Java support for TrueSight monitoring solutions

This topic describes BMC's support for Java starting from January 1, 2019, and actions required for TrueSight monitoring solutions.

Overview

Recent announcements by Oracle about commercializing Java have resulted in questions about how BMC will handle Java in the TrueSight products.

Impact

Oracle Java 8.0 will not be bundled with the product installation files.
TrueSight monitoring solutions support OpenJDK or vendor-specific Java versions as mentioned in the table below.
Some vendors of monitored platforms and databases do not support OpenJDK. Monitoring using OpenJDK is possible only when both the monitored system and the KM support the usage of the same Java distribution. For more information, refer to the vendor documentation.
BMC will not provide Java updates. BMC recommends that you acquire the supported Java versions.

Note

Monitoring solutions that are not impacted by this change are indicated as No in the Java used? column. No user action is required to continue using these monitoring solutions.

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Monitoring solution (KM) name	Java used?	Recommendations
PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers	No	None
PATROL for Linux	Yes	Support the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To update the Java path settings, see Configuring RHEV manager The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for AIX	No	None
PATROL for Solaris	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Oracle VM Manager The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Unix and Linux	No	None
PATROL for Docker	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Docker The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for VMware vSphere	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring VMware vSphere The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Citrix XenServer	Yes	Supports Oracle Java version 8.x The KM uses JRE available in the $PATROL_HOME/jre directory.
PATROL for Citrix XenApp	No	None
PATROL for Elasticsearch	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Elasticsearch The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Amazon Web Services	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x OpenJDK 16.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Amazon Web Services The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Amazon EC2	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x OpenJDK 16.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Amazon EC2 The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Microsoft Azure	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x OpenJDK 16.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Microsoft Azure The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x OpenJDK 16.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Google Cloud Platform	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Google Cloud Platform The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Google Compute Engine	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Google Cloud Compute The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for iSeries	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring iSeries KM The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Composite Attributes	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Composite Attributes The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Cisco Nexus	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Agent configuration variables The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Converged Infrastructure	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java version 8.x OpenJDK version 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Agent configuration variables The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Oracle Database Monitoring	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Agent configuration variables The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Oracle Enterprise	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x This KM uses Oracle JDBC version 7 for monitoring. This driver can be used only with OpenJDK version 8 which is supported by the KM. For information about Java versions that supported by Oracle, see Oracle documentation. To update the Java path settings, see Configure Oracle Standalone Database monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for MongoDB	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x For information about Java versions that are supported by MongoDB, see MongoDB documentation. To update the Java path settings, see Configure MongoDB monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Sybase	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configure Sybase monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for SAP Solution Manager	Yes	Uses Java Runtime Environment to monitor SAP. For the the SAP specifications and support strategy for SAP 1077727 - SAP JCo 3.0 release, see JCO support documentation. Note: This requirement was existing before this notification, and therefore no additional change is needed for SAP monitoring.
PATROL for PostgreSQL	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x For information about Java versions that are supported by PostgreSQL, see PostgreSQL documentation. To update the Java path settings, see Configure PostgreSQL monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Remedy AR Server	Yes	Supports the following Java: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To update the Java path settings, see Configuring AR Server Systems The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for BMC Server Automation	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Setting Java home The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for JBoss Application Server	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure JBoss Application Server monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Oracle WebLogic	Yes	Monitoring of Oracle WebLogic requires a local installation of Oracle WebLogic. The KM uses the local Oracle WebLogic JRE for monitoring. For certified versions of JRE, see Oracle documentation. Note: This requirement existed before this notification, therefore no additional change is required for Oracle WebLogic monitoring. The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for IBM WebSphere Application Server	Yes	Monitoring of IBM WebSphere Application Server requires a local installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server. The KM uses local IBM WebSphere Application Server JRE for monitoring. For certified versions of JRE see, IBM documentation. Note: This requirement existed before this notification, and therefore no additional change is required for IBM WebSphere monitoring. The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for IBM DB2	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure remote IBM DB2 monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Apache Tomcat and Generic Java Server	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings for Apache Tomcat KM, see Configure Apache Tomcat monitoring . To update the Java path settings for Generic Java KM, see Configure Generic Java Server The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Hadoop	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure Hadoop monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Apache Kafka	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure Apache Kafka monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for TrueSight Self-monitoring	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure TrueSight Self-monitoring monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for IT Data Analytics	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure monitoring to be used by ITDA The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Internet Servers	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configure Internet Server monitoring. The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Light Weight Protocols	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure SNMP monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Scripting (Linux/UNIX)	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring LINUX-UNIX shell script The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Scripting (Microsoft Windows)	No	None
PATROL for Microsoft Exchange Servers	No	None
PATROL for Log Management	No	None
PATROL for Microsoft SQL Server	No	None
PATROL for History Loader	No	None
PATROL for Entuity Server	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configure Entuity Server monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Application Management	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure parameters for retrieving synthetic execution data The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Web URL	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure Web URL monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Web Transaction	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x To update the Java path settings, see Configure Web Transactions monitoring The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Siebel eBusiness Applications	No	None
PATROL for OpenStack	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x OpenJDK 16.x To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Keystone API v3 monitor type The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)
PATROL for Kubernetes	Yes	Supports the following Java versions: Oracle Java 8.x OpenJDK 8.x OpenJDK 11.x To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Kubernetes monitoring profile The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility (SPAC)

Java support for TrueSight monitoring solutions

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