What is SQL Server audit?
Auditing an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine or an individual database involves tracking and logging events that occur on the Database Engine. SQL Server Audit provides the tools and processes you must have to enable, store, and view audits on various server and database objects.
Where are SQL Server audit logs?
To view a SQL Server audit log In Object Explorer, expand the Security folder. Expand the Audits folder. Right-click the audit log that you want to view and select View Audit Logs. This opens the Log File Viewer -server_name dialog box.
How do you answer audit queries?
You fundamentally have three ways of responding:
- Agreement and corrective action plan. If you agree with the audit finding, simply say so, then move on with a corrective plan of action.
- Disagreement. When you disagree with the finding, proceed with caution.
- No response.
Can SQL Server audit be used to track hostnames?
Anyway here is a solution that I came up with which basically retrieves the related login record, extracts its hostname (app name not available) and then updates the select records hostname with the data. It then removes all of the unwanted login records.
Can a SQL Server audit track an IP address?
With SQLAudit you cannot track HostName or IP address. However, there’s an alternative method for auditing, based on streaming extended events. I blogged about it earlier this year.
What are the permission requirements for SQL audit?
Each feature and command for SQL Server Audit has individual permission requirements. To create, alter, or drop a Server Audit or Server Audit Specification, server principals require the ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT or the CONTROL SERVER permission.
What happens when SQL Server is audited and not started?
In the case of a failure during audit initiation, the server will not start. In this case, the server can be started by using the -f option at the command line. When an audit failure causes the server to shut down or not to start because ON_FAILURE=SHUTDOWN is specified for the audit, the MSG_AUDIT_FORCED_SHUTDOWN event will be written to the log.