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For more information about configuring rules and actions, see
Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Administration
Enhancement to the Admin User Interface
The new admin user interface enables you to assign new permissions for a user:
You can now allow users to view all reports that are stored on the server
Enable Sentinel Log Manager configuration reporting
You can now set a filter for the events a user can view.
For more information about configuring users, see
Manager 1.0.0.4 Administration

1.1.3 Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0 Features

"Installation and Deployment" on page 11
"Data Collection" on page 11
"Data Storage and Management" on page 12
"Reporting and Searching" on page 12
Installation and Deployment
Novell Sentinel Log Manager is easy to install and deploy for data collection, storage, reporting, and
searching of log data. Installation of Novell Sentinel Log Manager includes installation of the
Sentinel Log Manager server, Web server, reporting server, and configuration database.
Data Collection
Novell Sentinel Log Manager can collect and manage data from event sources that generate logs to
syslog, windows event log, files, databases, SNMP, Novell Audit, SDEE, Check Point OPSEC, and
other storage mechanisms and protocols.
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.
Messages from recognized data sources are parsed into fields such as target IP address and source
username. Messages from unrecognized data sources are placed intact into a single field for storage,
search, and reporting. All data can be filtered to drop unwanted events.
For a complete list of supported event sources, see
www.novell.com/documentation/novelllogmanager10/novell_log_manager/data/bhmwq0w.html)
the Novell Sentinel Log Manager Guide.
Novell Sentinel Log Manager collects data using a wide variety of connection methods:
Syslog Connector automatically accepts and configures syslog data sources that send data over
the standard user datagram protocol (UDP), reliable transmission control protocol (TCP), or
secure transport layer system (TLS).
Audit Connector automatically accepts and configures audit-enabled Novell data sources.
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