How to Back Up PostgreSQL Audit Events for Dell Data Security Servers

This guide provides information about how to back up PostgreSQL audit events for Dell Data Security (formerly Dell Data Protection) servers.

Affected Products:

• Dell Security Management Server Enterprise
• Dell Data Protection Enterprise Edition Server
• Dell Security Management Server Virtual
• Dell Data Protection Virtual Edition

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows
• Linux

Audit events may be backed up when using Dell Data Security products:

• Dell Security Management Server (formerly Dell Data Protection Enterprise Edition Server)
• Dell Security Management Server Virtual (formerly Dell Data Protection Virtual Edition)

Dell Security Management Server

Click on the Dell Security Management Server version for how to backup audit events. For versioning information, reference How to Identify the Dell Data Security Server Version.

Version 10.2.5 and Later

For backup instructions, reference PostgreSQL 10 Documentation.

Version 9.6.0 to 10.2.4

PostgreSQL was added in Dell Security Management Server version 9.6 for Dell Data Guardian functionality. For backup instructions, reference PostgreSQL 9.5.25 Documentation.

Dell Security Management Server Virtual

Audit events are in the built-in backup function of Dell Security Management Server Virtual. Reference How to Back Up and Restore Dell Security Management Server Virtual.