About This Guide 7novdocx (en) 11 July 2008About This GuideWelcome to the Novell® Identity Manager Integration Guide for Novell Audit. This guide providesthe information necessary to integrate Novell Audit with Identity Manager to provide auditing andreporting services for Identity Manager. Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 9 Chapter 2, “Installing and Configuring Novell Audit,” on page 11 Chapter 3, “Installing and Configuring the Platform Agent,” on page 13 Chapter 4, “Managing Identity Manager Events,” on page 17 Chapter 5, “Using Status Logs,” on page 27 Chapter 6, “Securing the Connection with Novell Audit,” on page 31 Appendix A, “Identity Manager Events,” on page 39 Appendix B, “Novell Audit Reports,” on page 43AudienceThis guide is intended for network administrators.FeedbackWe want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentationincluded with this product. Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of theonline documentation, or go to www.novell.com/documentation/feedback.html and enter yourcomments there.Documentation UpdatesFor the most recent version of the Identity Manager 3.6 Integration Guide for Novell Audit, visit theIdentity Manager Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/idm36).Additional DocumentationFor the current Novell Audit documentation, see the Novell Audit Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/novellaudit20/index.html).Documentation ConventionsIn Novell documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step anditems in a cross-reference path.A trademark symbol (® , TM, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-partytrademark.When a single pathname can be written with a backslash for some platforms or a forward slash forother platforms, the pathname is presented with a backslash. Users of platforms that require aforward slash, such as Linux* or UNIX*, should use forward slashes as required by your software.