Logs Archiving

The integrity of archived logs can also be preserved by signing the archived log file using a Log Signing key, this configuration is available within the Global Settings module.

The items in screenshot are described below:

Items	Description
Archived file path	This is the path to the location where archived files will be stored in zipped CSV format.
Delete records from database once archived	Enable this option if you want to delete the records from the database upon archiving. Note: Unless selected the database records will still remain present in the database even upon archiving. In such cases an archive back-up of the records is created but database size is not reduced. It is therefore important to select this checkbox very carefully depending on the required objective for the archiving process.
Enable auto-archiving	Check this option to enable the auto-archiving of logs.
Auto-archive every	This value specifies how often (in days) the transaction logs are archived.
Archive records older than	The transaction logs older than the configured number of days are auto-archived.
Archive at	This value specifies the time on the day when auto-archiving will be performed. It is important to configure this time keeping in view that auto-archiving of transactions should only be done in off-peek hours as mentioned above.
Archive All Records	This option immediately archives all logs at specified archived file path.

Click Save button for the changes to take effect.

It is recommended not to open archived log files in Microsoft Excel, doing so corrupts the archived log file and the log integrity can no longer be verified if the records are re-imported into ADSS Server later on. This is because Microsoft Excel adds characters to the file on opening. The archived log files can be opened in Notepad (if required). For viewing these log files they should be re-imported into the Transaction Logs Viewer.