System Maintenance Guide for 12.0

Tags: Administration, Documentation, PDF Documentation, Version 12.0

The following article contains a summary of the NetWitness® System Maintenance Guide for 12.x. To see the full guide, go to Attachments on this article and download the associated PDF.

Summary of the NetWitness® System Maintenance Guide for 12.x

This is the summary for the the System Maintenance Guide for the NetWitness® Platform version 12.x. This guide provides comprehensive instructions for managing and maintaining the NetWitness® Platform. Each section is designed to provide detailed guidance on specific aspects of system maintenance and management, ensuring that administrators can effectively maintain and troubleshoot the NetWitness® platform.

Best Practices

The guide talks about safeguarding assets with NetWitness-supplied policies and policies based on the customer's environment. It also talks about the creation of rules and notifications, and making sure that they are reviewed regularly for validity. There are links provided for troubleshooting issues, as well.

Monitor NetWitness Platform Health

The guide explains how to monitor the health and wellness of the NetWitness® platform using the platform's UI and SNMP alerts. It includes details on managing policies, adding and editing rules, and monitoring system and service statistics.

Monitor Hosts and Services

The guide provides guidance on monitoring the status of hosts and services, including filtering hosts and services, monitoring host and service details, and monitoring event sources and alarms.

Advanced Configurations

The guide covers restoring default content, enabling and disabling services, updating intervals, and configuring data retention policies. It also includes instructions for backing up and restoring the new Health and Wellness feature.

Manage NetWitness® Platform Updates

The guide provides information on managing software version updates, including reissuing certificates and displaying system and service logs.

Maintain Queries Using URL Integration

The guide explains how to manage queries using URL integration, including editing, deleting, and clearing queries.

Manage the deploy_admin Account

The guide provides instructions for changing the deploy_admin account password and managing the account in a mixed version environment.

Change Host Network Configuration

The guide describes how to change the network configuration for hosts, including updating configurations for single sign-on, reporting engine, and other services.

Manage Custom Host Entries

The guide provides instructions for managing custom host entries in the /etc/hosts file and configuring public or NAT IPv4 addresses for hosts.

Configure FIPS Support

The guide explains how to enable FIPS support for Log Collectors, Log Decoders, and Decoders.

DISA STIG

The guide covers the Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guide (DISA STIG) support, including generating the OpenSCAP report and managing STIG controls

Troubleshoot NetWitness® Platform

The guide provides information on troubleshooting the NetWitness® Platform, including debugging information, error notifications, and miscellaneous tips.

The following article contains a summary of the NetWitness® System Maintenance Guide for 12.x. To see the full guide, go to Attachments on this article and download the associated PDF.