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Contents
SECTION 1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Document Purpose .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Background...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Additional Documentation................................................................................................................ 3
1.3.1 Altiris Information Resources ...............................................................................................................3
1.4 Contacting Customer Support ......................................................................................................... 4 SECTION 2 INSTALLATION AND UPGRADING...................................................................................... 5 2.1 System Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Where to Download the Software ............................................................................................ 5 2.3 Upgrade Steps................................................................................................................................. 5 SECTION 3 WHATS NEW? ...................................................................................................................... 6 3.1 SecurityExpressions data integrated ............................................................................................... 6 3.2 Solution name change ..................................................................................................................... 6 SECTION 4 KNOWN ISSUES ................................................................................................................... 7 4.1 Connecting to a SQL-Server security-audit database ..................................................................... 7 4.2 Security-audit database must be case insensitive .......................................................................... 7 4.3 Installing SecurityExpressions......................................................................................................... 7 4.4 Using Altiris Agent to perform agentless auditing in the security-management application............ 7 4.5 Running the solution on Altiris Console 6.5 (AeXHD14049) ........................................................... 7 4.6 Errors when generating Web reports with no data (LB44094) ........................................................ 7 4.7 Security-policy categories and SecurityExpressions....................................................................... 7
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Section 1 Overview
1.1 Document Purpose
Please read the following document carefully. This document lists important issues and topics concerning the product. We recommend that you read the entire document before you install the software.
1.2 Background
The Audit Integration Component adds security-audit features to the Notification Server infrastructure to help you eliminate security vulnerabilities throughout your organizations global network. The solution transfers security-audit data from the security-management application into Notification Server so you can apply the data to Notification Server tasks such as updating collections, refining notification policies, designing reports, and creating Altiris Helpdesk and Alert Management tickets.
Altiris Documentation
http://www.altiris.com/support/documentation
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Technical Reference Articles. Altiris Knowledgebase Altiris Juice: an online magazine for Altiris users Online Forums Comprehensive collection of articles, incidents, and http://kb.altiris.com/ issues for Altiris solutions. Best Practices, tips and tricks, and articles for users of Altiris solutions.
http://www.altiris.com/juice
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4.4 Using Altiris Agent to perform agentless auditing in the securitymanagement application
You must install the Altiris Agent on every target computer you plan to audit, even if youre not using the security audit agent to access the target computer in the security-management application.
places where you need to select or enter a security-policy category to complete a task, the only option available in the Category field will be the same as the security policy. These places are: New Collection wizard New Notification Policy wizard Purging Maintenance page Audit Detail views Reports tab, generating and viewing Web reports
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