| Index |
| |
| ID |
Title |
Platform |
Area |
Type |
|
634
|
Alarm snooze
|
All
|
Alarms
|
Feature |
|
635
|
Bulk enable/disable/clear/snooze alarms
|
All
|
Alarms
|
Feature |
|
619
|
Save scanner last-position state between runs
|
All
|
Application
|
Feature |
|
625
|
Allow consoles to monitor other consoles
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
626
|
x-ed out red dots on console for disabled alarms
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
641
|
Allow underscore and dashes in variable names
|
All
|
Custom Scanner
|
Feature |
|
629
|
Count files in directories, put in size scan field
|
All
|
File Scanner
|
Feature |
|
630
|
Add newest-file ability to File and Text wildcards
|
All
|
File/Text Scanner
|
Feature |
|
640
|
Reformat short/email message, remove pager code.
|
All
|
Notifications
|
Feature |
|
631
|
User configurable quicklink for scanners
|
All
|
Scanners
|
Feature |
|
633
|
Scanner/Http server execution timing
|
All
|
Scanners/Http Server
|
Feature |
|
638
|
Toggle showing conditions in smtool
|
All
|
smtool
|
Feature |
|
623
|
Allow smtool to work with console
|
All
|
smtool/console
|
Feature |
|
645
|
Show warning for non-legal values in list
|
All
|
Web Configuration
|
Feature |
|
632
|
User-defined web links on: menu, top, bottom
|
All
|
Web Interface
|
Feature |
|
642
|
Wrap long resources
|
All
|
Web Interface
|
Feature |
|
639
|
Improved Linux compatibility
|
Linux (All)
|
Application
|
Feature |
|
647
|
New oracle8 plugin based on 8i client
|
Solaris (All)
|
Oracle8 Plugin
|
Feature |
|
646
|
Support for new clonable network drivers
|
Solaris (All)
|
System.Network
|
Feature |
|
596
|
Alarms generated during system shutdown
|
All
|
Alarms
|
Defect |
|
617
|
Ping dependency causes fd/handle leak
|
All
|
Alarms
|
Defect |
|
624
|
Console agent can core dump
|
All
|
Console
|
Defect |
|
627
|
Console/agent pass-thru auth does not work
|
All
|
Console
|
Defect |
|
636
|
Console alarm view misaligned
|
All
|
Console
|
Defect |
|
637
|
Alarm conditions w/sets do not display correctly
|
All
|
Console
|
Defect |
|
618
|
Netstat shows listen on SM port after SM exits
|
All
|
Custom Scanner
|
Defect |
|
628
|
Agent may core dump fault on exit w/ custom procs
|
All
|
Custom Scanner
|
Defect |
|
621
|
Configuration changes to plugin scanners can fail
|
All
|
Plugins
|
Defect |
|
643
|
Application archive settings incorrect
|
All
|
System.App
|
Defect |
|
622
|
Solaris runque not averaged over scan interval
|
Solaris (All)
|
System.CPU
|
Defect |
|
620
|
uptime can show greater than 24 hours
|
Windows (All)
|
Application
|
Defect |
|
644
|
Handle leak in task scheduler scanner
|
Windows 2003
|
System.TaskSched
|
Defect |
| Details: |
| |
|
ID: 634
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Title: Alarm snooze
|
Platform: All
|
Area: Alarms
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Type: Feature |
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The ability to snooze an alarm. Snoozing an alarm will disable it and prevent it's re-detection for the snooze duration. Once the snooze expires, the alarm will either auto-clear, remain disabled, or re-enable (if alarm condition persists). |
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Example:
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ID: 635
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Title: Bulk enable/disable/clear/snooze alarms
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Platform: All
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Area: Alarms
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Type: Feature |
| |
Provide the ability to bulk enable/disable/clear/snooze alarms from the console. |
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Example:
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ID: 619
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Title: Save scanner last-position state between runs
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Platform: All
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Area: Application
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Type: Feature |
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Save the last-position state of the System.Eventlog and System.Text scanners. This will keep the delta accurate between agent runs. This will create two new directories: 'cache' and 'state' under the SM installation directory. |
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| |
|
ID: 625
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Title: Allow consoles to monitor other consoles
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Platform: All
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Area: Console
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Type: Feature |
| |
Allow a console agent to monitor another console agent. This will provide a roll-up capability. |
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| |
Example:
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ID: 626
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Title: x-ed out red dots on console for disabled alarms
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Platform: All
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Area: Console
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Show slashed-ed red dots on the console for scanners that have only disabled alarms indicated. Show z-ed red dot for scanners that only have snoozed alarms indicated. This feature requires the v2.2 or higher agent as well. |
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| |
Example:
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ID: 641
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Title: Allow underscore and dashes in variable names
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Platform: All
|
Area: Custom Scanner
|
Type: Feature |
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Allow underscore and dash characters in variable and constant names |
|
| |
|
ID: 629
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Title: Count files in directories, put in size scan field
