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A practical checklist for confirming logs are collected, routed, stored, and reviewable Logs are useful only if they are available when the team needs them. In OCI, it is possible to enable service logs, route them through Connector Hub, and store them in Object Storage for later review. Connector Hub is also referenced in some Oracle material as Service Connector Hub. The setup can look simple on the surface. But from a delivery point of view, the important question is not whether the connector was created. The important question is: Can we prove that the logs are being collected, routed, stored, retained, and reviewed when needed? This article is written from a practical validation point of view. It uses a simple example: moving OCI Load Balancer logs from OCI Logging to Object Storage using Connector Hub. Scope note: this is an independent review and validation exercise. It is not a client implementation, and no production environment, customer data, or confidential information is referenced. All names, prefixes, and identifiers below are placeholders. Console labels, defaults, and behaviour can change between releases and regions, so every value should be confirmed in your own tenancy and current Oracle documentation. The goal is not to describe every possible logging design. The goal is to give a clear checklist that helps confirm the flow is working end to end. Why log retention needs validation Enabling a log is not the same as retaining a log. A team may be able to show that logging was switched on. That does not automatically prove that the data still exists for the period being questioned, that it landed where it was supposed to land, or that someone can retrieve and read it when needed. There is one detail worth stating early. There are two retention clocks, not one. Clock What it controls Where it is set Logging retention How long the log data stays inside OCI Logging On the individual log Object Storage lifecycle How long the exported copy stays in the