Audit Database file open failure

If an Audit Database file cannot be re-opened or created, the associated Data Archive subsystem creates an alternate Audit Database file named pisubsystemAudit~UTCSeconds.dat, where pisubsystem is the name of the associated subsystem and UTCSeconds is the current time expressed in UTC seconds. For example: pisnapssAudit~1003043789.dat.

The subsystem once again attempts to open or create pisubsystemAudit.dat. If this fails again, a new file, using the same format above, is created and used for auditing.

Note: The pisubsystemAudit~UTCSeconds.dat files in the PI\log directory contain valid audit records that are not included in the primary defined Audit Database file. There is no merge function available. To maintain a complete audit trail, you need to store and back up these alternate files.

1. Close the audit files.

2. Immediately copy or move the audit files to a different directory.

3. Re-open the audit files.