IBM WebSphere Release Notes, version 101

Version 101 of the IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack is updated to Python 3 and addresses an issue with SQL connection errors.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 11.3.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 11.3.0 or later of SL1 before installing "IBM: WebSphere Application Server" PowerPack version 101.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installation and Upgrade Process

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.

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:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In 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.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for IBM WebSphere Application Servers, including:
  • IBM: WebSphere EJB Aggregate Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere EJB Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere EJB Group Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere EJB Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere JCA Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere JDBC Aggregate Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere JDBC Conn Pool Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere JDBC Conn Pool Group Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere JDBC Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere JVM Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere Management Config
  • IBM: WebSphere Node Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere Server Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlet Session Aggregate Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlet Session Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlet Session Group Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlet Session Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlets Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlets Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere System Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere ThreadPool Aggregage Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere ThreadPool Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere ThreadPool Group Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere ThreadPool Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere Transaction Manager Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere URL Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere URL Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere WebApps Aggregate Stats
  • IBM: WebSphere WebApps Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere WebApps Group Discovery
  • IBM: WebSphere WebApps Stats
  • Event Policies that are triggered when IBM WebSphere Application Servers meet certain status criteria
  • An Example Credential that you can use to connect to IBM WebSphere Application Servers
  • Run Book Actions and Run Book Automation policies for classifying the root device and aligning the "IBM: WebSphere System Stats" Dynamic Application to the WebSphere node agent
  • Device Classes for each of the IBM WebSphere components that the PowerPack can monitor
  • IBM: WebSphere Node
  • IBM: WebSphere Server
  • IBM: WebSphere ThreadPool Group
  • IBM: WebSphere ThreadPools
  • IBM: WebSphere EJB
  • IBM: WebSphere JDBC Pools Group
  • IBM: WebSphere JDBC
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlet Session Group
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlet Session
  • IBM: WebSphere WebApplication Group
  • IBM: WebSphere WebApplications
  • IBM: WebSphere Servlets
  • IBM: WebSphere URL
  • IBM: WebSphere Management Device
  • IBM: WebSphere EJB Group
  • A Device Dashboard that you can use to view information about IBM WebSphere Application Server components

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "IBM: WebSphere Application Server" PowerPack:

  • Updated PowerPack to Python 3
  • Addressed multiple issues that caused SQL connection errors. (Support Case: 00158104; Jira ID: SOL-16597)

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.