Juniper Base Pack PowerPack Release Notes, version 103

Version 103 of the Juniper Base Pack PowerPack PowerPack upgrades the PowerPack to be Python 3-compatible and sets the Collector Affinity configuration option to Assigned Collector for all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack..

  • 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 "Juniper Base Pack" PowerPack version 103.

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

Installing or Upgrading the PowerPack

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 (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.

For more information about using this PowerPack, see the Monitoring Switches, Routers, and Firewalls with SNMP manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover and collect configuration and performance data for Juniper devices
  • Device Classes for each type of Juniper component device monitored
  • Event policies that are triggered when Juniper devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device Dashboards that display information about Juniper component devices

Enhancements and Addressed Issues

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in version 103 of the "Juniper Base Pack" PowerPack:

  • Updated the PowerPack to be Python 3-compatible.

  • Set the Collector Affinity configuration option to Assigned Collector for all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack.

Known Issues

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

  • Hidden spaces in the "Discovery Qualifier", "Qualifier Match (Value)", "Agent Identifier 1", and "Agent Identifier 2" fields in the device class cause the Discovery Session to stop due to two critical system logs originating from the discovery process. The target device is not discovered or modeled as a result. To work around this issue:

    1. Go to the device class of the device that was not discovered.

    2. Delete the hidden spaces from the Discovery Qualifier, Qualifier Match (Value), Agent Identifier 1, and Agent Identifier 2 fields.

    3. Save the device class and re-run the Discovery Session.

  • The "Juniper: Chassis MIB Configuration" Dynamic Application has alert policies that create persistent healthy events for FRUs installed and only generates error conditions if something changes from the healthy state. To work around this issue, disable the empty FRU alert.