Forwarding CIFS Audit logs to splunk server

[Prudhviraj17]

Is there a possibility to forward the CIFS audit logs to Splunk? I know NetApp does not have a capability to send the logs to Splunk. 
i have tried couple of options like making a hard link  of audit logs share in windows server as a folder and tried to forward from there to Splunk but the result was negative. Splunk is unable to pull the logs. 
Tried with NFS as well but the result remain same.

Can someone help me if there are any options to try?

[Ontapforrum · Accepted solution]

Have a look at the following thread:

1) CIFS audit logs cannot be pushed to another server, only accessed through a CIFS share.

2) You can forward CIFS audit logs to a syslog server.

https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/CIFS-Audit-log-forwarding-to-Splunk-Server/td-p/433210#:~:text=Correct.,accessed%20through%20a%20CIF...