Version 102 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster PowerPack includes updates to PowerShell requests and alerts in some Dynamic Applications and updates the collector affinity for all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack.
- Minimum Required SL1 Version: 11.1.2
Before You Install or Upgrade
Ensure that you are running version 11.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster" PowerPack version 102.
For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.
Installing or Upgrading the PowerPack
To install this PowerPack:
- Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
- In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
- Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
- Click PowerPack file from step 1. and navigate to the
- Select the PowerPack file and click . The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
- Click PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page. . The
For more information about using the PowerPack, see the Monitoring Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster manual.
Features
This release includes the following features:
- Dynamic Applications that collect configuration and usage information about Windows clusters
- Event Policies that are triggered when Windows Server Clusters meet certain status criteria
- Device Classes for each type of Windows Server Cluster
- A Run Book Policy and Run Book Action that create a Windows Cluster Virtual Device
Enhancements and Issues Addressed
The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in version 102 of the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster" PowerPack:
- Updated the Collector Affinity field to Assigned collector for all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack.
- Updated the "get-cluster" PowerShell snippet to remove duplicate Write-Output statements that were blocking discovery on some clusters. (Support Cases: 00272824, 00277249, 00290719)
- Optimized the PowerShell request in the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster Resource Cache" Dynamic Application to work with credentials using a proxy.
- Updated alerts for the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster Core Roles & Services Config" Dynamic Application to display the cluster resource IP address and name for resource up/down events. (Support Case: 00199678)
- Updated the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster Resource Cache" and "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster Storage Discovery" Dynamic Applications to discover and classify cluster shared volume disks correctly. (Support Case: 00080011)
Known Issues
The following known issues affect version 102 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster PowerPack:
- If a Windows cluster device is deleted and not re-discovered, it may be related to some metadata in the database that was not properly removed. Remove this metadata using the following statements on the Windows cluster server, where "<DID>" is the device ID of the Windows Server and "<APP_ID>" is the ID for the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster Discovery" Dynamic Application:
To determine that the metadata is in the database:
SELECT * FROM collector_state.dynamic_app_meta WHERE did IN (<DID>,<DID>) AND app_id = <APP_ID>;
To delete the metadata and discover the Windows cluster again:
DELETE FROM collector_state.dynamic_app_meta WHERE did IN (<DID>,<DID>) AND app_id = <APP_ID>;