Overview

This article lists the improvements, known issues, and system requirements that came with the GFI EventsManager 2012 BETA (Build 20111103) release.

Environment

GFI EventsManager 2012

Information

Improvements:

• Included new file storage engine enabling EventsManager 2012 to store and process much more data than previous versions; SQL Server is NOT supported as a database backend anymore.
• Added a new reporting engine that allows better customization and faster generation of reports.
• Added drill down browsing and global search through all events.
• Added database encryption and compression.
• Syslog collector now supports message parsing based on regular expressions.
• Added support for scanning text logs based on regular expressions.
• Unified events browsing and events processing rules.

Known Issues:

• In this version, all reports from the report pack have been ported to the new reporting system. We currently have identified several errors as a result of the porting process (missing fields, missing conditions, etc.).
• Value in set filtering operator does not work
• Using drill down on All Events view may hang the UI.

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 Traps:
  • Sources/senders must be configured to send messages to the computer/IP address where GFI EventsManager is installed.

The GFI EventsManager 2012 BETA can be downloaded by visiting the download site.