"lsetxattr",
"removexattr",
"fremovexattr",
and
"lremovexattr"
system calls.
OL08-00-030250 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"chage"
command.
OL08-00-030260 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
uses of the
"chcon"
command.
OL08-00-030280 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the "ssh-
agent" command.
OL08-00-030290 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"passwd"
command.
OL08-00-030300 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"mount"
command.
OL08-00-030301 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"umount"
command.
OL08-00-030302 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"mount" syscall.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030310 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"unix_update"
command.
OL08-00-030311 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"postdrop"
command.
OL08-00-030312 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"postqueue"
command.
OL08-00-030313 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"semanage"
command.
OL08-00-030314 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"setfiles"
command.
OL08-00-030315 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"userhelper"
command.
OL08-00-030316 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"setsebool"
command.
OL08-00-030317 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"unix_chkpwd"
command.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030320 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the "ssh-
keysign"
command.
OL08-00-030330 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"setfacl"
command.
OL08-00-030340 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"pam_timestamp
_check"
command.
OL08-00-030350 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"newgrp"
command.
OL08-00-030360 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"init_module" and
"finit_module"
system calls.
OL08-00-030361 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"rename",
"unlink", "rmdir",
"renameat", and
"unlinkat" system
calls.
OL08-00-030370 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"gpasswd"
command.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030390 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
delete_module
syscall.
OL08-00-030400 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"crontab"
command.
OL08-00-030410 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the "chsh"
command.
OL08-00-030420 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"truncate",
"ftruncate",
"creat", "open",
"openat", and
"open_by_handle
_at" system calls.
OL08-00-030480 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"chown",
"fchown",
"fchownat", and
"lchown" system
calls.
OL08-00-030490 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"chmod",
"fchmod", and
"fchmodat"
system calls.
OL08-00-030550 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the "sudo"
command.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030560 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the
"usermod"
command.
OL08-00-030570 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the "chacl"
command.
OL08-00-030580 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
use of the "kmod"
command.
OL08-00-030600 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
generate audit default
records for any
attempted
modifications to
the "lastlog" file.
OL08-00-030610 CAT II - OL 8 must allow Implemented by
only the default
Information
System Security
Manager (ISSM)
(or individuals or
roles appointed
by the ISSM) to
select which
auditable events
are to be audited.
OL08-00-030620 CAT II - OL 8 audit tools Implemented by
must have a default
mode of "0755"
or less
permissive.
OL08-00-030630 CAT II - OL 8 audit tools Implemented by
must be owned default
by root.
OL08-00-030640 CAT II - OL 8 audit tools Implemented by
must be group- default
owned by root.
OL08-00-030670 CAT II - OL 8 must have Implemented by
the packages default
required for
offloading audit
logs installed.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-030700 CAT II - OL 8 must take Implemented by
appropriate default
action when the
internal event
queue is full.
OL08-00-040001 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have any default
automated bug
reporting tools
installed.
OL08-00-040002 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have the default
sendmail
package
installed.
OL08-00-040021 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have the default
asynchronous
transfer mode
(ATM) kernel
module installed
if not required for
operational
support.
OL08-00-040022 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have the default
Controller Area
Network (CAN)
kernel module
installed if not
required for
operational
support.
OL08-00-040023 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have the stream default
control
transmission
protocol (SCTP)
kernel module
installed if not
required for
operational
support.
OL08-00-040080 CAT II - OL 8 must be Implemented by
configured to default
disable the ability
to use USB mass
storage devices.
OL08-00-040111 CAT II - OL 8 Bluetooth Implemented by
must be disabled. default

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Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Rules

Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-040129 CAT II - OL 8 must mount Implemented by
"/var/log/audit" default
with the "nodev"
option.
OL08-00-040130 CAT II - OL 8 must mount Implemented by
"/var/log/audit" default
with the "nosuid"
option.
OL08-00-040131 CAT II - OL 8 must mount Implemented by
"/var/log/audit" default
with the "noexec"
option.
OL08-00-040160 CAT II - All OL 8 Implemented by
networked default
systems must
have and
implement SSH
to protect the
confidentiality
and integrity of
transmitted and
received
information, as
well as
information
during
preparation for
transmission.
OL08-00-040161 CAT II - OL 8 must force a Implemented by
frequent session default
key renegotiation
for SSH
connections to
the server.
OL08-00-040209 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent IPv4 default
Internet Control
Message
Protocol (ICMP)
redirect
messages from
being accepted.
OL08-00-040210 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent IPv6 default
Internet Control
Message
Protocol (ICMP)
redirect
messages from
being accepted.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-040220 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
send Internet default
Control Message
Protocol (ICMP)
redirects.
OL08-00-040230 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
respond to default
Internet Control
Message
Protocol (ICMP)
echoes sent to a
broadcast
address.
OL08-00-040239 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
forward IPv4 default
source-routed
packets.
OL08-00-040240 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
forward IPv6 default
source-routed
packets.
OL08-00-040249 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
forward IPv4 default
source-routed
packets by
default.
OL08-00-040250 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
forward IPv6 default
source-routed
packets by
default.
OL08-00-040260 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
enable IPv6 default
packet forwarding
unless the
system is a
router.
OL08-00-040261 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
accept router default
advertisements
on all IPv6
interfaces.
OL08-00-040262 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
accept router default
advertisements
on all IPv6
interfaces by
default.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-040270 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
allow interfaces to default
perform Internet
Control Message
Protocol (ICMP)
redirects by
default.
OL08-00-040279 CAT II - OL 8 must ignore Implemented by
IPv4 Internet default
Control Message
Protocol (ICMP)
redirect
messages.
OL08-00-040280 CAT II - OL 8 must ignore Implemented by
IPv6 Internet default
Control Message
Protocol (ICMP)
redirect
messages.
OL08-00-040281 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
disable access to default
the network "bpf"
syscall from
unprivileged
processes.
OL08-00-040283 CAT II - OL 8 must restrict Implemented by
exposed kernel default
pointer addresses
access.
OL08-00-040284 CAT II - OL 8 must Implemented by
disable the use of default
user
namespaces.
OL08-00-040285 CAT II - OL 8 must use Implemented by
reverse path default
filtering on all
IPv4 interfaces.
OL08-00-040286 CAT II - OL 8 must enable Implemented by
hardening for the default
Berkeley Packet
Filter Just-in-time
compiler.
OL08-00-040290 CAT II - OL 8 must be Implemented by
configured to default
prevent
unrestricted mail
relaying.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-040340 CAT II - OL 8 remote X Implemented by
connections for default
interactive users
must be disabled
unless to fulfill
documented and
validated mission
requirements.
OL08-00-040341 CAT II - The OL 8 SSH Implemented by
daemon must default
prevent remote
hosts from
connecting to the
proxy display.
OL08-00-040350 CAT II - If the Trivial File Implemented by
Transfer Protocol default
(TFTP) server is
required, the OL
8 TFTP daemon
must be
configured to
operate in secure
mode.
OL08-00-040390 CAT II - OL 8 must not Implemented by
have the "tuned" default
package installed
if not required for
operational
support.
OL08-00-010171 CAT III - OL 8 must have Implemented by
the default
"policycoreutils"
package
installed.
OL08-00-010292 CAT III - The OL 8 SSH Implemented by
server must be default
configured to use
strong entropy.
OL08-00-010375 CAT III - OL 8 must restrict Implemented by
access to the default
kernel message
buffer.
OL08-00-010376 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
prevent kernel default
profiling by
unprivileged
users.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-010390 CAT III - OL 8 must have Implemented by
the package default
required for
multifactor
authentication
installed.
OL08-00-010440 CAT III - YUM must Implemented by
remove all default
software
components after
updated versions
have been
installed on OL 8.
OL08-00-010541 CAT III - OL 8 must use a Implemented by
separate file default
system for "/var/
log".
OL08-00-020024 CAT III - OL 8 must limit Implemented by
the number of default
concurrent
sessions to 10 for
all accounts
and/or account
types.
OL08-00-020110 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
enforce password default
complexity by
requiring that at
least one
uppercase
character be
used.
OL08-00-020120 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
enforce password default
complexity by
requiring that at
least one
lowercase
character be
used.
OL08-00-020130 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
enforce password default
complexity by
requiring that at
least one numeric
character be
used.

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Table I-7 (Cont.) Current Implementation of Operating System STIG Guidelines

for Oracle AVDF

STIG ID Severity User Action Title Notes

OL08-00-020170 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
require the default
change of at least
8 characters
when passwords
are changed.
OL08-00-020220 CAT III - OL 8 must be Implemented by
configured in the default
password-auth
file to prohibit
password reuse
for a minimum of
five generations.
OL08-00-020280 CAT III - All OL 8 Implemented by
passwords must default
contain at least
one special
character.
OL08-00-030741 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
disable the default
chrony daemon
from acting as a
server.
OL08-00-030742 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
disable network default
management of
the chrony
daemon.
OL08-00-040024 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
disable the default
transparent inter-
process
communication
(TIPC) protocol.
OL08-00-040025 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
disable mounting default
of cramfs.
OL08-00-040026 CAT III - OL 8 must Implemented by
disable IEEE default
1394 (FireWire)
Support.

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J
Enabling FIPS 140-2 in Oracle AVDF
Learn about enabling FIPS 140-2 in Oracle AVDF.

J.1 About FIPS and Oracle AVDF

FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) is a set of standards that describe
document processing, encryption algorithms, and other information technology standards for
use within non-military government agencies, by government contractors, and vendors who
work with these agencies.
FIPS publications are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The publication entitled Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules (FIPS 140-2)
specifies the security requirements over several key areas that will be satisfied by a
cryptographic module utilized within a security system protecting sensitive but unclassified
information.
You can enable FIPS 140-2 for the following Oracle AVDF components only:
• Audit Vault Server: Enabling FIPS on the Audit Vault Server turns on FIPS mode in the
embedded Oracle Linux operating system and Oracle Database.
• Database Firewall: Enabling FIPS 140-2 on the Database Firewall turns on FIPS mode in
the embedded Oracle Linux operating system.

Tip:
Before enabling FIPS 140-2, ensure that your SSH keys are compliant with FIPS. If
your SSH keys are not compliant with FIPS, the SSH connection with the appliance
might be lost after enabling FIPS.

Related Topics
• FIPS 140-2 Compliance in Oracle Linux 7
• FIPS 140-2 Compliance in Oracle Linux 8
• Oracle Database FIPS 140-2 Settings

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Enabling FIPS 140-2 on the Audit Vault Server

J.2 Enabling FIPS 140-2 on the Audit Vault Server

Enable FIPS on the Audit Vault Server to turn on FIPS mode in the embedded Oracle
Linux operating system and Oracle Database.

Note:
For Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), before enabling FIPS
mode, ensure that the opc user has FIPS-compliant keys registered to /
home/opc/.ssh/authorized_keys.

1. Log in to Audit Vault Server console as a super administrator.

2. Click the Settings tab.
The Security tab in the left navigation menu is selected by default.
3. Click the FIPS subtab on the main page.
4. Click the toggle switch to enable FIPS 140-2. The toggle switch is green when it's
on.
5. Click Save.
A message says that the Audit Vault Server will reboot and prompts you to
continue or cancel.
6. Click OK to continue to enable FIPS 140-2 for Audit Vault Server. Otherwise, click
Cancel.
The Audit Vault Server restarts and is unavailable for several minutes. Don't
attempt to access the Audit Vault Server console during this period. Close the
browser and open a new tab or window to log in to the Audit Vault Server console.

Note:

• To disable FIPS 140-2 mode for the Audit Vault Server, click the
toggle switch on the FIPS subtab.
• For Oracle AVDF on OCI, if SSH access becomes disabled after
enabling FIPS mode, log into the Audit Vault Server console and
disable FIPS mode. Then log back into the appliance through SSH
and update the user keys for opc in /home/opc/.ssh/
authorized_keys to be compliant with FIPS. It can take several
minutes for the console to become available after enabling or
disabling FIPS mode.
• In a high availability configuration, enabling FIPS 140-2 mode for the
primary Audit Vault Server also enables FIPS 140-2 mode for the
standby Audit Vault Server. Similarly, disabling FIPS mode for the
primary Audit Vault Server also disables it for the standby Audit Vault
Server.

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Enabling FIPS 140-2 in Database Firewall

J.3 Enabling FIPS 140-2 in Database Firewall

Learn how to enable FIPS 140-2 in Database Firewall.
1. Log in to Audit Vault Server console as super administrator.
2. Click Database Firewalls tab. The Database Firewalls tab in the left navigation menu is
selected by default.
3. Click the name of the specific Database Firewall instance for which you want to enable
FIPS 140-2.
4. Click FIPS under the Configuration section. A dialog is displayed.
5. In the dialog, turn on the toggle switch to enable FIPS 140-2. The toggle switch turns
green when it is turned on.
6. Click Save. A message pops that Database Firewall will reboot and prompts you to
continue or cancel.
7. Click OK to continue to enable FIPS 140-2 for the Database Firewall instance. Else, click
Cancel.
The Database Firewall instance is restarted and is unavailable for some time.
8. Wait for a while, and navigate back to the Database Firewalls tab in the left navigation
menu.
9. Check the status of FIPS 140-2 mode under the column FIPS Mode against the specific
Database Firewall instance.

J.4 Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall Instances in High

Availability
Learn how to enable FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall instances in high availability
configuration.

Prerequisites
• At least two instances of Database Firewall must be configured for high availability.
• The FIPS 140-2 status of both the Database Firewall instances must either be Off or On.
FIPS 140-2 mode can be disabled or enabled on both the Database Firewall instances. In
case, these two instances have different FIPS mode, then an error message is displayed
on the screen.
1. Log in to Audit Vault Server console as super administrator.
2. Click Database Firewalls tab. The Database Firewalls tab in the left navigation menu is
selected by default.
3. Click High Availability tab in the left navigation menu. All the Database Firewall
instances that are configured in high availability are listed in the main page.
4. The names of paired Database Firewall instances are listed under the Primary and
Secondary columns on the main page. Select the specific pair of Database Firewall
instances for which you want to enable FIPS.
5. Click FIPS in the top right corner of the page. A dialog is displayed.

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Verify the Status After Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall Instances in High Availability

6. Turn on the toggle switch to enable FIPS 140-2. The toggle switch turns green
when it is turned on.
7. Click Save button. A message pops that the Database Firewall instances will
reboot and prompts you to continue or cancel.
8. Click OK to continue to enable FIPS 140-2 for the Database Firewall instances.
Else, click Cancel.
The Database Firewall instances are restarted and are unavailable for some time.
9. Wait for a while and check the status of FIPS 140-2 mode under the column FIPS
Mode against the paired Database Firewall instances.

See Also:
Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls

J.5 Verify the Status After Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database
Firewall Instances in High Availability
Learn how to verify or check the status after enabling or disabling FIPS 140-2 for the
Database Firewall instances configured in high availability.
1. Log in to Audit Vault Server console as super administrator.
2. Click Settings tab.
3. Click System tab in the left navigation menu.
4. Click Jobs under the Monitoring section. The Jobs dialog is displayed.
5. The recent jobs are listed on the top. Else, rearrange to locate the job that is
specific to enabling or disabling the FIPS 140-2 mode for the Database Firewall
instances configured in high availability.
6. Verify the status is Completed. Else, click the Job Details icon to the extreme left
of the specific job.
7. The Job Status Details dialog is displayed. It contains detailed information on the
list of events pertaining to the job triggered.

J.6 Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall Instances in

High Availability Deployed in Proxy Mode
Learn how to enable FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall instances in high availability
deployed in proxy mode.

Prerequisite
At least two instances of Database Firewall must be configured for high availability in
proxy mode.

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Enabling FIPS 140-2 for Database Firewall Instances in High Availability Deployed in Proxy Mode

Steps to be followed for enabling or disabling FIPS 140-2 for all Database Firewall instances
that are part of high availability and deployed in Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode:
1. All the Database Firewall instances that are part of high availability must have the same
FIPS 140-2 mode. They should either be enabled for FIPS 140-2 or disabled (On or Off).
2. To enable or disable FIPS 140-2 for every Database Firewall instance follow the
procedure in section Enabling FIPS 140-2 in Database Firewall.
3. After following the previous step, ensure all the Database Firewall instances that are part
of high availability should have the same FIPS 140-2 mode (either On or Off).

Note:
Inconsistent behavior is expected if Database Firewall instances are in different
FIPS 140-2 modes (some of them having FIPS 140-2 enabled and some of
them disabled).

See Also:
Configuring High Availability for Database Firewalls in Proxy Mode

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Troubleshooting Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall provides troubleshooting advice for a range of
scenarios.

K.1 Audit Vault Agent or Host Monitor Agent Is Not Upgraded to

the New Release
Learn how to upgrade the Audit Vault Agent or Host Monitor Agent manually.

Problem
After upgrading to Oracle AVDF 20.1 or later, some of the Audit Vault Agents or Host Monitor
Agents are not upgraded.

Symptom - 1
Audit Vault Agent is in STOPPED state after Audit Vault Server upgrade.

Symptom - 2
Host Monitor Agent is in NEEDS UPGRADE or UPDATE FAILED state after Audit Vault Server
upgrade.

Solution - 1
The symptom indicates that the Audit Vault Agent has failed to auto upgrade during the Audit
Vault Server upgrade. Execute the following steps as the user who installed Agent previously:
1. Check for any Agent processes on the host machine. Ensure there are no Agent related
processes currently running.
2. Remove the existing agent.jar file and the Agent folder from the host machine.
3. Download the new agent.jar file from the upgraded Audit Vault Server.
4. Execute the following command:

java -jar agent.jar [-d <AgentHome>]

5. Verify the Agent is in RUNNING state.

Solution - 2
The symptom indicates that the Host Monitor Agent has failed to auto upgrade during the
Audit Vault Server upgrade. Execute the following steps as root user:
1. Check for any Host Monitor Agent related processes on the host machine. Ensure there
are no hostmonitor, hmdeployer, or hostmonmanager processes currently running.

