Audit install on 64 bit platforms

  • 7002350
  • 12-Jan-2009
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell Audit 2.0.2
64 Bit Operating Systems

Situation

When installing the Novell Audit (SLS) server on 64-bit machine, it is installed as a 32-bit application and requires a 32 bit eDirectory and ntls library set.  If these libraries aren't available, installation fails with the error message:

Failed to load any MDB driver - Error: Could not load driver
/usr/lib/mdb/mdbfile.so, error 2 - /usr/lib/mdb/mdbfile.so: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory


This error appears because auditext needs to load the MDB drivers and these drivers refer to 32-bit eDirectory libraries and 32-bit NTLS libraries.

Resolution

64 bit platforms are fully supported using Sentinel or Sentinel Log manager. As Novell Audit is end of life, customers are encouraged to use Novell Sentinel.

The additional information section is preserved for reference.

Additional Information

The following chart shows which components of Novell Audit can be installed depending upon the machine architecture and eDirectory install.

eDirectory
Machine
SLS
Platform Agent
eDir Instrumentation
32-Bit
32-Bit
YES
YES
YES
32-Bit
64-Bit
YES
YES
YES
64-Bit
64-Bit
YES
NO
NO

Please note that when you are installing the Novel Audit on 64-bit with 64-bit eDirectory, the Platform Agent and the eDirectory Instrumentation will not be installed.  The Platform Agent and eDirectory Instrumentation for 64-bit are available separately for current eDirectory versions.