Novell SENTINEL 6.1 SP2 - 02-2010 User Manual page 260

4 Select the new map data source file by clicking Browse and selecting the file with the new map
data. After selecting the file, the data from the new map data source file displays under the New
tab. The map data you are replacing will be under the Current tab.
5 Uncheck or leave the default setting for Backup Existing Data On Server. Enabling this option
results in a backup of the existing map data source file being put in the
%ESEC_HOME%\bin\map_data (Windows) or $ESEC_HOME/data/map_data (UNIX) folder.
The prefix of the name of the backup map data source file will be the name of the existing map
data source file. The end of the filename will contain a set of random numbers followed by the
.bak suffix. For example: vuln_attacks10197.bak.
6 Click OK.
7 The data from the new map data source file will be uploaded to the server, replacing the
contents of the existing map data source file. After the source data is completely uploaded, the
map data will be regenerated and distributed to map clients (For example, Collector Manager).
To update map data using the command line:
1 If you haven't already, create a file containing the new map source data. This file can be
generated (for example, from a data dump script), created manually from scratch, or be an
edited version of the existing map data source file. If needed, you can obtain the existing map
data source file from the location:
For Windows:
%ESEC_HOME%\data\map_data
For UNIX:
$ESEC_HOME/data/map_data
2 Log into the Sentinel database.
3 Find UUID for the map in the MD_CONFIG table (refer to the CONFIG_ID column for the
appropriate map listed in the VALUE column).
4 On the Sentinel Server machine, log in as esecadm.
5 Run the following command:
On Windows:
map_updater.bat <uuid> <source path> [nobackup]
On UNIX:
map_updater.sh <uuid> <source path> [nobackup]
NOTE: On Windows, if the map data is in a directory including a space (For example,
Program Files), it might be necessary to place double quotes around the new data file path.
6 The data from the new map data source file will be uploaded to the server, replacing the
contents of the existing map data source file. After the source data is completely uploaded, the
map data will be regenerated and distributed to map clients (for example, Collector Manager).
Unless the optional -nobackup argument is added, the previous map data will be saved in a backup
file on the server. Enabling this option results in a backup of the existing map data source file being
put in the %ESEC_HOME%\bin\map_data (Windows) or $ESEC_HOME/data/map_data (UNIX)
folder. The prefix of the name of the backup map data source file will be the name of the existing
map data source file. The end of the filename will contain a set of random numbers followed by the
.bak suffix. For example: vuln_attacks10197.bak.
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