User manual NOVELL SENTINEL 6.1 SP1 HOTFIX 2 READ ME 9-2009

[. . . ] For more information on configuring a Light Weight Collector Manager, see Configuring the Light Weight Collector Manager (http://www. novell. com/documentation/sentinel61/s61_install/?page=/ documentation/sentinel61/s61_install/data/bgms016. html#bl53pzx). 3 Prerequisites The prerequisites for the hotfix depend on the Sentinel version and platform. Read each section carefully to determine whether the steps apply to your environment. If Sentinel 4. x or 5. x is installed, it must be upgraded to Sentinel 6. 1 by using the upgrade installer. See the Patch Installation Guide for instructions. If Sentinel is not yet installed, install Sentinel by using the Sentinel 6. 1 installer. See the Sentinel Installation Guide for instructions. If Sentinel 6. 1 is installed, ensure that you have upgraded to Sentinel 6. 1 SP1. The complete product documentation is available at the Novell Sentinel 6. 1 Documentation Web site (http://www. novell. com/documentation/sentinel61). 2 Novell Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 NOTE: If your system is running an older version of Sentinel, then it is mandatory to upgrade it to Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 before applying this hotfix. 3. 1 Back Up Sentinel This prerequisite applies to all Sentinel systems, regardless of the version or platform. [. . . ] If you are using a machine that does not have Sentinel installed on it, run the following commands: To verify the Java version and PATH variable settings: java -version To update the PATH environment variable to include the Java installation directory: export PATH=/opt/novell/sentinel6/jre/bin:$PATH To install Java, download the appropriate Java version, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6. 0, from the Sun* Web site (http://java. sun. com/javase/downloads/index. jsp). Novell Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 5 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 5. 1. 2 Applying the Database Patch 1 Log in to the database server or another machine that has a connection to the Sentinel database. 5 On the command line, move to the installation directory that was just extracted. 8 Follow the prompts and specify the following information: Hostname or IP address of the Oracle Sentinel database that you want to patch. Database service name of the Oracle Sentinel database that you want to patch. The script verifies the specified information and begins the database patch installation. If there are no errors, the Sentinel database patch installation is complete. If there are errors, resolve the errors by referring to the error log files and re-run the PatchDb utility. 11 Restart the Sentinel services on all machines: On Windows: use Windows Service Manager to start the Sentinel services. If there are no errors, the Sentinel Database patch installation is complete. If there are errors, resolve the errors by referring to the error log files and re-run the PatchDb utility 10 After the patch runs with no errors, restart the Sentinel services. 5. 2. 3 Installing the Database Patch with SQL Server Authentication To install the database patch with SQL Server authentication, you need the credentials for the Sentinel database user. 1 Log into the database machine as the Windows Domain user (Sentinel database user). The install_directory is the directory where the Sentinel hotfix is installed. 6 Enter the PatchDb. bat command. Novell Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 7 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 7 Follow the prompts and specify the following information: Hostname or IP address of the SQL Server Sentinel database machine. The script verifies the entered information and proceeds if authentication is successful. If there are no errors, the Sentinel Database patch installation is complete. If there are errors, resolve the errors by referring to the error log files and re-run the PatchDb utility. 10 After the patch runs with no errors, restart the Sentinel services. 6 Post-Installation The default date and time format in Sentinel Control Center can be overridden. For customizing the date and time format to your local time zone, see the Java Web site (http://java. sun. com/j2se/1. 6. 0/ docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat. html). On Windows: %ESEC_HOME%\config\SentinelPreferences. properties On UNIX: $ESEC_HOME/config/SentinelPreferences. properties 2 Remove the comment from the following line and customize the date and time format for Sentinel Control Center event date/time fields. com. eSecurity. Sentinel. event. datetimeformat=yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss. SSSZ For more information on post-installation setup, see Section 8, "Known Issues in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2, " on page 9. 7 Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 The following table lists the defects fixed in the Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2. Table 1 Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 Defect Number Description 486590 452100 520098 Event Source Managemet (ESM) shuts down the collector as expected when a JavaScript collector is imported on top of a Legacy collector. SDM features that were present in Sentinel 6. 0 SP2 HF5 are now included in Sentinel 6. 1. SDM usage help is now complete. 8 Novell Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 Defect Number Description 520100 529027 532534 532536 534257 529072 451588 534842 The active user session no longer displays the IP address in hexadecimal format for client sessions. [. . . ] You agree to not use deliverables for prohibited nuclear, missile, or chemical biological weaponry end uses. 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