Server objects

The following table lists all server objects that you can create rules for in an audit or in a snapshot specification. Some server object values are captured and audited live and some objects are captured from the Model Repository.

Server Object

Description

Captured Live and/or from Model Repository

Application Configurations

Contents of application configuration files and their values.

Live

Windows COM+(See note below table.)

COM+ objects and component categories.

Live

Custom Scripts

Write your own custom scripts to retrieve information from a server and compare contents. For example, you can run a script to gather output from a custom application and evaluate returned output against values set in the audit. (Python only for python scripts.)

If you target an ESXi server, you can only run PowerShell scripts.

Live

Discovered Software

Discovered Software provides a signature-based software discovery mechanism for Windows and UNIX managed servers to help you manage applications and software that are not managed by SA.

Live

Files

Contents of files and directories (and subdirectories), user and group access, checksum for files, file modification date, and Windows ACLs (Windows only).

Live

Hardware

CPU, storage devices, and memory.

Model Repository

IIS Metabase

Microsoft IIS Metabase objects and configuration values to snapshot or audit.

Live

IIS 7.0

Microsoft IIS 7.0

Live

Internet Information Server

Real time information about IIS for a Windows server, such as server name, server type, server state, log file path, document file path, and so on.

Live

Local Security Settings

Real time information about security settings, including security settings such as password policy, audit policy, user rights, and security options.

Live

Registered Software

All installed packages or patches actually installed on a source server, whether or not they have been registered by the model repository.

Live

Users and Groups

Compare information about users and groups on servers, such as user name for last login, whether or not CTRL + ALT + DELETE is enabled, and so on.

Live

Windows .NET Framework Configuration

Real time information about Assembly Cache and Configured Assembly List, such as assembly name, version, locale, public key token, cache file (GAC or ZAP), processor architecture, custom, and file name.

For every Configured Assembly List, you can use information such as assembly name, public key token, codebases, binding policy, file name, file data.

Live

Windows Registry

Select Windows Registry directories or registry key values to capture and compare.

Live

Windows Services

Select Windows services.

Live

Windows Users and Groups

Users and groups information on a Windows Unix servers.

Live

  • A Windows COM+ category (folder) that does not have any objects will not be included in a snapshot or audit, even though SA will display an empty COM+ folder in the Device Explorer.
  • SAAudit and Remediation does not support device files or sockets.

Important The SA Client cannot create a snapshot of the entire Windows Registry or a snapshot of all system keys. The volume of data is larger than the current design allows.