Released with DX UIM 23.4

Released with DX UIM 20.4 CU9.

What's New:

• Consolidated the cdm and cdm-mcs probe packages into a single cdm package.
• From v7.10, the cdm_mcs_template packages are dependent on the cdm.zip package.
• (From DX UIM 20.4 CU8 or later) Added support in the alarm policy to enhance the alarm messages raised by memory (Physical Memory Usage (%)) and CPU (Total CPU Usage) metrics. You can now configure top N memory-consuming processes using the custom_alarm_message parameter in an alarm message of alarm policy to receive information when an alarm is triggered. For more information, see plugin_metric .
• Added the following new metrics to measure latency for disk partitions and physical disks on the Windows platform:
  
  • QOS_DISK_PARTITION_READ_LATENCY
  • QOS_DISK_PARTITION_WRITE_LATENCY
  • QOS_DISK_PARTITION_LATENCY
  • QOS_DISK_INSTANCE_READ_LATENCY
  • QOS_DISK_INSTANCE_WRITE_LATENCY
  • QOS_DISK_INSTANCE_LATENCY
  • QOS_IOSTAT_WRITE_AWAIT
  • QOS_IOSTAT_READ_AWAIT
• Also added read and write await values for devices or their partitions on Linux.

Note: To enable the new metrics, deploy the DX UIM 20.4 CU8 or a later version.

What's New:

• Added the new callback get_top_n_memory_consuming_processes in the probe utility.

Fixed Defects:

• Fixed an issue where the probe's mount point information was not updated over time.
  Support case number: 33030394
• Fixed an issue where an alarm raised through the Enhanced MCS profile does not contain a subsys id.
  Support case number: 33120774

• The name of the Disk Usage Delta metric is consistent across the MCS template, Metric viewer, and Alarm Message. Support case 32893965
• Increased the threshold limit (Ten Nines ~8 GB) for Network Inbound, Outbound, and Aggregate metrics in the NIC_monitor template. Support case 32984060
• CDM probe generates reboot alarms when the robot machine restarts through the vSphere tool. Support case 32937703
• Added capability to monitor the disks configured using Disk(s) template under Default Disk(s) without interruption after CDM probe restarts on Linux machines. Support case 32869387
• Unwanted alarms (related to memory/swap) won’t be generated when the profile has been created through the MCS template. Support case 33108364

What's New:

• Configuration option added on the MCS template for changing the severity for the following alarms:
  
  • Severity for Alarm on Disk Error [Default_Disks_Enhanced Template]
  • Severity for Alarm on INode Error [Default_Disks_Enhanced Template]
  • Severity for Disk Missing Alarm [Default_Disks_Enhanced Template]
  • Severity for Alarm on Reboot [Setup_cdm_Enhanced Template]
• The new metric for Physical Processors used by LPAR on AIX can be enabled using:
  
  • IM GUI [Physical Processors used by LPAR]
  • AC GUI [Total Physical Processors Used By LPAR]
  • CPU_Monitor_Enhanced Template [Total Physical Processors Used By LPAR (AIX)]

Note: CDM 6.80 need ci_defn_pack v1.63. Deploy the ci_defn_pack on the primary hub and restart the nis-server.

• Released with DX UIM 20.4.0.

What's New:

• Added support for monitoring a newly discovered disk instantly by CDM. Newly discovered mount-points/disks are monitored as soon as CDM discovers them.

To use this feature, you must make the following changes in any of these interfaces:

• In IM through Raw Configure: 

Update the key ‘Monitor_Newly_Discovered_Disk_OnTheFly’ to 'yes'. By default, this is set to 'no'.

• In Default Disk(s) (Enhanced) template (in MCS): 

Enable ‘Monitor Newly Discovered Disk at First Instance (On the Fly)’. By default, this is disabled.

• In Admin Console: 

Enable ‘Monitor Newly Discovered Disk at First Instance (On the Fly)’. By default, this is disabled.

For the CDM and the Cluster probe integration: 

As a prerequisite, you must install the latest cluster probe version along with the CDM probe v6.70.  Make sure to set the following key/values in the cdm.cfx file under the <fixed default> section.

• 'active = yes'
• 'Monitor_Newly_Discovered_Disk_OnTheFly = yes'

• Added support to allow the custom values in all QoS Interval fields for the CDM probe (MCS Templates). 'QoS Interval' field label is renamed to 'QoS Intervals (Number of Intervals)'. This field allows values in the range of 1 to 999.

