Installing Sentinel 6.1 Sp2; Installer Overview - Novell SENTINEL 6.1 SP2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 02-2010 Installation Manual

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Section 3.1, "Installer Overview," on page 27
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 Section 3.2, "Sentinel Configurations," on page 28
Section 3.3, "Port Numbers Used for Sentinel 6.1," on page 31
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Section 3.4, "General Installation Prerequisites," on page 31
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 Section 3.5, "Database Installation," on page 37
Section 3.6, "Simple Installation," on page 40
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Section 3.7, "Custom Installation," on page 42
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 Section 3.8, "Installing Sentinel as a Domain user," on page 54
Section 3.9, "Post-Installation Configuration," on page 54
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Section 3.10, "LDAP Authentication," on page 62
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 Section 3.11, "Updating the License Key," on page 69

3.1 Installer Overview

This section helps you install the major components of the Sentinel
offers the option of a Simple installation or Custom installation. The Simple installation installs all
components on one machine and is intended for demonstration or training systems. This is not
intended for production use as many minimal default settings are used for a Simple installation. The
Custom installation can be used to install one or more Sentinel components at a time and can be used
for distributed production installations.
In addition to the Sentinel components, there are several other applications that can be part of the
Sentinel system:
Database: The database stores the events, correlated events, and configuration information.
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The database must be installed according to the best practices recommended by Oracle and
Microsoft for database installation, directory structure, and so on.
Crystal Reports Server: Crystal (and its associated Web Server and database) is used to
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generate reports from the Novell
installer for Crystal components. For more information about installing Crystal, see
"Crystal Reports for Windows," on page 97
page 125.
 Crystal Reports Developer: This application is used to create and modify reports.
Advisor: Advisor provides real-time intelligence about attacks and vulnerabilities, including
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real-time exploit detection to determine which threats are taking place against vulnerable
systems. For more information about Advisor, see
Sentinel 6.1 User Guide.
Sentinel Link Solution: Sentinel Link is a mechanism that provides the ability to
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hierarchically link multiple Sentinel systems, including Novell Sentinel Log Manager, Novell
Sentinel, and Novell Sentinel Rapid Deployment. You can hierarchically link two or more
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report library or custom-designed reports, and has a separate
and Chapter 8, "Crystal Reports for Linux," on
"Advisor Usage and
system. The Sentinel installer
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Chapter 7,
Maintenance" in the
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