Novell Sentinel Log Manager provides high event-rate storage, long-term data retention, regional data aggregation, and simple searching and reporting for a broad range of applications and devices. Novell Sentinel Log Manager collects data from the intrusion detection systems, firewalls, operating systems, routers, Web Servers, databases, switches, mainframes, and antivirus event sources in your network. It has the ability to assign detailed data viewing permissions to roles and users.
This Sentinel Log Manager software can be used to install an evaluation version or the free 25 event per second (EPS) version.
Easy installation and rapid deployment.
Collector Managers that can be installed on different platforms in distributed locations.
Compressed storage for log data on the file system.
Agentless data collection for both syslog and non-syslog events through a wide variety of connection methods.
Filter-based event forwarding to other systems, including hierarchical Sentinel Log Managers, Sentinel, or Sentinel Rapid Deployment.
Support for syslog over TCP, UDP, and SSL.
Full-text searches across all event data for focused searches against particular event fields.
Ability to tag event sources, event source servers, Collector Managers, reports, and report templates.
Seamless reporting and searching of data on both local and networked storage.
One-click report creation.
Available in appliance as well as non-appliance mode.
Novell Sentinel Log Manager must be installed on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 system. For more information on the supported hardware and software for Sentinel Log Manager, see System Requirements in the Sentinel Log Manager 1.2 Installation Guide
This software includes a license key that enables a 60-day trial period. During the trial period, you can use all the features of Sentinel Log Manager, except for Data Restoration, with an unrestricted EPS. After 60 days, you can continue using the free version of Sentinel Log Manager. The free version enables basic Sentinel Log Manager functionality at data rates up to 25 EPS. The license key for the free version does not expire.
You can upgrade this software to a purchased enterprise license key at any time. For more information, see Managing License Keys in the Novell Sentinel Log Manager 1.2 Administration Guide.