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Platform: All
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Area: File Scanner
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Type: Feature |
| |
If a directory is specified in the System.File scanner, then populate the 'size' field with the number of entries in that directory. |
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| |
Example:
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ID: 630
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Title: Add newest-file ability to File and Text wildcards
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Platform: All
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Area: File/Text Scanner
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Add the ability to select only the newest (most recently modified) file matching a wildcard specification. This is indicated by adding a plus (+) sign to the end of the wildcard spec. For example, c:\windows\*.inf+ would match the newest .inf |
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| |
|
ID: 640
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Title: Reformat short/email message, remove pager code.
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Platform: All
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Area: Notifications
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Type: Feature |
| |
Reformat the short/email message to reduce amount of scrolling necessary on small devices. The new format will be: alarm_name,hostname,resource,datetime,condition (ac). The pager code is not necessary and will be removed. |
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| |
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ID: 631
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Title: User configurable quicklink for scanners
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Platform: All
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Area: Scanners
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Type: Feature |
| |
Allow the user to override the default quicklink in the scanner configuration(s). |
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Example:
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ID: 633
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Title: Scanner/Http server execution timing
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Platform: All
|
Area: Scanners/Http Server
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Adding log_timing=true manually to either a scanner or Agent/Console sections will cause execution timing information to be placed in the sm.trc file. This is meant for troubleshooting only. |
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| |
|
ID: 638
|
Title: Toggle showing conditions in smtool
|
Platform: All
|
Area: smtool
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Toggle showing alarm conditions using a -c option. The default is not to show conditions. Once in smtool -c can be used to toggle the show conditions setting at the 'Action' prompt. In addtion, the alarm name is now displayed for v2.2+ agents. |
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Example:
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ID: 623
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Title: Allow smtool to work with console
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Platform: All
|
Area: smtool/console
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Allow the smtool to contact a console agent. |
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| |
|
ID: 645
|
Title: Show warning for non-legal values in list
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Platform: All
|
Area: Web Configuration
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Show warning when the current configuration value is outside of the legal list of values for drop-down lists. This does not always indicate an error, but warns the user that an error might exist. |
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Example:
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ID: 632
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Title: User-defined web links on: menu, top, bottom
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Platform: All
|
Area: Web Interface
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Allow the user to specify where user-defined web links are displayed. The choices are: menu (default), top, bottom. Previous versions only displayed them on them menu. |
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Example:
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|
ID: 642
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Title: Wrap long resources
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Platform: All
|
Area: Web Interface
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Wrap long resources like files paths or URLs on web pages |
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| |
|
ID: 639
|
Title: Improved Linux compatibility
|
Platform: Linux (All)
|
Area: Application
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Improved Linux compatibility with RH 7.2+ |
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| |
|
ID: 647
|
Title: New oracle8 plugin based on 8i client
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Platform: Solaris (All)
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Area: Oracle8 Plugin
|
Type: Feature |
| |
An alternative to the Oracle8 plugin (based on 8.0.5 client) is available. To use, simply replace the existing 'ora8plugin.so.1' spec with 'ora8iplugin.so.1' in the 'plugins' configuration property. Instances are still called 'Oracle8' |
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| |
|
ID: 646
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Title: Support for new clonable network drivers
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Platform: Solaris (All)
|
Area: System.Network
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Add support for newer clonable network drivers such as the Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit ethernet driver /dev/bge. This driver supports instance device files in /dev and does not support the 'instance' parameter on the root /dev/bge device. |
