Upgrade Pn Log Agent To A Newer Version; Application Log Messages For The Pn Log Agent - Cisco CS-MARS-20-K9 - Security MARS 20 User Manual

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Install and Configure the PN Log Agent

Upgrade PN Log Agent to a Newer Version

You can determine which version of the PN Log Agent is running on your server by selecting Help >
About in the PN Log Agent Configuration dialog box. This program is updated independently of the
MARS Appliance software updates. Therefore, the version number does not correspond to any release
of the MARS Appliance software.
Beginning with the 4.1.3 release of the pnLog agent, the agent requires a minimum of Cisco Security
Note
Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System, release 4.1.3 running on the appliances to which it is
reporting in order to operate correctly.
To upgrade to the new PN Log Agent from an existing installation, you must perform the following
steps:
On the Cisco Secure ACS or syslog server where PN Log Agent is running, uninstall the old agent.
Step 1
a.
b.
c.
Reboot the server.
Step 2
Step 3
Install the new agent. You can download this tool from the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cs-mars-misc
Re-configure the new agent, specifying the list of files and IP address of the MARS Appliance, etc.
Step 4
For information on configuring the pnLog Agent, see
14-7.

Application Log Messages for the PN Log Agent

The PN Log Agent service writes events to the Application Log of Event Viewer on the Cisco Secure
ACS server. The agent, identified in the log messages as PNLogAgentService, writes status messages,
such as successful service start and stop. It also writes error messages for incomplete configuration and
error conditions, such as when the service is out of memory.
Table 14-1
service.
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To uninstall the old agent, click Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
Select PnLogAgent in the list of currently installed programs, and click Remove.
Select Yes to confirm the removal.
categories the types of messages that can occur and explains their affects on the PNLog Agent
Chapter 14
Install and Configure the PN Log Agent, page
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