Question & Answer
Question
What settings for Windows v10 (version 10) STAPs are needed?
Cause
You are upgrading from version 9 and some settings may no longer be relevant or are no longer found in the Knowledge Center.
Answer
The version 10 information to install Windows STAP interactively is here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSMPHH_10.1.0/com.ibm.guardium.doc.stap/stap/stap_win_install_interactive.html.
1. One change is the guard_tap.ini file location. This is where the file should be: "Look for this file in C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Windows S-TAP\Bin\guard_tap.ini."
And also referenced here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSMPHH_10.1.0/com.ibm.guardium.doc.stap/stap/stap_win_upgrade_remove.html
"Note that the location of guard_tap.ini changed from c:\Windows\System to <WINSTAP_INSTALL_DIR>\Bin".
2. MSSQLEncrOnDemand was deprecated (which sets KRB_MSSQL_DRIVER_ONDEMAND).
3. v10.1 STAP still needs to have these set:
KRB_MSSQL_DRIVER_INSTALLED and KRB_MSSQL_DRIVER_NONBLOCKING.
4. v10.1.2 STAP needs only KRB_MSSQL_DRIVER_INSTALLED.
5. USE_TLS=0/1 and FAILOVER_TLS=0/1 are still valid parameters in v10.
6. LHMON: This is deprecated in v10.1.2. Those parameters do not need to be set unless you run LHMON for Windows 2003 or 2008(pre-R2), but the system requirements do not show Windows 2003 supported. Windows 2008 SP2 is. If parameters related to LHMON exist, setting them causes no harm, e.g. if old guard_tap.ini files got copied to the new environment, they don't need to be changed.
Note: STAP is to be installed as an administrative user to avoid any issues with permission.
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16 June 2018
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