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Release Version 7.6.6

Release Date: 19th February’2021

What’s New?​

Improved Pop-up Messages​

Improvement is made in Pop-up messages for User Authentication Login Failures and are made generic now for both conditions i.e. Incorrect Login User as well as Incorrect Password.

Auto Alert Correlation​

We have introduced a feature of Auto-correlation in UI to be configured from Global Settings in Admin Panel.

Below are few pre-requisites for the same:

  1. Auto correlation file should be saved on a specific path /motadata/motadata/alert-cache-files. The name of the file will be sample-alert-correlation.csv, which will be available in Documents folder.
    ** This is one time mandatory process to be followed while upgrading.
  2. All the dependent parent-child Monitors should be in the same machine(RPE or master)
  3. For Parent child correlation notification, If alert comes for child first, there will be two separate alerts. And if second alert comes for Parent, child will be impacted and disabled (if not reachable).
  4. Parameter alert-correlation-engine present in motadata.conf file is now Not in UseConfigurable Polling TimePolling time can now be configurable for all Metric Collector Plugins only. Here, the impact will be mainly on newly discovered monitors and not be effective for existing discovered monitors.

Reports stored in FTP Server​

Now, user can define FTP/SFTP credentials with path to forward the report files on mentioned destination using Report Scheduler. Reports for -NCM Report Job, Business SLA Report Job and Report Job can be scheduled and sent to FTP as well as SFTP. Also, reports for scheduling and sending is possible using any format such as pdf or csv/excel.

Resolve Host Names​

For Dashboard and all source/destination IP’s, none of Hostnames were getting resolved. So, the feature of Host Mapper in Admin Panel is now considered instead of DNS resolver for resolving all IP’s using host names.

Nutanix Monitoring​

New plugins are added for monitoring Nutanix Devices as well, for which plugins Nutanix Cluster, Nutanix Host, Nutanix VM are updated to version 1.0.

Auto Ticket Feature for Log and Traps​

For Trap and Log alerts, user will now be able to bind action on existing ITSM/ServiceOps Plugin as well as on newly created plugin. For this, the plugin ServiceOps Trouble Ticket Action is updated to version 1.3 and Trouble Ticket Action is updated to version 1.8.

Deletion of Monitor​

While deleting a monitor, a confirmation message will be popped before the deletion. Also, now when the device is deleted the backup data will be deleted too. Here, the Audit logs will be available.

Metrics in Vcenter​

Few additional plugin metrics are added in Vcenter, for which the plugin Vcenter is updated to version 7.7. Also, the default Template for the existing monitor will have to be manually attached and for newer ones the new added metrics will reflect on addition of plugin.

Improvement in Motadata Health Screen​

Now, Motadata Health Screen will get updated without entering the password to view the metrics on health screen.

Custom group can be added for LDAP​

An option is added in LDAP Server configuration in UI, from where the user can now create a custom group and Motadata will fetch all the users from the selected custom group.

Downloading of Reports and Dashboard​

As improvement, the option for downloading the Reports and Dashboards in Word format is available now. Also, scheduling of Reports and Dashboards is also available in Microsoft Word now.

Improvement in Exchange Mailbox​

Few Mailbox Metrics and default widget metrics are added as an improvement. For which the plugin Exchange 2016 Mailbox and Client Access Role to version 1.0 and Exchange 2016 Transport Role to version 1.0.

OLT Plugin​

Now, plugin have been developed which will be able to support the monitoring of OLT ONT Power details information via fetching the plugin metrics using different SSH commands. For this the plugin OLT Metric is developed with version 1.0.

Added Special character ($) support​

While creating any action, a macro starting and ending with the special characters ($) are possible. Thus, validation of the special character in the action name is now allowed.

Improvement in License Utility​

The date picker utility is now simplified and made easier to select even the older or newer days/months. Also, a Download button is added on top right header bar which allows user to download the issued license.

Support for AES256 and AES192​

As an improvement, support is added for receiving any type of traps from SNMPv3 which includes the protocol support of AES256 and AES192 also.

Improved SNMP Polling​

Capabilities in SNMP are added for polling, which provides inclusion of added context parameters also. For this various SNMP plugins are updated.

Customized Global Map​

For any widget visualization, the user can now zoom out for particular location to be viewed in google map, instead of having a generic view of whole map.

