Event Source Management Scratchpad; Comparing Sentinel 5.X And Sentinel 6.0 - Novell SENTINEL RAPID DEPLOYMENT 6.1 - 12-2009 User Manual

9.8 Event Source Management Scratchpad

Scratchpad is the Design Mode of the Health Monitor. Through Scratchpad, you can design and
configure various items:
Collector Managers
Collectors
Event Sources
Connectors
Event Source Servers
You can right-click the Sentinel icon and add the components. For more information, see
Section 9.4.2, "Adding Components to the Event Source Hierarchy," on page
NOTE: You cannot view the status of any object in the design mode because they are not connected
to an instance of a real Collector Manager.

9.9 Comparing Sentinel 5.x and Sentinel 6.0

The following Sentinel 5 components have been rolled up into ESM. Along with the Sentinel 5
component name, there is information about where to find the related functionality in ESM.
Comparison Table
Table 9-7
Component
Build / Edit Collector
Import Collector
Deploy Collector
Debug Collector
Storage location for
files for Collectors in
development
Storage location for
files for running
Collectors
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Sentinel 5.x
Building, modifying or editing a
Collector was possible in Collector
Builder in 5.x.
Importing a Collector is not applicable
in 5.x.
Deploying a Collector was possible in
Collector Builder in 5.x.
A debugging interface that enabled a
user to step through the parsing logic
in a Collector. This interface was
available in Collector Builder in
Sentinel 5.x.
<Install_directory>\wizard\E
lements
On the Collector Builder machine
<Install_directory>\wizard\E
lements
On the Collector Manager machine.
186.
Sentinel 6.0
Building, modifying or editing a
Collector is possible in Collector
Builder in 6.0.
You can import a Collector from
Sentinel Control Center in 6.0.
Deploying a Collector is possible in the
Sentinel Control Center in 6.0.
In ESM, this is now done through the
ESM panel in the Sentinel Control
Center. To debug a Collector in ESM,
right-click the Collector node you want
to debug and select the Debug option.
<Install_directory>\data\col
lector_workspace
On the Collector Builder machine.
<Install_directory>\data\col
lector_mgr.cache\collector_i
nstances
On the Collector Manager Machine.