records of Internet activity and the associated Websense filtering actions. Installation creates the Log Database with a catalog database and one database partition. The catalog database provides a single connection point for the various Websense components that need to access the Log Database: status pages, Log Server, presentation reports, and investigative reports. It contains supporting information for the database partitions, including the list of category names, risk class definitions, the mapping of users to groups, database jobs, and so forth. The catalog database also maintains a list of all the available database partitions. Database partitions store the individual log records of Internet activity. For MSDE users, new partitions are created based on size rollover rules established by Websense software. Microsoft SQL Server users can configure the Log Database to start a new partition based on partition size or a date interval. There are a number of steps that you can take to help manage the size of the Log Database. Manage Log Database growth by configuring log record size You can use the Log Server Configuration Utility to enable options that reduce the size of the records stored in the Log Database. Keep in mind that enabling these options does reduce the precision of the data stored. Under Visits Processing, make sure that Enable visits is marked. Enabling this option means that when a user accesses a Web site, a single log record is created, combining all data items on the page (such as graphics and advertisements). Select the Consolidation