JMX: Base Pack Release Notes version 103

Version 103 of the "JMX: Base Pack" PowerPack includes a new execution environment, updated silo libraries, and enhancements to the UHE device-discovery process.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.14.1
  • Models Supported: HotSpot, IBM J9 (JVM), OpenJDK

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.14.1 or later of Skylar One before installing the "JMX: Base Pack" PowerPack.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One 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.

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.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • JMX: Base Pack Version PowerPack updated from BETA to GA.

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

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

  • Updated the status of the JMX: Base Pack from BETA to GA.
  • Upgraded the following libraries:
    • silo_app 1.28.0
    • silo_jmx 1.0.1
    • silo_jmxquery 0.0.3
  • Addressed an issue in which some Collection Objects returned unavailable, or undefined values (i.e. "-1"), during collection.
  • Changed the class type of the CPU Load and VM CPU Load Collection Objects, in the "JMX: Runtime Performance (IBM)" Dynamic Application, to Performance Gauge.
  • Added filters to asses valid JMX credentials before the alignment of JMX Dynamic Applications.
  • Added a new execution environment to replace the "Default" environment option. This new environment requires 8.14.1 as a SLI minimum version.

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 103 of the "JMX: Base Pack" PowerPack:

  • Data Gaps may be present until collection objects, that are not collecting, are disabled with Object Maintenance.