Novell Sentinel™ 6.1.1.0
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Novell Sentinel™ 6.1.1.0
March 17, 2009
These are the release notes for the Sentinel 6.1.1.0 (6.1 SP1) Release.
Section 1, “Overview,” on page 1
Section 2, “New Features in Sentinel 6.1,” on page 2
Section 3, “Prerequisites,” on page 2
Section 4, “Installation,” on page 3
Section 5, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation,” on page 4
Section 6, “Post-Installation,” on page 7
Section 7, “Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6.1 Release,” on page 8
Section 8, “Known Issues in Sentinel 6.1.1.0 Release,” on page 12
Section 9, “Documentation Conventions,” on page 12
Section 10, “Legal Notices,” on page 13
1 Overview
The information in this Release Note file pertains to Novell Sentinel™ 6.1.1.0, which provides a
real-time, holistic view of security and compliance activities, while helping customers monitor,
report, and respond automatically to network events across the enterprise.
This Service Pack will apply the latest software fixes and enhancements to an existing installation of
Sentinel 6.1, including the updates in Sentinel 6.1 Hotfix 1 (6.1.0.1). Sentinel 6.1 must already be
installed before applying this Service Pack.
The Service Pack must be installed on all existing Sentinel 6.1 installation machines, client and
server. This includes machines with Sentinel Server the Correlation Engine, Sentinel Database,
Collector Manager, Sentinel Control Center, Collector Builder, and Sentinel Data Manager.
This Service Pack is mandatory for all users who subscribe to the Advisor data service.
1.1 Prerequisites
If Sentinel is not yet installed, it must be installed using the Sentinel 6.1.0.0 installer. Please see
the Sentinel Installation Guide for instructions.
If Sentinel 5.x is installed, it must be upgraded to Sentinel 6.1.0.0 using the upgrade installer.
Please see the Patch Installation Guide for instructions.
If Sentinel 4.x is installed, Sentinel 6.1.0.0 must be installed using the Sentinel 6.1.0.0 installer.
Some data can be migrated to the Sentinel 6.1.0.0 installation. Please see the Patch Installation
Guide for instructions.