Fixed Defects:

• Fixed an issue where incorrect shared disk (Used and Free disks) size is shown in IM GUI. Support case 32672121.
• Fixed an issue with the cluster probe, related to the new drives. Whenever any new drives are added, not only those drives are discovered but also enabled/activated. Support case 32475320.
• Fixed an issue with the new drives/mount points getting added and are auto discovered and monitored. Support case 20304402, 20103461, and 20187228.
• Fixed an issue where the disk size was showing incorrect on IM GUI when the disk size is in TB and float number(Non integer fractional number) (Ex : actual value is 1.5TB but it shows as 2TB). Support case 32621269.
• Fixed an issue where the metric disk free is showing negative value (-21474836.48) in alarm message when the disk size is too large. Support case 32598885.

What's New:

• Added support for Remote Disk Monitoring for Windows mapped drives.

Starting this version, CDM detects and monitors the remote disks when you enable "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" profile. Enabling configuration for Windows Remote Disk Monitoring:

• Enable "NFS Space Check" in the "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template.
• Enable "Remote Disk Space check for Windows" in the "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template.

• Added support to manage probe internal alarms for disk in "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template:
  • New flags in "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template are added to toggle internal alarms published by probe. These flags help to prevent duplicate alarms from by probe and Alarm Policy.
    • Alarm on Disk Error
    • Alarm on Inode Error
    • Alarm on Missing Disk
  • You can also manage the notification alarms for "Disk Missing" that cannot be configured by Alarm Policy.

• Enhanced latency and throughput CDM QOS Metrics for more accuracy.
• Added support for ZFS calculation for Solaris 11.
• Added support for NFS disk monitoring through CDM "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template:
• Added support for Iostat devices missing alarm (Linux, Solaris and AIX) in the "Iostat (Enhanced)" template.

Device Missing Alarm specifies whether to send the device missing alarm or not. This is applicable for AIX devices only.

• New MCS template v6.60 with:
  • Removed the config fields from "Setup CDM (Enhanced)" MCS Template that are not applicable.
  • Added support for Iostat monitoring configuration for Solaris and Aix in "Iostat (Enhanced)" Template.
  • Added additional QOS configurations to manage using "Iostat (Enhanced)" template.
  • Added support for additional QOS configurations to manage using "MEMORY Monitor (Enhanced)" template.
  • Added support for additional QOS configurations to manage using "CPU Monitor (Enhanced)" template.
  • Corrected default threshold values for "Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template as per parent "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template.
• MCS template migration:
  • Enhanced MCS template 6.50 or 6.51 (6.50 HF1) or 6.52 (6.50 HF2) to 6.60

To create fresh MCS profiles using the MCS template 6.60, as prerequisite you must have CDM 6.60 probe in your archive or deployed on the robot.

Fixed Defects:

• Fixed an issue with the robot taking up all the ports when there was a network issue. Support case 32089502
• Fixed an issue related to the unusual number of TCP connections on spooler for AIX Servers. Support case 32078399
• Fixed an issue with no option for Monitoring Remote Disks in Template. Support case 31871639
• Fixed several issues related to MCS (Enhanced) templates and Operator Console. Support case 31853537
• Fixed an issue related to the collection of read/write latency for disks on Windows. Support case 20105370
• Fixed an issue where CDM - mem_buffer_used is not working on Solaris server. Support case 20311404
• Fixed an issue where CDM on Solaris servers does not respect zfs use of memory cache. Support case 20077062
• Fixed an issue with the incorrect cdm Solaris memory usage based on the value that is used for Data Buffer and Cache. Support case 31919334
• Fixed an issue related to NFS file system monitoring using CDM MCS. Support case 31721569
• Fixed an issue where NIC Monitor (Enhanced) is deployed to Linux device but the template is for Windows. Support case 20143279

What's New:

• Added support for Remote Disk Monitoring for Windows mapped drives.

Starting this version, CDM detects and monitors the remote disks when you enable "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" profile. Enabling configuration for Windows Remote Disk Monitoring:

• Enable "NFS Space Check" in the "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template.
• Enable "Remote Disk Space check for Windows" in the "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template.

• Added support to manage probe internal alarms for disk in "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template:
  • New flags in "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template are added to toggle internal alarms published by probe. These flags help to prevent duplicate alarms from by probe and Alarm Policy.
    • Alarm on Disk Error
    • Alarm on Inode Error
    • Alarm on Missing Disk
  • You can also manage the notification alarms for "Disk Missing" that cannot be configured by Alarm Policy.

