(1) To review and examine the activities of a data processing system mainly to test the adequacy and effectiveness of procedures for data security and data accuracy.
(2) To cheque for logical inconsistencies between server information and the actual condition of the system. Tivoli Storage Manager can audit volumes, the database, libraries, and licenses. For example, when Tivoli Storage Manager audits a volume, it cheques for inconsistencies between the information about backed-up or archived files stored in the database and the actual data associated with each backup version or archive copy in the storage pools.
(3) To record information about database or instance activity by applications or individuals.
(4) A process of inspection, correction, and verification that is used to cheque the economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity of an activity or process and to confirm that an activity is being carried out according to a common standard or in accordance with a recognised best practice.
(5) A DFSMShsm process that detects discrepancies in data set information contained in the volume tables of content (VTOCs), the computing system catalog, the migration control data set (MCDS), the backup control data set (BCDS), and the offline control data set (OCDS).