Version 106 of the "Nutanix: Base Pack" PowerPack includes run book actions that support Python 3, and Dynamic Applications that can now utilize snippet framework and use snippet arguments to define, collect, and interpret data.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 12.1.0

  • Support Status: GA

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.0 or later of SL1 before installing the "Nutanix: Base Pack" PowerPack.

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

You can monitor Prism Elements or Prism Central. You must choose between monitoring Prism Elements or Prism Central as the root device, and then run discovery accordingly. It is recommended that you monitor Prism Central in all cases, unless you have only Prism Elements instances with no Prism Central instances.

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 (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 the PowerPack, see the Monitoring Nutanix manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover and collect configuration and performance data for Nutanix devices
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when Nutanix devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device Classes for each type of Nutanix device monitored
  • A sample Credential for discovering Nutanix devices
  • Dashboards that display information about Nutanix instances and component devices
  • Run Book Actions and Automation policies to assign the proper device class to the Nutanix root device

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

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

  • Updated the "Nutanix: Base Pack" PowerPack for compatibility with Python 3.6 using Snippet Framework.
  • The "Nutanix: Prism Central LCM Config" and "Nutanix: LCM Config" Dynamic Applications now support the latest version of the Lifecycle Manager endpoint.

    • If your Nutanix Dynamic Applications are not up to date, you may experience data collection failures. To workaround this issue, you will need to adjust the endpoint in the Snippet Arguments of the affected collection objects.

  • The "Nutanix: VMware Interconnect" Snippet was removed from the "Nutanix: Storage Container Config" Dynamic Application.

    • After upgrading to version 106 of the "Nutanix: Base Pack" PowerPack, this Snippet will remain in the PowerPack, but it will no longer be in use and should not interfere with other Dynamic Applications from functioning.

  • The "Nutanix: Base Pack" PowerPack now includes a custom steps library ("silo-low-code-steps-nutanix") and has also been updated to utilize version 102 of the "Low-code Tools" PowerPack.
  • The following Dynamic Applications are now disabled:
    • "Nutanix: Collection Cache"
    • "Nutanix: Health Check Catalog Cache"
    • "Nutanix: LCM Entities Cache"

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 106 of the "Nutanix: Base Pack" PowerPack:

  • After upgrading to version 106 of the "Nutanix: Base Pack" PowerPack, you might experience missed collections for one or two polling cycles. This is because the PowerPack has been migrated to the Snippet Framework, which includes updates to some cache keys.
  • When upgrading from version 102 or earlier of the PowerPack, the following stats—removed from version 103—will display as "No Data Found":
  • Nutanix: VM I/O Stats: CPU Usage
  • Nutanix: VM I/O Stats: CPU Utilization
  • When discovering a Prism Central that contains Prism Element devices that have been previously discovered and user-disabled, the Prism Element devices will need to be re-enabled after the Prism Element devices have been moved to the new Prism Central device tree so that normal Dynamic Application alignment and data collection can proceed.
  • When discovering Prism Element and Prism Central devices, do not include both types of devices in the IP list for discovery, as the DCM tree will not fully build out and will be missing component devices. It is recommended that you either discover individual Prism Element clusters, or discover a Prism Central device with multiple Prism Element clusters.