Viewing archived sessions and managing archived databases requires the administrative Viewing Archived Data permission.
Play an archived session
The Archived Sessions tab — pick an archived database from the drop-down, then play any session from it just like a live one.
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Open the Archived Sessions tab
Sign in to the Management Tool, click Activity Monitoring in the left navigation, then select the Archived Sessions tab.
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Select the archived database
The list shown is the currently-selected archived database. To switch to a different archive, click the database name in the Select archived database to be investigated box and pick another one from the drop-down.
Only archived databases of the same database type (PostgreSQL or MS SQL Server) as your live deployment can be connected to.
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Click the session
Click any session in the list to open it in the Session Viewer. Playback works exactly the same way as for live sessions — see the Session Viewer overview.
Connect a new archived database
If the archived database you need isn’t in the drop-down list, add it:1
Open Manage Archived Databases
On the Archived Sessions tab, click the Manage Archived Databases button.
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Add a new profile
On the Manage Archived Databases page, click Add.
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Set the connection parameters
In the Add Archived Database Profile pop-up, enter:
- File system / NAS
- Amazon S3-like storage
Enter the path to the binary storage directory in Binary data location.If the binary storage location requires separate credentials (typical for NAS), select Use separate credentials to access binary storage and enter the User and Password.
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Save
Click Save in the bottom right of the pop-up. The new archive appears in the drop-down list on the Archived Sessions tab.
Edit or delete an archived database profile
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Open Manage Archived Databases
Click Manage Archived Databases on the Archived Sessions tab.
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Edit or delete
On the Manage Archived Databases page, click the Edit icon next to an existing profile (or the currently-selected one above the list) to change its parameters — or click the Delete icon to remove the profile.
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Save changes
Click Save in the bottom right of the pop-up to commit any edits.
Deleting an archived database profile only removes the connection from Syteca — it doesn’t delete the archived database itself from your database server.
Related
Archive & Cleanup
Configure the Archive & Cleanup process that moves sessions to long-term storage.
Session Viewer
How archived sessions play back — identical to live sessions.
Forensic Export
Export archived sessions for legal evidence and chain-of-custody purposes.
Binary storage in S3
Set up Amazon S3-like storage for archived binary data.