Overview

This article lists the improvements, fixes, known issues, and system requirements that came with the GFI EventsManger 2012 Service Release 2 BETA release.

Environment

GFI EventsManager 2012

Information

Improvements:

• System Monitoring features based on GFI Network Server Monitor functionality
• Added support for offline updates
• Physical deletion of events is now possible.
• Enhancements to database operations and database rotation
• Events Browser now has two modes: one for viewing events as before and another to view events that were marked as deleted.

Fixes:

• Reporting: various enhancements regarding usability and look; fixed some report generation issues
• User interface: various fixes for rules, events processing sources, dashboard
• Events Browser: various UI enhancements, various fixes for drill down, query execution and exporting of events
• Several database operations issues
• Several issues that could cause a service crash
• Several events collection issues

Known Issues:

• Sometimes some processes are not stopped at uninstall.
• Some issues related to new copy data feature that manifest in very specific situations.
• Some issues with drill down and sorting functionality in the Events Browser.
• Some issues with events processing rules configuration.

System Requirements:

• Processor: 2.5 gigahertz (GHz) dual core processor or higher
• RAM: 3 gigabytes (GB)
• Hard Disk: Minimum of 100 gigabytes (GB) of available space
• Others: Keyboard and mouse or compatible pointing device

Software requirements - Installation machine(s):

• .NET Framework 4.0
• To properly scan Windows Vista or newer machines, GFI EventsManager must be installed on a Windows Vista or newer machine.

Software requirements - Scanned machine(s):

• Windows event log scanning:
  • For Vista and newer machines, remote event log management must be enabled.
  • For Vista and newer machines, UAC (User Account Control) must be disabled and the machines must be within the same domain.
  • For pre-Vista machines, the remote registry must be enabled.
  • Windows audit service must be enabled.
• W3C log scanning:
  • The source folders must be accessible via Windows shares
• Syslog and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)Traps:
  • Sources/senders must be configured to send messages to the computer/IP address where GFI EventsManager is installed.

The latest GFI EventsManager BETA can be downloaded by visiting the download site.