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Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.5 Release Notes

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Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.5 
Release Notes

March 30, 2010

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 Sentinel

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 Log Manager collects data from a wide variety of devices and applications, 

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. 

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Section 1, “What's New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager,” on page 1

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Section 2, “Prerequisite,” on page 3

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Section 3, “Installing Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.5,” on page 3

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Section 4, “Issues Fixed,” on page 5

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Section 5, “Known Issues,” on page 14

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Section 6, “Documentation Conventions,” on page 19

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Section 7, “Legal Notices,” on page 19

1  What's New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager

The following sections list the new and enhanced features of Novell Sentinel Log Manager.

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Section 1.1, “What’s New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.5,” on page 1

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Section 1.2, “What’s New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4,” on page 2

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Section 1.3, “New Plug-Ins,” on page 3

1.1  What’s New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.5

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“500 EPS Version of Sentinel Log Manager” on page 1

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“New End User License Agreement” on page 2

1.1.1  500 EPS Version of Sentinel Log Manager

The Novell Sentinel Log Manager is now available in a 500 EPS (events per second) version. The 
500 EPS version is suitable for small deployments with only one Sentinel Log Manager server and a 
low event rate. It can also be used as a low volume node reporting to another Sentinel or Sentinel 
Log Manager server in a large deployment.

Summary of Contents for SENTINEL LOG MANAGER 1.0.0.5 - S

Page 1: ...ssues Fixed on page 5 Section 5 Known Issues on page 14 Section 6 Documentation Conventions on page 19 Section 7 Legal Notices on page 19 1 What s New in Novell Sentinel Log Manager The following sect...

Page 2: ...and syslog event source server by using the new Event Source Servers tab Set the time zone for event sources Search for events that are coming from one or many event sources For more information about...

Page 3: ...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 User Administration in the Novel...

Page 4: ...SENTINEL_LOG_MANAGER_1 0 0 5 zip to a temporary directory 3 Change to the temporary directory 4 Unzip the install package by using the following command unzip SENTINEL_LOG_MANAGER_1 0 0 5 zip 5 Change...

Page 5: ...nel Log Manager 1 0 0 4 Release on page 7 Section 4 3 Issues Fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1 0 0 3 Release on page 9 Section 4 4 Issues Fixed in Sentinel Log Manager 1 0 0 2 Release on page 10 Section...

Page 6: ...to download raw data files for an Event Source which has a name with double byte characters results in the java io FileNotFoundException error Fixed Users can now download raw data files with double b...

Page 7: ...erface the browser reports an unresponsive script error As a result Sentinel Log Manager user interface also becomes unusable Fixed A new Data Collection user interface with Sentinel Log Manager hotfi...

Page 8: ...Manager now supports the LDAP authentication option 557632 Issue The exported results csv file should display the important fields columns at the beginning Fixed Important fields are placed in the beg...

Page 9: ...Issue Squashfs indexes that were mounted by a previous running instance of the server are not cleaned up when the server starts resulting is failed searches Fixed The server now detects if old mounts...

Page 10: ...urce Management ESM user interface consumes lot of memory on webstart for example 1GB and also becomes unusable Fixed The ESM user interface now works fine if there are many event sources are configur...

Page 11: ...ated on a remote Collector Manager do not get displayed on the Sentinel Log Manager server Fixed All the events that are generated on a remote Collector Manager will be displayed on the Sentinel Log M...

Page 12: ...ser an error message is displayed on entering a search criteria and hitting enter instead of clicking on Search button Fixed The search results appear as expected 525099 Issue Sentinel Log Manager doe...

Page 13: ...sults the event fields that were selected by default in the Select Event Fields window are not displayed in the user interface on scrolling through the search results Fixed All the events fields are b...

Page 14: ...In some cases an Out of Memory occurs in the Tomcat server related to the Data Collector Events Per Second chart Fixed The out of memory issue conditions has been fixed when generating this chart 501...

Page 15: ...lization 3 Select a corresponding template from the available templates You can use this report template to generate future reports For example to create a new Cisco Firewall Event Count Trend Report...

Page 16: ...plorer 8 all javascript pop up windows display error when French fr or Italian it or Spanish es languages are selected on login page Workaround Use the Firefox 3 web browser instead 510824 Issue After...

Page 17: ...op 4 Specify the command to change directory cd opt novell sentinel_log_mgr_1 0_x86 64 config 5 hostname f make sure a valid hostname is returned if not fix hostname NOTE All passwords must remain set...

Page 18: ...scription 524664 Issue Queue full condition might cause unpredictable behavior If a queue size limit is set for the Integrator and the queue is full and the Integrator configuration specifies that the...

Page 19: ...Integrator starts a background thread is also started to process this Workaround If Integrator is not sending events either because no events are happening or events are being filtered by rules you m...

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