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Failure While Building a Host Monitor Agent or Collecting Oracle Database Trails

2. Navigate to the directory outside of hm where the Host Monitor Agent is installed.
3. Execute the following command to uninstall the Host Monitor Agent:

./hm/hostmonsetup uninstall

4. Download the new Host Monitor Agent installable bundle from the Audit Vault
Server console, for the specific platform on which it will be reinstalled.
5. Extract the Host Monitor Agent bundle inside the hm directory.
6. Execute the following command to reinstall the Host Monitor Agent in a root owned
location:

./hostmonsetup install

K.2 Failure While Building a Host Monitor Agent or

Collecting Oracle Database Trails
Learn what to do when you experience a failure while building Host Monitor Agents or
collecting Oracle Database trails.

Problem
This problem may manifest with various symptoms:
• When I try to build a Host Monitor Agent, the operation fails or the operation
cannot locate the correct binaries.
• When I try to collect audit data from an Oracle Database target, the operation fails.
• The Audit Vault Agent cannot connect to the Audit Vault Server.
• Audit trail does not start.

Solution
1. Unset all environment variables except the following:
• PATH
• TERM
• PS1
• LANG
• LC_*
• JAVA_HOME
Then run the java -jar agent.jar command again on the host machine.

See Also:
Deploying the Audit Vault Agent

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Error When Running Host Monitor Agent Setup

2. If you deployed the Audit Vault Agent in a Linux environment, then ensure that the host
machine name appears in the /etc/hosts file.

K.3 Error When Running Host Monitor Agent Setup

Review the resolutions for errors that occur when running Host Monitor Agent setup.

Problem
I am setting up a Host Monitor Agent. When I run the command bin/hostmonsetup install,
the following error is displayed:
Failed to generate executables for Host monitor

This means the host computer does not have the required libraries for the Host Monitor
Agent. Install the required libraries mentioned in Host Monitor Agent Requirements.

Symptom 1
Even after installing the required libraries, if the Host Monitor Agent installation fails with
above error message, then examine the makelogerror file which is available in the Host
Monitor Agent installation directory. The following errors, may appear in the file:
/bin/ld: cannot find -laio
/bin/ld: cannot find -lssl
/bin/ld: cannot find -lcrypto
/bin/ld: cannot find -lnsl

Solution 1
To resolve the issue on Linux (64 bit) systems, create a symbolic link (or symlink) in /lib64/
location. For error /bin/ld: cannot find -lssl as an example, follow these steps:

1. Search for libssl in /lib64/ location, which is the actual SSL library and not a symbolic
link.
2. Create a symbolic link in /lib64/ location with the name libssl.so.1 pointing to the
actual SSL library.
3. Create another symbolic link in /lib64/ location with the name libssl.so pointing to
libssl.so.1.
4. Repeat these steps for all such errors in the makelogerror file.

Symptom 2
The following error is observed in the HOSTMON_HOME/makelogerror file:

Undefined first referenced symbol in file

__1cG__CrunKex_dealloc6Fpv_v_ ./libhostmon19.a(Class.o)
ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `hostmonitor'

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Host Monitor Agent Fails to Start

Solution 2
This error is observed when attempting to install Host Monitor Agent on Solaris 11.3
host machine. Some of the Solaris OS libraries are corrupt. Upgrade the operating
system to Solaris 11.4 or contact the Solaris team for further assistance.

K.4 Host Monitor Agent Fails to Start

Learn what to do when the Host Monitor Agent fails to start.

Problem
The Host Monitor Agent network trail does not start after installation. The collection
framework (collfwk) log file contains one of the following errors:

• java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "<AgentHome>/hm/

hostmonmanager" (in directory "<AgentHome>/hm"): error=13, The file
access permissions do not allow the specified action.

• HMCommandExecutor : startTrail : binary is not found here:

<AgentHome>/hm/hostmonmanager

Solution
This issue may arise due to insufficient privileges while starting Host Monitor Agent.
Ensure the Audit Vault Agent user belongs to the group that owns hm (Host Monitor
Agent installation) directory. Also ensure that the group that owns Host Monitor Agent
installation (hm) directory has read and execute permission on the hm directory and
execute permission on hostmonmanager binary.

Note:

• AgentHome is the Audit Vault Agent installation directory.

• hm is the Host Monitor Agent installation directory.

K.5 Host Monitor Agent Network Trail is in STOPPED State

Learn how to fix the issue when Host Monitor Agent network trail is in STOPPED state.

Problem
After starting the Host Monitor Agent network trail it goes into a STOPPED state.

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Network Audit Trail Does Not Start on Unix Platforms

Symptom
The following error is observed in the HOSTMON_HOME/log/av.hostmonitor*.log file:

[2022-01-27 13:40:57,061] [PID: <ID>, TName: main] [WARNING]

- Failed to perform SSL handshake using TLS protocol TLS 1.2 Error Msg: SSL
error:
Error in system call. Details: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)
Retrying with lower protocol

Solution
The Host Monitor Agent certificate is corrupt. Follow the steps in the topic Using Mutual
Authentication for Communication Between the Database Firewall and the Host Monitor
Agent to regenerate the certificate.

K.6 Network Audit Trail Does Not Start on Unix Platforms

Learn the resolution when the network audit trail failst to start on Unix platforms.

Problem
Network audit trail does not start on Unix platforms.

Symptoms
• The Oracle Audit Vault Server console displays the following error:
Unable to start Host Monitor process
• The collection framework log displays the following error:
<Host Monitor home>/hostmonmanager binary is not found here

Solution
1. Connect to the host machine on which the Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent are
installed.
2. In the Agent Home location there is an hm symlink pointing to Host Monitor Agent
installation location.
3. Run the following command from the Agent Home as the user who installed Oracle Audit
Vault Agent:
ls -lrt hm
4. Check if it is possible to list the contents of Host Monitor Agent install directory.
5. Check the permission of all directories in the hierarchy of the path under which Host
Monitor Agent is installed.

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Partial or No Traffic Seen for an Oracle Database Monitored by Oracle Database Firewall

Note:
The entire directory hierarchy must be owned by the root user. All of the
directories in this hierarchy must have read and execute permission for
other users or groups, but not write permission.

6. Grant the necessary permissions as stated above.

7. Restart the network audit trail.

K.7 Partial or No Traffic Seen for an Oracle Database

Monitored by Oracle Database Firewall
Review the troubleshooting advice for when you see limited or no traffic for an Oracle
Database that is monitored by Oracle Database Firewall.

Problem
I see no traffic, or only partial traffic, captured in reports for an Oracle Database
monitored by the Database Firewall.

Solutions
Go through the following checks to find the trouble:
1. In the Audit Vault Server, check that the report filters are set correctly, including the
time slot.
2. Check that the system time on the Database Firewall is synchronized with the time
on the Audit Vault Server and the target system.
3. Check that the target's network traffic is visible to the Database Firewall using the
Live Capture utility on the firewall.
4. Check that the Oracle Database service name or SID is used correctly. If you
specified an Oracle Database service name in the monitoring point settings for this
target, you will only see traffic for that service name. To see all traffic, remove the
service name from the monitoring point settings.
If you have entered a service name in the monitoring point, and see no traffic,
check to see that the service name is entered correctly in the monitoring point
settings.
For monitoring points set to use monitoring only mode, the Database Firewall may
be monitoring traffic for existing client connections to the database. Since these
connections were in place before you deployed the Database Firewall, it will not be
able to detect the service name you specify in the monitoring point. In this case,
restart the client connections to the database.
5. Check that the correct Database Firewall policy is deployed.

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Incomplete or Missing SQL Statements or Network Traffic in Oracle AVDF Reports

See Also:

• Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide for information on
editing and deploying firewall policies.
• Configuring Database Firewall Monitoring Points
• Viewing Network Traffic in a Database Firewall

K.8 Incomplete or Missing SQL Statements or Network Traffic in

Oracle AVDF Reports
Learn about the probable causes that may result in missing SQL statements in Oracle AVDF
Reports.

Problem
Sometime there may be SQL statements missing or incomplete network traffic information in
Oracle AVDF Reports. This topic contains the probable causes and some tips to troubleshoot.

Symptoms
Although there may be multiple reasons that may cause this issue, the following are some of
the probable causes:
• The database client is unable to connect to the Database Firewall instance
• The Database Firewall is unable to connect to the target database
• The Audit Vault Server may be down
• The Database Firewall is unable to connect to the Audit Vault Server
• The Audit Vault Server may not be collecting data

Solution
Take necessary steps to resolve depending on the issue and diagnostic information. The
following table contains some of the probable issues and some measures for the resolution:

Issue Resolution

The database client is unable to connect to

1. Check the IP address and TCP port used
the Database Firewall proxy port.
by the database client to connect to the
Database Firewall. Does that belong to
the specific Database Firewall instance or
monitoring point?
2. Ping the Database Firewall server from
the database client’s host machine. In
case there is a failed response, then
contact the network administrator.

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Incomplete or Missing SQL Statements or Network Traffic in Oracle AVDF Reports

3. Is there any other firewall between the

database client and Oracle Database
Firewall which may block the connection?
4. Is the Database Firewall listening to the
expected or configured port? Log in to the
Database Firewall instance through SSH
as support user and then switch to root
user. Run the command netstat -alnpt
| grep LISTEN | grep nnnnn where
nnnnn is the port number the database
client is attempting to connect. If there is
no port displayed in the output, then
check the proxy port settings for the
configured target.

The Database Firewall deployed in

1. Check the IP address and TCP port of
Monitoring / Blocking (Proxy) mode is
the target database. Verify if this
unable to connect to the target database.
information is properly entered when
registering the target in the Audit Vault
Server console.
2. Is there any other firewall between the
database client and Oracle Database
Firewall which may block the connection?
3. Ping the target database from the
Database Firewall server. In case there is
a failed response, then contact the
network administrator.
4. Log in to the Database Firewall instance
through SSH as support user and then
switch to root user. Access and examine
the contents of the /var/log/
messages file. Check if the string
com.oracle.dbfw.fw ERROR -
ODF-10501: Failed connecting to the
Target exists. See Database Firewall
Messages for more information on the
error message. The message also
contains additional information for the
failure. For example: No route to host.

Missing SQL statements that were expected

1. Check if the Database Firewall monitoring
to be captured by the Database Firewall.
point is running. In the Audit Vault Server
console, check the status of the specific
Database Firewall monitoring point.
2. Check if the Database Firewall instance
is generating the required log files. There
are two ways of doing this:

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Incomplete or Missing SQL Statements or Network Traffic in Oracle AVDF Reports

a. Check the Database Firewall policy

applied to the specific target. See if
the option Pass-All is selected. This
does not log any traffic. In case of a
custom policy, analyze and revert to
Log-All policy option and check if the
expected traffic data is reflecting in
the Oracle AVDF reports. If records
are present, then examine the details
of the custom policy and redefine as
per the requirements.
b. Log in to the Database Firewall
instance through SSH as support
user and then switch to root user.
Run the following command watch ls
-ltr /usr/local/dbfw/va/*/log/.
Examine the logs displayed and
search for the log files named
kernel.nnnnnnnnnn.nnn.n.nnn
n.dat.gz. In case the traffic is being
logged, then these files are
displayed. Later these files disappear
in a few minutes as their contents are
transferred to the Audit Vault Server.
3. Check if the Audit Vault Server is
requesting the transfer of the traffic log
files from the Database Firewall. Follow
these steps:
a. The network traffic is being logged in
Database Firewall and the log files
are not removed after a while. Audit
Vault Server may not be requesting
the transfer of the traffic log files from
the Database Firewall. Log in to the
Database Firewall instance through
SSH as support user and then switch
to root user.
b. Run the following command tail -
f /var/log/httpd/
ssl_request_log.
c. Examine the output of the command.
Some of the regular entries that end
as follows exist:
GET /logs/2/list HTTP/1.0" 78
GET /logs/2/
kernel.1655297472.734.0.0000.dat
.gz HTTP/1.0" 1321

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Agent Activation Request Returns 'host is not registered' Error

d. If these entries are not displayed,

then further troubleshooting in the
Audit Vault Server is required. Raise
a bug and attach the diagnostics of
both Audit Vault Server and Database
Firewall.

K.9 Agent Activation Request Returns 'host is not registered'

Error
Read the troubleshooting advice if you receive a 'host is not registered' error.

Problem
I used the following two commands to register the Oracle Audit Vault Agent's host
computer (where the agent is deployed), and to request Audit Vault Agent activation:
From the Audit Vault Server:
avcli> register host 'host_name'

From the host computer:

agentctl activate

But the agentctl activate command returns: Agent host is not registered

Solution
Your agent host may be multi homed. In this case, the agent hostname to IP address
resolution may resolve to the NIC/IP that is not used by the agent while connecting to
the AV server. To resolve this issue, try to register the agent host using the with ip
option and then try activating the agent again.
From the Audit Vault Server, use the following command:

avcli> register host 'host_name' with ip 'host_ip_address'

If you still have issues, try finding the IP address used in the database session when
you connect to the Audit Vault server from the agent host, using these commands:
Start SQL*Plus connection as sqlplus /nolog without the username or password.

In SQL*Plus execute the command: connect <user>. Enter the password when
prompted.

sqlplus username/password@"(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)
(HOST=Audit_Vault_Server_IP)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=
(SERVICE_NAME=dbfwdb)))"

sqlplus> select SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','IP_ADDRESS') from dual;

Use the IP address from the above query to register your host.

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Unable to Deploy Agent on the Secondary Audit Vault Server

K.10 Unable to Deploy Agent on the Secondary Audit Vault

Server
Learn the resolution if you are unable to deploy an agent on a secondary Oracle Audit Vault
server.

Problem
When I try to deploy the Audit Vault Agent on the secondary Audit Vault Server in a high
availability pair, I get an error that the host is not registered.

Cause
After you pair two Audit Vault Servers for high availability, you do all configuration on the
primary server in the pair only, including Audit Vault Agent deployment.

K.11 'java -jar agent.jar' Failed on Windows Machine

Review the resolution procedures when the java -jar agent.jar command fails on
Windows machines.

Problem
The command java -jar agent.jar failed on my Windows target machine, and I noticed in
the log files that the Audit Vault Agent services installation/un-installation failed.

Solution
1. Follow the instructions for unregistering the agent in Registering and Unregistering the
Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service.
If Method 1 fails, then try Method 2.
2. Run the java -jar agent.jar command again.

K.12 Unable to Install the Agent or Generate the agent.jar File

Determine the steps to perform if you are unable to install the agent or generate the
agent.jar file.

Problem
Unable to install the Audit Vault Agent. Attempts to regenerate the agent.jar file are also
unsuccessful.

Solution
Follow these steps to regenerate the agent.jar file:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server through SSH as user oracle.

2. Go to the directory /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/conf/ location.
3. Delete the bootstrap.prop file.

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Unable to Un-install the Oracle Audit Vault Agent Windows Service

4. Execute the following command:

/var/lib/oracle/dbfw/bin/avca configure_bootstrap
5. Check the avca.log file that is available at /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log/
to check if the above command was executed successfully.
6. Switch the user (su) to avsys.
7. Run the following query:
select agent_gen_ts from file_repos where file_name='agent.jar';
8. The above query displays the current time in case the agent.jar file is
generated successfully.

K.13 Unable to Un-install the Oracle Audit Vault Agent

Windows Service
Review the troubleshooting advice if you are unable to un-install the Oracle Audit Vault
Agent Windows Service.
Follow the instructions for unregistering the Agent inRegistering and Unregistering the
Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service.
If Method 1 fails, then try Method 2.

K.14 Access Denied Error While Installing Agent as a

Windows Service
Learn how to resolve access denied errors when installing Oracle Audit Vault agent as
a Windows service.

Problem
I got an error during installation of Oracle Audit Vault Agent on Windows, and I noticed
the following error in the AGENT_HOME\av\log\av.agent.prunsvr log file:
[2013-05-02 11:55:53] [info] Commons Daemon procrun (1.0.6.0 32-bit) started
[2013-05-02 11:55:53] [error] Unable to open the Service Manager
[2013-05-02 11:55:53] [error] Access is denied.
[2013-05-02 11:55:53] [error] Commons Daemon procrun failed with exit value:
7 (Failed to )
[2013-05-02 11:55:53] [error] Access is denied.

Solution
The above message means that the logged in user does not have privileges to install
the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows Service. If you get the above message, try
launching the command shell with the Run As Administrator option, and then
execute java -jar agent.jar in that command shell.

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Unable to Start the Agent Through the Services Applet on the Control Panel

K.15 Unable to Start the Agent Through the Services Applet on

the Control Panel
Review how to resolve being unable to start the agent through the services applet on the
control panel.

Problem
I did the following:
1. Installed the Audit Vault Agent using the java -jar agent.jar command.
2. Activated the Audit Vault Agent.
3. Started the Audit Vault Agent using the agentctl start -k key command.
The agent started up and is in RUNNING state.
4. Stopped the Audit Vault Agent.
5. Tried to start the Audit Vault Agent using the Services Applet on the Windows Control
Panel.
The Audit Vault Agent errored out immediately.

Solution
This means that the Audit Vault Agent is configured to use a Windows account that does not
have privileges to connect to the Audit Vault Server.
Take the following steps:
1. Go to Control Panel, then to Services Applet.
2. Select the Oracle Audit Vault Agent service.
3. Right click and select the Properties menu.
4. Click the Log on tab.
5. Select This account: and then enter a valid account name and password.
6. Save and exit.
7. Start the Audit Vault Agent through the Services Applet.

K.16 Error When Starting the Agent

Resolved errors that occur when starting the agent.

Problem
After I installed the Audit Vault Agent, I set the username and password in the OracleAVAgent
Windows Service Properties Log On tab. However, when I try to start the OracleAVAgent
service, I see the following error in the Agent_Home\av\log\av.agent.prunsvr.date.log file:

[info] Commons Daemon procrun (1.0.6.0 32-bit) started

[info] Running 'OracleAVAgent' Service...
[info] Starting service...

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Alerts on Oracle Database Targets Are Not Triggered for Extended Periods of Time

[error] Failed creating java

[error] ServiceStart returned 1
[info] Run service finished.
[info] Commons Daemon procrun finished

Solution
This means that the OracleAVAgent service is not able to launch the Java process. Try
the following:
1. Uninstall all JDKs and/or JREs in the system.
2. Reinstall JDK SE or JRE and then start the OracleAVAgent service.
3. If this doesn't help, you can install 32 bit JDK SE or JRE and then start the
OracleAVAgent service.

K.17 Alerts on Oracle Database Targets Are Not Triggered

for Extended Periods of Time
Learn what to do when alerts on targets are not triggered for a long time.

