M.2 Changes in 10-00

• The following OSs are now supported:

  • HP-UX 11i V2 (IPF)

  • Solaris 9 (SPARC)

  • AIX 5L V5.3

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(R) AS 4 (IPF)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(R) AS 4 (AMD64 & Intel EM64T)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(R) ES 4 (AMD64 & Intel EM64T)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(R) AS 4 (x86)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(R) ES 4 (x86)

• The following collection processes were added to enable WMI collection processing according to the OS type:

  • jpc7corecollect32.exe (32-bite edition)

  • jpc7corecollect64.exe (64-bit edition)

• If the OS of the host where PFM - RM for Platform is installed is Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Linux, PFM - RM for Platform can collect performance data even in an IPv6 environment.

• The following default monitoring items are now availablefor PFM - Manager, making it possible for PFM - RM for Platform to link to JP1/ITSLM:

  • CPU_PERCENT

  • FREE_MEM_MBYTES

  • EFFECTIVE_FREE_MEM_MBYTES

  • FREE_MBYTES

  • BUSY_PERCENT

  • TOTAL_BYTES_PER_SEC

  • TOTAL_PACKETS_PER_SEC

• A function was added for monitoring a monitored host in a UNIX environment from a PFM - RM host in a Windows environment.

• A function was added for specifying collection of process operation status information by executing the jpcprocdef create command.

• An explanation was added about software and packages that must be installed when the monitored host is running UNIX.

• An explanation was added about the operation for distributing a public key to the monitored host by executing the ssh-copy-id command.

• The following files were added under the installation-folder\agt7\agent\instance-name\targets\monitoring-target-name\ folder to the list of folders and files when PFM - RM for Platform is running under Windows:

  • records.stderr_NNNN

  • common.stdout_NNNN

  • common.stderr_NNNN

  • os.stdout_NNNN

  • os.stderr_NNNN

  • wmi.out_NNNN

• An explanation was added about the function for synchronizing the agent information between the PFM - Manager host and the PFM - Web Console host by executing the jpctool service sync command.

• The explanation for the Reason (REASON) field of the System Status (PD) record was changed due to the addition of the function for monitoring a monitored host in a UNIX environment from a PFM - RM host in a Windows environment.

• An explanation was added about cases in which performance data cannot be collected accurately.

• The following messages were added:

  KAVL17023-W, KAVL17024-W, KAVL17025-W, KAVL17026-W

• The explanation for message KAVL17017-W was changed.

• An explanation was added about the action to take when the following problems occur:

  • The Remote Monitor Collector service of PFM - RM does not start.

  • Failure Audit (event ID: 4625 or 4776) is recorded in the Windows security event log.

• An explanation was added about the action to take when the value of the Status field of the PD record is ERROR and the Reason field shows one of the following values:

  • Invalid environment(SSH_Client)

  • Invalid environment(Perl_Module)

  • Invalid environment(Private_Key_File)

• An explanation was added about the action to take when the alarms related to process monitoring are not reported as intended.

• Windows firewall information that needs to be collected is now included in the OS log information.

• An explanation was added about information that needs to be collected by PuTTY and ActivePerl.

• The estimate on the amount of memory required was added.

• The following properties were added to the Remote Monitor Configuration - Remote Monitor directory of the Remote Monitor Collector service:

  • SSH_Client

  • Perl_Module

• The TargetType property was added to the Remote Monitor Configuration - Target directory of the remote agent and group agent of PFM - RM for Platform.

• The following files under the installation-folder\agt7\dat\ folder were added to the list of folders and files when PFM - RM for Platform is running under Windows:

  • common.dat

  • cmd2rec

  • cmd2rec_common

  • cmd2rec_OS

  • OS.dat

• A list of redistribution files for Microsoft(R) Visual C++(R) 2005 SP1 that need to be installed in the Windows Server 2003 environment was added.

• An explanation was added about the sources of record field values or formulas (data sources).

• A function was added for monitoring process operation status.

• The following records were added due to the addition of the function for monitoring process operation status:

  • Application Process Count (PD_APPC)

  • Application Process Detail (PD_APPD)

  • Application Process Overview (PD_APS)

  • Application Service Overview (PD_ASVC)

  • Application Summary (PD_APP2)

• The following alarms were added due to the addition of the function for monitoring process operation status:

  • Application Status

  • Process Existence

  • Service Stop

  • Service Stop(dsp nm)

• The following reports were added due to the addition of the function for monitoring process operation status:

  • Application Process Count

  • Application Process Status

  • Application Status

• Windows Server 2008 is now supported.

• The setup command was changed so that it can be executed in non-interactive mode.

• Ps_Category was added to the instance environment settings of PFM - RM for Platform due to the addition of the function for monitoring process operation status.

• The ps command was added to the package (commands) required by a monitored host due to the addition of the function for monitoring process operation status.

• The version of the monitoring template alarm table was changed from 09.00 to 09.10.

• The following alarm tables were added due to the addition of the function for monitoring process operation status:

  • PFM RM Platform Template Alarms [PS] 09.10

  • PFM RM Platform Template Alarms [SVC] 09.10

  • PFM RM Platform Template Alarms [APP] 09.10

• Notes were added about collecting historical data.

• Estimates were added on the amount of memory and disk space required.

• The following logs are now included in the information that needs to be collected in the Windows environment:

  • WMI log

  • Message log during installation (for Windows Server 2008)

• The following directories were added to the remote agent and group agent properties due to the addition of the function for monitoring process operation status:

  • Application monitoring setting

  • ADDITION OR DELETION A SETTING

• The data model version was changed from 4.0 to 5.0.

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