Network Management

Locate the time and date of when a node was added

This article describes how to look for the date and time when a node was added. This is essential when customers would like to know how long they have been managing their devices.

First published date

10/25/2018 1:30 PM

Last published date

10/25/2018 1:30 PM

Overview

This article describes how to look for the date and time when a node was added. This is essential when customers would like to know how long they have been managing their devices.

Product section

Orion Platform

Resolution

Steps

1. Login to Orion Web Console as admin.
2. Go to Alerts & Activity and click Message Center.
3. Filter Devices: default to All Objects, Device Types and Vendors.
4. Filter Message "Show Audit Events". Time Period - Last 12 Month (you can also customize this).
5. Filter Audit: Action Type - Node Added and User - admin.
6. Click Apply.

Note: By default, Auditing Trails Retention is set to 365 days. Auditing Trails statistics will be deleted from the database after configured days. If you have not set this before beyond the default value, you will only get data from the past 365 days.

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