Veritas File System KM for PATROL

Release Notes for v2.0.00

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What's new

Full integration with BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management 8.6.x.
Veritas File System KM for PATROL can now be integrated with Veritas Volume Manager KM for PATROL.
Support of all Linux platforms in addition to the previously supported Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX platforms.
Monitoring Features:
VxFS Checkpoints, VxFS Snapshot file system, and file system fragmentation are monitored by Veritas File System KM for PATROL.
Monitoring can now be enabled in clustered nodes.
KM failover with Veritas is now possible.
Custom events can now be disabled from the KM.
The time during which the debug information is logged can now be set by the user.

Application Classes

New application classes were added to the KM: VFS_SERVER, VFS_LOG_CONTAINER, VFS_LOG, VFS_FILESYSTEM_CONTAINER , VFS_FILESYSTEM, VFS_QUOTA_CONTAINER, VFS_QUOTA, VFS_FRAGMENTATION

Parameters

New parameters were added to the following application classes:
VFS_SERVER: VFSCreateDistribution, VFSFileSystemCollector, VFSLogCollector, VFSLoginStatus, VFSMonitoringMode, VFSNodeStatus, VFSRemoveTempFiles, VFSUpdateAgent
VFS_FILESYSTEM_CONTAINTER: VFSFileSystemDetails, VFSFragmentationDetails, VFSQuotaDetails
VFS_FILESYSTEM: VFSFileSystemInodesAvailable, VFSFileSystemInodesGrowthRate, VFSFileSystemInodesUsed, VFSFileSystemInodesUsedPercent, VFSFileSystemIOKBytes, VFSFileSystemIOKBytesRate,VFSFileSystemIOOperations, VFSFileSystemIOOperationsFailed, VFSFileSystemIOOperationsRate,VFSFileSystemMountState, VFSFileSystemMountStatus, VFSFileSystemReadKBytes, VFSFileSystemReadKBytesRate, VFSFileSystemReadOperations, VFSFileSystemReadOperationsFailed, VFSFileSystemReadTimeAverage, VFSFileSystemReadTime, VFSFileSystemSpaceAvailable, VFSFileSystemSpaceGrowthRate, VFSFileSystemSpaceUsed, VFSFileSystemSpaceUsedPercent, VFSFileSystemWriteKBytes, VFSFileSystemWriteKBytesRate, VFSFileSystemWriteOperations, VFSFileSystemWriteOperationsFailed, VFSFileSystemWriteTimeAverage, VFSFileSystemWriteTime, VFSFileSystemSummary
VFS_QUOTA: VFSQuotaFilesTimeLeft, VFSQuotaFilesUsed, VFSQuotaFilesUsedPercent, VFSQuotaSpaceTimeLeft, VFSQuotaSpaceUsed, VFSQuotaSpaceUsedPercent, VFSQuotaState, VFSQuotaStatus, VFSQuotaSummary
VFS_FRAGMENTATION: VFSFragmentationBlksFree, VFSFragmentationBlksGT64AllocatedPercent, VFSFragmentationBlksLT08FreePercent, VFSFragmentationBlksLT64FreePercent, VFSFragmentationBlksToReduce, VFSFragmentationBlksTotal, VFSFragmentationBlksUsedForIndirects, VFSFragmentationDirsImmediate, VFSFragmentationDirsImmediateToAdd, VFSFragmentationDirsToReduce, VFSFragmentationDirsTotal, VFSFragmentationFilesAverageBlk, VFSFragmentationFilesAverageExt, VFSFragmentationFilesTotal, VFSFragmentationSummary
VFS_LOG: VFSLogAlarmCount, VFSLogAlarmText, VFSLogFSSpaceUsedPercent, VFSLogSpaceAvailable, VFSLogSpaceGrowthRate, VFSLogSpaceUsed, VFSLogSpaceUsedPercent, VFSLogSummary, VFSLogText, VFSLogWarningCount, VFSLogWarningText

Changes and Improvements

Performance has been improved to support large number of Veritas File Systems.
Look and feel: The Veritas File System KM better matches the look and feel of other High-Availability KMs (Veritas Volume Manager & Veritas Cluster Server)
Monitoring Features: Quota monitoring now covers group and checkpoint level quotas.
The delay required to perform a discovery following an Agent restart has been substantially reduced.