Problem
I configured an Oracle Database target to audit to XML files, configured an audit trail in
Oracle AVDF of type DIRECTORY, and then configured an alert to trigger on certain
events. My alert did not get triggered for a long time.

Solution
This issue can occur if the Oracle Database target is not flushing the audit records to
the file immediately. Contact Oracle Support in order to access support note
1358183.1 Audit Files Are Not Immediately Flushed To Disk.

K.18 Error When Creating an Audit Policy

Resolve errors that can occur when you create an audit policy.

Problem
I received this error message when I tried to create a new audit policy setting for
Oracle Database:
-ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into
("AVSYS"."AUDIT_SETTING_ARCHIVE_MAP"."ARCHIVE_ID")

Cause
The Oracle Database must have at least one audit policy setting before you can create
and provision new audit settings using Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Oracle Database comes with a predefined set of audit policy settings. You must not
manually remove these settings. If the audit settings have been removed, then you
can manually create at least one audit setting in the Oracle Database. Then try again
to create new audit settings using Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.

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Connection Problems When Using Oracle Database Firewall Monitoring and Blocking

See Also:
Oracle Database Security Guide for detailed information on Oracle Database
auditing.

K.19 Connection Problems When Using Oracle Database

Firewall Monitoring and Blocking
Resolve the connection problems that might occur when using Oracle Database Firewall
monitoring and blocking.

Problem
In monitoring and blocking mode, my client application cannot connect to the target database.

Solution 1
1. Log in as root on the Database Firewall server.
2. Run this command using the target database IP address or host name:

ping -I secured_target_ip_address_or_hostname

If you do not receive a response, then ensure that the DNS is configured on Oracle
Database Firewall.
If a response is received, check:
• The firewall policy to ensure that it is not blocking the connection attempt.
• The client connection settings to ensure that the client is attempting to connect to the
correct target database.

See Also:

• Configuring the Database Firewall and Its Traffic Sources on Your Network
• Configuring Network Services for Oracle Database Firewall

Solution 2
If your client application computer is on a different subnet than the target database, then see
My Oracle Support Doc ID 1566766.1.

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Audit Trail Does Not Start

K.20 Audit Trail Does Not Start

Learn the resolution to use when the audit trail does not start.

Problem
An audit trail does not start. For example, in the Audit Vault Server console, in the
Audit Trails page, the Collection Status column indicates that the trail is Stopped or
Unreachable.

Solution
When a trail does not start, you can show the associated error in two ways:
• In the Audit Vault Server console:
1. Click the Targets tab, and then from the Monitoring menu, click Audit Trails.
2. Click the Actions button, and then click Select Columns.
3. From the left-hand box, double-click Error Message so that it moves into the
Display in Report box on the right.
4. Click Apply.
The Error Message column is displayed on the Audit Trails page and contains the
error message for the stopped trail.
• On the Audit Vault Agent host computer:
1. Go to the logs directory:
cd %agenthome%/av/logs
2. Run the following:
grep -i 'error|warning|fail' *
The error messages should indicate the cause of the problem.
If the cause is still unclear, or the grep command returns no results, raise an SR with
Oracle Support and include Audit Vault Agent log files.
See also My Oracle Support Doc ID 1566766.1.

K.21 Cannot See Data for Targets

Learn what to do when you cannot see the data for a target.

Problem
Data for my Target does not appear on reports.

Solution
If you cannot see the data you expect to see in the Audit Vault Server, you can
troubleshoot by trying one or more of the following:
• Confirm that Audit Vault Agent hosts are up and that the Audit Vault Agents are
running.

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Cannot See Data for Targets

• Confirm that audit trails are running and that the audit trail settings match the audit
configuration of the Target database
For example, the audit trail configuration in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
should have the correct trail type and location.

See Also:
Configuring and Managing Audit Trail Collection

• Check the audit policy on the target to ensure you are auditing the activity that you are
expecting to see in the reports.
• Check the firewall policy to ensure you are logging the activity you are expecting to see in
reports.
• Clear any time filters on reports, and then check time settings on the target and on the
AVS. If the time is incorrect, the time recorded against audit events will not be accurate.
As a result, the audit events may not be displayed in the time window you expect.
• Check the /var/log/messages file on Audit Vault Server and on the Database Firewall for
errors.
• Check that the Database Firewall monitoring point is created and running.
• Check that the Database Firewall monitoring point traffic source is correct.
• If the Database Firewall is in monitoring only mode, use the Database Firewall Live
Capture utility to verify that traffic is being seen on the relevant traffic source. If
necessary, use the File Capture utility to capture traffic to a file and verify (using
Wireshark or a similar product) that the traffic being captured is consistent with the
settings in the Target Addresses section of your Target configuration.

See Also:
Viewing Network Traffic in a Database Firewall

• Check that you have used the correct Oracle Database service name when configuring
the Target Address in your Target configuration.
Also, have you included all available Oracle Service names in the Target Addresses
section of the Target configuration? Unless you intend to define a different firewall policy
for each service name, Oracle recommends you omit service name and use only IP
address and TCP ports in Target Addresses.
• On the Database Firewall, check the /var/log/httpd/ssl_access_log file to confirm that
the Audit Vault Server is collecting logs.
• On the Audit Vault Server, check the /var/dbfw/tmp/processing* directories and make
sure kernel*.dat files are arriving in the directory, and then being deleted once the Audit
Vault Server has processed them.
• On the Audit Vault Server, check that the mwecsvc process is running. For example, run
the command:
ps -ef | grep mwecsvc
If the process is not running, use this command to restart it:

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Problems Pairing Oracle Database Firewall and Oracle Audit Vault Server

service controller start

K.22 Problems Pairing Oracle Database Firewall and Oracle

Audit Vault Server
Review the procedure to follow when you have problems pairing Oracle Database
Firewall with Oracle Audit Vault Server.

Problem
I encounter errors when I try to associate a Database Firewall with the Audit Vault
Server.

Solution
Check the following:
• Ensure that you have entered the correct Audit Vault Server IP address in the
Database Firewall Certificate page.
Log in to the Audit Vault Server console, and click the Settings tab. Then click the
Certificate tab on the main page.
• Ensure that both the Database Firewall server and the Audit Vault Server are
configured to use NTP and that each machine is synced to the NTP time server.

See Also:

• Specifying the Server Date, Time, and Keyboard Settings

• Setting the Date and Time in Database Firewall

K.23 User Names Do Not Appear on Database Firewall

Reports
Learn what to do when names do not appear on Database Firewall reports.

Problem
When I generate a Database Firewall report, I do not see user names.

Solution
Check the following possibilities:
• If this is occurring for a Microsoft SQL Server database target, check to make sure
that retrieve session information is turned on.
• This problem may be caused by bad network traffic arriving at the Database
Firewall. Check for duplicate or missing network packets. You can use the
Database Firewall's Live Capture utility to capture network traffic to a file and
analyze it.

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Alerts Are Not Generated

Note:
Sometimes unknown_username is displayed in the User field of Database Firewall
reports for SQL server. This can be resolved by enabling Retrieve session
information from target DB option under the Advanced tab for the Database
Firewall monitoring point. The report may also display unknown_osusername in the
OS User field of Database Firewall reports for SQL server. This information is
available to Database Firewall only if the client uses Windows authentication or a
trusted connection.

See Also:

• Configuring Advanced Settings for Database Firewall

• Viewing Network Traffic in a Database Firewall

K.24 Alerts Are Not Generated

Review the resolution to use when alerts that you created are not generated.

Problem
Alerts I have created are not being generated.

Solution
Try the following:
• Examine the alert condition to make sure it is written correctly:
Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an auditor, click the Policy tab, click Alerts,
and then click the name of the alert in question.

See Also:

– Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Auditor's Guide for help in writing
alert conditions.
– Using Audit Vault Server Console for more information about logging in to
the Audit Vault Server console.

• Restart the job framework on the Audit Vault Server. See My Oracle Support Doc ID
1592181.1.

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Problems Retrieving or Provisioning Audit Settings on Oracle Target

K.25 Problems Retrieving or Provisioning Audit Settings on

Oracle Target
Learn what to do when you encounter problems while retrieving or provisioning Oracle
target audit settings.

Problem
I have a problem either retrieving audit settings form an Oracle Database target, or
provisioning audit settings to an Oracle Database target.

Solution
If you have problems retrieving audit settings, try the following:
• Check the job status of the retrieval job for errors:
Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as an auditor, click Settings, and then
click Jobs in the System menu.
• Ensure you have entered the correct connect string in the Oracle Database's
target configuration:
Log in to the Audit Vault Server as an administrator, click the Targets tab, and then
click the name of this Oracle target. Check the Target Location field for the
connect string.

See Also:
Target Locations (Connect Strings)

If you have problems provisioning audit settings, and the Oracle Database target has
Database Vault enabled, confirm that the Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
user you created on this database has the AUDIT SYSTEM and AUDIT ANY privileges.

K.26 Operation Failed Message Appears When Attempting

to Enable Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Policies
Learn how to resolve operation failures when you try to enable Oracle Audit Vault and
Database Firewall policies.

Problem
I configured Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for a backup and restore
operation. After I completed the procedure, I could not enable an Oracle Audit Vault
and Database Firewall policy. The error message Operation failed. Please
contact Oracle Support appeared.

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Out of Memory Error Message During Restore

Solution
During the backup and restore process, Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall must
perform a restart of the Oracle Audit Vault Server database. The internal tool Java
Framework may need to be restarted. To remedy this problem:
1. Log in to Oracle Audit Vault Server.
2. At the command line, run the following command to check the status of the Java
Framework:
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/javafwk status

3. If the output says Java framework process is stopped, then restart it as follows:
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/javafwk start

K.27 Out of Memory Error Message During Restore

Learn the resolution when you receive an out of memory error message during a restore.

Problem
Encounter out of memory error while performing restore task.

Solution
Prior to initiating the restore task, ensure that the RAM size and Disk size in the new system
is equal or bigger than the original system. This ensures that the out of memory error is not
encountered while performing the restore task.

K.28 JAVA.IO.IOEXCEPTION Error

Learn how to resolve a JAVA.IO.IOEXCEPTION error.

Problem
SSL peer shuts down incorrectly with the following error:

JAVA.IO.IOEXCEPTION: IO ERROR:SSL PEER SHUT DOWN INCORRECTLY

Solution
1. Access the target through SSH.
2. Change to the following location using the command:
cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
3. Edit the sqlnet.ora file. Add parameter sqlnet.recv_timeout=100000 in the file.
4. Restart the target listener.
5. Once the target listener is started, start the agent, and the audit trail.

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Failed to Start ASM Instance Error

K.29 Failed to Start ASM Instance Error

Learn what to do when you receive a Failed to start ASM instance error.

Problem
The avdf-upgrade --confirm command stops and results in an error. The command
may fail for many reasons. The error mainly occurs due to failure in starting or
stopping of a service.
The following is an example of Failed to start ASM instance error:

{{{
[support@avs00161e637973 ~]$ su - root
Password:
[root@avs00161e637973 ~]# /usr/bin/avdf-upgrade --confirm
Please wait while validating SHA256 checksum for
/var/dbfw/upgrade/avdf-upgrade-12.2.0.3.0.iso
Checksum validation successfull for
/var/dbfw/upgrade/avdf-upgrade-12.2.0.3.0.iso
Mounting /var/dbfw/upgrade/avdf-upgrade-12.2.0.3.0.iso on /images
Successfuly mounted /var/dbfw/upgrade/avdf-upgrade-12.2.0.3.0.iso on /
images
Starting Oracle High Availability Service
2016-08-05 15:32:09.097:
CLSD: Failed to generate a fullname. Additional diagnostics: ftype: 2
(:CLSD00167:)
CRS-4639: Could not contact Oracle High Availability Services
CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors.
Starting ASM instance
Error: Failed to start ASM Instance
Unmounted /var/dbfw/upgrade/avdf-upgrade-12.2.0.3.0.iso on /images
Failed to start ASM Instance
}}}

Solution
Rerun the command avdf-upgrade --confirm

Executing this command again will get past the Failed to start ASM instance error.

K.30 Internal Capacity Exceeded Messages Seen in

the /var/log/messages file
Learn how to resolve Internal capacity exceeded messages that appear in
the /var/log/messages file.

Problem
Not all the expected traffic is being captured or logged by the Database Firewall, and
error messages are present in the /var/log/messages file containing the text
Internal capacity exceeded.

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Internal Capacity Exceeded Messages Seen in the /var/log/messages file

Solution - 1
Increase the processing resources available for the target on which the issue is observed
through the setting of the MAXIMUM_ENFORCEMENT_POINT_THREADS collection
attribute.

See Also:
Registering Targets

Solution - 2
The size of the buffer used for inter-process communication on the Database Firewall can be
increased to improve throughput, though at the cost of more memory being allocated by the
relevant processes. Please note that this setting is in units of Megabytes, and has a default
value of 16. To change the configuration for this value execute the following procedure:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as the root user.
2. Edit the file /usr/local/dbfw/etc/dbfw.conf. Look for an entry with the key
IPC_PRIMARY_BUF_SIZE_MB. If it exists, this is the line to change. If it does not exist,
add a new line beginning with IPC_PRIMARY_BUF_SIZE_MB.
3. Change the IPC_PRIMARY_BUF_SIZE_MB line to reflect the required buffer size. For
example, if you wished to change the buffer size to 24 megabytes, the configuration line
should be IPC_PRIMARY_BUF_SIZE_MB="24". Save the changes.
4. From the command line restart the Database Firewall processes so that the new setting
is used with the command line /usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl restart.
There is also a second setting available to alter the maximum size that the inter-process
communication buffer can grow to. It's units are in megabytes, and has a default value of 64
megabytes. To change the configuration for this value execute the following procedure:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as the root user.
2. Edit the file /var/dbfw/va/N/etc/appliance.conf, where N is the number of the
Database Firewall monitoring points in question. Look for an entry with the key
IPC_BUF_SIZ_MB. If it exists, this is the line to change. If it does not exist, add a new
line beginning with IPC_BUF_SIZ_MB.
3. Change the IPC_BUF_SIZ_MB to reflect the desired maximum buffer size. For example,
if you wished to change the buffer size to 80 megabytes, the configuration line should be
IPC_BUF_SIZ_MB="80". Save the changes.
4. From the command line restart the Database Firewall processes so that the new setting
is used with the command line /usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl restart.
If the problem persists and after altering the above settings the Internal capacity exceeded
error is still encountered, then further investigation by support is required.

Perform the following:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as the root user.
2. Edit the file /usr/local/dbfw/etc/logging.conf
3. Find the line log4j.logger.com.oracle.dbfw.Metrics=ERROR

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First Archive Or Retrieve Job After Upgrade

4. Comment out this line by placing a # character at the beginning of the line
log4j.logger.com.oracle.dbfw.Metrics=ERROR. Save the changes.
5. From the command line restart the Database Firewall processes so that the new
setting is used with the command line /usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl restart
6. Leave the Database Firewall running for several hours under load even while the
Internal capacity exceeded error is still encountered.
7. After this period, get the diagnostics output from the Database Firewall as detailed
in MOS note How to Collect Diagnostic Logs From Audit Vault Server (Doc ID
2144813.1). Provide the diagnostics output to support for further analysis.

K.31 First Archive Or Retrieve Job After Upgrade

Learn what to do if after an upgrade, the first archive or rervireve job submission
displays the status of Starting.

Problem
After upgrade the first archive or retrieve job submission may display the status as
Starting.

Solution
Submit the job again. This is a known issue and subsequent submission of job
succeeds.

K.32 Audit Vault Agent Installation Fails After HA Pairing Or

Separation
Learn what to do after the Oracle Audit Vault installation fails after an HA pairing or
separation.

Problem
Installation of Audit Vault agent fails after performing pairing or separation (un-pairing)
of Oracle Audit Vault server.
The following command generates agent debug logs during agent installations.
java -jar agent.jar -v

Symptoms
The following errors may be found during agent installation in the agent log file:
PKIX path validation failed
signature check failed

Solution
After the pairing or separating of Oracle Audit Vault servers, you must download the
Audit Vault agent from the GUI and install the agent again after removing the existing
Audit Vault Agent.

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Error in Restoring Files

See Also:
Post High Availability Pairing Steps

If the Audit Vault agent fails to install after pairing or separating of Audit Vault server, then
install the Audit Vault agent using -v option.

To resolve the above errors, follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Log in to the Audit Vault server as user root.
2. Run the following script to generate a new agent.jar file.
/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/update_connect_string_ip.sh
3. Download the new agent.jar file from the GUI.
4. Install the newly downloaded agent.jar file.

K.33 Error in Restoring Files

Learn what to do when you encounter errors while restoring files.

Problem
An attempt to restore the data files results in a failure. The restore job completes successfully,
however the data files are not restored. There is no information in the restore job log file.

Solution
Check for the following to troubleshoot the issue:
• The restore policy must follow the guidelines listed under the section Configuring Archive
Locations and Retention Policies.
• Check the tablespace that needs to be archived and the corresponding tablespace that
needs to be purged as per the policy defined.
• Restoring data into empty tablespaces is not possible. Check accordingly.
• In case the tablespace enters the delete period, it is deleted automatically from Oracle
Audit Vault Server.
• Every tablespace is uniquely identified by the month it moves offline and the month
during which it is purged. They are created automatically based on the policies that you
create.
• When the retention policy is changed, the new policy is applied to the incoming data
immediately. It does not affect existing tablespaces that adhere to the old policy.
• You can archive the tablespace when it enters the offline period.
• After restoring the tablespace, it is online. Once it is released, it goes offline. The
tablespace must be rearchived once released.

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DB2 Collector Fails Due to Source Version NULL Errors

K.34 DB2 Collector Fails Due to Source Version NULL

Errors
If the DB2 collector fails due to source version NULL errors, then follow these steps.

Problem
The following error or trace is displayed in the collector log file.
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
sun.io.MalformedInputException
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

Solution
Check the Java version on the host system This failure is due to Java SE version 8.
Attempt to use Java SE 7.

Note:
This issue may be encountered in releases prior to 12.2.0.11.0.

K.35 DB2 Collector Fails Due to Database Connection or

Permission Issues
If the DB2 collector fails due to database connection or persmission issues, then follow
these steps.

