BMC PATROL for Log Management 2.7

 

Release notes and notices Updated 13 May 2025

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May 12, 2025Added a Sudo user configuration support for local and remote log monitoring2.7.44 enhancements and patches

January 30, 2025

  • Added support to configure multiple remote hosts for the Linux environment
  • Removed dependency on UNIX KM for remote log monitoring
  • Added containerized support for Log Management KM

December 1, 2021

Announcing support for Microsoft Windows Server 2022.

December 22, 2020

Provides fixes to issues reported in earlier versions

October 23, 2020

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x86-64) support

September 21, 2020

Added SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 x86-64 Service Pack 5 support

August 31, 2020

Added IBM AIX 7.2 POWER9 and Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.2 and 7.8, x86-64 support

June 22, 2020

Added CentOS 7.7 (x86_64) support

May 26, 2020

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 support

May 15, 2020

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 support

April 13, 2020

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 support

September 23, 2019

Released a patch that fixes various known issues and new features

May 22, 2019

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 support

December 19, 2018

Added Microsoft Windows Server 2019 support

December 17, 2018

Added CentOS 7.6 support

December 10, 2018

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 support

October 11, 2018

Added Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.5 UEK support

July 31, 2018

Added Debian 8.11 and 9.5 support

July 25, 2018

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 support

July 03, 2018

Added platform support

May 14, 2018

Added platform support

February 1, 2018

Released a patch that fixes various known issues reported in earlier versions

Issues fixed by this patch

September 29, 2017

Added platform support

April 13, 2017

Added platform support

March 28, 2017

PATROL for Log Management 2.7.30 provides you the following new features:

  • Support for monitoring of latest log files with a single Log file instance
  • Added Read Logs agent action
  • Support for configuring the read position of an instance 
  • Added platform support

October 27, 2016

Added platform support

April 04, 2016

  • Support for new Log Management monitor type and monitor the log management using a credential different from the default PATROL Agent user
  • LOGFileSizeMB log monitoring parameter is activated by default
  • Deprecated the Global Settings monitor type

September 23, 2015

PATROL for Log Management 2.7.20 provides you the following new features:

  • Support for setting default value for the actInitialReadEOF variable at a global level
  • Support for displaying full name of the LOGMON display name
  • Support for generating single event instead of two events
  • Platform support

August 20, 2015

Released a patch to fix issues reported in the earlier versions

January 31, 2014

PATROL for Log Management 2.7.10 provides you the following new features:

  • Support for BMC ProactiveNet Central Monitoring Administration
  • New parameters for LOG application class

 

 

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