Release Notes McAfee Database Activity Monitoring 5.1.1 For use with ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6.3-5.1.1 Software Contents About this release New features Resolved issues Known issues Find product documentation About this release This document contains important information about the current release. We strongly recommend that you read the entire document. We do not support the automatic upgrade of a pre-release software version. To upgrade to a production release of the software, you must first uninstall the existing version. Release build — 5.1.1 This release was developed for use with: • McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® 4.6.3-5.1.0 Purpose This release incorporates new features, provides support for additional databases, and resolves several known issues. Rating Recommended — McAfee recommends this release for all environments. This update should be applied at the earliest convenience. For more information about patch ratings, see McAfee KnowledgeBase article KB51560. New features This release of the product includes these new features. Sensor buffer area monitoring Sensor buffer areas are now monitored. A system message is issued when a configurable threshold is reached. Additional statistics are stored in the sensor local log directory. 1 Oracle native encryption networking support Oracle native encryption support has been added to the sensor network monitoring module (Oracle 11g on Linux and Solaris). SQL server alternative connection with Windows authentication The SQL server alternative connection now supports Windows authentication (Active Directory and local OS accounts). MySQL plugin improvements The MySQL plugin does not mandate the database account to operate. A database account is still required if session termination is required. mcap module improvements The mcap module now supports networking monitoring on Linux and Solaris. Database platform support McAfee DAM now supports Sybase 15.7 SP 111, SP 121, SP 122. Resolved issues These issues are resolved in this release of the product. For a list of issues fixed in earlier releases, see the Release Notes for the specific release. • A problem related to product upgrade has been resolved. (974850) • Memory is now allocated to the network monitoring module without issues. (989921) • A problem related to monitoring the state of a sensor on a Solaris environment has been resolved. (980830) • The sensor now generates events with the correct execution times. (984023) • SQL Server 2008 R2 CPU1 x64 and SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU8 11.0.3401 are now monitored without issue. (952670, 979386) • Redo log is monitored correctly even when session information is empty. (977544) • The correct status of a database is reported when the sensor has a cluster configured and one of the database is deleted. (979474) • The correct status of databases in a clustered environment is now reported. (977087) Known issues For a list of known issues in this product release, see this McAfee KnowledgeBase article: KB82811. 2 Find product documentation After a product is released, information about the product is entered into the McAfee online Knowledge Center. Task 1 Go to the McAfee ServicePortal at http://support.mcafee.com and click Knowledge Center. 2 Enter a product name, select a version, then click Search to display a list of documents. Copyright © 2014 McAfee, Inc. Do not copy without permission. McAfee and the McAfee logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of McAfee, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.