Problem
The following error or trace is displayed in the collector log file.
Caused by: oracle.ucp.UniversalConnectionPoolException: Cannot get
Connection from Datasource: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: [Audit
Vault][DB2 JDBC Driver][DB2]<User> DOES NOT HAVE PRIVILEGE TO PERFORM
OPERATION EXECUTE ON THIS OBJECT NULLID.DDJC360B

Solution
Run the following command for successful execution of DB2 collector:

grant execute on package NULLID.DDJC360B to <User> (user while

registering the target)

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ORA-12660 Error While Registering Target

K.36 ORA-12660 Error While Registering Target

Learn how to resolve the ORA-12660 error.

Problem
Audit Vault agent fails with ORA-12660 error.

Solution
The server encryption is set to REQUIRED in on-premises by default. Set the server encryption
to ACCEPTED or REQUESTED or REJECTED.

Note:
REJECTED is not a recommended option. The following table describes these options
in detail.

Table K-1 Server Encryption Types

Option Description
ACCEPTED The server does not enable both encrypted and non-encrypted
connections. This is the default value in case the parameter is not set.
REJECTED The server does not enable encrypted traffic.
REQUESTED The server requests encrypted traffic if it is possible, but accepts non-
encrypted traffic if encryption is not possible.
REQUIRED The server accepts only encrypted traffic.

K.37 Audit Trail Performance Issues Occur After Audit Vault

Server Upgrade
Learn what to do when audit trail performance issues occur after upgrading Oracle Audit
Vault Server.

Problem
You might experience audit trail performance issues after upgrading Oracle Audit Vault
Server.

Solution
The audit_trail_id_idx index that is created resolves the performance issues
encountered. However, you must retain sufficient disk space if there is large amount of event
data for the period prior to upgrading Oracle Audit Vault Server. The amount of disk space
required is about 5% of the total event log data size.

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Failures Due to Dropping Users

K.38 Failures Due to Dropping Users

Learn how to resolve failures that occur when dropping users.

Problem
Failed to drop the user with an error message and the user was not listed in the Audit
Vault Server GUI.

Solution
Contact Oracle Support for the best workaround and to drop the user manually using
SQL*Plus.

K.39 Failure of Agent Automatic Upgrades

Learn what to do when agent automatic upgrades fail.

Problem
The automatic upgrade of the Agent fails with the following error. This is because the
Agent is unable to connect to the Audit Vault Database.

Message: Exception occurred while updating Agent.

Cause: Unable to connect to AV Server.
Note: Agent will try to re-connect automatically in 10 seconds.

Solution
The Agent attempts to connect to the Audit Vault Database and auto upgrade after 10
seconds. Check the Oracle Audit Vault Database connection or contact Oracle
Support.

K.40 Some Services May Not Start After Backup

Learn what to do when services fail to start after a backup.

Problem
The system may not be stable after a cold backup operation failed to complete.

Solution
Oracle recommends that you reboot the system if there is a failure while performing a
cold backup operation.

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Data Overflow Issues in the Oracle Audit Vault UI

K.41 Data Overflow Issues in the Oracle Audit Vault UI

Learn how to resolve data overflow issues in the Oracle Audit Vault UI.

Problem
The Recently Raised Alerts Report region appears on your dashboard and displays the list
of alerts with data overflowing in the Audit Vault GUI. This may occur when you launch the
GUI using Internet Explorer and the Microsoft Windows Server operating system.

Solution
To fix this issue and to display the data properly on the Audit Vault GUI, you should make
minor changes to the Internet Explorer browser settings. Press F12 and click the Emulation
tab.
Change the Document mode and Browser profile fields from the default settings. For
example, change the Document mode value to 10 from the drop down menu and change the
Browser profile field to Desktop.

K.42 Oracle Audit Vault Agent is Unreachable and the

Transaction Log Audit Trail is Frozen in Starting Status
Learn what to do when the Oracle Audit Vault Agent is unreachable and the transaction log
audit trail is frozen in Starting status.

Problem
The status of Oracle Audit Vault Agent is unreachable from the AV GUI. The status of the
Transaction Log audit trail persistently remains in the Starting status.

This may be due to a user application that is blocking the creation of streams by ORAAUDIT
user.

Symptom
The Transaction Log audit trail does not start. The following information may be found in
the thread dump that is taken using jstack tool:

oracle.av.platform.agent.collfwk.impl.redo.RedoCollector.sourceSetup(RedoColl
ector.java:634)

Solution
Terminate the user application that is blocking the creation of streams. Restart the
Transaction Log audit trail.

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Scheduled PDF or XLS Reports Result in a Hung State

K.43 Scheduled PDF or XLS Reports Result in a Hung State

To resolve a hung state that occurs for scheduled PDF or XLS reports, follow these
recommendations.

Problem
Scheduled PDF or XLS reports remain incomplete for an extended period of time or
ramin in q RUNNING state.

Solution
You can schedule reports to be sent to other users in PDF or XLS formats. Avoid
triggering or scheduling concurrent long-running reports at the same time. Producing
PDF and XLS reports occupies a lot of system resources because there is a significant
amount of data involved. Scheduled concurrent long-running reports can remain in a
hung state indefinitely. The reports must be scheduled with staggered intervals in
between. For example, run the reports at intervals of 5, 10, or 20 minutes.

K.44 Pending Reports Remain in Scheduled Status

To resolve pending reports that remain in scheduled status, follow these steps.

Problem
Many reports are stuck in scheduled or pending status. These reports may never be
completed and may be stopped.

Solution
This may be due to an issue with the Java Framework process in the background. Use
these steps to check and resolve this issue:
1. Log in to the CLI as support user.
2. Switch to root user using the command:
su root
3. Run the following command to check the status of the Java Framework:
systemctl status javafwk
4. Stop the Java Framework even if it is running. Run the following command:
systemctl stop javafwk
5. Run the following command to start the Java Framework:
systemctl start javafwk
6. Run the following command to restart the Java Framework:
systemctl restart javafwk
Use the following procedure to check the status of the reports from the operating
system logs after running one of the procedures mentioned above and restarting the
Java Framework:
1. Log in to AVCLI as admin user.

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Audit Vault Log Displays a Message to Install WinPcap and OpenSSL

2. Run the following command to enable diagnostics for the reports:

ALTER SYSTEM SET loglevel=ReportLog:DEBUG|JfwkLog:DEBUG;
3. The diagnostics can also be enabled using the Oracle Audit Vault Server console by
following these steps:
a. Log in to the console as admin user.
b. Click Settings tab.
c. Click on Diagnostics on the left navigation menu.
d. Select Debug against Report Generation.
e. Click Save.
4. Run a PDF report. For example, Activity Overview.
a. Log in to the Oracle Audit Vault Server console as auditor.
b. Click Reports tab.
c. Click Activity Reports under Built-in Reports.
d. In the Activity Reports tab on the screen, you can schedule a report and view the
generated report.
5. After a while, check on the /var/lib/oracle/dbfw/av/log file. For example,
av.report* file. It contains the PDF/XLS report generation debug logs.

K.45 Audit Vault Log Displays a Message to Install WinPcap and

OpenSSL
To resolve the Audit Vault log message to install WinPcap and OpenSSL, follow these steps.

Problem
The Host Monitor Agent can collect audit data from Windows 2016 servers. A message
displays alerting you to install WinPcap and OpenSSL.

Solution
A set of DLL files may be causing issues. Run the following procedure to resolve this
problem:
1. Search for the following files in the system:
• ssleay32.dll
• libeay32.dll
• wpcap.dll
• packet.dll
2. Append the file names with the .bk format notation.
3. Go to Control Panel then to Uninstall Programs and uninstall OpenSSL and WinPcap.
4. Reinstall WinPcap and OpenSSL 1.0.2.q (64-bit). The DLL files are restored to
Windows system folder.
5. Check the Control Panel to verify that these two programs are installed.

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Audit Vault Log Displays a Message to Install WinPcap and OpenSSL

6. Go to C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folders and search

for the above four DLL files. At least one file for each DLL must be present without
the .bk extension.
7. Go to the OpenSSL installation location and search for libssl-1_1-x64.dll and
libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll files. One for each type is available.
8. Upon confirmation, add the C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Windows\SysWOW64
to the path variable.
9. Restart the trail.
10. If the network audit does not start, then check the collfwk logs present at
<AgentHome>\av\log location. If the following message is available in the
collfwk log, then check the Host Monitor Agent logs present at
<AgentHome>\hm\log location.
<AgentHome> refers to the Audit Vault Agent installation directory.

Note:
Continue with the remaining steps if your installation is 12.2.0.10.0 or
before. The steps are not required for release 12.2.0.11.0 and later.

11. If the following message is available in the Host Monitor Agent log, then execute
the remaining procedure:

Invalid AVS Credentials provided

12. Open the av/conf/bootstrap.prop file.

13. Copy the following line:

CONNECT_STRING_PARAM_POSTFIX=9999

14. Paste this line in the hm/bootstrap.prop file.

15. Restart the trail.

16. In case the network audit trail starts without any errors, then the collection status
on the Audit Vault Server console confirms the same.
17. Navigate to AVAUDIT then to Target then Firewall Policies and, finally, Log All.

18. Connect to the target database instance using SQL Developer, or any other tool.

19. Generate the traffic for collecting data.

20. It must be recorded in the reports of the event_log table.

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Error OAV-47409 While Managing Archive Locations

K.46 Error OAV-47409 While Managing Archive Locations

Learn what to do when you receive the OAV-47409 error while managing archive locations.

Problem
The following error message displays in the Auto Archive Message column under Manage
NFS Locations tab:

OAV-47409: Absolute path does not exist on remote filesystem

ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception

The configured path of the archive location is either missing or outside of the remote
filesystem.

Solution
The value under Auto Archive Order column is set to 0 [zero]. The system has set this value
as the archive location is problematic. You must ensure that the NFS location issue is
resolved to a valid directory on the remote filesystem. Upon resolving this issue, set the value
under Auto Archive Order column to 1 or higher. This sets the appropriate priority for the
auto archive order.

K.47 Error OAV-47402 While Defining Archive Locations Using

NFS Mount Point
Learn what to do when you receive the OAV-47402 error while defining archive locations.

Problem
An error is observed after registering the archive location using NFS mount point through
AVCLI. The created remote file system shows inaccessible when running the SHOW STATUS
command. The following error is observed when running ALTER REMOTE FILESYSTEM <file
system name> MOUNT command. However, the process of defining or creating the archive
location is successful.

OAV-47402: Unable to mount export /exabackup from host <host Ip address>

Solution
This issue is observed when using NFS version v3 only. Reach out to the NAS storage
support or NFS administrator support team to verify if the mount point in the NFS server is
properly configured. It must support both v3 and v4 to integrate with Oracle AVDF.

Note:
NFS version v3 only is not supported for Oracle AVDF releases 20.3 and prior. It is
supported starting Oracle AVDF release 20.4.

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Audit Trail Stopped After Relocating Windows Event Log Files

Follow the steps documented in MOS (Doc ID 2466520.1) to verify if the mount point
in the NFS server is properly configured.
See Defining Archive Locations for complete information.

K.48 Audit Trail Stopped After Relocating Windows Event

Log Files
Use this procedure when the audit trail stops after you relocate the Windows event log
files.

Problem
Windows event log relocation causes audit trail to be stopped.

Solution
Follow this procedure to resolve this problem:
1. Stop the audit trail.
2. Drop the audit trail.
3. Restart the audit trail. The new trail recognizes the new location for event logs.

K.49 Missing or Incomplete Client Information in Oracle

Database Firewall Logs
Learn how to resolve missing or incomplete client information in Oracle Database
Firewall logs.

Problem
Empty client information in the Oracle Database Firewall logs after upgrading Oracle
Audit Vault and Database Firewall. The logs that are generated are missing some of
the client information such as the user name.

Note:
This issue occurs only when you are in DAM mode deployment of Oracle
Database Firewall. You will not experience this issue in the Proxy mode
deployment.

Cause
Oracle Database Firewall records information that is related to the TCP sessions
during inspection and it saves this data to disk. This recorded information includes
client user names and other metadata about the connection. When Oracle Database
Firewall processes are restarted after a configuration change or an upgrade, Oracle
Database Firewall continues to generate logs accurately by re-reading this cached
information.

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Issues with Retrieving Session Information Through Clients Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server

The format of the cache file has changed in the recent releases. Oracle Database Firewall
may not be able to read the file in the old format. Therefore, existing client connections to the
database that were established before performing the upgrade may not retain certain
information such as client user names. This can lead to logs missing information such as the
client username.

Solution
Restart the database clients.

K.50 Issues with Retrieving Session Information Through Clients

Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server
Learn what to do when you have issues retrieving session information through clients that
connect through Microsoft SQL Server.

Problem
Database Firewall is unable to retrieve session information through some clients (for
example, MS SQL Server Management Studio) as the information is encrypted. You can
retrieve session information for non Oracle databases to obtain the name of the database
user, operating system, and client program that originated a SQL statement.

Symptom
Audit Reports show unknown user names and unknown program names where the target is
Microsoft SQL Server.

Solution
Ensure the following steps are accurate while registering Microsoft SQL Server as a target.
1. In the User Name field, enter the user name of the system administrator.
2. In the Password field, enter the password of the system administrator.
3. In the Host Name / IP Address field, enter the IP address of the SQL Server.
4. In the Port field, enter the port of the SQL server listening port.
5. In the Service Name field, enter a valid database service name on SQL Server. In case
the database service name is not correct, then SQL server DDI requests fail on the SQL
Server with invalid request error.

See Also:

• Registering Targets
• Setting Permissions to Retrieve Session Information in Microsoft SQL Server

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Performance Issues Due to High Memory Usage

K.51 Performance Issues Due to High Memory Usage

Learn how to address performance issues in Oracle AVDF with very large
deployments.

Problem
Audit Vault Server in large deployments may have performance issues due to
increased memory usage.

Solution
• Ensure the Audit Vault Server is sized as per the sizing guidelines documented in
Audit Vault and Database Firewall Best Practices and Sizing Calculator for AVDF
12.2 and AVDF 20.1 (Doc ID 2092683.1).
• Audit Vault Server has Transparent Huge Pages set by default which should work
in most cases. However, in some cases it has to be disabled by setting
transparent_hugepages to never. This helps in improving the performance. For
detailed the steps, refer to Oracle Linux 7 - How to disable Transparent
HugePages for RHCK kernel? (Doc ID 2066217.1).
• If you still face performance issues after applying the above mentioned solution,
contact Oracle Support.

K.52 httpd Crash Issue on Database Firewall

Learn how to fix httpd crash issue in Database Firewall.

Problem
The httpd process in Database Firewall may crash under some circumstances.

Symptom
The status of the Database Firewall instance appears Down in the Audit Vault Server
console. The Database Firewall logs are not transferred to the Audit Vault Server.
The following is observed in the log files of the impacted Database Firewall instance.
The httpd.service file in /etc is symlinked to the file in /usr path.
# ls -l /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 37 Nov 27 09:26 /etc/systemd/system/multi-
user.target.wants/httpd.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
# ls -lL /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 752 Nov 10 20:33 /etc/systemd/system/multi-
user.target.wants/httpd.service
#

Solution
Follow these steps to change the configuration of the system and restart the httpd
process:

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httpd Crash Issue on Database Firewall

1. Log in to the Database Firewall instance as root user.

2. Check and confirm that the above mentioned symptom exists.
3. Copy the base file from /usr to /etc by running the following command:
# install -m 0644 -o root -g root /usr/lib/systemd/system/
httpd.service /etc/systemd/system/httpd.service
4. Edit the file in /etc and find the below mentioned Service block:
# vi /etc/systemd/system/httpd.service
...
[Service]
Type=notify
EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/httpd
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND
...
5. Modify the file and add the following code to include the restart failure directive. The file
looks like the folllowing:

...
[Service]
Restart=on-failure
Type=notify
EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/httpd
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND
...

6. Save the file.

7. Disable and re-enable the service to fully apply the following changes:

# systemctl disable httpd

Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service.
# systemctl enable httpd
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/
httpd.service to /etc/systemd/system/httpd.service.
#

8. Verify the following changes:

# sha256sum -c - <<EOF
eac607c17f2c122619b3e1459eafdfef6bde003d24964891aa506735df4f55c2 /etc/
systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service
EOF
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service: OK
#

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Issue with Retrieval of Return Row Count

9. Reload the systemd configuration and restart httpd by running the following
commands:

# systemctl daemon-reload

# systemctl restart httpd

10. Verifying the service is enabled by running the following command:

# systemctl list-unit-files | grep http

11. Observe the following output:

httpd.service enabled
#
12. If the daemon subsequently fails, the systemd will restart it, and write the following
example audit trail to the system log:
Nov 27 08:38:09 example systemd: httpd.service: main process exited,
code=killed, status=11/SEGV
Nov 27 08:39:40 example systemd: httpd.service stop-sigterm timed out.
Killing.
Nov 27 08:39:40 example systemd: Unit httpd.service entered failed
state.
Nov 27 08:39:40 example systemd: httpd.service failed.
Nov 27 08:39:40 example systemd: httpd.service holdoff time over,
scheduling restart.
Nov 27 08:39:40 example systemd: Stopped The Apache HTTP Server.
Nov 27 08:39:40 example systemd: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Nov 27 08:39:40 example systemd: Started The Apache HTTP Server.

K.53 Issue with Retrieval of Return Row Count

Learn how to fix the issue related to retrieval of return row count.

Problem
Database Firewall captures the number of rows returned by a SELECT query and
display them in reports under the column Row Count.
If the database takes a while to generate response result set, then return row count
may not be extracted due to timeout configuration.

Workaround
Follow these steps to adjust the timeout interval:
1. Connect to the Database Firewall appliance as support user.
2. Switch to root user.
3. Change to /var/dbfw/va directory.

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Unable to Log in to the Oracle AVDF Appliance through SSH

4. Identify the Database Firewall monitoring point by searching for the target name
configured in the Audit Vault Server. Run the following command:

grep -lr <TARGET NAME> *

5. The output contains the name and path of the configuration file. For example: 1/etc/
appliance.conf. In this example, 1 is the monitoring point number.
6. Change the directory to the identified monitoring point and open configuration file of the
appliance.
7. Search for the following entry in the file:
MAX_LOG_FILE_TIMERANGE
8. Modify the MAX_LOG_FILE_TIMERANGE line to reflect the required time range in seconds.
For example, if you wish to change the time range to 5 minutes, then the configuration
line should be MAX_LOG_FILE_TIMERANGE=="300".
9. Save the changes.
10. Run the following command to restart the Database Firewall processes so that the new
setting takes effect:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl restart <monitoring point number>

In this case the monitoring point number was 1.

