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3 Specify the Search and Limit to criteria.
4 Select the component type by which to limit the view.
10.4.2 Adding Components to Event Source Hierarchy
Although some Sentinel components are pre-installed with the Sentinel system, Novell recommends
that you check the Sentinel Content web site for updated versions. This content can be downloaded
from the following location:
http://support.novell.com/products/sentinel/sentinel6.1html (http://support.novell.com/products/
sentinel/sentinel6.1html)
Collectors, Connectors and Event Sources can be added to the system through the right-click menus
on the main ESM display.
10.4.3 Collectors
To run the Collectors and generate the Events as per your requirements, you need to:
Download Collectors
Import and Deploy Collectors
After downloading Collectors, import and deploy the Collectors.
Generate Events
Start (Right-click the Collector and select Start) the Collector to generate Events.
Debug Collectors
For any errors in the output of a Collector, select the Collector, right-click and select
Debug.
For more information, see
Edit Collectors
To troubleshoot any misbehavior of a Collector, you can edit the Collector. The method
for editing the Collector depends on the type of Collector
For proprietary (or legacy) Collectors, copy the Collector Script to a Windows machine
that has Collector Builder installed.
For JavaScript Collectors, any standard development environment for JavaScript can be
used.
For more information on editing Collectors, see Sentinel Collector SDK.
Re-Import and deploy Collectors
Adding Connectors/Collector Plugins
NOTE: When you use the Sentinel Control Center to browse to locate a file on the Desktop of the
Collector Manager, clicking Desktop takes you to the Desktop of the user running the Collector
Manager, usually SYSTEM. Extra steps might be necessary to navigate to the correct user's
desktop.
194 Sentinel 6.1 User Guide
Section 10.5, "Debugging," on page
211.
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