Novell SENTINEL 6.1 User Manual

Novell Sentinel™ 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 1

July 08, 2009

This document has the following information about Novell Sentinel™ 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 1:

 Section 1, “Overview,” on page 1
 Section 2, “Prerequisites,” on page 1
 Section 3, “Installation,” on page 1
 Section 4, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation,” on pa ge 3
 Section 5, “Post-Installation,” on page 6
 Section 6, “Defects Fixed in Sentinel 6.1 SP1 Hotfix 1,” on page 6
 Section 7, “Documentation Conventions,” on page 7
 Section 8, “Legal Notices,” on page 7

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1 Overview

This hotfix applies the latest software fixes and enhancements to an existing installation of Sentinel

6.1 SP1.

NOTE: Sentinel 6.1 SP1 must already be installed before applying this hotfix.

This hotfix must be installed on all existing Sentinel 6.1 SP1 clients and servers. This includes
machines with Sentinel Server, Correlation Engine, Sentinel Database, Collector Manager, Sentinel
Control Center, Collector Builder, and Sentinel Data Manager.

2 Prerequisites

 If Sentinel 4.x or 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 is not yet installed, install Sen tinel using th e Sentinel 6.1 .0.0 install er. Please see the

Sentinel Installation Guide for instructions.

 Ensure that Sentinel 6.1 SP1 is installed.

The complete product documentation and the most recent version of the files are available at the

Novell Sentinel 6.1 Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sentinel61).

3 Installation

1 Login to every machine that has Sentinel installed.

 On Linux*/Solaris*, log in as

root

.

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 On Windows* Vista* , log in a s any use r if User A ccess Control is enabled. If User Access

Control is disabled, you must log in as an Administrator.

 On other (non-Vista) Windows systems, log in as an Administrator.

2 Verify that the environment variables for Sentinel are set by running one of the following

commands:

 On Linux/Solaris: echo $ESEC_HOME
 On Windows: echo %E SE C_H O ME%

3 Extract the

<SENTINEL_6.1.1.1.zip>

file.

4 Close all Sentinel applications running on this machine, including:

 Sentinel Control Center (SCC)
 Sentinel Collector Builder
 Sentinel Data Manager
 Solution Designer

5 Stop the Sentinel service running on this machine:

 On Windows: use Windows Service Manager to stop the Sentinel service.
 On Linux/Solaris: run the

$ESEC_HOME/bin/sentinel.sh stop

command.

6 Open the command prompt. For most Windows systems and Linux/Solaris, you can log in as

any user 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 that

permission to continue

.

Windows needs your

6d Click Continue. If you are logged in as a user without administrative privileges, you are

prompted 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:
 On Unix:

service_pack.bat

./service_pack.sh

8 Press Enter when prompted to start the Hotfix installation procedure.
9 After the installation completes, log out and l og in to ap ply the envi ronmental varia ble change s.

10 Repeat the above steps on every Sentinel server and client machine that has Sentinel software

installed.

11 Restart Sentinel services on all machines:

 On Windows: use Windows Service Manager to start the Sentinel services.
 On UNIX: run

$ESEC_HOME/bin/sentinel.sh start

NOTE: This Hotfix also contains a mandatory patch for the Sentinel Database.

12 Apply the database patch. For information on database patch installation, refer to “Sentinel

Database Patch Installation” on page 3

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4 Sentinel Database Patch Installation

In addition to applying patches to the Sentinel components, you must run a script to apply the patch
the Sentinel database. The installation instructions differ depending on the database you have.

 Section 4.1, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation on Oracle,” on page 3
 Section 4.2, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation on SQL Server,” on page 4

4.1 Sentinel Database Patch Installation on Oracle

The following sections describe the prerequisites and the procedure to install the database patch on
Oracle:

 “Prerequisites” on page 3
 “Applying the Database Patch” on page 4

4.1.1 Prerequisites

The machine and account from which the database patch is run must meet the following
requirements:

 User has the Oracle client application sqlplus as the PATH variable.
 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 as the PATH variable.

TIP: The easiest way to apply the patch is to run the PatchD B script dire ctly on the database server
machine provided the prerequisites are met. However, in some environments, local policies prohibit
this type of installation (for example, you cannot install Java on the database server). In this
situation, the script can be run from any other machine provided the prerequisites are met.

By default, all Sentinel 6.1 machines have the required version of Java, but the default Java
installation done by Sentinel does not allow Oracle users to access the
Y o u can add Oracle users to the esec group (for example,
modify the permissions on the directory (for example,

groupmod –A oracle esec

chown –R oracle $ESEC_HOME/jre

$ESEC_HOME/jre

directory.

), temporarily

), or

install a second instance of Java.
If you are using a machine that does not have Sentinel installed on it, run t he following commands:

 To verify the Java version and PATH variable settings:

java -version

 To update the PATH environment variable to include the Java installation directory:

export PATH=/opt/novell/sentinel6/jre/bin:$PATH

 To install Java, download the appropriate Java version [Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0]

from the Sun Web site (http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp)

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