Hence, the command should be:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/dbfwctl restart 1

Note:
Increasing the timeout configuration delays the availability of captured SQL
statements in the reports and any alerts configured for the same. Use your
discretion while configuring the above value close to the actual query completion
time.

K.54 Unable to Log in to the Oracle AVDF Appliance through

SSH
Learn how to fix log in issue to Oracle AVDF appliance.

Problem
The user is unable to log in to the Oracle AVDF appliance through SSH. This may be
because of using old SSH clients to log in to the Oracle AVDF appliance.

Workaround
Log in to ARU (Automated Release Updates). Apply the patch number 32287150 that solves
the problem.

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Error When Changing IP Address of Management Interface

Note:
This patch must be applied on Oracle AVDF 20.3 and later only.

K.55 Error When Changing IP Address of Management

Interface
Learn how to resolve the error encountered when changing the IP address of the
Management Interface.

Problem
The Management Interface IP address is the IP address of the Database Firewall
which was used to register the Database Firewall in the Audit Vault Server console.
In Oracle AVDF 20.1, the following error may be encountered while attempting to
change the IP address of the Management Interface:
Operation failed OAV-46981: Unable to connect to Database Firewall with IP
<ipaddress>

Solution
This error may come up because the IP Address of the Database Firewall is changed
successfully. However, there may be a delay in the response from Database Firewall.
It may take a few seconds for the network update on the Database Firewall and for the
system to settle.
Click Save and Close buttons to exit the dialog. Do not click on the cross (X) mark in
the top right corner of the dialog.

K.56 Unable to Configure Microsoft SQL Server XEL Audit

Trail After Upgrade
Problem
The following error is observed while configuring Microsoft SQL Server XEL audit trail
on Audit Vault Server after upgrading to Oracle AVDF 20.3:
[oracle][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]VIEW SERVER STATE permission was
denied on object 'server', database 'master'

Solution
Follow these steps to resolve this issue in Oracle AVDF 20.3:
1. Create a new user on Microsoft SQL Server target database.
2. Grant the necessary privileges. See Oracle AVDF Administrators Guide for
complete information.
3. Modify the registered target with the newly created user credentials.

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Transaction Log Audit Trail Stops Due to an Error While Parsing XML File Containing Emoji

4. Configure the Microsoft SQL Server XEL audit trail.

This issue is resolved in Oracle AVDF 20.4. Follow these steps after upgrading to Oracle
AVDF 20.4 (or later):
1. Revoke audit data collection privileges by running the mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql
script as follows:

sqlcmd -S server_name -U sa -i mssql_drop_db_permissions.sql -v

username="username" mode="AUDIT_COLL" all_databases="NA" database="NA"

2. Run the mssql_user_setup.sql script as follows:

sqlcmd -S server_name -U sa -i mssql_user_setup.sql -v

username="username" mode="AUDIT_COLL" all_databases="NA" database="NA"

3. Configure the Microsoft SQL Server XEL audit trail.

K.57 Transaction Log Audit Trail Stops Due to an Error While

Parsing XML File Containing Emoji
Problem
Transaction Log audit trail stops while parsing a file that contains emoji. The following error is
observed in the Agent logs:
javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]

Solution
Follow these steps to resolve this error:
1. Run the following command to stop the Audit Vault Agent:

AGENT_HOME/bin/agentctl stop

.
2. Delete the sjsxp.jar file present in the AGENT_HOME/av/jlib directory.
3. Run the following command to start the Audit Vault Agent:

AGENT_HOME/bin/agentctl start

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Unable to Find the FIPS Status for Database Firewall Instance

K.58 Unable to Find the FIPS Status for Database Firewall

Instance
Learn how to fix the error when the FIPS status for a Database Firewall instance is not
displayed in the Audit Vault Server console.

Problem
The FIPS status for the Database Firewall instance could not be determined from the
Audit Vault Server console.

Solution
Perform the following checks to determine the root cause of the problem:
• The Database Firewall version is 20.4 or later.
• Check the network connectivity between the Audit Vault Server and the two
Database Firewall instances.
• Ensure the Audit Vault Server's certificate is correctly copied or installed on the
Database Firewall instance.
• Check if the Audit Vault Server can connect to the Database Firewall by confirming
that the status of the Database Firewall instance is online.
If none of the above points are helpful in identifying the cause of the problem, then
contact Oracle Support.

K.59 Unable to Modify the Database Firewall FIPS Mode

Through Audit Vault Server Console
Learn how to fix the error when the FIPS mode cannot be modified through the Audit
Vault Server console.

Problem
This could be caused due to a communication issue between the Audit Vault Server
and the Database Firewall instances.

Solution
Perform the following checks to determine the root cause of the problem:
• The Database Firewall version is 20.4 or later.
• Check the network connectivity between the Audit Vault Server and the two
Database Firewall instances.
• Ensure the Audit Vault Server's certificate is correctly copied or installed on the
Database Firewall instance.
• Check if the Audit Vault Server can connect to the Database Firewall by confirming
that the status of the Database Firewall instance is online.

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The FIPS Status on Both the Database Firewall Instances is Different

If none of the above points are helpful in identifying the cause of the problem, then contact
Oracle Support.

K.60 The FIPS Status on Both the Database Firewall Instances

is Different
Learn how to fix the error when the FIPS mode is different on both the Database Firewall
instances.

Problem
The FIPS mode is different on both the Database Firewall instances. This could be caused
when FIPS mode is manually changed on one of the Database Firewall instances. It can also
be caused when such an attempt to manually change the FIPS mode failed.

Solution
All the Database Firewall instances that are part of high availability must have the same FIPS
140-2 mode. The FIPS 140-2 status of the Database Firewall instances must either be Off or
On.

FIPS 140-2 mode can be disabled or enabled on both the Database Firewall instances. In
case, these two instances have different FIPS mode, then an error message is displayed on
the screen.
Verify the high availability status of the Database Firewall instances, and change the FIPS
mode again.

K.61 After Restarting Secondary Audit Vault Server, the Primary

Instance Fails to Switchover
Learn how to fix a switchover issue on the primary Audit Vault Server, after the secondary
instance is restarted.

Problem
After restarting the secondary Audit Vault Server, the switchover status of the primary Audit
Vault Server shows NOT ALLOWED state.

This status of the primary Audit Vault Server is not recoverable and the following error
messages appear and are repeated every 50 seconds on the secondary Audit Vault Server:

<Date> <avs-instance-name> observerctl: com.oracle.avs.observerctl DEBUG -

DGMGRL:[W000 <date and timestamp>] The primary database has requested a
transition to the UNSYNC/LAGGING state with the standby database DBFWDB_HA2.
<Date> <avs-instance-name> observerctl: com.oracle.avs.observerctl DEBUG -
DGMGRL:[W000 <date and timestamp>] Permission granted to the primary
database to transition to LAGGING state with the standby database DBFWDB_HA2.
<Date> <avs-instance-name> observerctl: com.oracle.avs.observerctl DEBUG -
DGMGRL:[W000 <date and timestamp>] Reconnect interval expired, create new
connection to primary database.
<Date> <avs-instance-name> observerctl: com.oracle.avs.observerctl DEBUG -

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Incorrect Syntax Near Connectivity Entry in Audit Logs

DGMGRL:[W000 <date and timestamp>] The primary database has been in

LAGGING state for 7138 seconds.

Solution
In case the primary Audit Vault Server's switchover status goes into NOT ALLOWED
status after restarting the secondary instance, then follow the steps mentioned in MOS
Note (Doc ID 1258074.1) to restart the standby Audit Vault Server.

K.62 Incorrect Syntax Near Connectivity Entry in Audit Logs

Learn how to fix incorrect syntax error entry in audit logs.

Problem
When attempting to add an audit trail for Microsoft SQL Server, the Audit Vault Agent
attempts to acquire a target connection using JDBC driver. After the connection is
established, a test query is sent to validate the connection by the JDBC driver.
This test query may generate the following error:
Incorrect syntax near ‘Connectivity’

This error is visible in the database audit records.

Solution
Starting Oracle AVDF release 20.6, to avoid unnecessary logging of records or events
due test queries in the target database, define the collection attribute as follows:
av.collector.validateConnectionOnBorrow = false

See Also:
Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

K.63 Certificate Regenerate Failure Error

Learn how to fix a certificate regenerate failure error.

Problem
In case the certificate regenerate operation fails, then one of the possible reasons can
be the incorrect date and time of the appliance (Audit Vault Server or Database
Firewall).

Solution
Specify the correct time, and then run the following command to regenerate the
certificate:

/usr/local/bin/gensslcert create-certs

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User Entitlement or Audit Policy Job Stuck in Running State

To retrieve the details about certificate expiry date, run the following command:

openssl x509 -enddate -startdate -noout -in {certificate path}

For example:

openssl x509 -enddate -startdate -noout -in /usr/local/dbfw/etc/cert.crt

notAfter=Oct 17 17:44:53 2022 GMT
notBefore=Sep 14 17:44:53 2021 GMT

Note:
The audit trails go to UNREACHABLE state for about 45 minutes after the certificates
are rotated and all the relevant services are restarted. The trails continue to work
normally after that. This behavior is observed in Oracle AVDF release 20.6 only.

K.64 User Entitlement or Audit Policy Job Stuck in Running

State
Learn how to manage the user entitlement or audit policy job stuck in RUNNING state.

Problem
The user entitlement job or audit policy job is stuck in RUNNING state for a long time. This job
is stuck and has to be manually stopped.

Workaround
This issue may be due to an issue with the Java Framework process in the background.
Follow these steps and submit the job again:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as support user through SSH.
2. Switch to root user by running the following command:

su root

3. Restart the Java Framework by running the following command:

systemctl restart javafwk

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Audit Trails are Toggling Between COLLECTING and UNREACHABLE Status

K.65 Audit Trails are Toggling Between COLLECTING and

UNREACHABLE Status
Learn how to fix the incorrect audit trail status issue.

Problem
The Audit Trails tab in the Audit Vault Server console displays the status of all the
audit trails. Some audit trails are continuously toggling between the status COLLECTING
and UNREACHABLE.

The trails go to UNREACHABLE state if they take more than 120 seconds (2 heartbeat
intervals) to update the trail status. This can happen if either the target or Audit Vault
Server is temporarily loaded, causing the trails to take more time to update the trail
status.

Solution
Consider increasing the heartbeat interval to 120 seconds. Currently, the default value
is 60 seconds. Run the following command as avsys user:

exec avsys.adm.add_config_param('SYS.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL', 120);

Note:
This scenario is applicable for Oracle AVDF releases 20.5 and earlier, where
the default value is 60 seconds. Starting with Oracle AVDF 20.6, the default
value is 120 seconds.

K.66 Displaying Job Status Takes Lot of Time in the Audit

Vault Server Console
Learn how to resolve the Jobs dialog issue.

Problem
The Jobs dialog in the System tab takes lot of time to load and to display the jobs and
their current status.

Solution
Delete unwanted or old data from the Status column. This resolves the issue and the
Jobs dialog displays the required information.
For example: Delete unwanted or old data from the avsys.job_status table that is
more than 30 days old using the following SQL query:

Delete from job_status

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Microsoft SQL Server Database Audit Trails are in Stopped State After Upgrading Java

where status = 'Completed'

and status_time < sysdate - 30;

K.67 Microsoft SQL Server Database Audit Trails are in Stopped

State After Upgrading Java
Learn how to fix issue when audit trails belonging to Microsoft SQL Server database go to
stopped state after upgrading Java version u291 or greater.

Problem
Audit trails that belong to Microsoft SQL Server database are not collecting audit data. This
issue is observed after upgrading the Java version to u291 or greater and when Microsoft
SQL Server target’s connect string is one of the following:
• jdbc:av:sqlserver://<MSSQL Host name>:<Port number>;encryptionMethod=SSL;
validateServerCertificate=false;
• jdbc:av:sqlserver://<MSSQL Host name>:<Port
number>;encryptionMethod=SSL;validateServerCertificate=true; trustStore=<key
store jks path>;trustStorePassword=<keystore
password>;extendedOptions=enableCipherSuites=SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5,SSL_RS
A_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

Solution
Modify the connect string for Microsoft SQL Server database (in Audit Vault Server console or
AVCLI) to one of the following:
• jdbc:av:sqlserver://<MSSQL Host name>:<Port
number>;encryptionMethod=SSL;validateServerCertificate=false;CryptoProtocolV
ersion=TLSv1.2;
• jdbc:av:sqlserver://<MSSQL Host name>:<Port
number>;encryptionMethod=SSL;validateServerCertificate=true;CryptoProtocolVe
rsion=TLSv1.2;trustStore=<key store jks path>;trustStorePassword=<keystore
password>;extendedOptions=enableCipherSuites=SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5,SSL_RS
A_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

K.68 Unable to Delete Database Firewall

Learn how to fix an issue observed when attempting to delete Database Firewall.

Problem
An error OAV-47704 is observed when attempting to delete Database Firewall. This issue is
observed in the following scenario:
• Oracle AVDF releases 20.1 to 20.5
• Audit Vault Server is upgraded to Oracle AVDF 20, but Database Firewall is not upgraded
to Oracle AVDF 20
• Error observed in the Audit Vault Server console or in AVCLI

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Unable to Delete Database Firewall

Solution
This issue is fixed in Oracle AVDF release 20.6. In case the installed version is Oracle
AVDF releases 20.5 and earlier, then follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server through SSH.
2. Switch user to root:

su root

3. Switch user to dvaccountmgr:

su dvaccountmgr

4. Start SQL*Plus connection without the username or password:

sqlplus /nolog

5. Unlock avsys user and assign a password by running the command:

alter user avsys identified by <pwd> profile default account unlock;

6. Run the command:

exit

7. Start SQL*Plus connection without the username or password:

sqlplus /nolog

8. In SQL*Plus run the command:

connect avsys

9. Enter the password when prompted. Alternatively, run the command:

connect <avsys/password>

10. Run the following SQL query:

select id from avsys.firewall where name= '<firewall_name> ' and

deleted_at is null;

11. Make a note of the Database Firewall ID.

12. Run the command:

update avsys.firewall set software_version=’<avs_version>’ where

id=<firewall_id>;

For example: update avsys.firewall set software_version=’20.5.0.0.0’

where id=<firewall_id>;

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Issue in Language Setting of the Audit Vault Agent

13. Run the command:

commit;

14. Repeat the process for any other Database Firewall instance that needs to be deleted.

15. Run the command:

exit

16. Attempt to delete the Database Firewall instance from the Audit Vault Server console or
through AVCLI.

K.69 Issue in Language Setting of the Audit Vault Agent

Learn how to fix the language setting in Audit Vault Agent.

Problem
Unable to change or set the language in Audit Vault Agent. Audit Vault Agent supports
languages other than English.
Audit Vault Agent uses the language specified in the locale settings of the host machine
(Agent machine), provided the language is supported. In case the specific language is
already set on the system, then there is no need to change the settings for the Agent to use
the specific language.

Solution
The locale settings for the Windows platform can be changed through the Control Panel on
the Windows host machine.
To change the locale settings on Linux/Unix/AIX/Solaris platform, set the LC_ALL and LANG
environment variables.
For example:

export LC_ALL=fr_FR.iso88591

export LANG=fr_FR.iso88591

K.70 Unable to Create a Database Firewall Monitoring Point

Learn how to fix an error while creating a Database Firewall monitoring point.

Problem
An attempt to create a Database Firewall monitoring point using the target host name does
not succeed.

Symptom
• Failure to create a Database Firewall monitoring point using the target host name
displays the status as Starting. The status changes to Unreachable after a while.

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Issue with Configuring or Managing Oracle AVDF through Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

• The /var/log/messages file in Database Firewall contains an error similar to

the following:

May 10 11:06:02 dbfw08002718dd46 hostname_lookup.rb[19691]:

foobar.example.com.oracle.dbfw.hostname-lookup WARN - ODF-10505:
Failed to resolve hostname:
Unable to resolve the hostname ["hostname1.foobar.example.com"].
Verify DNS settings. Hostname resolution will be tried every minute.

Solution
DNS is not configured and hence the above error is observed. Configure the DNS and
attempt to create the Database Firewall monitoring point again.
In case DNS is configured, verify the DNS settings. Attempt to resolve the host name
is made once every minute.

K.71 Issue with Configuring or Managing Oracle AVDF

through Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Learn how to solve an issue with configuring or managing Oracle AVDF through
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

Problem
Unable to configure or manage Oracle AVDF through Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control.

Solution
Oracle AVDF plug-in is an interface within Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
for administrators to manage and monitor Oracle AVDF components. Refer to System
Monitoring Plug-in User's Guide for Audit Vault and Database Firewall in case of any
issues when configuring the Oracle EM plug-in.
Refer to Compatibility with Oracle Enterprise Manager to check the supported versions
of Oracle Enterprise Manager with Oracle AVDF 20.

K.72 Unable to Connect to Audit Vault Server through

Console or SSH
Learn how to resolve if you are unable to log in to Audit Vault Server through the
console or SSH.

Problem
Unable to log in to the Audit Vault Server console or through SSH as opc user.
The following error is displayed when attempting to connect through SSH as opc user:

remote side unexpectedly closed network connection

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Unable to Connect to Audit Vault Server through Console or SSH

The following error is displayed when attempting to connect through the Audit Vault Server
console:

internal server error 500

Solution
Oracle AVDF OCI Marketplace image has a password expiry setting. Check if the password
for the opc user has expired. The following message is displayed when attempting to connect
through SSH from another Linux VM to the Audit Vault Server instance:

ssh -i av_key opc@<IP address>

Audit Vault Server 20.x.0.0.0

DO NOT CHANGE ANY CONFIGURATIONS IN Audit Vault Server APPLIANCE WITHOUT

GUIDANCE FROM ORACLE SUPPORT.
ANY CHANGES SHOULD BE TRACEABLE TO APPROPRIATE SR REFERENCE.
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator.
Authentication failed.

