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

[. . . ] novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 Novell Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 September, 2009 Novell® This document has the following information about Novell® SentinelTM 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2: Section 1, "Overview, " on page 1 Section 2, "New Features in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2, " on page 1 Section 3, "Prerequisites, " on page 2 Section 4, "Installation, " on page 3 Section 5, "Sentinel Database Patch Installation, " on page 5 Section 6, "Post-Installation, " on page 8 Section 7, "Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2, " on page 8 Section 8, "Known Issues in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2, " on page 9 Section 9, "Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 1, " on page 10 Section 10, "Documentation Conventions, " on page 11 Section 11, "Legal Notices, " on page 11 1 Overview This hotfix applies the latest software fixes and enhancements to an existing installation of Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 and 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 1. This hotfix must be installed on all existing Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 clients and servers. This includes machines with the Sentinel server, correlation engine, Sentinel database, Collector Manager, Sentinel Control Center, Collector Builder, and Sentinel Data Manager. 2 New Features in Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 is a maintenance release for Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 and Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 1. In addition to bug fixes, enhancements are made to the following features. Section 2. 1, "Global Filters, " on page 1 Section 2. 2, "JRE Upgrade, " on page 2 Section 2. 3, "LDAP Authentication, " on page 2 Section 2. 4, "Collector Manager, " on page 2 2. 1 Global Filters JavaScript* actions have now been associated with global filters An Action Manager button has been added in the Global Filter Configuration window, which enables you to add, modify, and delete actions. Novell Sentinel 6. 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 1 novdocx (en) 16 April 2010 For more information on global filters, see Global Filters (http://www. novell. com/documentation/ sentinel61/s61_user/?page=/documentation/sentinel61/s61_user/data/bhjlkyb. html#bhjlkye). 2. 2 JRE Upgrade The Java* Runtime Environment* (JRE*) has been upgraded from 1. 5 to 1. 6 as Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)* 5. 0 will be unsupported by Sun* as of October 30, 2009. 2. 3 LDAP Authentication A Sentinel 6. 1 server can now be configured for LDAP authentication to enable users to login to Sentinel using a Novell eDirectoryTM or Microsoft* Active Directory* username and password. [. . . ] Database service name of the Oracle Sentinel database that you want to patch. esecdba user password. 9 Press Enter. The script verifies the specified information and begins the database patch installation. 10 After the installation is complete, check for any errors. 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. 9 After the installation is complete, check for any errors. 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). 3 Extract the SENTINEL_6. 1. 1. 2. zip file. 5 Change to the install_directory\db_patch\bin directory. 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. SQL Server database instance name, if any. Port number of the SQL Server database. Name of the SQL Server database to patch (ESEC by default). esecdba user password. 8 Press Enter. The script verifies the entered information and proceeds if authentication is successful. 9 After applying the patch, check for any errors. [. . . ] The Solution Pack framework supports the Solution Packs that contain unsupported content. The SCC Help menu no longer displays an incorrect version number for SCC. You can now import the Sentinel-core Solution Pack, which has both Crystal* and Jasper* reports on Sentinel 6. 1. The default route in the Global Filter configuration window no longer displays Drop. [. . . ]