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BMC PATROL for Light Weight Protocols 2.1

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Release notes and notices
updated 19 Dec
This section provides information about what is new or changed in this space, including urgent issues, documentation updates, service packs, and patches. 

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DateTitleSummary
December 19, 2018Technical bulletinsAdded Microsoft Windows Server 2019 support
December 17, 2018Technical bulletinsAdded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and CentOS 7.6 support
October 25, 2018Technical bulletinsAdded Ubuntu 18.04 support
October 11, 2018Technical bulletinsAdded Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.5 UEK support
July 31, 2018Technical bulletinsAdded Debian 8.11 and 9.5 support
July 25, 2018Technical bulletinsAdded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 support
May 14, 2018Technical bulletinsAdded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 support
September 29, 2017Technical bulletinsAdded platform support
June 23, 20172.1.00 features

BMC PATROL for Light Weight Protocols has the following new features:

  • Support for user defined location in file-based configuration
  • Support for enabling or disabling monitoring of monitor types and instances
  • Support for file-based configuration on multiple PATROL Agent
  • Support for RHEL 7.2

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Where to go from here

Before you get started, see Planning for information about the software and hardware requirements. For information about obtaining the installation files, see Downloading the installation files.

Parameter Reference Database (PRD)

Monitor types and attributes

 

Information about monitoring elements of the KM.

Planning

 

Planning and system requirements.

Installing

 

Information about installing the product and migrating the product data.

Upgrading

 

Upgrade and migration process.

Configuring after installation

 

Required post-installation configuration tasks.

Using

 

Interface descriptions, using the product.

Troubleshooting

 

Issue resolution, error messages, logs, and contacting Support.
Frequently asked questions

This section addresses common questions about accessing the online help for KMs.

Additional resources

Frequently asked questions

Is online Help be available for KMs?

Online Help will not be available from the following Consoles:

  • PATROL Central Operator – Microsoft Windows Edition
  • PATROL Central Operator – Web Edition
  • PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows
  • PATROL Console for UNIX.

However, online Help will continue to be available from the TrueSight Operations Management Console and BMC Central Monitoring Administration. 

How can I access the online Help?

You can access the online Help from the TrueSight Operations Management console and the BMC Central Monitoring Administration. For complete product documentation, refer to the KM documentation on docs.bmc.com.

What kind of offline documentation can I get?

KM documentation is available in PDF format.

How do I access the documentation PDF?

You can access the offline documentation from the following locations:

  • Product documentation is available in PDF format along with the installation files on the EPD site.
  • PDFs are also available on the PDFs and videos page of the respective KM documentation on docs.bmc.com

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