Follow these steps to resolve the issue:

1. Boot in single user mode.
2. Remove the password aging for the opc user.
3. Log in as usual by connecting to the local Audit Vault Server through VNC.
4. Reboot the Audit Vault Server appliance after connecting successfully.
5. When the boot screen appears, press e to edit the command line.
6. Add the following at the end of line starting linux16:

init=/bin/bash

7. Press Ctrl+x to boot the appliance.

8. Remount the filesystem by running the following command:

mount -o rw,remount /

9. Set the opc user to never expire:

change -m 0 -M -1 -I -1 -E -1 opc

10. Reboot the appliance.

11. Log in as usual through SSH.

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Audit Vault Agent Fails with the ORA-01745 Error

See Also:

1. Refer to MOS Doc ID 2693466.1 for additional information.

2. In case internal server error 500 is observed when attempting to
connect to the Audit Vault Server console, then refer to MOS Doc ID
2284110.1 for detailed understanding and possible solution.

K.73 Audit Vault Agent Fails with the ORA-01745 Error

Learn how to resolve the ORA-01745 error for Audit Vault Agent.

Problem
Audit Vault Agent fails with the ORA-01745 error.

Solution
Modify the firewall rules to ensure that communication between Audit Vault Agent and
Audit Vault Server is allowed.

K.74 Oracle Directory or Table Audit Trail Stops with Error

PLS-00201
Learn how to resolve error PLS-00201 in the collector logs.

Problem
The Oracle directory or table audit trail stops and the collector logs display the
following error:
PLS-00201: identifier 'SYS.DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT' must be declared

Solution
Grant permissions to the target user and start the trail again. See Oracle Database
Setup Scripts.

K.75 Error with Potential Insecure Path

Learn how to solve error java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:Potential
insecure path found : <path>.

Problem: Audit Vault agent fails with error java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:

Potential insecure path found : <path>.

Solution:
• Ensure directories in path do not have write permission for other users.
• Ensure path does not have more than 5 levels of symbolic links.

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Error "ORA-28000 the Account Is Locked" After Changing the Admin User Password

K.76 Error "ORA-28000 the Account Is Locked" After Changing

the Admin User Password
Learn what to do when you receive the ORA-28000 error when changing the admin user
password.

Problem
The following error message appears after you change the admin user password:
ORA-28000 the account is locked

Solution
You might receive this error when the Oracle Enterprise Manager Agent is monitoring Audit
Vault Server. Changing the admin password on the Audit Vault Server Console does not
automatically update the password that Enterprise Manager Agent uses to connect to Audit
Vault Server. Ensure that the Enterprise Manager Agent is connecting with the correct
password.

K.77 Error OAV-47112 When Trying to Delete an Existing

Archive Location
Learn what to do when you receive the OAV-47112 error when trying to delete an existing
archive location.

Problem
The OAV-47112 error appears when you try to delete an existing archive location.

Solution
You might receive this error when you try to delete an archive location that is currently in use
to store archive tablespaces or data files. Wait until the tablespace or data file archive period
expires before deleting the archive location. If needed, you can create a new archive location
to use for the tablespace or data file archiving and then retrieve the tablespaces from the
previous location and archive them to the new location.

K.78 Transaction Log Audit Trail Stops Due to XML Parsing

Error
Learn how to fix issue when Transaction Log Audit Trail goes to stopped state due to XML
parsing error.
Problem: Transaction Log Audit Trail stops due to XML parsing error. This is because of
invalid XML record generated by Oracle GoldenGate.
Solution:Contact Oracle Support to create a Merge Label Request for applying the patch
32175609, 32063871, 33701099, and 34014874. This patch needs to be applied on Oracle
GoldenGate installation.

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"-bash: permission denied" Error When Trying to Run Custom Backup Script from /home/oracle

K.79 "-bash: permission denied" Error When Trying to Run

Custom Backup Script from /home/oracle
Scripts in /home/oracle cause permission errors when trying to run the scripts.
Problem: "-bash: permission denied" error when trying to run script from /home/oracle.
The reason is executing script under /home/oracle is not allowed.
Solution: Move scripts to a different location.

K.80 Issues Deleting Target Database With Audit Trail Still

Running
Secured target could not be deleted as the audit trail had not officially been stopped
via the console or command line.
Problem: Unable to delete a target while it's trails are running. This is a safety function
to prevent removal of active audit trails by accident.
Solution: Stop all the trails on that target through GUI, or AVCLI before dropping the
target.

K.81 Deleting Audit Records Requires Applying Retention

Period to Purge Records
Learn how to apply retention periods to audit data so that it can be purged.
Problem: No mechanism to delete audit data.
Solution: Apply small retention period to audit data to be deleted so that it is purged
with time. See Configuring Archive Locations and Retention Policies for retention
periods.

K.82 Unable to Mount NFS on New AVDF 20.3 Server

Learn how to fix inability to Mount NFS on s System running with Oracle AVDF.
Problem: AVDF Client is unable to mount due to bug or parameter settings on NAS
Storage and/or NFS Server.
Symptoms:
• Oracle Linux running with Oracle AVDF (Audit Vault and Database Firewall).
• NFS Archive mount point cannot be mounted on a Oracle Linux system with
AVDF.
• Further details are found in the following command:

[root@nfs-client01 ~]# mount -t nfs nfs-server01:/

avdf_archive_vol01/avdf_archive_backup
mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote

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Unable to Mount NFS on New AVDF 20.3 Server

locking.
mount.nfs: Either use '-o nolock' to keep locks local, or start statd.
mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified
[root@nfs-client01 ~]# service nfslock status
rpc.statd (pid 25042) is running...

Note:
nfs-client01 is the Oracle AVDF system. Oracle AVDF has no mechanism to
collect the sosreport.

Solution:
1. Engage Vendor NAS Storage Support or NFS Admin Support Team to verify if the mount
point at the NFS Server side is properly set-up. See the output of the command below.

[root@nfs-client01 ~]# showmount -e nfs-server01

/avdf_archive_vol01 nfs-client01 <== This is the limited NFS
configuration of the NFS Server, which can be seen from AVDF NFS Client.
[root@nfs-server01 ~]# cat/etc/exports
/avdf_archive_vol01 nfs-client01(rw,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)

2. Test whether the NFS mount point can be mounted properly on NFS client, please use
the command below.

[root@nfs-client01 ~]# mount -vvvv -t nfs -o nolock nfs-server01:/

avdf_archive_vol01/avdf_archive_backup
mount.nfs: timeout set for Mon Oct 29 14:05:37 2018
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'nolock,vers=4.1,addr=<IP
ADDR>,clientaddr=<IP ADDR>'
[root@nfs-client01 ~]# df -hP
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 412M 0 412M 0% /dev
tmpfs 432M 0 432M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 432M 6.0M 426M 2% /run
tmpfs 432M 0 432M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/ol-root 9.8G 7.3G 2.5G 75% /
/dev/sdb1 16G 11G 5.7G 65% /yum
/dev/sda1 1014M 171M 844M 17% /boot
tmpfs 87M 0 87M 0% /run/user/0
nfs-server01:/avdf_archive_vol01 11G 2.2G 7.4G 23% /avdf_archive_backup
<== This the sample AVDF NFS mount point. The one in use might be
different.

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Alert Email Notifications Are Not Received from Oracle AVDF Server

Note:
vvvv – this is the debugging mode in NFS to test which layer of NFS is
failing.
-o nolock – to test if the NFS mount can mount using nolock.
If the above command is able to mount the ADVF NFS mount point,
hence, there is no issue on the NFS at the Linux OS level.

For more information refer to My Oracle Support Doc ID 2466520.1.

K.83 Alert Email Notifications Are Not Received from Oracle

AVDF Server
Learn what checks need to be performed when the email alerts are not received from
the AVDF server.
Problem: Alert email notifications are not received from Oracle AVDF Server.
Solution:
1. Login with super administrator user in AVCLI and check SMTP server settings.

AVCLI> connect avadmin;

Connected.
AVCLI> LIST ATTRIBUTE OF SMTP SERVER;
--------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
| HOST | PORT | SENDER_ID | SENDER_EMAIL | SECURE | TRUSTSTORE |
STATE |
====================================================================
====================================
| <mail server host> | 25 | user1 | user1@<mail server host> |
UNSECURED | | ENABLED |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
1 row(s) selected.
The command completed successfully.

2. From AVCLI interface send an email to test if the connection with the SMTP server
works:

AVCLI> TEST SMTP SERVER SEND EMAIL TO user2@<mail server host>;

Request submitted successfully.

3. There are multiple reasons why the connection to the SMTP server might not work
including:
• The SMTP server is configured using DNS name and it cannot be resolved by
AVDF server
• AVDF server cannot communicate with the mail server
• There are invalid objects in the database

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Audit Vault Agent is Stuck in Starting State: Error OAV-46573

• Java processes are stuck

• There are scheduled jobs by auditor user to retrieve audit settings or user
entitlements
View other problem causes and their solutions at My Oracle Support Doc ID 2232033.1

K.84 Audit Vault Agent is Stuck in Starting State: Error

OAV-46573
Problem:
Audit Vault agent installed as a service on Windows is stuck in starting state after restarting
the agent host.
Error OAV-46573: Agent is UNREACHABLE on host "hostname". Please try after some
time. Audit trail is not eligible for auto start.

Solution:
Set JAVA_HOME. Audit Vault agent needs to find Java Runtime Environment.

K.85 SSH Becomes Disabled After Enabling FIPS Mode

If SSH becomes disabled after enabling FIPS mode, update the SSH keys to be compliant
with FIPS.

Problem
In Oracle AVDF 20.9, SSH becomes disabled after enabling FIPS mode.

Solution
Before enabling FIPS 140-2, ensure that your SSH keys are compliant with FIPS. If your SSH
keys are not compliant with FIPS, the SSH connection with the appliance might be lost after
enabling FIPS.
For Oracle AVDF on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), before enabling FIPS mode, ensure
that the opc user has FIPS-compliant keys registered to /home/opc/.ssh/
authorized_keys.

Follow these steps to resolve this issue:

1. Log into the Audit Vault Server console and disable FIPS mode.
2. Log back into the appliance through SSH and check or update the user keys for SSH-
enabled users in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys to be compliant with FIPS.
It can take several minutes for the console to become available after enabling or
disabling FIPS mode.
3. Enable FIPS mode.
Related Topics
• Enabling FIPS 140-2 on the Audit Vault Server
Enable FIPS on the Audit Vault Server to turn on FIPS mode in the embedded Oracle
Linux operating system and Oracle Database.

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Multiple Network Interface Cards
The Audit Vault Server (AVS) supports network separation through addition and initialization
of additional network interfaces.

L.1 About Multiple Network Interface Cards

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall enables additional network interfaces to allow some
services to be accessible on networks other than the default management interface.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports multiple network interface cards. The
Audit Vault Server console can only be used to modify secondary NICs of the Database
Firewall. The config-nic command must be used to modify the secondary NICs for the Audit
Vault Server only.

Note:
Oracle AVDF appliances support only 1 NIC (Network Interface Card) with an IP
address per subnet. This can be a secondary NIC or a NIC used for monitoring
traffic. If higher throughput or redundancy is an issue, then see Bonding of Network
Interface Cards.

Perform the following steps in the Audit Vault Server console to view and manage the
network interface cards for Database Firewall.
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server console as administrator.
2. Click the Database Firewalls tab.
3. Select a specific Database Firewall instance.
4. In the main page, under the Configuration section, click Network Settings link.
5. In the Network Settings dialog, click on a specific network interface card.
6. Select the specific network interface that needs to be modified. The Network Interface
Settings dialog is displayed. It can be used to view and manage the secondary network
interface cards.

Note:
The Database Firewall diagnostics package can be installed. After the installation,
the commands executed for the Audit Vault Server can be executed on the
Database Firewall.

The secondary network interfaces can be enabled and modified for the Audit Vault Server.
Log in to the Audit Vault Server as support user and then switch user to root, to execute these
commands.

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Enabling SSH on a Secondary Network Interface Card

Action Command
To display the current status of the configured
NICs on the appliance. /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
nic show

To display the settings of a single network

interface on the Audit Vault Server. /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
nic show device=enp0s8

To bring a secondary NIC online. The NIC

must be configured with an IP, mask, and /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
gateway (optional and not advisable). nic set device=enp0s8
ip_address=192.0.2.9
network_mask=255.255.255.0
enabled=true

To disable a secondary network interface.

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
nic set device=enp0s8
enabled=false

To delete the setting of a secondary network

interface. /opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-
nic delete device=enp0s8

See Also:
Configure and Download the Diagnostics Report File

L.2 Enabling SSH on a Secondary Network Interface Card

Use this procedure to enable SSH on a secondary network interface card for Audit
Vault Server and Database Firewall.
To enable and configure SSH on a secondary network interface card, follow these
steps:
1. Execute the command config-nic to bring the NIC online.
2. The NIC must be configured with an IP, mask, and gateway (optional). Execute the
following command:

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Enabling Agent Connectivity on a Secondary NIC for Audit Vault Server 20.7 and Earlier

3. The dbfw.conf file contains the settings of the secondary network interface card. To
enable SSH, modify the settings as follows:

NET_SERVICE_MAP="{"enp0s8":{"ip4":
{"address":"192.0.2.9/24","gateway":"","enabled":true},"ssh":
{"port":"22","access_list":["192.0.2.1"]}}}"

4. The access_list field can be used with the following attributes:

• "all": The IP tables allow any IP address to connect through SSH.
• "disabled": The IP tables reject all incoming connections for SSH on this NIC.
• An array of IP addresses separated by comma and a space. These IP addresses are
permitted to access the SSH port on the NIC. For example:
["192.0.2.11","192.0.2.12"]
5. Ensure a valid port number on the appliance is mentioned in the Port field.

L.3 Enabling Agent Connectivity on a Secondary NIC for Audit

Vault Server 20.7 and Earlier
Use this procedure to enable Agent connectivity on a secondary network interface card for
Audit Vault Server version 20.7 and earlier.
After a secondary NIC (network interface card) is online, you can enable it for communication
between the Audit Vault Agent and the target database. This topic describes how to enable
the Agent connectivity on secondary network interface cards in Oracle AVDF release 20.7
and earlier.
To enable agent connectivity on secondary network interface cards for Audit Vault Server
release 20.7 and earlier:
1. Run the command config-nic to bring a NIC online.
2. The dbfw.conf file contains the settings of the secondary network interface card. To
enable access to the Audit Vault Agent, modify the settings as follows:

NET_SERVICE_MAP="{"enp0s8":{"ip4":
{"address":"192.0.2.9/24","gateway":"","enabled":true},"agent":
{"port":"1521","tls_port":"1522","access_list":["192.0.2.1"]}}}"

3. The access_list field can be used with the following attributes:

• "all": The IP tables allow any IP address for connection to the Audit Vault Agent.
• "disabled": The IP tables reject all incoming connections for the Audit Vault Agent
on this NIC.
• An array of IP addresses separated by comma and a space. These IP addresses are
permitted to access the Agent port on the NIC. For example,
["192.0.2.11","192.0.2.12"]
4. Ensure a valid port number on the appliance is mentioned in the Port field.

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Enabling Agent Connectivity on a Secondary NIC for Audit Vault Server 20.8 and Later

5. Run the following command to apply the Agent and enable the changes to the
network configuration:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/configure-networking

Note:
If this command is not run, then the changes made are not applied and
the Audit Vault Agent does not work on the secondary NIC.

See Also:
Deploying the Audit Vault Agent

L.4 Enabling Agent Connectivity on a Secondary NIC for

Audit Vault Server 20.8 and Later
Use this procedure to enable Agent connectivity on a secondary network interface
card for Audit Vault Server version 20.8 and later.
After a secondary NIC (network interface card) is online, you can enable it for
communication between the Audit Vault Agent and the target database. This topic
describes how to enable the Agent connectivity on secondary network interface cards
in Oracle AVDF release 20.8 and later.
To enable agent connectivity on secondary network interface cards for Audit Vault
Server release 20.8 and later:
1. Use the following command to activate the specific NIC required for the Audit Vault
Agent:

config-nic

2. Run the following example command to enable device enp0s9 in the local network:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-nic set device=enp0s9

ip_address=192.0.2.24 network_mask=255.255.255.0 enabled=true

Note:
Do not add a gateway to a secondary NIC if it has already been
assigned in the system configuration.

3. Use the following command to add the Audit Vault Agent configuration:

config-agent

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Enabling the Agent for High Availability Connection on a Secondary NIC for Audit Vault Server

4. Run the following example command to enable Audit Vault Agent connectivity on the
specific ports using the device enp0s9 from the Agent host machine:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-agent set device=enp0s9 port=12345

tls_port=12346 access_list=all

Note:
Enable the Audit Vault Agent for high availability as per the requirement. See
Enabling the Agent for High Availability Connection on a Secondary NIC for
Audit Vault Server for complete information.

L.5 Enabling the Agent for High Availability Connection on a

Secondary NIC for Audit Vault Server
Use this procedure to enable the Audit Vault Agent for high availability connection on a
secondary network interface card for Audit Vault Server.
Prerequisite: This procedure must be performed prior to pairing the appliances (Audit Vault
Server or Database Firewall) for high availability.
If the Audit Vault Agent is being run on a high availability pair of appliances, the secondary
NIC must be enabled on the standby appliance (Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall).
High availability involves a pair of Audit Vault Server instances or a pair of Database Firewall
instances. Additional entries must also be made to the dbfw.conf file of both appliances.

To enable Audit Vault Agent connectivity on secondary network interfaces card for Audit Vault
Server in a high availability environment:
1. Enable the Audit Vault Agent for high availability connection. Open the dbfw.conf file and
scroll to the bottom where you will see automatically generated entries similar to the
following:

SECONDARY_NIC_1_DEVICE = enp0s8
SECONDARY_NIC_1_ADDRESS = enp0s8:ip4:address:192.168.90.9
SECONDARY_NIC_1_AGENT_PORT = enp0s8:agent:port:1521
SECONDARY_NIC_1_AGENT_PORT_TLS = enp0s8:agent:port:1522

Note:
In case these entries are not generated and are missing, refer to the previous
topic on how to generate them.

