Creating a Swap Audit in Robot HA

 

Before you can realize the benefits of running an audit, you must first create them. Audits can be created from the Maintain Audits panel.

Note: You must have Audit Monitor started to run a scheduled audit.

To create a new Audit:

1. From the Main Menu, select option 6 Audit Menu. Then, select option 1 Maintain Audits.

2. Press F6 Create. The Add Audit Attributes panel displays.

3. Add the required information about the Audit. You'll need to fill in the following fields:

   Press F4 Prompt within fields requiring a selection from a predefined list.

   • Audit name: Enter a valid Audit name.

   • Audit type: Currently, the only selectable value is "SWAP".

   • Audit description: Enter a description of the Audit.

   • Target Server: Select the server that will be the target for the swap.

4. When you're finished filling out the required fields, edit the rest of the fields on the panel as desired.

   Audits are scheduled to run via the parameters defined in the Interval, Units, Start, and End fields.

   • Interval: Enter the repeat interval.

   • Units: Choose the repeat interval unit.

   • Start: Enter the repeat interval start time.

   • End: Enter the repeat interval end time.

   • Robot HA email address: Choose from a list of email addresses to send audit emails. If you choose just one, that email address will be displayed in the field. If you enter more than one email address, *LIST will be displayed in the field.

   • Robot Alert device: Choose a Robot Alert device. Only available if Robot Alert is installed.

   • Robot Network: Choose a message type. Only available if Robot Network is installed.

   • Send to message queue: Choose the message queue where notifications are sent.

   • Library: Choose the library for notifications.

   • ASP group: The ASP group for notifications.

   • Hold audit: Choose whether you want to prevent the audit from running.

   • History runs to retain: Enter the number of runs to retain in history.

5. Press F10 Audit Steps. The Audit Steps panel displays.

6. Edit the Run, Stop, and Recover fields for selected steps as needed.

   Not all step fields are editable. See Swap Audit Steps for more information.

7. Press Enter to save the steps, or press F3 if no changes were made.

8. On the Add Audit Attributes panel, Press Enter to save the audit. The audit now displays on the Maintain Audits panel for running or editing. See Maintaining an Audit for more information.

To create an Audit from a copy:

1. From the Main Menu, select option 6 Audit Menu. Then, select option 1 Maintain Audits.

2. Enter 3 in the option field of the audit you wish to copy. Press Enter.

3. In the Confirm copy of audits panel, enter a name for the new audit.

4. If necessary, enter 2 in the option field of the newly created audit and press Enter to edit the audit's parameters. See Maintaining an Audit for more information.