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September, 2009
This document has the following information about Novell
Section 1, "Overview," on page 1
Section 2, "New Features in Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2," on page 1
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
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.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2 September, 2009 Novell ® ® This document has the following information about Novell Sentinel™ 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,”...

  • Page 2: Novell Sentinel 6.1 Sp1 Hotfix 2

    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 eDirectory™ or Microsoft* Active Directory* username and password. NOTE: LDAP authentication is currently supported only on Linux* servers.

  • Page 3: Section 4, "Installation

    2 Verify that the environment variables for Sentinel are set by running one of the following commands: On Linux/Solaris:  echo $ESEC_HOME On Windows:  echo %ESEC_HOME% 3 Extract the file. SENTINEL_6.1.1.2.zip 4 Close all Sentinel applications running on the machine, including: Sentinel Control Center (SCC)  Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...
  • Page 4 Sentinel server and client machine that has Sentinel software installed. 12 Restart Sentinel services on all machines: On Windows: use the Windows Service Manager to start the Sentinel services.  On Unix: run  $ESEC_HOME/bin/sentinel.sh start Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...

  • Page 5: Section 5, "Sentinel Database Patch Installation

    -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 Sun* Web site (http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp). Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...
  • Page 6  The patch must be run by using the Sentinel Database User credentials or by if you esecdba are using SQL Authentication.  The user has the Java 1.6 executable as the PATH variable. Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...
  • Page 7 2 Stop the Sentinel services. 3 Extract the file. SENTINEL_6.1.1.2.zip 4 Open the command prompt. 5 Change to the directory. install_directory\db_patch\bin The install_directory is the directory where the Sentinel hotfix is installed. 6 Enter the command. PatchDb.bat Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...

  • Page 8: Section 6, "Post-Installation

    JavaScript collector is imported on top of a Legacy collector. 452100 SDM features that were present in Sentinel 6.0 SP2 HF5 are now included in Sentinel 6.1. 520098 SDM usage help is now complete. Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...
  • Page 9 DAS query das_query_0.0.log is started. 534306 Uninstallation of Sentinel fails as the Installshield still looks for JRE 1.5. Workaround: Uninstall Sentinel manually. For more information on uninstalling Sentinel, Sentinel Settings (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sentinel61/s61_install/ ?page=/documentation/sentinel61/s61_install/data/bgpq4lc.html#bgpq4ld). Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...

  • Page 10: Section 2.4, "Collector Manager

    You can now import the Sentinel-core Solution Pack, which has both Crystal* and Jasper* reports on Sentinel 6.1. 514275 The default route in the Global Filter configuration window no longer displays Drop. 486426 The McAfee* ePO collector now works as expected. Novell Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2...

  • Page 11: Novell Sentinel 6.1 Sp1 Hotfix 2

    Further, Novell, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.