SL1: Concurrent PowerShell Monitoring PowerPack Release Notes version 102

Version 102 of the "SL1: Concurrent PowerShell Monitoring" PowerPack includes updates to event policies and Dynamic Applications.

  • Minimum Required Skylar One (SL1) Version: 10.1.4

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 10.1.4 or later of Skylar One before installing the "SL1: Concurrent PowerShell Monitoring" PowerPack.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

Installation or Upgrade Process

To install version 102 of the "SL1: Concurrent PowerShell Monitoring" PowerPack, perform the following steps:

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks).

  2. In Skylar One (formerly SL1), go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).

  3. Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.

  4. Click Browse and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.

  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.

  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page.

See the manual Monitoring Windows Systems with PowerShellfor instructions on using the PowerPack.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Two Dynamic Applications for monitoring the concurrent PowerShell service:
  • ScienceLogic: PowerShell Collector Performance. Collects Prometheus performance metrics from the service container
  • ScienceLogic: PowerShell Service Log Parser. Monitors the service log and raises major events on devices when errors are found containing device IDs

  • A device template to automatically align the "ScienceLogic: PowerShell Service Log Parser" Dynamic Application to multiple Data Collectors
  • Event policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when devices meet certain status criteria

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in this release:

  • The "ScienceLogic: PowerShell Service No Route To Host" event policy has been disabled by default.
  • The "ScienceLogic: PowerShell Collector Performance" Dynamic Application was updated to support data collection using a PEM key.
  • The "ScienceLogic: PowerShell Service Log Parser" Dynamic Application was updated to address an issue in which unhandled exceptions were appearing when the credential type used was different from the required credential.

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 102 of the "SL1: Concurrent PowerShell Monitoring" PowerPack:

  • The "ScienceLogic: PowerShell Collector Performance" and "ScienceLogic: PowerShell Service Log Parser" Dynamic Applications do not support data collection using PEM keys when a passphrase is used to encrypt the key.
  • The Dynamic Application "ScienceLogic: PowerShell Collector Performance" cannot connect over SSH to SL1 version 11.1.0 or later. If you are on SL1 version 11.1.0 or later, you will need to enable the Prometheus client on the Data Collector on which you want to enable multi-process mode. To do this, add the property ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_CLIENT=True to the /opt/em7/services/powershell_collector/powershell_collector.env file.
  • Once the Prometheus client is enabled, the URL HTTP[S}://localhost:8084/metrics is enabled (HTTP or HTTPS depending on the USE_HTTPS setting in the config file). Once the Prometheus client is enabled, restart the PowerShell collector using the sudo systemctl restart powershell_collector