• Enhanced latency and throughput CDM QOS Metrics for more accuracy.
• Added support for ZFS calculation for Solaris 11.
• Added support for NFS disk monitoring through CDM "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template:
• Added support for Iostat devices missing alarm (Linux, Solaris and AIX) in the "Iostat (Enhanced)" template.

Device Missing Alarm specifies whether to send the device missing alarm or not. This is applicable for AIX devices only.

• New MCS template v6.60 with:
  • Removed the config fields from "Setup CDM (Enhanced)" MCS Template that are not applicable.
  • Added support for Iostat monitoring configuration for Solaris and Aix in "Iostat (Enhanced)" Template.
  • Added additional QOS configurations to manage using "Iostat (Enhanced)" template.
  • Added support for additional QOS configurations to manage using "MEMORY Monitor (Enhanced)" template.
  • Added support for additional QOS configurations to manage using "CPU Monitor (Enhanced)" template.
  • Corrected default threshold values for "Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template as per parent "Default Disk(s) (Enhanced)" template.
• MCS template migration:
  • Enhanced MCS template 6.50 or 6.51 (6.50 HF1) or 6.52 (6.50 HF2) to 6.60

To create fresh MCS profiles using the MCS template 6.60, as prerequisite you must have CDM 6.60 probe in your archive or deployed on the robot.

Fixed Defects:

• Fixed an issue with the robot taking up all the ports when there was a network issue. Support case 32089502
• Fixed an issue related to the unusual number of TCP connections on spooler for AIX Servers. Support case 32078399
• Fixed an issue with no option for Monitoring Remote Disks in Template. Support case 31871639
• Fixed several issues related to MCS (Enhanced) templates and Operator Console. Support case 31853537
• Fixed an issue related to the collection of read/write latency for disks on Windows. Support case 20105370
• Fixed an issue where CDM - mem_buffer_used is not working on Solaris server. Support case 20311404
• Fixed an issue where CDM on Solaris servers does not respect zfs use of memory cache. Support case 20077062
• Fixed an issue with the incorrect cdm Solaris memory usage based on the value that is used for Data Buffer and Cache. Support case 31919334
• Fixed an issue related to NFS file system monitoring using CDM MCS. Support case 31721569
• Fixed an issue where NIC Monitor (Enhanced) is deployed to Linux device but the template is for Windows. Support case 20143279

This is Beta build.

What's New:

• Global IOSTAT monitoring: Ease of Configuration

Global IOSTAT monitoring configuration through CDM MCS template “Iostat (Enhanced)” to enable all the available device on system. This feature works as mentioned below:

Navigation:

Iostat (Enhanced) > Enable All Iostat Devices (Linux) > Active

Active check box has been implemented for Iostat (Enhanced) where it enable/disable all Linux devices respectively if checked or unchecked.

The list of monitors which user can configure under Iostat (Enhanced) are as follows:

1. Iostat read requests merged per second
2. Iostat write requests merged per second
3. Iostat reads per second
4. Iostat writes per second
5. Iostat sector reads per second
6. Iostat sector writes per second
7. Iostat average request Size
8. Iostat average queue length
9. Iostat average wait time
10. Iostat average service time
11. Iostat utilization percentage
12. Iostat Kilobytes reads per second
13. Iostat Kilobytes writes per second

•  With cluster 3.70 onwards: Added functionality - CDM discovers all the cluster disks automatically under their respective groups, whenever the Cluster probe is configured after the deployment of CDM probe.
• Support for newer OS SUSE 15, RHEL 8 

Fixed Defects:

•  Average (8 samples) swap memory usage is now 0.00%%, which is above the error threshold (65%). Support case 01248394
• Incorrect Thresholds Operators for Disk Free (%) Condition Alarm Policy. Support case 20012724

What's New:

• Introduced the skip_disk_clear_on_hardstartkey to prevent clearing of disk alarms on server restarts. This avoids duplicate tickets from being created. Manually add this key in the configuration file using the raw configuration interface. For more information, see cdm Advanced Configuration article.

Fixed Defect:

• The probe was generating alarms for swap memory monitors below the specified threshold. Support case 01185304

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What's New:

• The following metrics have been added to the probe.
  • Memory - Available Memory
  • Network - Inbound Interface Errors, Outbound Interface Errors, Inbound Interface Discards, Outbound Interface Discards, Inbound Interface Utilization, Outbound Interface Utilization
• Added support for monitoring Ubuntu 18, SuSE 15, and Open SuSE 15.