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|
ID: 596
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Title: Alarms generated during system shutdown
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Platform: All
|
Area: Alarms
|
Type: Defect |
| |
Alarms can be generated due to a system shutdown event. The agent should not generate these alarms since detected service outages, etc are normal and do not represent an actual alarm condition. |
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| |
|
ID: 617
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Title: Ping dependency causes fd/handle leak
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Platform: All
|
Area: Alarms
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The ping dependency feature can cause a file descriptor/handle leak |
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| |
|
ID: 624
|
Title: Console agent can core dump
|
Platform: All
|
Area: Console
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The console agent will core dump (application fault) under the following circumstances: One or more alarm definitions exist in the configuration, but no console or internal alarms are defined. |
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| |
|
ID: 627
|
Title: Console/agent pass-thru auth does not work
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Platform: All
|
Area: Console
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The console to agent pass-thru authentication does not work. |
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| |
|
ID: 636
|
Title: Console alarm view misaligned
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Platform: All
|
Area: Console
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The console alarm view can be misaligned when one console group is expanded and another is not. |
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| |
|
ID: 637
|
Title: Alarm conditions w/sets do not display correctly
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Platform: All
|
Area: Console
|
Type: Defect |
| |
Alarm conditions that contain the new set operator do not display correctly in the console (alarm detail) or smtool. |
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| |
|
ID: 618
|
Title: Netstat shows listen on SM port after SM exits
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Platform: All
|
Area: Custom Scanner
|
Type: Defect |
| |
Netstat shows a processing listening on the SM port after SM exits. This is due to child processes (custom or alarm actions) having a fd/handle to the SM server socket if still running. |
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| |
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ID: 628
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Title: Agent may core dump fault on exit w/ custom procs
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Platform: All
|
Area: Custom Scanner
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The agent can core dump (application fault) if custom scanners are running and they take longer than 30 seconds to complete. In this situation, the agent attempts to kill those processes. While do so, a core dump can occur. |
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ID: 621
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Title: Configuration changes to plugin scanners can fail
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Platform: All
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Area: Plugins
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Type: Defect |
| |
Changing the configuration of a plugin scanner where a parameter contains multiple equals (=) characters, can cause that parameter to not be set at all. This behaviour has been detected in the web server plugin URLS parameter. |
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ID: 643
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Title: Application archive settings incorrect
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Platform: All
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Area: System.App
|
Type: Defect |
| |
Archive settings are incorrectly taken from the System.App level even when defined by the individual application when determining whether or not to display a graph icon. This usually results in no icon being displayed. |
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| |
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ID: 622
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Title: Solaris runque not averaged over scan interval
|
Platform: Solaris (All)
|
Area: System.CPU
|
Type: Defect |
| |
Aggregate RunnableProcs, BlockedProcs, and SwappedProcs are not averaged over the scan interval. This issue will adjust this number to be an average over the scan interval. The shorter the scan interval, the closer value will be to the exact value. |
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ID: 620
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Title: uptime can show greater than 24 hours
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Platform: Windows (All)
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Area: Application
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The uptime can show greater than 24 hours when the uptime is within 30 minutes from rolling over to a new day. |
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| |
|
ID: 644
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Title: Handle leak in task scheduler scanner
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Platform: Windows 2003
|
Area: System.TaskSched
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Type: Defect |
| |
Windows 2003 introduces an issue that causes excessive handles to be opened by COM in the WinSxS directory by the task scheduler scanner. This issue creates a work-around to solves the problem until a Microsoft hotfix is issued. |
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