4
Novell Sentinel™ 6.1.1.0
6
Open a command prompt. For most Windows systems and Linux/Solaris, you can use any
method to open the prompt. For Windows Vista, you must open the command prompt as an
administrator using the following instructions.
6a
Go to
Start > All Programs > Accessories
.
6b
Right-click
Command Prompt
and select
Run as administrator
.
6c
If User Access Control is enabled and you are logged in as a user with administrator
privileges, a
User Access Control
window appears to notify you that “
Windows needs
your permission to continue
”.
6d
Click
Continue
. If you are logged in as a user without administrative privileges, you will
be prompted to authenticate as an administrative user.
7
On the command line, return to the extracted Service Pack top level directory and run the
service_pack script to start the Service Pack installer:
On Windows: .\service_pack.bat
On Unix: ./service_pack.sh
8
Press the <ENTER> key when prompted to start the Service Pack installation procedure.
9
After the installation completes, log out and log back in to apply environmental variable
changes.
10
Repeat the above steps on every machine with Sentinel software installed. This is required for
all machines with any Sentinel software, including both Sentinel server and client software.
11
Restart the Sentinel services on all machines:
On Windows, use
Windows Service Manager
to start the “Sentinel” services.
On *NIX, run
$ESEC_HOME/bin/sentinel.sh start
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This Service Pack also contains a mandatory patch for the Sentinel Database. Apply the
database patch by performing the appropriate steps in the section below for the database
platform you are using.
5 Sentinel Database Patch Installation
In addition to patching the Sentinel components, you must run a script to patch the database. The
instructions are different depending on which database you have.
Section 5.1, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation on Oracle,” on page 4
Section 5.2, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation on SQL Server,” on page 6
5.1 Sentinel Database Patch Installation on Oracle
There are several prerequisites for applying the Oracle database patch. The machine and account
from which the database patch is run must meet the following requirements:
User has the Oracle client application sqlplus in its PATH.
User has the environment variable
ORACLE_HOME
set to the directory where the Oracle
software is installed.
User must be a member of the Oracle "dba" group.
User has the Java 1.5 executable java in its PATH.