Application Classes

The following classes are no longer available: VFS_CONTAINER, VFS_FS_CONTAINER, VFS_FILESYSTEMS, VFS_KERNEL, VFS_QUOTA_USERS, VFS_SNAPSHOT

Parameters

The following parameters were removed since they only covered Solaris Platforms when VxFS file systems laid out on native disk partitions: VFSActiveServiceTime, VFSActiveTransactions, VFSBusyTimePercent, VFSWaitQueueServiceTime,VFSWaitTimePercent, and VFSQueueLength.
The following parameters were removed: VFSCurrentMountPoint, VFSMountStatusText, VFSConfigDetails, and VFSVolumeName. Information is now available in the InfoBox of the VFS_FILESYSTEM application class, respectively in the "Mount Point Current", "Mount Status", "Options", and "Volumes" fields.
The VFSSize, VFSFragmentation, and VFSQuotaPolicy parameters were removed since they are respectively covered by the VFSFileSystemSummary, VFSFragmentationSummary, and VFSQuotaSummary parameters.
The following parameters were removed since they are no longer required for monitoring: VFSInodeAttributes, VFSIntentLogStatus, VFSJournalStatus, VFSReadIORate, VFSServiceTime, VFSInodeSize, VFSInodeText, VFSVnodeAttributes, and VFSWriteIORate.
The following parameters were modified:
VFSBlockPercentUsed: replaced with VFSQuotaSpaceUsedPercent
VFSBlockTimeLeft: replaced with VFSQuotaSpaceTimeLeft
VFSBlockTransfers: replaced with VFSFileSystemIOKBytes
VFSCapacityCollector: replaced with VFSFileSystemCollector
VFSFilePercentUsed: replaced with VFSQuotaFilesUsedPercent
VFSFileTimeLeft: replaced with VFSQuotaFilesTimeLeft
VFSFreeInodes: replaced with VFSFileSystemInodesAvailable
VFSInodeCount: replaced with VFSFileSystemInodesUsed
VFSInodeUsedPercent: replaced with VFSFileSystemInodesUsedPercent
VFSIOOperations: replaced with VFSFileSystemIOOperations
VFSIORate: replaced with VFSFileSystemIOOperationsRate
VFSKernelCollector: replaced with VFSLogCollector
VFSMountStatus: replaced with VFSFileSystemMountState
VFSPasswordState: replaced with VFSLoginStatus
VFSReadBlocks: replaced with VFSFileSystemReadKBytes
VFSReadOperations: replaced with VFSFileSystemReadOperations
VFSReadTime: replaced with VFSFileSystemReadTimeAverage
VFSReadTransferRate: replaced with VFSFileSystemReadKBytesRate
VFSSoftBlockLimitExceeded: replaced with VFSQuotaState
VFSSpaceFree: replaced with VFSFileSystemSpaceAvailable
VFSSpaceUsed: replaced with VFSFileSystemSpaceUsed
VFSSpaceUsedPercent: replaced with VFSFileSystemSpaceUsedPercent
VFSTransferRate: replaced with VFSFileSystemIOKBytesRate
VFSWriteBlocks: replaced with VFSFileSystemWriteKBytes
VFSWriteOperations: replaced with VFSFileSystemWriteOperations
VFSWriteTime: replaced with VFSFileSystemWriteTimeAverage
VFSWriteTransferRate: replaced withVFSFileSystemWriteKBytesRate
The VFSConfigCollector, VFSPerformanceCollector, and VFSSnapShotCollector collectors are no longer used.
<Component>Summary: Duplicate fields in summary text parameters are removed. Only the first entry is kept and all repetitions are ignored even when their values are different.

Fixed Issues

Incorrect management of date/time and elapsed time displayed by the KM for some timezones.