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The functionality of the Enhanced Alert Profile Variables plugin has been is added directly to up.time. If this plugin has been is installed, it will need to be removed after upgrading to 7.3 or later to ensure email notifications continue to be properly sent. You can uninstall the plugin using the legacy Plug-in Manager.

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  1. up.time: The conversion process will scan your existing plugins to verify they are are based on the Grid.
  2. up.time: Plugins that are recognized to have been be previously downloaded from the Grid will be flagged for an upgrade and re-versioned at 0.9.
  3. user: To complete the plugin conversion process, after upgrading up.time, proceed to the Extension Manager (Services > Add Service Monitor > Want More? Search for monitors.). All plugins should be flagged for an upgrade (these are supposed to show v0.9):
  4. user: Upgrade each plugin.
  5. up.time: After upgrading, the Grid-based plugins will display as version 1.0 to signify the reboot to unified extension deployment, regardless of what their previous version was.
  6. user: Moving forward, use the Extension Manager to manage your plugins.
  7. user: Uninstall the Plug-in Manager, as it is no longer needed to manage plugins.

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If you are working with a version of up.time that has been is customized in any manner beyond the standard installation downloaded from the up.time Web site, contact Technical Support before performing an upgrade. Some customization steps include the following:

  • custom Java heap settings
  • verbose logging
  • adding -Djava.security.egd=file///dev/urandom to command-line invocation
  • increasing -XX:MaxPermSize
  • fine-tuning garbage collection options such as -XX:+PrintGCDetails, -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError

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