11.4 Processing the Advisor Feed

You can process the Advisor feed files manually or you can configure the Sentinel server to automatically process the feed files at scheduled time intervals.

11.4.1 Processing the Feed Files Manually

  1. Launch the Sentinel Control Center.

    For more information, see Section 1.2.1, Accessing the Sentinel Control Center.

  2. Click Advisor, then click Advisor Configuration in the Navigator panel.

  3. In the Advisor window, select the directory where you downloaded the latest Advisor feed files.

    The initial Advisor feed is loaded at /var/opt/novell/sentinel/data/updates/advisor.

  4. Click Process Now to process and load the feed files into the Sentinel database.

    After the feed files are processed, the products included in the feed files are displayed in the Exploit Detection section.

  5. (Optional) Click Save to save the location of the Advisor directory.

11.4.2 Processing the Feed Files Automatically

You can use the Download Manager to configure the Sentinel server to automatically process the feed files after they are downloaded. For more information on the Download Manager, see Section 12.0, Using the Download Manager.