2. Depending on the number of secondary NICs configured for Agent connectivity, there
may be more than one block of SECONDARY_NIC_[N]_ values. Select the block with the
correct IP address and add the following field:

SECONDARY_NIC_1_ADDRESS_HA=”<IP address>”

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Bonding of Network Interface Cards

On the primary instance, this value will be the IP address of the NIC on the
standby instance. And on the standby instance it is the IP address of the NIC on
the primary instance.
3. Apply the Audit Vault Agent high availability configuration. Run the following
command to apply the configuration, on both appliances:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/configure-networking

L.6 Bonding of Network Interface Cards

This section contains information on bonding of Database Firewall Network Interface
cards.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20 supports bonding of Network Interface
cards for Database Firewall only. This bonding functionality is used by the Database
Firewall monitoring points. Bonding increases bandwidth and supports redundancy of
the network connections on the appliance.

Note:
The Database Firewall command-line interface (CLI) creates a bond
interface with the default configuration for the operating system. To configure
specific bonding controls, use the operating system. See Create Network
Bonds using Network Manager CLI for details on creating network bonds in
Oracle Linux.

Run the following command to check for bonding between network interface cards:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond

The command output displays information about the composite device.

Run the following command to bond multiple network interface cards:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond add device=bond0

components=enp0s18,enp0s19 ip4addr=192.0.2.10 ip4mask=255.255.255.0
ip4gateway=192.0.2.1 state=true

Upon establishing the bonding, the following confirmation message is displayed:

config-bond add ...

Run the following command to delete a bonded device:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond delete device=bond0

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 Appendix L
Configuring Routing on Secondary Network Interface Cards

The following confirmation message is displayed:

config-bond delete ...

Run the following command to remove the existing bonding between network interfaces:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond delete device=bond0

The following is the output:

Notice: Settings deleted.

:device: bond0
:components:
- enp0s9
- enp0s8
:description:
:ip_address: 192.0.2.20
:network_mask: 255.255.255.0
:gateway: ''
:enabled: true

Note:

• Run the following command to seek help for the bonding of network interfaces:

/opt/avdf/config-utils/bin/config-bond help

• It is not possible to create bonding of two network interface cards using the
interfaces on which the monitoring point already exists. In this case disable the
existing monitoring point, create bonding between the network interface cards,
and then use the newly created bond name to configure the monitoring point.

L.7 Configuring Routing on Secondary Network Interface Cards

Learn how to configure routing on secondary network interface cards in Oracle AVDF.
The following table contains the necessary information to view and set routing for the
secondary network interface cards on Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall. Log in to the
terminal as root user to run the commands listed in the table.

Task Command Output

To view the existing routing device: enp0s3
configuration on the network /opt/avdf/config- gateway: " "
interface card. utils/bin/config-route
routes: []

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 Appendix L
Configuring Routing on Secondary Network Interface Cards

Task Command Output

To set the gateway. Notice: Success. Settings
Note: A gateway must be /opt/avdf/config- saved.
assigned to only one device. utils/bin/config-route
However, it is possible to assign set device=enp0s3
a gateway to multiple devices. It gateway=<gateway
introduces system instability. In address>
most cases the gateway must be
assigned to only the default
management interface device
that is configured during
installation.
To set a custom static route. Notice: Success. Settings
/opt/avdf/config- saved.
utils/bin/config-route
set device=enp0s3
routes='<IP address of
the network interface
card followed by the
gateway address
separated by space>'

For example:

/opt/avdf/config-
utils/bin/config-route
set device=enp0s3
routes='192.0.2.1
192.0.2.4'

To set multiple route at the same - :device: enp0s3

time. /opt/avdf/config- :gateway: " "
Note: Although the routes are utils/bin/config-route
:routes:
assigned to a single device, the set device=enp0s3
routing table applies to all routes='<IP address of - 192.0.2.1 192.0.2.4
devices. the network interface - 192.0.2.11 192.0.2.5
card and gateway - 192.0.2.21 192.0.2.6
address separated by
comma and space>'

For example:

/opt/avdf/config-
utils/bin/config-route
set device=enp0s3
routes='192.0.2.1
192.0.2.4, 192.0.2.11
192.0.2.5, 192.0.2.21
192.0.2.6,'

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Configuring Routing on Secondary Network Interface Cards

Task Command Output

To add a single static route. Notice: Success. Settings
/opt/avdf/config- saved.
utils/bin/config-route ---
add device=enp0s3
:device: enp0s3
routes='<IP address of
the network interface :gateway: " "
card followed by the :routes:
gateway address - 192.0.2.1 192.0.2.4
separated by space>' - 192.0.2.11 192.0.2.5
- 192.0.2.21 192.0.2.6
For example: - 192.0.2.22 192.0.2.16

/opt/avdf/config-
utils/bin/config-route
add device=enp0s3
routes='192.0.2.1
192.0.2.4'

To delete a single static route. Notice: Settings deleted.

/opt/avdf/config- ---
utils/bin/config-route
:device: enp0s3
delete device=enp0s3
routes='<IP address of :gateway: ''
the network interface :routes:
card followed by the - 192.0.2.1 192.0.2.4
gateway address
separated by space>'

For example:

/opt/avdf/config-
utils/bin/config-route
delete device=enp0s3
routes=192.0.2.1
192.0.2.4

To delete all static routes. Notice: Success. Settings

/opt/avdf/config- saved.
utils/bin/config-route
set device=enp0s3
routes=""

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Changing Secondary NIC to the Management NIC

L.8 Changing Secondary NIC to the Management NIC

Learn how to change a secondary NIC to the management NIC.
A new or secondary NIC (Network Interface Card) can be changed to the management
NIC. The management NIC is usually the main NIC of the appliance (Audit Vault
Server or Database Firewall). It is attached to the default gateway.
Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall as administrator.
2. Make sure the new or secondary NIC is plugged in.
3. Enable SSH on the new or secondary network interface card.
4. The dbfw.conf file contains the settings of the NIC. It is located in /usr/
local/dbfw/etc location.
5. Modify the value DEFAULT_DEVICE in the dbfw.conf file. By default it is set to
eth0. Change this value and specify the name of the device (new or secondary
NIC).
6. Run the following command to complete the configuration script:

/usr/local/dbfw/bin/priv/configure-networking

Note:
Alternately, this can also be done by turning off the appliance (Audit Vault
Server or Database Firewall). Then change the eth0 device with the new
one in the same slot. The new device is replaced with the new one when
the server is restarted.

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Configuring Quick JSON Target Type to
Collect Audit Data from MongoDB
Learn how to collect MongoDB audit data using Oracle AVDF’s Quick JSON target type.
MongoDB audit data is available in multiple formats like BSON, JSON, or Syslog. Oracle AVDF
supports audit data collection from Enterprise Edition in JSON format only.

To register MongoDB as a target, select the target type as Quick JSON. Later provide the
required collection attributes for the fields in the MongoDB audit trail, as mentioned in the
table below. Quick JSON uses this mapping to read the MongoDB audit file and map it to the
fields in the Audit Vault Server.
Additionally, when adding audit trail for the MongoDB target, provide the location of MongoDB
audit files. Ensure the Audit Vault Agent user can access MongoDB JSON audit file. If
required grant read permissions to the file.
Use Quick JSON target type for reading from JSON audit files without any conversion of
data. For situations where the JSON data needs to be converted before it is stored in the
Audit Vault Server, use the JSON custom collector.

Table M-1 Collection attributes and values required for audit collection from
MongoDB audit file

Audit Vault Collection Attribute MongoDB JSON File Value

av.collector.qck.starttag atype
av.collector.qck.eventtime $.ts.$date
av.collector.qck.username $.users[0].user
av.collector.qck.os.username $.users[0].user
av.collector.qck.eventname $.atype
av.collector.qck.commandclass $.atype
av.collector.qck.client.ip $.remote.ip
av.collector.qck.targetobject $.atype
av.collector.qck.targettype $.atype
av.collector.qck.eventstatus $.result
av.collector.qck.errorid $.result
av.collector.qck.errormessage $.result
av.collector.qck.target.entity $.param.ns
av.collector.qck.target.user $.param.user
av.collector.qck.target.role $.param.role

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Note:
Delete the attribute av.collector.timezoneoffset during QuickJSON target
creation in Oracle AVDF 20.4 and later. This attribute is not required for
collecting audit data from MongoDB.

See Also:

• Quick JSON Target Type for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
• Registering Targets

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Audit Vault Agent Auto Start Configuration
Learn how to configure Audit Vault Agent to restart automatically when the host machine is
restarted.
Audit Vault Agent is installed on a host machine. The Audit Vault Agent is not restarted
automatically when the host machine is restarted. The Audit Vault Agent can be configured to
restart automatically, whenever the host machine is restarted. The configuration is different
for the type of operating system installed on the host machine. This appendix contains the
required information.

Note:

• This functionality involves configuring a service to restart the Agent and is

available in Oracle AVDF releases 20.3 to 20.6.
• Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, a new Agent auto start functionality is
introduced. This functionality constantly monitors the Agent and also restarts
the Agent if it stops unexpectedly. See Configuring Agent Auto Restart
Functionality for complete information.

N.1 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With OL7

and OL8
Learn to configure Audit Vault Agent auto start functionality on a host machine with OL7 and
OL8.
1. Install the Audit Vault Agent and activate using the activation key.
2. Run the following command to manually start the Audit Vault Agent as agent user:

<AgentHome>/bin/agentctl start

3. Create a file /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/

agentctl.service as root user. Use the sample script provided below. In this sample
script replace the <AgentUser> and <AgentHome> with relevant Agent user name and
Agent home directory.

[Unit]

Description=AgentController Service

After=network.target

After=syslog.target

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[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Service]

User=<Agent User>

Type=forking

# Start main service

ExecStart=<AgentHome>/bin/agentctl start

#Stop main service

ExecStop=<AgentHome>/bin/agentctl stop

RemainAfterExit=yes

4. Run the following command to enable the service from the directory /etc/
systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ as root user:

systemctl enable agentctl.service

Note:
This command may throw the following error message. Ignore this
message.
Failed to execute operation: Invalid argument

5. Run the following command as agent user to stop the Agent process:

<AgentHome>/bin/agentctl stop

6. Run the following command as agent user to restart using systemctl:

systemctl start agentctl.service

7. To verify successful configuration of Agent auto start functionality, follow these

steps:
a. Reboot the system.

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Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With OL6

b. After the system is up, check the status by running the following command:

systemctl status agentctl.service

c. Verify the status is STARTED.

Note:
Ensure the Agent is started or stopped only using the systemctl command.
Using the agentctl command leads to inconsistencies and must be
avoided.

N.2 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With OL6

Learn to configure Audit Vault Agent auto start functionality on a host machine with OL6.
1. Install the Audit Vault Agent and activate using the activation key.
2. Create the script as root user in the location /etc/init.d/agentAVDF. Use the
sample script provided below. In this sample script set the USER and AGENT_HOME with
appropriate Agent user and Agent home path.
3. In the script update the chkconfig parameter with start priority and stop priority. The
parameters <start priority> and <stop priority> decide the order in which file is
executed, in comparison with the rest of files that exist in the location ./etc/init.d
during machine start and shutdown respectively. Smaller priority numbers are executed
first. For example, # chkconfig: 2345 99 95

# chkconfig: 2345 <start priority> <stop priority>

PROGRAM="agentAVDF"

USER=<AgentUser>

AGENT_HOME=<AgentHomeDirectory>

start() {

su - ${USER} -c "/bin/bash -c '${AGENT_HOME}/bin/agentctl start'"

stop() {

su - ${USER} -c "/bin/bash -c '${AGENT_HOME}/bin/agentctl stop'"

case "$1" in

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Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With Windows x64

start)

start

;;

stop)

stop

;;

*)

echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"

exit 1

esac

4. Run the following command to provide execute permission to the script:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/agentAVDF

5. Run the following command to enable the service:

/sbin/chkconfig agentAVDF on

6. To verify successful configuration of Agent auto start functionality, follow these

steps:
a. Reboot the system.
b. After the system is up, wait for few minutes and then run the following
command:

<AgentHome>/bin/agentctl status

c. Verify the status is RUNNING.

N.3 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With

Windows x64
Learn to configure Audit Vault Agent auto start functionality on a host machine with
Windows x64.
1. Register the Audit Vault Agent as a Windows service, for Windows x64.
2. The Windows Agent service is automatically started when the Windows host
machine is restarted.

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Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With Solaris [SPARC/x64]

N.4 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With Solaris

[SPARC/x64]
Learn to configure Audit Vault Agent auto start functionality on a host machine with Solaris
[SPARC/x64].
1. Install the Audit Vault Agent and activate using the activation key.
2. Create the file /lib/svc/method/agentAVDF as root user. Use the sample script
provided below. In this sample script set the AGENT_USER and AGENT_HOME with appropriate
Agent user and Agent home path.

#!/bin/sh

##################################################
# name: agentAVDF
# purpose: script that will start or stop the AVDF agent daemon.
##################################################

case "$1" in
start )
su - <AGENT_USER> -c "/bin/bash -c '<AGENT_HOME>/bin/agentctl start'"
;;
stop )
su - <AGENT_USER> -c "/bin/bash -c '<AGENT_HOME>/bin/agentctl stop'"
;;
* )
echo "Usage: <AGENT_HOME>/bin/agentctl (start | stop)"
exit 1
esac

3. Run the following command to provide execute permission to the script:

chmod +x /lib/svc/method/agentAVDF

4. Create a manifest file /tmp/agentAVDF.xml as root user, using the below sample
manifest file.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<!DOCTYPE service_bundle
SYSTEM '/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1'>
<service_bundle name="startstopAgent" type="manifest">
<service name="startstopAgent" version="1" type="service">
<dependency name="multi_user_dependency" grouping="require_all"
restart_on="none" type="service">
<service_fmri value="svc:/milestone/multi-user"/>
</dependency>
<exec_method name="start" type="method" timeout_seconds="300"
exec="/lib/svc/method/agentAVDF start"/>
<exec_method name="stop" type="method" timeout_seconds="300"

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Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With Solaris [SPARC/x64]

exec="/lib/svc/method/agentAVDF stop"/>
<!--
The exec attribute below can be changed to a command that SMF
should execute when the service is refreshed. Use svcbundle -s
refresh-method to set the attribute.
-->
<exec_method name="refresh" type="method" timeout_seconds="60"
exec=":true"/>
<!--
A duration property group is not needed.
-->
<instance name="default" enabled="true"/>
<template>
<common_name>
<loctext xml:lang="start/stop AVDF agent">
startstopAgent
</loctext>
</common_name>
<description>
<loctext xml:lang="The service can start and stop AVDF Agent by
agentctl">
The startstopAgent service.
</loctext>
</description>
</template>
</service>
</service_bundle>

5. Run the following command as root user, to validate the manifest file:

/usr/sbin/svccfg validate /tmp/agentAVDF.xml

6. Run the following command as root user, to copy the manifest file to the
location /lib/svc/manifest/site/:

cp /tmp/agentAVDF.xml /lib/svc/manifest/site/

7. Run the following command as root user, to import the manifest file and start the
service:

/usr/sbin/svcadm restart manifest-import

8. Run the following command as root user, to check the status of the service. The
status of the service must be maintenance or online. If the status is offline, then
run the below command again after few minutes:

svcs | grep startstopAgent

9. To verify successful configuration of Agent auto start functionality, follow these

steps:
a. Reboot the system.

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Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With IBM AIX

b. After the system is up, wait for few minutes and then run the following command as
root user:

# svcs | grep startstopAgent

The status of the service must be online.

N.5 Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With IBM

AIX
Learn to configure Audit Vault Agent auto start functionality on the host machine with IBM
AIX.
1. Install the Audit Vault Agent and activate using the activation key.
2. Create the script as root user in the location /etc/rc.d/init.d/agentAVDF. Use the
sample script provided below. In this sample script set the AGENT_USER, JAVA_HOME, and
AGENT_HOME with appropriate Agent user, Java home path, and Agent home path
respectively.

#!/bin/bash

##################################################
# Agent start/stop script
##################################################

case "$1" in
start )
su - <AGENT_USER> -c "/bin/bash -c 'PATH=<JAVA_HOME>/bin:$PATH;
<AGENT_HOME>/bin/agentctl start;'"
;;
stop )
su - <AGENT_USER> -c "/bin/bash -c 'PATH=<JAVA_HOME>/bin:$PATH;
<AGENT_HOME>/bin/agentctl stop;'"
;;
* )
echo "Usage: <AGENT_HOME>/bin/agentctl (start | stop)"
exit 1
esac

3. Run the following command as root user to provide execute permission to the script:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/init.d/agentAVDF

4. Create symlink S<script name> and K<script name> under the directory /etc/rc.d/
rc2.d/. The symlink S file and symlink K is used to start and end the Agent during
machine start and shutdown respectively. Create symlinks by running the below
commands as root user. The parameter <priority_number> decides the order in which

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Configuring Agent Auto Start on Host Machine With IBM AIX

the file runs in comparison with the rest of the files that exist in the
directory ./etc/rc.d/rc2.d. Smaller priority numbers are run first.

ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/agentAVDF /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/
S<priority_number>agentAVDF

ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/agentAVDF /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/
K<priority_number>agentAVDF

For example:

ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/agentAVDF /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S99999agentAVDF

ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/agentAVDF /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K99999agentAVDF

5. To verify successful configuration of Agent auto start functionality, follow these

steps:
a. Reboot the Agent machine.
b. After the machine is up, wait for few minutes, and then run the following
command as agent user:

<AgentHome>/bin/agentctl status

c. Ensure the status is RUNNING.

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Adding User Content To System Configuration
Files
Use this procedure to add user specified content to AVDF template files. AVDF allows
specific content to persist on the appliance through various procedures such as upgrade and
regular system configuration. This is handled by the user interface of the appliance.
Every template configuration file on the appliance allows to add user defined content. An
additional file is available that contains such content. Within this file an additional output data
file must be added. Any user defined content is added to the end of the final output file.

Note:
Not all template files are written regularly. In some cases files are only updated on
upgrade, while some are updated frequently like networking configuration.

To create and include a file for a template generated content follow this procedure:
1. Create a root-owned directory where all the files can be stored.

Note:
The directory must be owned by root user and must have write access.

