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Traverse 9.3.008 - 19 July 2016

New Features

  • Dashboards in Traverse have been updated with new mobile centric views and workflows. Based on HTML5 technology, the new dashboards are backward compatible without needing Adobe Flash.
  • Added support for automatically discovering and monitoring the Elastic Load Balancer service within AWS Cloud.
  • Added support for discovering and monitoring performance metrics from Avaya media processor/gateway devices.
  • Added support for discovering and monitoring metrics from Fortinet VPN devices.
  • This release introduces a configuration management adapter for the Aruba Instance wireless access point.
  • Added support for discovering and monitoring EIGRP related metrics from network devices.
  • Added a device signature for Dell Compellent.
  • Added a device signature for Barracuda Load Balancer.
  • Updated the device signature APC PowerNet to include rPDU metrics.
  • Added a device signature for Dell Storage Array (StorageManagement-MIB).
  • System and Instance Status metrics for AWS EC2 have been enabled.
  • The Device Signature for APC UPS has been updated to include monitoring for a number of defective battery packs.
  • Updated the device signature for TrippLine UPS devices to use newer OIDs for environmental metrics.
  • A new version of database optimization tool has been implemented that is automatically used to analyze and improve the overall performance of Traverse.
  • Updated the login failure pattern for the Foundry FastIron adapter.
  • Increased the 'show interfaces' timeout for the Foundry FastIron adapter.
  • Updated device signature for Cisco devices to include processor memory utilization metric in addition to those for the memory pool.
  • A new column with department name has been added to the Container Summary view when logged in as administrator.
  • It is now possible to drill down into the historical data for system resources directly from the device health overview panel.
  • Increased the default width of the test name column for Device Details view.
  • It is now possible to drill-down into device and test details from the health history quickview pop-up.
  • Added a quick link to edit the test configuration directly from historical data analysis view.
  • It is now possible to assign/update the locale settings for a user via the BVE API. Additionally user can be forced to authenticate against internal database.

Bug Fixes

  • The start date for customer reports now goes back 36 months.
  • Quotes and return characters are now presented unescaped in BVE API output.
  • The option to edit a device or test from summary views is no longer shown to the user without the appropriate rights.
  • Deleting a department which has one or more map views no longer results in an error.
  • Changes to a VMware hypervisor that is managed by vCenter is now properly detected by the test parameter rediscovery operation.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the update of the flap prevention wait cycle parameter for a plug-in test via BVE API.
  • Changes to thresholds via the BVE API no longer alters the existing flappreventionwaitcycles value.
  • The dropbear/etc folder is now removed when upgrading the Windows DGE/DGEx.
  • Fixed inconsistent columns for the list of containers exported in CSV format via the CLI tool.
  • Fixed a potential memory leak in the Data Gathering Engine component caused by subnet objects.
  • It is now possible to discover SNMP tests against a device of type "Virtualized Instance".
  • Changes to adaptive thresholds are not copied over to associated devices via linked template.
  • Deleting a member of a composite test no longer results in invalid object references in the database.
  • Fixed an issue with incorrect visual feedback for rule based containers when tags do not yield a match.
  • The device import operation is no longer interrupted when an entry for the Virtualized Instance device type is encountered.
  • Fixed an issue with using a special character in the email relay password for the Linux installer.
  • Fixed an issue that caused devices in the suspended and unknown state to be ignored within the Availability Report.
  • Scheduled maintenance tasks are no longer moved to the incorrect location on Windows DGE extensions after upgrade.
  • The SNMP MIB browser now supports the DES/MD5 and DES/SHA authentication and DES encryption. AES encryption is not supported at this time.
  • The getEventAckDetails API method no longer returns an incorrect failure reason.
  • Test results are now limited to the specified time range when queried via BVE API.
  • The complete device/test is now shown in the tooltip while being selected for comparison of historical data.
  • Updating a VMware test via the BVE API no longer requires optional fields to be specified needlessly.
  • A string representation of the polled result is now reflected in email notifications.
  • Updating a DGE extension's location via the BVE API no longer disconnects it from the upstream DGE.
  • The list of devices within the downtime report table is now sorted properly based on duration.
  • The communication performance between a DGE extension and it's upstream DGE has been optimized.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented an admin user from inspecting the results of a network discovery session.
  • It is now possible to override the settings for an event source using the configuration file in the plugin/messages directory.
  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to create a new Event Processing Rule directly from Event Manager.
  • Fixed an issue with a long running plugin action causing the Web Application to become unresponsive.
  • Fixed a condition where a loss of connectivity to the BVE from the DGE extension resulted in Windows events not being monitored.
  • The file synchronization client is now installed on a Web Application only instance on Windows.
  • Added custom default thresholds for Interface Status metrics on HP servers.
  • The upstream DGE now intelligently queues the large volume of results from the DGE extension after it has been offline for a period of time.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented shared credentials from being loaded after an upgrade.
  • Unable to create a device if a shared credential of same name already exists.
  • Fixed an issue with inconsistent columns for a list of devices exported in CSV format via CLI tool.
  • Unable to delete a device when this device is a 'gateway' within a subnet.
  • Fixed an issue with the Web Application becoming unresponsive due to an on-demand tunnel timeout.
  • Additional performance optimization have been implemented to facilitate faster initialization for a DGE (extension) over slow WAN (eg. satellite) links.
  • It is no longer necessary to specify the device name when suspending/resuming it using the corresponding serial number.
  • File synchronization client does not replicate event rules under nested directories.
  • The tooltip for the availability indicator on Device Summary view now reflects the correct status.
  • It is now possible to set the device type to "Virtualized Instance" when creating or updating a device via BVE API.
  • It is now possible to update device dependency information via the BVE API when the user has the create right for device objects.
  • The information shown on Network/Server Summary Reports now represents the selected time range accurately.
  • System uptime measurement is now preferred over SNMP agent uptime for information shown on device health summary panel.
  • Fixed an error when launching an action item script with no parameters.
  • The incorrect JSON formatted output from the hotspot.list REST API method has been fixed.
  • A test result inserted via EDF API is now ignored when the device is within a scheduled maintenance period.
  • Updated the MIB-2 HOST-RESOURCES signature to handle the situation when hrStorageSize is returned as a negative value.
  • Fixed a usability issue that affected the ability to create new shared credential.
  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability for an administrator to drill down into a container from the top level.
  • Output from nightly maintenance tasks is now recorded correctly within cronjobs.log on Windows.
  • Fixed an issue where flow data could not be retrieved properly from a collector running on Windows
  • Fixed an issue where the AWS Cloud discovery session was attempting to provision an EC2 instances that was already being monitored by Traverse.
  • Network Device update now obeys the value of "netvigil.rediscovery.enforceMinFrequency=true" from emerald.properties