This Uptime Infrastructure Monitor release consists of a number of new and improved features, resolved issues, plus vulnerability updates.
Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.6 includes the following new and improved features.
The new nameplate, including the new IDERA logo, is now displayed at the top of the Uptime product: IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor. The product name changed from up.time to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor throughout the product. Note that a few items still retain the up.time name. For additional information about these items, see Known Issues.
Uptime Infrastructure Monitor agents now include basic security options as part of the default install, especially SSL. This improvement also affects password authentication/key exchange. For more information about enabling SSL communication on an agent, see the Knowledge Base article Using SSL Communication with Linux-Based Agent.
This update also includes several security and vulnerability issues addressed in Resolved Issues.
When configuring an SNMP poller, you now can ignore rows in a column by applying a regex filter to the index object identifier (OID). The Add OID section of the SNMP Poller template now includes fields that allow you to select All Rows, Specific Rows, or Filter by Regex. This filter is applied at collection time. For more information about configuring SNMP monitoring, see Network Service Monitors.
Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.6 now allows users to add multiple OIDs at a time by appending the virtual OID and no longer validate the OID in the SNMP poller. For more information about configuring SNMP monitoring, see Network Service Monitors.
Users now can add a NAS device to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor via Net-SNMP. Previously, while Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is aware of its file systems, there was no way to add an FSCAP monitor nor could it create a process count check monitor on this device despite knowing about the processes running on the system. You now can add these monitors to a Net-SNMP device. For more information about adding agent monitors, see Agent Monitors.
Uptime Infrastructure Monitor now supports VMware vSphere 6 and ESXi 6.
Previously, Uptime Infrastructure Monitor returned a timeout message during the initial Add System/Network Device or Auto discovery wizards when a user attempted to add a network device. At the same time, the user was able to do an SNMP walk of these same devices without issue, signaling that the SNMP credentials were correct, but the routing or ACL rules that prevent Uptime Infrastructure Monitor from adding the same devices were not in place. This issue no longer occurs with an upgrade to this release.
When mousing over the data points on the Highchart graphs, some users would see percentages with excessive number of decimal places, for example 94.200000000000000009%. Uptime Infrastructure Monitor now displays only two decimal places.
Decimal values are now supported. Also, added the units in brackets – Port Performance Check – i.e. Total Rate (%). Added 3 decimal points of precision.
Users now can set the in/out data speed of a network device. The max port speed as determined by the device is used to calculate % usage (in and out). Previously, there was no accounting for the speed of the network on the other side of the connection.
To address vulnerabilities issues, Uptime Infrastructure Monitor now supports the following platforms:
This release includes a toggle to expand or contract all Service Monitors on the Add Service Monitors page.
Scrutinizer is a NetFlow analyzer and incident response system that takes advantage of communications standards, i.e. NetFlow and IPFIX for Cisco as well as other compatible switches and routers. It does this to retrieve and store network traffic information for users, systems, and applications. Scrutinizer allows administrators to monitor, graph, and report on network usage patterns, and to locate the heaviest traffic creators.
Scrutinizer can be integrated with Uptime Infrastructure Monitor. For more information about integrating Uptime IM Scrutinizer, see Integrating Scrutinizer with Uptime Infrastructure Monitor. Integration allows you to access all Scrutinizer features from the NetFlow dashboard within Uptime Infrastructure Monitor. If you do not currently have Scrutinizer, please contact IDERA Sales for more information at [email protected].
Note that the NetFlow/Scrutinizer versions available on the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor download page are updated from version 11.5.2 to 15.8. Scrutinizer version 15.8 is tested with Uptime Infrastructure Monitor versions 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6. If you currently have Scrutinizer installed with these versions of Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, please refer to the upgrade instructions at: https://www.plixer.com/files/TheWindowsUpgradeGuide.pdf
Visit 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 Uptime Infrastructure Monitor since the previous release.
VMware vSphere 6 | |
VMware ESXi 6 |
The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.6 release affects users who have deployed plugins.
The functionality of the Enhanced Alert Profile Variables plugin is added directly to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor. If this plugin is installed, you must remove the plugin after upgrading 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 Uptime Infrastructure Monitor installation, you can manually remove the Enhanced Alert Profile Variables plugin by deleting the alert_mod.jar
from your <uptime_dir>/core/custom_jars/
directory, and then restarting the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Data Collector service (uptime_core
on Linux, and up.time Data Collector
on Windows).
The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.6 upgrade process is as follows:
The Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Support Portal provides various documents and articles that guide you through a first-time installation or upgrade.
A complete, first-time deployment of 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.
Upgrading the up.time Monitoring Station will overwrite the changes to httpd.conf, so when the upgrade is complete, be sure to update the httpd.conf file again. |
You can only upgrade directly to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.6 if your current installed version is version 7.5 or 7.4. Users on version 7.1, 7.2, or 7.3 must upgrade to 7.4 before upgrading to 7.6.
Users who are running version 6.0 or 6.0.1 must upgrade to 7.0 > 7.1 > 7.3 > 7.4 or 7.5 before upgrading to 7.6. 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 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.
If your current version is older than the version required for a direct upgrade, refer to Upgrading to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor 7.1 or Earlier for information on supported upgrade paths. There, you also find more detailed installation information, including specific upgrade paths.
If you are working with a version of Uptime Infrastructure Monitor that is customized in any manner beyond the standard installation downloaded from the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Web site, contact Technical Support before performing an upgrade. Some customization steps include the following:
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UT-14714 | lmhostid returns 'ffffff' |
UT-15223 | 7.2 Windows install fails on 2012 R2 when not on c: drive |
UT-15234 | lmhostid returns '000000000000' |
UT-15517 | Number of blocked Processes wrong |
UT-15526 | Windows Agent Console needs to be rebuilt for 64-bit |
UT-15736 | Investigate POODLE: SSLv3 vulnerability CVE-2014-3566 |
UT-15819 | Customer monitor backlog |
UT-15848 | Uptime 7.4 install fails on drive other than c: |
UT-15849 | 32-bit Windows Agent unable to access 64-bit Registry Entries |
UT-15863 | OpenSSL vulnerability - Uptime Opessl version is 1.0.1j and need version 1.0.1m |
UT-15884 | SSLv3 No supported ciphers found vulnerability |
UT-15888 | HP system showing partial info for network devices with names longer than 8 characters |
UT-15895 | Windows agent crashes |
UT-15896 | agent daemon - option to restrict requests based on IP address |
UT-15911 | windows agent security issue [VU#377260} |
UT-15918 | Linux machine: While installing Uptime 7.5 Linux machine "small, medium, and large are not yet replaced by 200, 500, 1000 elements" |
UT-16018 | SSL v3.0 vulnerabilities in Controller |
UT-16020 | Linux Agent 7.6 Install Error |
UT-16028 | Linux Agent 7.6 SSL dependency Logic Flaw |
UT-16029 | Update "Latest Uptime Articles" list on My Portal or get rid of it |
UT-16042 | ESXi Datastores Not Displaying in v7.6 |
UT-16044 | Installation Uptime 7.6 in E drive |
UT-16050 | Installation of Uptime 7.6 not successful by keeping Core folder in E drive and datastore in C drive |
UT-2268 | Graph is not getting generated for "last Month" option |
UT-2280 | Error message in Datastore Capacity Growth report needs changing |
UT-2281 | UI change for Datastores Capacity Growth Chart to singular "datastore" |
UT-2282 | Inventory Report - Monitor Summary should use True/False in Monitored column |
The new name Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is not being used in the following areas of this release:
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