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Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Version 7.5 Release Notes - August 2015
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About this Version
The up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.5 release consists of a number of fixes, enhanced performance, and new features. For more information about fixed issues, see Resolved Issues.
New Features
up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.5 includes various new features.
New Graphing Engine
up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor provides graphs on My Infrastructure when you select an element. Previous up.time versions leverage either an ActiveX control or Java Applet (TeeCharts) for this feature. While each of these options has its strengths, up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor now uses Highcharts because of the enhanced features that resolve some limitations with previous functionality. For more information about up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor graphs, see Understanding Graphing.
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The new Capacity and Capacity What If gadgets allow you to view capacity projections for a number of metrics. The Capacity What If gadget lets you apply hypothetical increases to your environment to see how it impacts the elements. For more information about using gadgets, see Dashboard Gadgets.
New Reports
up.time provides Uptime Infrastructure Monitor provides the following new reports for you to better maintain your environment:
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Agent-based monitoring now supports Ubuntu 14.04. For more information about up.time about Uptime Infrastructure Monitor agents, see other supported platforms, see Agent Monitors.
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Users now can select whether they want up.time want Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to display Agent data and graphs instead of VMware data and graphs in the Quick Snapshot view. By default (False), VMware data and graphs are displayed. If True, view provides Agent data and graphs. You can change this setting in the up.time Configuration panel. For more information about changing your configuration settings, see Config Settings Reference.
Metrics Gathering Using the API
up.time API Uptime Infrastructure Monitor API now includes metrics gathering to return any stored metric stored in up. time. For more information about using metrics gathering in the API, see Working with Service Monitors.
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Users now can run a service monitor on demand to update the status and verify results. Clicking the Run Service Monitor button while viewing detail for a selected service monitor adds the request to the queue and executes when possible. for For more information about running service monitors, see Using Service Monitors.
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Platform Support and Integration Changes
Visit up.time software’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor’s Knowledge Base for the latest comprehensive listing of currently supported monitoring station, database, and agent platforms. The following summarizes platform support changes for up.time since the previous release.
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Upgrade Notices
The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.5 release affects users who have deployed plugins.
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The functionality of the Enhanced Alert Profile Variables plugin is added directly to up.time. If this plugin is installed, you must remove the plugin after upgrading to up.time to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.3 or later to ensure email notifications continue to be properly sent. You can uninstall the plugin using the legacy Plug-in Manager.
If you already removed the Plug-in Manager from your up.time your Uptime Infrastructure Monitor installation, you can manually remove the Enhanced Alert Profile Variables plugin by deleting the alert_mod.jar from your <uptime<Uptime_dir>/core/custom_jars/ directory, and then restarting the up.time the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Data Collector service (uptimeUptime_core on Linux, and up.time Data Collector on Windows).
Upgrading Plugins
The up.time 7.5 most recent Uptime Infrastructure Monitor upgrade process is as follows:
- up.timeUptime Infrastructure Monitor: The conversion process scans your existing plugins to verify they are are based on the The Grid.
- up.timeUptime Infrastructure Monitor: Plugins that are recognized as previously downloaded from the The Grid are flagged for an upgrade and re-versioned at 0.9.
- userUser: To complete the plugin conversion process, after upgrading up.time upgrading Uptime Infrastructure Monitor proceed to the Extension Manager (Services > Add Service Monitor > Want More? Search for monitors.). All plugins are flagged for an upgrade (these are supposed to show v0.9):
- userUser: Upgrade each plugin.
- up.timeUptime Infrastructure Monitor: After upgrading, the The Grid-based plugins display as version 1.0 to signify the reboot to unified extension deployment, regardless of what their previous version was.
- userUser: Moving forward, use the Extension Manager to manage your plugins.
- userUser: Uninstall the Plug-in Manager, as it is no longer needed to manage plugins.
Installing
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Uptime Infrastructure Monitor
The up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Support Portal provides various documents and articles that guide you through a first-time installation or upgrade.
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A complete, first-time deployment of up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor and its agents is a straightforward process. Refer to the Installation and Quick-Start Guide for complete instructions on performing a first-time installation.
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You can only upgrade directly to up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.5 if your current installed version is version 7.4 or 7.3. Users on version 7.1 or 7.2 must upgrade to 7.3 before upgrading to 7.5.
Users who are running version 6.0 or 6.0.1 must first upgrade to 7.0, then 7.1, and then upgrade to 7.3 before upgrading to 7.5. Users who are running version 5.5 or earlier must upgrade to 6.0 or 6.0.1 as a starting point. (Refer to the up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Knowledge Base for specific version upgrade paths.) If you are eligible for a direct upgrade path, you can upgrade using the installer for your Monitoring Station’s operating system. The upgrade process installs new features, and does not modify or delete your existing data.
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If you are working with a version of up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor that is customized in any manner beyond the standard installation downloaded from the up.time the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Web site, contact Technical Support before performing an upgrade. Some customization steps include the following:
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| UTS-1835 QWERTY123 | If you have have configured SSL access to the Monitoring Station, any dashboard content that passes a non-secure URL (such as the Display URL gadget, or the NetFlow dashboard) does not render. This is because the default security preferences in your browser do not allow a mix of protocols ( Workaround: When this occurs, click the security-related icon in your Monitoring Station browser's address bar, and allow all content to be displayed. You may also be able to load the browser with arguments that does this on start-up (for example, using the |
| UTS-1825 | When configuring the File System Capacity monitor, incorrectly defined special cases that are rejected are not retained in the configuration window so that you can refine them. |
| UTS-1707 | If a service outage enters a MAINT state, it incorrectly receives a new incident number. |
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