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Release Version 7.6.8

Release Date: 9th July’ 2021

What’s New?​

NCM Device Backup​

Due to the increased volume of NCM Backup data, NCM data will now be stored to Clickhouse instead of H2.

SLA Benchmark​

As a part of performance, improvement is made in SLA with respect to the existing Hardware size of the environment.
For which below parameters must be set in sytemconf:
• sla-db-event-worker:’2′
• sla-alert-message-worker:’2′
• sla-alert-inspect-worker: ‘2’

Email Action for NCM Backup​

For the NCM backup attachment, the option of .txt or pdf is added now. Previously, the backup attachment was only available in HTML format. For this the plugin, NCM Device Backup is updated to version 1.4.

Traffic will be displayed in % format​

Traffic values will be shown in (%) format for volume (%) in top N reports. Also, the reports can now be exported in pdf and sent over email/FTP as well. Traffic (%) will now be visible on Grid and Chart-Grid widget also.

Host Name field replaced.​

Although any column is hidden, it will always get reflected in the report now when exported. Also, the Host Name field is now removed as host value gets resolved with the Source Host field.

Improvements in Motadata Engine ID for SNMPV3 trap​

Overall improvement includes the system capabilities to:

  • Send its originated device Engine ID to 3rd-party device.
  • Send Motadata Engine ID in place of device engine id to the 3rd-party.

The above feature applicability will be from backend i.e in motadata.conf.yml file, where and when the parameter trap-static-engineId-enabled is set to ‘yes’ or ‘no’

Net Adapter Speed Monitoring​

User will now be able to monitor the Net Adapter Speed for Windows and Windows WMI using query/command. Also, a default widget is added in Network Tab. For which the plugins Windows and Window WMI is updated to version 8.1 and 1.7 respectively

Error message Pop-up​

As a part of improvement when the user doesn’t have a Radius Server and try to configure it with the empty fields, system will pop-up the Error Message.

MIN/MAX/AVG added for a single widget.​

The MIN/MAX/AVG of a single metric in the single widget for dashboards and reports is added now in UI. Thus, the multiple analytics for a single metric for few widget pivot types are added.

PowerShell Script Action​

An option is added for windows credentials for execution of command. Also, for running the script on windows server, discovery of windows server is not required now. For which the plugin, PowerShell is updated to version 7.6.

Log Parsers available for new devices​

Log parsers are now available for Procurve HP Switch and Brocade Switch. For which the plugin, Universal Log Parser is updated to version 7.7.

NCM Enhancement​

Configuration text field- ‘Extraneous Prompt’ is added as a part of improvement, for backup process configuration in telnet module.

Device Count​

The device count column is added on the Home Page now.

RPE Management​

User will now be able to manage the NCM Devices directly to the Master as well as RPE. Also, a different screen for NCM devices count is added in the Admin >> RPE Management.

SQL ID parameter added​

The oracle session will now display the SQL Id parameter values in all types of reports. For this the plugin Oracle Session is updated to version 3.8.

Update in Sybase plugin​

An update is made in the Sybase plugin of adding support of queue size in its logic, for which the plugin Sybase ASE is updated to version 1.6.

Log patterns added​

For parsing the array logs and displaying them on the widgets, various log patterns are added, for which the plugin Universal Log Parser is updated to version 7.6.

Template Field added for Action​

A new field of Template Id is added on the Create Action page, for which the plugin. MSDP SMS action is updated to version 1.2.

HA support over WAN​

High Availability feature is now supported in NMS over WAN also. Support is added for both, Windows DNS Server as well as Bind (Linux) server.

Performance Improvement​

NCM Action/Restore is now supported for multiple devices with complete performance testing.

Addition of KPI’s in Sybase DB plugin​

Few KPI’s are added in the Sybase DB plugin for discovery of new parameters.

Addition of Metric Parameters​

Separate device availability and metric parameters are added. For which the plugin, BGP Routing is updated to version 8.2.

Log Requirement in Agents​

Windows Event ID’s are added as per the Windows Agents for displaying the Logs as per requirement.

Changes in SLA Report​

  • There are few additions in the SLA Report:
  • Three additional columns are proposed along with the SLA summary information (i.e. Contract Name, Penalty %, Penalty Amount)
  • The Export of the report will be in Landscape mode to accommodate extended tabular view.
  • In the Widget configuration for Availability, only for grid option, the Contract drop down is made available for group by Tag, RPE, and Department. This will be available in Dashboard and Reports also.
  • Contract availability period is the subset of Penalty Period.

Alert and Availability​

Support of report export limit of 100k rows is now added.

Checkpoint Firewall​

Log parsers are added for the Checkpoint firewall.

VMware vMotion​

Support for HAFor HA, the support of vMotion feature is added. The addition includes Master Failover and Failback, DB Failover and Failback and RPE Failover and Failback.

Bug Fixes​

• An issue was reported where the slack notification was not working, which is resolved now. Also, for which the plugin Slack is updated to version 1.1.

• IPSLA metrics were not collecting and displaying the correct output, which is resolved now. For which the plugin, IPSLA is updated to version 7.0.

• An issue was reported where Syslog was not showing the proper data with current and historic source host, which is resolved now.

• While scheduling the Archival and Report DB Backup Job, the email Server configuration was mandatory, which is fixed and is not mandatory now. For this the plugin, Report-dB-Archival-Job and Report-dB-Backup-Job is updated to version 1.6 and 1.5 respectively.

• Secure transmission of message was not happening in the system between nsq client and server, which has been resolved now. Also, the same issue was observed in h2, which is also handled.

• An issue was observed where the NCM Backup file was not visible completely with console, which is resolved now. For this the plugin SSH NCM Collector is updated to version 4.1.

• The database name KPI was not getting displayed with the IP address for the devices, which is resolved now

• The Legatrix URL was showing down even after the successful discovery, which is resolved now.

• An issue was reported where the packet loss was not showing due to timeout, which is resolved now.

• In the Cisco Switch the port mapper device was having an issue due to which the data was not getting displayed on the GUI, which is resolved now. For this the plugin cisco-switch port mapper is updated to version 8.0.

• An issue was observed where the config backup was not working via creating the config db back up job, which is resolved now. This observation was due to large volume of data in h2 for NCM, so now all data is moved to clickhouse.

• NCM was not reflecting when the archival job was created, which is resolved now. For this the plugin, motadata-report-db-archival-job is updated to version 1.7.

• Network Interface Tab was not showing the monitor data of all monitors with widgets (Top 10 interfaces by OUT Traffic/IN Traffic/Traffic/Errors), which is resolved now. Also for which, the descending preference is given to Value first and then to time.

• An exception was getting generated while sending email, which in turn stopped the execution of the code for the daily license quota job, which is resolved now.

• An issue was observed where the Metrics were not getting reflected for IP SLA Devices, which is resolved now. For which, the plugin IP SLA is updated to version 7.1

• NCM backup was failing as per the hostname in the associated csv file, which is resolved now by making changes in the Redis configuration.

• Log License Calculation mismatch was observed as row entries were getting increased in the table. To resolve this issue, migration of H2 table is made to Clickhouse database without changing the table name.