Version 102 of the "Net-SNMP" 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 SL1 version 11.3.0 or later before installing this PowerPack.
NOTE: For details on upgrading the ScienceLogic platform, see the appropriate ScienceLogic Release Notes.
Installing or Upgrading to this Version
To install the "Net-SNMP" PowerPack for the first time or to upgrade from a previous version, perform the following steps:
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 xxx 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.
- Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
- See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the xxx or later release.
- Download version xxx of the xxx PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
- Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import version xxx of the PowerPack.
- After importing the PowerPack, you will be prompted to install the PowerPack. Click the Install button to install the PowerPack.
Included Features
"Net-SNMP" PowerPack version 102 includes the following features:
- Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for Net-SNMP applications, including:
- Net-SNMP: CPU
- Net-SNMP: Physical Memory
- Net-SNMP: Swap
- Device classes for each type of Net-SNMP device monitored
- Event policies that are triggered when Net-SNMP devices meet certain status criteria
Enhancements and Issues Addressed
The following changes are included in this release:
- 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 issue affects this version of the PowerPack:
- A "BulkStatsNotSupportedError" error might periodically display for the "EMC: VMAX Statistics Cache" Dynamic Application. If this occurs, "CacheDataIsEmpty" errors might also display for the "EMC: VMAX Array Stats", "EMC: VMAX LUN Stats", and "EMC: VMAX Storage Group Stats" Dynamic Applications.