Fixed Defects:

• The probe was using FQDN with hostname as the target for some metrics. Support Case Number: 01097118
• The probe was generating "special characters" in QOS_COMPUTER_UPTIME targets over time. Support Case Number: 00886969

This is Beta build.

• The probe was showing wrong data for Disk Latency Read metrics. Support Case Number: 01062700
• The probe had issues with MCS configuration for the cpu metrics. Support Case Number: 01126989
• Fixed a defect of increasing the field length from 50 characters to 1024 characters. Support Case Number: 00894858
• Fixed an issue where the mem_buffer_used key is set to NO in raw configuration, however, the buffer and cache memory were used in memory monitoring. Support Case Number: 01257778

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• Updated to support the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 package version 1.01 (vs2017_vcredist_x86 1.01 and vs2017_vcredist_x64 1.01). This support helps ensure that the minimum version of the VS 2017 package is equal to or greater than 1.01. With this dependency on the version 1.01, the computer is no longer getting restarted automatically when installing the VS 2017 package. That is, with v1.01, no auto-restart of the computer happens.

• Updated this probe as part of removing dependency on the end-of-life (EOL) Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables in CA UIM 9.0.2. CA UIM 9.0.2 now uses Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017.
• Updated this probe as part of removing known security vulnerabilities in CA UIM 9.0.2 by using the upgraded OpenSSL components.

What’s New:

• A new MCS template package cdm_mcs_template.
• (MCS) Added IOSTAT template.
• (MCS) Added QoS and alarms for Inode.
• (MCS) Disks template is now a part of Default Disk template.
• (MCS) Added Disk IO Template.
• (MCS) Ability to monitor shared disks. For more information, see cdm MCS Profile Type Configuration.
• (IM, AC, and MCS) Added new metric for total physical memory. The probe now generates a QoS for total physical memory (RAM) of a system, see cdm Metrics for details.
• (IM, AC, and MCS) New QoS for reporting and generating alarm for change in disk usage in %. see cdm Metrics for details.
• (IM and MCS) Two new QoS Disk Free% and Disk Free MB. see cdm Metrics for details.
• Added a feature where the probe will not send clear alarm on soft restart.
• Added support for Debian 8 and 9, Window 8.1 (32 and 64 bit).

Fixed Defects:

• The probe (on Solaris) reported negative values for Memory. Support Case Number: 00876624
• The probe reported frequent internal errors for CPU and Memory on AIX 6.1 and 7.1. Support Case Number: 00803946
• The probe shows as offline after upgrade to 6.10/6.20 on Windows 2003, (32 bit). Support Case Number: 00890739
• The probe failed to start (max. restarts reached) on Windows 2003, (32 bit). Support Case Number: 00866156
• The probe resets Disk monitoring when deployed to a server and configured as a fresh set up (RHEL 7). Support Case Number: 00869489
• The probe version 6.10 was unable to monitor CSV Mount Points. Support Case Number: 00830223
• The probe did not monitor all disk/mount-points. Support Case Number: 00862930
• The probe did not generate alarms when the value for metric Network Aggregated Traffic was set to anything other than 0 from Admin Console. Support Case Number: 00807908
• The probe reported disks as Unknown when added to Disk section using MCS on Linux. Support Case Number: 00780577
• The probe reported incorrect inode values for filesystems with large inode counts. Support Case Number: 00955048

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What's New:

• Added support to collect information and monitor the following:
• Individual and all CPUs steal time
• Top memory consuming process
• Total CPUs in the system
• (On Admin Console) Added metrics and more options to configure IOStat Monitoring for a server.

Fixed Defects:

• Deactivating QoS resulted in random alarm behavior. Salesforce case 00807908
• The probe did not monitor memory usage on Solaris. Salesforce case 00705468

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What's New:

• Added support for the following properties of Active Memory Expansion (AME) mode on AIX systems:
• Memory Dxm
• Memory Expansion Factor
• Memory Xphysc
• SMT
• Total Memory
• (On Admin Console) Enhanced support of the following monitors for the HPUX and Solaris platforms:
• Network Inbound Traffic
• Network Outbound Traffic
• Network Aggregated Traffic
• (On Admin Console) Added ability to generate disk missing alarms for the iostat devices.