Syslog Parsing​

As an improvement a complete new data model is introduced for SANGFOR Firewall, so that logs can be forwarded and received on Motadata Server.Log usage for each MonitorA new change is made from backend in h2 console, which will record and display the Log Usage of each monitor.
** Time window kept in host filter is now improved from 24hours.

HA on WAN​

Now, HA servers can be connected over WAN also. Support is added only for failover fallback server over WAN for Master Server only. (Not supported for RPE as of now).

Text Search Feature in HA​

As an Improvement, Workflow is added for Sync Log indexing for HA. Below are a few points to be taken care while upgrading:

  • Data sync would only get started the moment user upgrades.
  • Previous data needs to be synced manually, if required.
  • Motadata-Cluster needs to restart once the upgrade finishes.

Bug Fixes​

  • Hostname was not getting resolved on dashboard for the flow visualization, which is resolved. Also, host name which was getting resolved using RabbitMQ is also improved now and for this the plugin RabbitMQ JMS Action is updated to version 1.2.
    **DNS Resolver Menu is now known as Host Mapper Menu

  • An issue was observed where user was not able to provide the manage rights for adding RPE, which is resolved now.

  • An issue was observed where sorting for the data based on column was not functioning properly, thus a new widget property column is added to avoid sorting issue.

  • Few vulnerabilities were observed which are resolved now. And, SSL & HTTPS Implementation in h2 & Clickhouse connection is done for the same.

  • An issue was observed where the logs were not getting displayed in the correct order as per the events, which is resolved now.

  • An issue was observed where the URL monitors were not getting polled, which is resolved now. For which the java plugin is now transferred to python plugin and plugin URL is updated to version 4.8.

  • As per observation, the Ellipsis feature was not functioning properly for Column widget properties, which is resolved now.

  • Now, if once the SLA is starts, editing is not allowed for any changes unless the SLA start date is a future date.

  • User was not able to select the filter properties, when the flag for ‘Allow Monitor Polling Issue Mail’ in Global Settings was enabled, which is resolved now. Now, different filters as well as actions can be selected for monitors.

  • An issue was observed where the Cisco Switch was not getting discovered in NCM, which is resolved now. For this the plugin SSH NCM Collector is updated to version 3.8.

  • An issue was observed where the alerts were not getting bind with the configured monitors, which is resolved now.

  • Few vulnerabilities were observed for servers, which are resolved now.

  • An issue was observed where the utilization information of Apache Servers was not reflecting over GUI, which is resolved now. For this the plugin Apache HTTP is updated to version 3.6.

  • Alert was not getting triggered for any response code other than 200 OK, which is resolved. Now, response is stored for failed request also. For this the plugin URL is updated to version 4.8.

  • An issue was observed where the DR site was showing the incorrect entries, which is resolved. Now, the logic to read host name is added to avoid issues.

  • Delay in alert generation was observed for some Port monitors due to issue in poling, which is resolved now. For this the plugin Port is updated to version 3.6.

  • A count mismatch was observed in traps/Log count due to a Group by Widget, which is resolved. Now, an additional category of trap is added to show all the related details and count as well.

  • Support for Email id for three characters in domain name is added now for configuring the Email action, for which the validation changes are also added.

  • An issue was observed where the non-pingable devices were not getting discovered, which is resolved. Now, using the Ping Plugin, all the non-pingable devices can also be discovered. So, the plugin Ping is updated to version 7.9.

  • An issue was observed where data was not getting reflected on Motadata GUI, which is resolved now.

  • An issue was observed where the interfaces were showing no result when put for re-discovery, which is resolved. Now, the re-discovery feature is added which will rediscover and generate alert as well.

  • An issue was observed in the Alert Map Widget, which is resolved now and included in vulnerabilities improvements.

  • Trap Listener was not configurable due to missing queries, which is resolved now.

  • An issue was observed where email notifications were not getting triggered for CISCO devices, which is resolved now.

  • Monitor name was not reflecting in NCM devices as per the exported .csv devices, which is resolved now.

  • Logs were not getting displayed in Widgets, Dashboards and Search, which is resolved now.

  • Wrong tag Count and logs were getting displayed in Home Screen and Dashboard, which is resolved now.