The following commands can be executed to create the directory named include:
mkdir /usr/local/dbfw/templates/include
chown root:root /usr/local/dbfw/templates/include
chmod 755 /usr/local/dbfw/templates/include
2. Create a new directory to have data automatically inserted into the output of a template
file. The name of this new directory can be prefixed with after-.
3. The list of files that have user data appended are stored at /usr/local/dbfw/
templates
4. To add further host names to /etc/hosts, add the file named after-template-hosts to
the directory /usr/local/dbfw/templates/include.

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Note:
The file after-template-hosts must be read-only and owned by root. It
may be world readable also.

5. Execute the following commands to set the required permission after creating the
after-template-hosts file:
touch /usr/local/dbfw/templates/include/after-template-hosts
chmod 444 /usr/local/dbfw/templates/include/after-template-hosts
chown root:root /usr/local/dbfw/templates/include/after-template-hosts
6. Modify the file to include new user data. This is used when the template file and
the data is appended to the generated file. The newly appended data is found in
the end of the generated file.
7. In most cases it is necessary to restart or re-initialize the affected component
before the changes are completely applied. Refer to the Oracle Linux
documentation for more information about the components and files modified.

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Monitoring Audit Vault Server
Learn how to monitor Audit Vault Server.
Monitoring enables investigation of suspicious activity, accountability for actions, and address
auditing requirements for compliance. Monitoring involves configuring auditing (in both
embedded repository and operating system) and collecting the generated records into a
shadow Audit Vault Server for analysis and reporting.
Audit Vault Server automatically configures auditing for both the operating system and the
embedded repository.

P.1 About Auditing Operating System

Learn all about auditing of the operating system.
Audit Vault Sever enables default Oracle Linux audit configuration. The configuration settings
are available in /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and the audit logs are recorded
in /var/log/audit directory.

P.2 About Auditing Audit Vault Server Repository

Learn all about auditing of Audit Vault Server repository.
Prior to Oracle AVDF release 20.7, Audit Vault Server enables the default mixed mode
auditing with the following settings:

audit_file_dest = /var/lib/oracle/admin/dbfwdb/adump
audit_sys_operations = TRUE
audit_trail = DB

Note:
The above default configuration prior to release 20.7 audits SYS operations and
does not audit application level schemas AVSYS and MANAGEMENT.

Starting with Oracle AVDF release 20.7, pure unified auditing is automatically enabled with
additional policies to audit application schemas AVSYS and MANAGEMENT.

With pure unified auditing enabled, the Audit Vault Server centralizes all auditing to a unified
audit trail. For example, Database Vault audit records go to the unified audit trail. The Unifed
Audit Policies are configured by default. This includes fresh installations and upgrades of
Audit Vault Server to release 20.7.
With traditional auditing, operations by all administrative users (such as SYS and SYSDBA)
are audited by default.

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About Auditing Audit Vault Server Repository

With unified auditing, if the database is not open, the top-level operations by all
administrative users (such as SYS and SYSDBA) are audited. If the database is open,
all secure configurations are audited (in new databases). To audit administrative users,
create a unified audit policy, and then apply this policy to the users.

Note:
Your Oracle Database installation configuration might affect the auditing
behavior. See the Oracle Database Security Guide for more details.

Table P-1 Oracle Predefined Policies Configured for Audit Vault Server

Policy Name Description

ORA_LOGON_FAILURES Any failed log in events.
ORA_SECURECONFIG Secure configuration defined by Oracle Database except
for AVSYS and MANAGEMENT user.
AVSYS_DV_UA_POLICY Database Vault protected AVSYS realm. The Database
Vault AVSYS realm protects all objects owned by the
AVSYS database schema.
MANAGEMENT_DV_UA_POLICY Database Vault protected MANAGEMENT realm. The
Database Vault MANAGEMENT realm protects all objects
owned by the MANAGEMENT database schema.
AUDIT_DB_MGMT_POLICY Database management operations.
AUDIT_SELECT_DICTIONARY_POLICY Select any dictionary privilege.

See Also:

• Logon Failures Predefined Unified Audit Policy

• Secure Options Predefined Unified Audit Policy

AVSYS_DV_UA_POLICY
CREATE AUDIT POLICY statement shows the AVSYS_DV_UA_POLICY unified audit policy
definition as follows:

create audit policy AVSYS_DV_UA_POLICY actions component=dv

realm violation on "Audit Vault Realm",
realm success on "Audit Vault Realm",
realm access on "Audit Vault Realm",
rule set failure on "AVSYS audit command",
rule set success on "AVSYS audit command",
rule set eval on "AVSYS audit command"

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About Auditing Audit Vault Server Repository

Unified Audit Policy for Database Vault AVSYS Realm

AVSYS Database Vault realm protects all AVSYS objects including AVSYS tables, packages, and
others. AVSYS_DV_UA_POLICY audits all activities on the Database Vault AVSYS realm.

The following commands are audited by Database Vault AVSYS realm:

• drop database link
• drop index
• drop package
• drop package body
• drop procedure
• drop sequence
• drop synonym
• drop table
• drop type
• drop type body
• drop view
• delete
• revoke
• truncate table

MANAGEMENT_DV_UA_POLICY
CREATE AUDIT POLICY statement shows the MANAGEMENT_DV_UA_POLICY unified audit policy
definition as follows:

create audit policy MANAGEMENT_DV_UA_POLICY actions component=dv

realm violation on "Audit Vault Account Manager Realm",
realm success on "Audit Vault Account Manager Realm",
realm access on "Audit Vault Account Manager Realm",
rule set failure on "MANAGEMENT audit command",
rule set success on "MANAGEMENT audit command",
rule set eval on "MANAGEMENT audit command"

Unified Audit Policy for Database Vault MANAGEMENT Realm

Management Database Vault realm protects all the MANAGEMENT object, includes MANAGEMENT
tables, packages, etc. MANAGEMENT_DV_UA_POLICY audits all activities on the Database Vault
MANAGEMENT realm.

The following commands are audited by Database Vault MANAGEMENT realm:

• drop database link

• drop index
• drop package

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About Auditing Audit Vault Server Repository

• drop package body

• drop procedure
• drop sequence
• drop synonym
• drop table
• drop type
• drop type body
• drop view
• delete
• revoke
• truncate table

AUDIT_DB_MGMT_POLICY
CREATE AUDIT POLICY statement shows the AUDIT_DB_MGMT_POLICY unified audit policy
definition and audits all users:

create audit policy audit_db_mgmt_policy

privileges
ALTER PUBLIC DATABASE LINK,
AUDIT ANY, AUDIT SYSTEM,
CREATE ANY TRIGGER, CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK,
DROP ANY DIRECTORY, DROP PUBLIC DATABASE LINK
actions
ALTER FUNCTION, ALTER PACKAGE, ALTER PROCEDURE,
ALTER TRIGGER,
CREATE PACKAGE, CREATE PACKAGE BODY, CREATE PROCEDURE,
CREATE SPFILE, CREATE TRIGGER,
DROP FUNCTION, DROP PACKAGE, DROP PROCEDURE,
DROP TRIGGER;

AUDIT_SELECT_DICTIONARY_POLICY
CREATE AUDIT POLICY statement shows the AUDIT_SELECT_DICTIONARY_POLICY unified
audit policy definition and audits all users except AVSYS and MANAGEMENT:

create audit policy audit_select_dictionary_policy

privileges
SELECT ANY DICTIONARY;

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About Purging Unified Audit Trail on the Main Audit Vault Server

P.3 About Purging Unified Audit Trail on the Main Audit Vault
Server
Learn how to configure a purge job for unified audit data pertaining to the main Audit Vault
Server.
Unified audit trail data that is older than 7 days is purged by default. This is done as part of
the AVS_MAINTENANCE_JOB that is scheduled to run daily by default. The schedule can be
changed using the Audit Vault Server console.

See Also:
Scheduling Maintenance Jobs

After configuring the unified audit trail collection in the shadow Audit Vault Server, it is
recommended to configure a unified audit trail purge job in the main Audit Vault Server.
Follow these steps to configure unified audit trail purge job:
1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server as root OS user.
2. Run the command to switch to oracle user:

su - oracle

3. Start SQL*Plus connection as sqlplus /nolog without the username or password.

4. In SQL*Plus run the following command:

connect <sysdba>

Enter the password when prompted. Alternatively, run the command:

connect <sysdba/password>

5. Run the following SQL script to create a purge job with the job name
AVS_UNIFIED_AUDIT_CLEANUP for Unified Audit Trail:

begin
dbms_audit_mgmt.create_purge_job(
audit_trail_type => dbms_audit_mgmt.audit_trail_unified,
audit_trail_purge_interval => 1,
audit_trail_purge_name => 'AVS_UNIFIED_AUDIT_CLEANUP',
use_last_arch_timestamp => true,
container => dbms_audit_mgmt.container_current);
end;

This job runs once every hour to clean up the unified audit trail based on the archived
timestamp updated by the shadow Audit Vault Server trail collection.

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Storage Requirement for Main Audit Vault Server

Best Practice:
It is recommended to configure unified audit trail purge job when
configuring trails on the shadow Audit Vault Server, to collect data from
the main Audit Vault Server.

Note:
When you configure unified audit trail purge job, the cleanup performed
as part of AVS_MAINTENANCE_JOB is automatically removed and the
following message is displayed in the Job Status page:

Audit Trail cleanup for Audit Vault Server is enabled, so

not purging audit data by Maintenance

Note:
To check the status of AVS_UNIFIED_AUDIT_CLEANUP, run the following
SQL statement:

select * from dba_scheduler_job_run_details where

job_name='AVS_UNIFIED_AUDIT_CLEANUP';

Refer to Audit Trail Management Data Dictionary Views for more

information.

P.4 Storage Requirement for Main Audit Vault Server

Learn about the storage requirement for the main Audit Vault Server when auditing is
enabled.
For every 1 million audit records and network events collected, the Audit Vault Server
generates 3 GB of audit records as part of self auditing. The administrator must
complete the sizing exercise to account for this space usage as per the deployment.
For a fresh installation of Audit Vault Server, refer to Audit Vault Sizing Guide. For an
upgrade of Audit Vault Server from an older version, follow these guidelines:
1. Collect the data on the number of records (in million) generated by the Audit Vault
Server for a duration of 8 days. Take this as X. For example, if 2 million records are
generated per day, then X is 2 * 8 = 16.
2. Now calculate the space required (Y) for Audit Vault Server self auditing. This
includes SYSTEMDATA and EVENTDATA. For every million records the space required
is 3 GB.
Y = X multiplied by 3 GB

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The administrator needs to allocate Y GB of space in SYSTEMDATA and EVENTDATA disk groups.
For example, if the system is processing 2 million audit records per day, then it requires 48
GB storage space in both SYSTEMDATA and EVENTDATA for auditing Audit Vault Server. (2
million records * 8 days * 3 GB = 48 GB).

X = 2 * 8 = 16
Y = 16 * 3 GB = 48 GB

For auditing of Audit Vault Server to process about 2 million audit records per day, the
administrator must allocate 48 GB space in SYSTEMDATA and EVENTDATA.

P.5 Collecting Audit Records to Shadow Audit Vault Server

Learn how to collect audit records to the shadow Audit Vault Server.
You can configure a shadow Audit Vault Server to monitor the audit trails of the main Audit
Vault Server. For example, if someone logs in to the main Audit Vault Server and drops an
AVSYS package, the activity is audited, and the trail is collected in the shadow Audit Vault
Server for reporting and analysis. The audit records are found in the activity reports that an
auditor can access in the Audit Vault Server console. For example, All Activity report.
When you configure a shadow Audit Vault Server, you should configure collection from both
unified and OS audit trails.
Configuring these trails involves the following steps:
1. Deploying Audit Vault Agent on the main Audit Vault Server
2. Adding a trail on the shadow Audit Vault Server to collect data from unified audit trail in
the main Audit Vault Server
3. Adding a trail on the shadow Audit Vault Server to collect data from operating system
audit trail in the main Audit Vault Server

P.6 Deploying the Audit Vault Agent on the Main Audit Vault
Server
Learn how to deploy Audit Vault Agent on the main Audit Vault Server.
A shadow Audit Vault Server can be configured to monitor the audit trail of the main Audit
Vault Server. To accomplish this an Audit Vault Agent must be deployed on the main Audit
Vault Server.
Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the shadow Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. Register the main Audit Vault Server in the Agents tab.
3. Log in to the main Audit Vault Server as root user.

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4. Run the following commands to create a /var/lib/oracle/avs_agent

directory in the main Audit Vault Server:

cd /var/lib/oracle

mkdir avs_agent

chown avsagent:osaudit avs_agent

5. Run the sudo -u avsagent /bin/bash command to create a bash shell for the
avsagent OS user.

Note:
There is no log in the shell defined for the avsagent OS user. To run the
command as avsagent user, log in as root user. It can either be done by
running the command sudo -u avsagent /bin/bash and use the
created bash shell to run the command as avsagent user, or by running
the command sudu -u avsagent <command>.

6. Log in to the shadow Audit Vault Server console as an administrator.

7. Click the Agents tab, and then click Downloads.
8. Download the agent.jar file to /var/lib/oracle/avs_agent directory and
copy it to the main Audit Vault Server as avsagent OS user.
9. Add a line export PATH=/var/lib/oracle/avs_agent/bin:$PATH in the /home/
avsagent/.bashrc. This ensures the future bash shell created by sudo -u
avsagent /bin/bash has the PATH to access the agentctl.
10. Deploy the Audit Vault Agent in the main Audit Vault Server as avsagent OS user
in the shell created earlier.
Make sure /var/lib/oracle/avs_agent/bin is in the PATH. Or run export
PATH=/var/lib/oracle/avs_agent/bin:$PATH.
11. Running the following command:

java -jar /var/lib/oracle/avs_agent/agent.jar

12. Running the following command to start the Agent as avsagent OS user:

agentctl start -k

13. Enter the activation key when prompted. The activation key is available in the
Agents tab of the shadow Audit Vault Server. Ensure to enter the complete
activation key including the name of the Agent.

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P.7 Adding a Trail to Collect Data From Unified Audit Trail on the
Main Audit Vault Server
Learn how to add a trail to collect data from unified audit trail on the main Audit Vault Server
as an Oracle Database target.
This involves two steps on a high level:
1. Registering the main Audit Vault Server as an Oracle Database target.
2. Configuring the trail to collect data from the unified audit trail on the main Audit Vault
Server.

P.7.1 Registering the Main Audit Vault Server as an Oracle Database

Target
Learn how to register the main Audit Vault Server as an Oracle Database target.
1. Log in to the main Audit Vault Server as dvaccountmgr.
2. Update the password of AVSAUDIT user and unlock the account.
3. Start SQL*Plus connection as sqlplus /nolog without the username or password.
4. In SQL*Plus run the following command:

connect <sysdba>

Alternatively, run the command:

connect <sysdba/password>

5. Enter the password when prompted.

6. Run the following command:

@oracle_user_setup.sql AVSAUDIT setup

The oracle_user_setup.sql is located at /var/lib/oracle/avs_agent/av/

plugins/com.oracle.av.plugin.oracle/config.
7. Log in as dvowner.
8. Start SQL*Plus and run the following command:

GRANT DV_MONITOR TO "AVSAUDIT"

9. Log in to the shadow Audit Vault Server as administrator.

10. Create an archive location and define the archiving policy for the main Audit Vault Server
target. It is recommended to create an archiving policy for 6 months online and 0 months
archived.

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11. Register the main Audit Vault Server as an Oracle Database target. During the
target registration, select 6 months online, 0 months as the retention policy. Use
AVSAUDIT in the Database User Name field. Enter AVSAUDIT password in the
Password field.

P.7.2 Configuring Trail to Collect Data from Unified Audit Trail on the
Main Audit Vault Server
Learn how to add an audit trail to collect data from the unified audit trail on the main
Audit Vault Server as an Oracle Database target.
1. Log in to the shadow Audit Vault Server as administrator.
2. Add an audit trail for the main Audit Vault Server Oracle Database target.
3. Click Targets tab.
4. Identify and click the main Audit Vault Server Oracle Database target.
5. In the Audit Data Collection section, click Add.
6. Select the table for Audit Trail Type field.
7. Select UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL in the Trail Location field.
8. Select the Audit Vault Agent deployed in the Agent Host field.
9. In the Agent Plugin field, select com.oracle.av.plugin.oracle.
10. Click Save.

11. The audit trail is started automatically.

P.8 Adding a Trail to Collect Data from OS Audit Trail on the

Main Audit Vault Server
Learn how to add a trail to collect data from OS audit trail on the main Audit Vault
Server as a Linux target.
This involves two steps on a high level:
1. Registering the main Audit Vault Server as a Linux target.
2. Configuring trail to collect data from OS audit trail on the main Audit Vault Server.

P.8.1 Registering the Main Audit Vault Server as a Linux Target

Learn how to register the main Audit Vault Server as a Linux target.
1. Log in to the shadow Audit Vault Server as an administrator.
2. Click Targets tab, and then click Register.
3. Select Linux in the Type field.
4. Select 6 months online and 0 months as the Retention Policy.
5. Enter the Host Name of the main Audit Vault Server if DNS is configured.
6. Enter the IP address of the main Audit Vault Server.

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7. Click Save.

P.8.2 Configuring a Trail to Collect Data from OS Audit Trail on the Main
Audit Vault Server
Learn how to add an audit trail for unified auditing for the main Audit Vault Server as a Linux
target.
1. Log in to the shadow Audit Vault Server as administrator.
2. Add an audit trail for the main Audit Vault Server as Linux target.
3. Click Targets tab.
4. Identify and click the main Audit Vault Server Linux target.
5. In the Audit Data Collection section, click Add.
6. Select DIRECTORY in the Audit Trail Type field.
7. In the Trail Location field, enter /var/log/audit/audit*.log.
8. Select the Audit Vault Agent deployed in Agent Host field. This is the Agent that was
earlier deployed in the main Audit Vault Server.
9. In the Agent Plugin field, select com.oracle.av.plugin.linuxos.
10. Click Save.

11. The audit trail is started automatically.

Best Practice:

• It is recommended to configure a shadow Audit Vault Server to collect

unified audit data and OS audit data from the main Audit Vault Server.
• The shadow Audit Vault Server must be highly restricted to capturing audit
data from only the main Audit Vault Server.
• It is recommended not to provision or modify the audit policies through the
shadow Audit Vault Server for the main Audit Vault Server without careful
consideration. Increased auditing of the main Audit Vault Server impacts
the performance.

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