Microsoft: IIS ServerPowerPack Release Notes version 103

Version 103 of the Microsoft: IIS Server PowerPack updates the Collector Affinity setting for all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack and addresses an issue in the "Microsoft: IIS Web Service Performance" Dynamic Application.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 10.2.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 10.2.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Microsoft: IIS Server" PowerPack version 103.

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 Systems with PowerShell for instructions on using the PowerPack.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that collect configuration information and performance metrics for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) running on Windows Servers
  • Event Policies that are triggered when IIS services meet certain status criteria

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

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

  • The Collector Affinity field has been set to Assigned collector by default in all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack.
  • The " Total HTTP 500 Errors" collection object has been removed from the "Microsoft: IIS Web Service Performance" Dynamic Application. (Support Case: 00172277; JIRA ID: SOL-14113)

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 103 of the Microsoft: IIS Server PowerPack:

  • The "Microsoft: IIS Application Pool Status" Dynamic Application will not auto-align or collect data unless the user is part of their local administrators group.