Version 101 of the IBM: DataPower PowerPack addresses an issue that was causing an error to appear in the system log when SL1 discovered non-IBM DataPower devices.
- Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.0
Before You Install or Upgrade
Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "IBM: DataPower" PowerPack version 101.
For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.
Installation or Upgrade Process
To install version 101 of the IBM: DataPower 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.
If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.
To install this PowerPack:
- Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
- See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.7.0 or later release.
- Download the "IBM: DataPower" version 101PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
- Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "IBM: DataPower" version 101.
- Click the button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.
For more information about using the PowerPack, see the Monitoring IBM DataPower Gateways manual.
Features
This release includes the following features:
- Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for IBM DataPower systems
- Device Classes for each of the DataPower components that the PowerPack can monitor
- Event Policies that are triggered when DataPower devices meet certain status criteria
- An "IBM: DataPower" device dashboard that is assigned as the default dashboard for IBM DataPower devices
Enhancements and Issues Addressed
The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "IBM: DataPower" PowerPack:
- An issue was addressed that was causing an "Error encountered while executing snippet" exception to appear for the "IBM: DataPower Session Count" Dynamic Application when SL1 discovered non-IBM DataPower devices.
Known Issues
This release has no known issues.