Journaling tool

摘要

Journaling technology, in which a tool, that is separate from a journaling process executed by a server system, causes display of an interface that enables user selection of information derivable from journaling data collected by the journaling process. The tool receives, through the displayed interface, user input selecting desired information derivable from the journaling data collected by the journaling process. Based on the user input, the tool determines one or more commands that are understood by the journaling process and that control the journaling process to retrieve journaling data needed to derive the desired information. The tool controls the journaling process to execute the one or more commands, accesses journaling data retrieved through execution of the one or more commands, and reformats the accessed journaling data into a presentable format of the desired information.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to implement a tool that performs operations comprising: displaying, by the tool that is separate from a journaling process executed by a server system, an interface that enables user selection of information derivable from journaling data collected by the journaling process, the journaling process being configured to record, in a journal receiver, changes made to physical files stored at the server system; receiving, at the tool and through the displayed interface, a user input selecting desired information for display by the tool, the desired information being information that is not directly recorded by the journaling process and information that is derivable from the journaling data collected by the journaling process; determining based on the user input, by the tool, multiple sequential commands that are understood by the journaling process and that each control the journaling process to retrieve journaling data needed to derive the desired information; controlling, by the tool, the journaling process to execute each of the multiple sequential commands; accessing, by the tool, journaling data retrieved through execution of each of the multiple sequential commands; deriving, from the journaling data retrieved through execution of each of the multiple sequential commands by the tool, additional information that is not directly recorded by the journaling process and that includes information about the changes made to the physical files; including, in a report of audit information by the tool, the derived additional information about the changes made to the physical files by reformatting the accessed journaling data into the report of audit information, the report including a before image of audit information for the accessed journaling data and an after image of audit information for the accessed journaling data; and displaying, by the tool and on a display screen, the report with the derived additional information about the changes made to the physical files, the displaying including simultaneously displaying the before image and the after image on the same display screen.