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February 08, 2010
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Sentinel
Log Manager collects data from a wide variety of devices and applications,
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including intrusion detection systems, firewalls, operating systems, routers, Web servers, databases,
switches, mainframes, and antivirus event sources. Novell Sentinel Log Manager provides high
event-rate processing, long-term data retention, regional data aggregation, and simple searching and
reporting functionality for a broad range of applications and devices.
1 What's New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager
The following sections list the new and enhanced features of Novell Sentinel Log Manager.
1.1 What's New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4

1.1.1 New Data Collection User Interface

The new and enhanced data collection user interface enables you to perform several new tasks:
Refine all the event sources by using the new Event Sources screen.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Section 8, “Legal Notices,” on page 18  1 What's New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager The following sections list the new and enhanced features of Novell Sentinel Log Manager.  Section 1.1, “What’s New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4,” on page 1 Section 1.2, “Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0 Features,”...

  • Page 2: Ldap Authentication

    View all the event fields information for the event source by using the show all fields link.  For more information about searching events and generating reports, see “Searching” in the Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Administration Guide. 1.1.4 New User Interface for Actions The new user interface for actions allows you to create multiple action instances that you can also use while configuring rules.

  • Page 3: Novell Sentinel Log Manager

    Novell Sentinel Log Manager contains enhanced web-based user interface support for Syslog and Novell Audit connectivity to make it even easier to start collecting logs from event sources. You can direct all the logs to Sentinel Log Manager.
  • Page 4 Novell Sentinel Log Manager Guide. 1.2.3 Data Storage and Management Novell Sentinel Log Manager stores all of the log data in a compressed file format. Data can be archived locally or on a remotely-mounted CIFS or NFS share. You can set up data retention policies to configure the system to keep some data for longer time periods and other data for shorter time periods.

  • Page 5: Section 2, "System Requirements

    Sentinel Log Manager for centralized search and reporting. In addition, Sentinel Link can forward important events to Novell Sentinel, a full Security Information Event Management (SIEM) system, for advanced correlation, incident remediation, and injection of high-value contextual information such as server criticality or identity information from an identity management system.
  • Page 6 Section 4.2, “On a Remote Collector Manager,” on page 6  4.1 On a Sentinel Log Manager Server To perform a quick and simple installation of Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 on a Sentinel Log Manager server: 1 Log in to the Sentinel Log Manager as the user.

  • Page 7: Section 5, "Issues Fixed

    Section 5.4, “Issues Fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.1 Release,” on page 11  5.1 Issues Fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release This section lists the issues fixed in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release. Issues fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Table 1...
  • Page 8 Fixed: The new search tab now always has the most recently typed in search criteria. 5.1.1 Enhancement This section lists the enhancements in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release. Enhancements in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Table 2 Issues Fixed...
  • Page 9 5.2 Issues Fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.3 Release This section lists the issues fixed in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.3 Release. Issues fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.3 Release...
  • Page 10 Top 10 Report As Report dialog as well from the main report list. This report provides an easy way to view a dashboard of the most frequent activity being monitored by Sentinel Log Manager. Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Notes...
  • Page 11 5.3 Issues Fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.2 Release This section lists the issues fixed in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.2 Release. Issues fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.2 Release Table 4 Issues Fixed Description 537273 Issue: Non-admin user is able to log in to the Event Source Management interface by using a cached ESM jnlp file.
  • Page 12 Issue: The scheduled report is getting deleted when it is edited and invalid start time is entered. Fixed: After editing the scheduled report and giving invalid start time, the scheduled report will not get deleted. Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Notes...
  • Page 13 524998 Issue: On the Internet Explorer 8 browser, the scroll bar to view the license is disabled. Fixed: The license key can be viewed by using the scroll bar. Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Notes...

  • Page 14: Section 6, "Known Issues

    Section 6.2, “Known Issues in Sentinel Plug-ins,” on page 17  6.1 Known Issues in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0 This section lists the known issues in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0 Release. Known Issues in Sentinel Log Manager 1.0 Release Table 6...
  • Page 15 50 reports within 5-10 minutes), you may experience the following error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space Workaround: This is a temporary error due to the number of reports being run. Try running the report again later. Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Notes...
  • Page 16 6. Run the following command: server.sh start 7. Return to the Collector Manager install and enter the user/pass/ accept cert. You should see a valid issuer name and the acceptance of the certificate should proceed normally. Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Notes...
  • Page 17 Issue: When configuring a File event source, the browse button does not work properly when running the Event Source Management Interface on some operating systems (for example, Windows XP). Workaround: Type in the file or directory path in the text field. Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Release Notes...

  • Page 18: Section 7, "Documentation Conventions

    8 Legal Notices Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this documentation, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to its content, at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes.
  • Page 19 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.

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