Before you plan and configure your auditing configuration, you should understand how auditing works.
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Basic auditing concepts
To understand auditing in Data ONTAP, you should be aware of some basic auditing concepts.
How the Data ONTAP auditing process works
The Data ONTAP auditing process is different than the Microsoft auditing process. Before you configure auditing, you should understand how the Data ONTAP auditing process works.
Aggregate space considerations when enabling auditing
When an auditing configuration is created and auditing is enabled on at least one Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) in the cluster, the auditing subsystem creates staging volumes on all existing aggregates and on all new aggregates that are created. You need to be aware of certain aggregate space considerations when you enable auditing on the cluster.
