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Gui Audit Trail Question

  • December 18, 2025
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Question on GUI audit trail. It was my understanding that the audit trail captures all CommCell console gui operations that are being done
on the Commvault environment and many more. The Commvault documentation appear to show this is not the case.  Loading Commvault licence for example is not reflected in the GUI Audit trail.  So if GUI audit trail does not capture these significant changes or config change in the environment, then what Commvault report does it.  I raise this question as it is very important that we have some tracking as to what changes are being done in the environment and if the GUI audit trail does not track everything and no other Commvault feature does then it makes it hard to monitor any changes (unapproved changes ) done in the environment.

Thoughts, suggestions and reactions are most welcome

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    Sunil
    Vaulter
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    • SunilVaulter
    • Vaulter
    • December 18, 2025

    Hi ​@LiliDale 

    GUI Audit trail is supposed to capture all operations. Apart from License application, do you see any other operation not being audited?

     

    Thanks,

    Sunil-

     

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    • Ponte_VedraApprentice
    • Apprentice
    • December 18, 2025

    I don’t think the GUI audit report would catch applying a key being that you point to a file that directly updates the CVDB. There is no ‘action’ taking place like submitting a job or a configuration change etc.

    The key updates the license table with an overwrite action - I believe its also the same reason you dont see a ‘license history’ tab. 

    This is just my best guess :-)



     

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    • mach123Apprentice
    • Apprentice
    • December 18, 2025

    thanks for the response.  i believe this defeats the name of the tool then if I may say.  it does audit a few but not all gui related actions.

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    Vaulter
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    • LedoespVaulter
    • Vaulter
    • December 19, 2025

    Below the documented list of operations recorded in the audit trail:

    https://documentation.commvault.com/11.40/commcell-console/operations_recorded_by_audit_trail.html

    I have seen in the past some activities were not reflected as expected and it was requested to be included, so please request via support ticket to be included the apply license file.

     

    Sunil
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    • SunilVaulter
    • Vaulter
    • December 19, 2025

     

    Question on GUI audit trail. It was my understanding that the audit trail captures all CommCell console gui operations that are being done
    on the Commvault environment and many more. The Commvault documentation appear to show this is not the case.  Loading Commvault licence for example is not reflected in the GUI Audit trail.  So if GUI audit trail does not capture these significant changes or config change in the environment, then what Commvault report does it.  I raise this question as it is very important that we have some tracking as to what changes are being done in the environment and if the GUI audit trail does not track everything and no other Commvault feature does then it makes it hard to monitor any changes (unapproved changes ) done in the environment.

    Thoughts, suggestions and reactions are most welcome

    I checked internally with the Dev team. This, apparently, is a known issue which is being addressed on the latest release.

     

    Thanks,

    Sunil-

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