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Follow the prompts and specify the following information:

Hostname or IP address of the SQL Server Sentinel database machine.

SQL Server database instance name, if any.

Port number of the SQL Server database.

Name of the SQL Server database to patch (ESEC by default).

2 for the SQL Authentication option.

esecdba user password.

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Press Enter.
The script verifies the entered information and proceeds if authentication is successful.

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After applying the patch, check for any errors. If there are no errors, the Sentinel Database 
patch installation is complete. If there are errors, resolve the errors by referring to the error log 
files and re-run the PatchDb utility.

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After the patch runs with no errors, restart the Sentinel services.

6  Post-Installation

The default date and time format in Sentinel Control Center can be overridden. For customizing the 
date and time format to your local time zone, see the 

Java Web site (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.6.0/

docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html)

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Edit the 

SentinelPreferences.properties

 file.

On Windows:

%ESEC_HOME%\config\SentinelPreferences.properties

On UNIX:

$ESEC_HOME/config/SentinelPreferences.properties

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Remove the comment from the following line and customize the date and time format for 
Sentinel Control Center event date/time fields.

com.eSecurity.Sentinel.event.datetimeformat=yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ

For more information on post-installation setup, see 

Section 8, “Known Issues in Sentinel 6.1 SP1 

Hotfix 2,” on page 9

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7  Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2

The following table lists the defects fixed in the Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2.

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Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 2

Defect Number

Description

486590 

Event Source Managemet (ESM) shuts down the collector as expected when a 
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.

Summary of Contents for SENTINEL 6.1 SP1 HOTFIX 2 - READ ME 9-2009

Page 1: ...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...

Page 2: ...arsed by the Collector Manager Sentinel 6 1 SP1 Hotfix 2 enables the EventRouter to operate in server and client modes on both DAS machines and Collector Manager machines The Collector Manager install...

Page 3: ...partitioned or archived the PatchDb script might fail if the AUDIT_RECORD table is too large relative to the amount of temporary tablespace available There are two approaches to ensure that the PatchD...

Page 4: ...d to authenticate as an administrative user 7 On the command line return to the extracted hotfix top level directory and run the script to start the hotfix installer On Windows service_pack bat On Uni...

Page 5: ...he Oracle dba group The user has the Java 1 6 executable as the PATH variable TIP You can run the PatchDb script directly on the database server machine if the prerequisites are met However in some en...

Page 6: ...lation 10 After the installation is complete check for any errors If there are no errors the Sentinel database patch installation is complete If there are errors resolve the errors by referring to the...

Page 7: ...dress of the SQL Server Sentinel database machine SQL Server database instance name if any Port number of the SQL Server database Name of the SQL Server database to patch ESEC by default 1 for the Win...

Page 8: ...the date and time format to your local time zone see the Java Web site http java sun com j2se 1 6 0 docs api java text SimpleDateFormat html 1 Edit the SentinelPreferences properties file On Windows...

Page 9: ...efect Number Description 530554 Sentinel Control Center SCC and Sentinel Solution Designers SSD launchers shortcuts do not launch the respective Sentinel applications on WIndows Workaround For SCC rig...

Page 10: ...ctive stream for a prolonged time period 498871 ESM pays attention to the default attribute for Connection methods 459625 SDM no longer lets you create impossible configurations with at least MS SQL 4...

Page 11: ...comply with all export control regulations and to obtain any required licenses or classification to export re export or import deliverables You agree not to export or re export to entities on the cur...

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