Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster PowerPack Release Notes version 103

Version 103 of the Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster PowerPack updates the PowerPack to be Python 3-compatible.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 12.1.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster" PowerPack version 103.

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

Installing or Upgrading the PowerPack

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 Windows Systems with PowerShell 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 this release of the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster":

  • Updated all Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack to be Python 3-compatible.
  • Added the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster EE" execution environment.
  • Updated the "Microsoft: Windows Server Create Windows Cluster Virtual Device" Run Book action to be Python 3-compatible and moved its log file from the /tmp directory to /data/logs/rba_windows_cluster.log.
  • Updated the Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster content libraries to be Python 3-compatible.

  • Updated the "Microsoft: Windows Server Cluster Discovery" Dynamic Application to specify which Get-VM cmdlet to run by prepending "FailoverClusters\" to the PowerShell request. This will avoid conflicts on Windows Servers that have the VMWare PowerShell CLI Tools installed.

Known Issues

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

  • During discovery, messages may appear in the log indicating the cache is empty or expired. This behavior is expected and will not affect discovery.

  • 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>;