Checking Repository Metadata Integrity

To check repository metadata integrity, the checksums are calculated basing on object contents. A checksum changes after any object modification. To verify checksum, it has to be initially performed. After checking the object for the second time, the previous checksum is compared to the current one. If the checksum has been changed, this means that the object was changed.

Checking repository objects metadata integrity is available:

Performing Checksum

To perform checksum:

  1. Open the Performing Checksums dialog box using one of two ways:

    • From security manager select the Repository > Perform Checksums main menu item.

    • Open the update manager and select the Update > Perform Checksums main menu item.

After executing the actions, the Performing Checksums dialog box opens:

  1. Create a list of objects for which the checksum will be performed:

To add the object selected in the objects tree to list:

    • Click the Add button

    • Select the Add Object context menu item

    • Drag and drop object to the right part.

In the objects tree the additional actions are available:

Setting Up Object Display

Object search

To delete the selected objects from the list, click the Delete button; a confirmation dialog box opens.

After executing the action, the list of objects for checksum performing will be generated in the right dialog box part.

NOTE. If the dialog box was opened in the update manager, the right part of the dialog box displays the objects contained on the Update panel.

  1. Perform checksum for selected objects using the Perform Checksum button.

After executing the actions, the checksum will be performed for selected objects and a standard dialog box to save file will be opened. Clicking the Save button saves the file with the extension *.crc.

To perform checksum in update manager select the Perform Checksums update objects context menu item.

After executing the operation, the Perform Checksum dialog box as in the desktop application will not open.The checksum will be performed for all objects from the update and saved to the file named Checksum.crc to the Downloads folder of the local computer.Move the file to another folder if required.

Verify checksums

To verify checksums:

  1. Open a standard dialog box to select file:

  1. Select file with the extension *.crc containing previously stored checksum.

After executing the actions, a dialog box opens with the results of comparing the previous checksum with the current one, for example:

The dialog box displays a table with results of verifying the previous checksum with the current one. Identifiers, names and verification status are displayed for objects.

Available status of checksums verification:

See also:

Controlling Foresight Analytics Platform and Metadata Integrity | Checking Security Policy Integrity