Installing Sentinel 6.1 SP2327novdocx (en) 7 January 20103Installing Sentinel 6.1 SP2 Section 3.1, “Installer Overview,” on page 27 Section 3.2, “Sentinel Configurations,” on page 28 Section 3.3, “Port Numbers Used for Sentinel 6.1,” on page 31 Section 3.4, “General Installation Prerequisites,” on page 31 Section 3.5, “Database Installation,” on page 37 Section 3.6, “Simple Installation,” on page 40 Section 3.7, “Custom Installation,” on page 42 Section 3.8, “Installing Sentinel as a Domain user,” on page 54 Section 3.9, “Post-Installation Configuration,” on page 54 Section 3.10, “LDAP Authentication,” on page 62 Section 3.11, “Updating the License Key,” on page 693.1 Installer OverviewThis section helps you install the major components of the SentinelTM system. The Sentinel installeroffers the option of a Simple installation or Custom installation. The Simple installation installs allcomponents on one machine and is intended for demonstration or training systems. This is notintended for production use as many minimal default settings are used for a Simple installation. TheCustom installation can be used to install one or more Sentinel components at a time and can be usedfor distributed production installations.In addition to the Sentinel components, there are several other applications that can be part of theSentinel system: Database: The database stores the events, correlated events, and configuration information.The database must be installed according to the best practices recommended by Oracle andMicrosoft for database installation, directory structure, and so on. Crystal Reports Server: Crystal (and its associated Web Server and database) is used togenerate reports from the Novell ® report library or custom-designed reports, and has a separateinstaller for Crystal components. For more information about installing Crystal, see Chapter 7,“Crystal Reports for Windows,” on page 97 and Chapter 8, “Crystal Reports for Linux,” onpage 125. Crystal Reports Developer: This application is used to create and modify reports. Advisor: Advisor provides real-time intelligence about attacks and vulnerabilities, includingreal-time exploit detection to determine which threats are taking place against vulnerablesystems. For more information about Advisor, see “Advisor Usage and Maintenance” in theSentinel 6.1 User Guide. Sentinel Link Solution: Sentinel Link is a mechanism that provides the ability tohierarchically link multiple Sentinel systems, including Novell Sentinel Log Manager, NovellSentinel, and Novell Sentinel Rapid Deployment. You can hierarchically link two or more
