Microsoft: Active Directory Server PowerPack Release Notes version 101

Version 101 of the Microsoft: Active Directory Server PowerPack adds a new Device Template and credential for the Dynamic Applications included in the PowerPack and addresses an issue in which Dynamic Applications were aligned to Windows Server devices that did not have Active Discovery installed.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.12.2.7

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.12.2.7 or later of SL1 before installing "Microsoft: Active Directory 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 local changes for some commonly customized fields from being overwritten.

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in the 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.

See the manual Monitoring Windows for more information about the PowerPack.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that collect Active Directory (AD) performance data
  • Event Policies that are triggered when AD LDAP performance metrics meet certain criteria

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "Microsoft: Active Directory Server" PowerPack:

  • An "SL1 Agent for Microsoft: Active Directory Server Template" Device Template was added that aligns the Dynamic Applications included in the PowerPack to a Windows device running the SL1 Agent.
  • An "SL1 Agent PowerShell Default" credential was added for the Dynamic Applications that use the "SL1 Agent for Microsoft: Active Directory Server Template" Device Template.

  • An issue was addressed in which the Dynamic Applications included in this PowerPack were automatically aligned to Window Server devices that did not have AD installed.

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.