Fixed Defects:

• The probe did not save the user-specified values for:
• Low threshold for CPU, Memory, Paging
• Maximum and Difference values for alarms for Multi CPU.

Support case numbers 779748, 764888

• The probe generated excessive false alerts for missing physical disk on AIX systems. Support case number 731386
• The probe did not work when it was deployed on Windows 2008 R2, with multiple active Exchange Servers. Support case number 733031
• The probe delayed alert generation for disks when the QoS interval was different from 1. Support case number 722680

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Fixed Defects:

• Added support to monitor the following parameters of the G Suite account:
• Citrix servers Support case numbers 751573, 748606, 246143
• Windows 2008 64-bit Support case numbers 747868, 739472
• Windows 2003 64-bit Support case number 700981

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What's New:

• Added support to monitor the following disk parameters from the Admin Console interface on Windows and Linux platforms.
  • Total disk latency
  • Disk read latency
  • Disk write latency
• Added support for 64 or more cores on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
• Added support for the following features using raw configuration. For more information, see the Edit the Configuration File Using Raw Configure section in cdm Advanced Configuration.
  • Configure the probe to generate the SAR (System Activity Report) using the current values of the network inbound, outbound, and aggregate traffic monitors.
  • (Solaris Global Zones) Configure the probe to use swap -s information for swap memory monitors. Support case number 673855

Fixed Defects:

• On Linux platforms, the probe displayed incorrect values in QoS and alarms for the following parameters. Support case number 671150
  • Network Inbound Traffic
  • Network Outbound Traffic
  • Network Aggregated Traffic
• Added a known issue of cdm 5.80 MC in the detailed cdm Release Notes. Support case number 667244
• The probe displayed incorrect values for disk space delta when no thresholds are breached. Support case number 647036
• Updated cdm Metrics for correct description of the QOS_MiORY_PHYSICAL_PERC monitor. Support case number 639610
• The probe incorrectly generated QoS values for some iostat QoS messages as 0. Support case number 630695
• The probe did not generate dynamic alarms for CPU usage when the QoS target is specified as Total. Support case number 608521
• Updated the correct help text in the document and the Admin Console GUI for iostat configuration field. Support case number 608515
• The probe always generated the I/O wait time as 0 on HP-UX platforms. Support case number 582607
• The probe repeatedly restarted on Solaris platforms. Support case number 467000

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What's New:

• Added support to monitor the following disk parameters from the Admin Console interface on Windows and Linux platforms.
• Total disk latency
• Disk read latency
• Disk write latency
• Added support for 64 or more cores on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
• Added support for the following features using raw configuration. For more information, see the Edit the Configuration File Using Raw Configure section in cdm Advanced Configuration.
• Configure the probe to generate the SAR (System Activity Report) using the current values of the network inbound, outbound, and aggregate traffic monitors.
• (Solaris Global Zones) Configure the probe to use swap -s information for swap memory monitors. Support case number 673855

Fixed Defects:

• On Linux platforms, the probe displayed incorrect values in QoS and alarms for the following parameters. Support case number 671150
• Network Inbound Traffic
• Network Outbound Traffic
• Network Aggregated Traffic
• Added a known issue of cdm 5.80 MC in the detailed cdm Release Notes. Support case number 667244
• The probe displayed incorrect values for disk space delta when no thresholds are breached. Support case number 647036
• Updated cdm Metrics for correct description of the QOS_MEMORY_PHYSICAL_PERC monitor. Support case number 639610
• The probe incorrectly generated QoS values for some iostat QoS messages as 0. Support case number 630695
• The probe did not generate dynamic alarms for CPU usage when the QoS target is specified as Total. Support case number 608521
• Updated the correct help text in the document and the Admin Console GUI for iostat configuration field. Support case number 608515
• The probe always generated the I/O wait time as 0 on HP-UX platforms. Support case number 582607
• The probe repeatedly restarted on Solaris platforms. Support case number 467000

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• (IM Interface only) Added support for:
  • AES-128 encryption that is required for FIPS compliance
  • Monitor Windows systems where FIPS encryption is enabled
  For more information, see Enable FIPS Encryption and Probe Specific Changes After Upgrade sections.

Please note that, for version 3.72 and higher of this probe, NimBUS Robot version 3.00 (or higher) is a prerequesite. You are advised to carefully read the document "Upgrading the NimBUS Robot" before installing/upgrading.