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Qumulo

Understanding File Activity Monitoring

The Activity Monitor can be configured to monitor the following:

  • Ability to collect all or specific file activity for specific values or specific combinations of values

It provides the ability to feed activity data to SIEM products. The following dashboards have been specifically created for Activity Monitor event data:

It also provides the ability to feed activity data to other Netwrix products:

  • Netwrix Enterprise Auditor
  • Netwrix Threat Prevention
  • Netwrix Threat Manager

Prior to adding a Qumulo host to the Activity Monitor, the prerequisites for the target environment must be met. See the Qumulo Activity Auditing Configuration topic for additional information.

Remember, the Activity Agent must be deployed to a Windows server that acts as a proxy for monitoring the target environment.

Add Qumulo Host​

Follow the steps to add a Qumulo host to be monitored.

Step 1 – In Activity Monitor, go to the Monitored Hosts tab and click Add. The Add New Host window opens.

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Step 2 – On the Choose Agent page, select the Agent to monitor the file server from the drop-down list. Click Next.

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Step 3 – On the Add Host page, select the Qumulo radio button and enter the file server name. Click Next.

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Step 4 – On the Qumulo Options page, enter the user name and password.

  • Protocol – Select from the following options in the drop-down list:
    • Auto Detect
    • HTTPS
    • HTTPS, ignore certificate errors
  • Connect – Click Connect to connect to the Qumulo device using the selected protocol and validate the connection.

The following values are shown for information purposes. You can use them to configure auditing in Qumulo.

  • Syslog Address – Address to configure Qumulo cluster.
  • Port – Port to configure Qumulo cluster.

Click Next.

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Step 5 – On the Where To Log The Activity page, select whether to send the activity to either a Log File or Syslog Server. Click Next.

NOTE: An option must be selected before moving to the next step.

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Step 6 – If Log File is selected on the Where To Log The Activity page, configure the File Output page.

  • Specify output file path – Specify the file path where TSV log files are saved on the agent's server. Click the ellipses button (...) to open the Windows Explorer to navigate to a folder destination. Click Test to test if the path works.

  • Period to keep Log files – Log files will be deleted after the period entered as the number of days elapses. The default is 10 days. Use the dropdown to specify whether to keep the Log files for a set number of Hours or Days.

  • This log file is for Enterprise Auditor – Enable this option to have Enterprise Auditor collect this monitored host configuration

    RECOMMENDED: Identify the configuration to be read by Enterprise Auditor when integration is available.

    NOTE: While Activity Monitor can have multiple configurations for log file outputs per host, Enterprise Auditor can only read one of them.

  • Add header to Log files – Adds headers to TSV files. This is used to feed data into Splunk.

    NOTE: Enterprise Auditor does not support log files with the header.

Click Next.

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Step 7 – If Syslog Server is selected on the Where To Log The Activity page, configure the Syslog Output page.

  • Syslog server in SERVER[:PORT] format – Type the Syslog server name with a SERVER:Port format in the textbox.

    • The server name can be short name, fully qualified name (FQDN), or IP Address, as long as the organization’s environment can resolve the name format used.

  • Syslog Protocol – Identify the Syslog protocol to be used for the Event stream. The drop-down menu includes:

    • UDP
    • TCP
    • TLS

    The TCP and TLS protocols add the Message framing drop-down menu. See the Syslog Tab topic for additional information.

  • The Test button sends a test message to the Syslog server to check the connection. A green check mark or red will determine whether the test message has been sent or failed to send. Messages vary by Syslog protocol:

    • UDP – Sends a test message and does not verify connection
    • TCP/TLS – Sends test message and verifies connection
    • TLS – Shows error if TLS handshake fails

    See the Syslog Tab topic for additional information.

Click Finish.

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The added Qumulo host is displayed in the monitored hosts table. Once a host has been added for monitoring, configure the desired ouptuts. See the Output for Monitored Hosts topic for additional information.

Host Properties for Qumulo​

Configuration settings can be edited through the tabs in the host’s Properties window. The configurable host properties are:

See the Host Properties Window topic for additional information.