New features and enhancements in version 1.3.00

The BMC Application Diagnostics product has been enhanced with the following new features and changes:

BMC Application Performance Management console

BMC Application Performance Management console 1.2.02 integrates with BMC Application Diagnostics 1.3. See Installing the BMC Application Performance Management Console.

BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET

The BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET adds functionality for Microsoft Windows .NET applications. The BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET consists of the Agent Core and Probe components. Agent Core runs as a Windows service. Probe runs in the context of Internet Information Services (IIS) worker processes and captures interesting information about application transactions. The BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET supports IIS 6.0 and later.

New MySQL database created during installation

A new MySQL 5.5 database is created during installation of the BMC Application Diagnostics Server. The database is installed locally on the BMC Application Diagnostics Portal and Collector host. This is the only database that the BMC Application Diagnostics Server uses.

Changing the MySQL root password

The new MySQL database is created with the default root password admysql. Before using BMC Application Diagnostics, you must change the MySQL root password to avoid security breaches and unauthorized access. You can also change the password at any time.

New columns on the Agent screen

The Agent screen includes a new column for the Agent version and another for the platform on which it is running. See Viewing a list of BMC Application Diagnostics Agents.

Agent policies

BMC Application Diagnostics 1.3.00 provides the following built-in default Agent policies:

Light
Medium (default policy)
Deep
Standalone

These policies' configurations determine how much information is recorded and the performance hit on the recorded application. See Creating and editing an Agent policy file.

The trimming feature is defined in the Agent policy files. Trimming eliminates irrelevant call tree methods, and presents only "interesting" methods. This results in smaller call trees, more focused error isolation, and a reduction in resource usage. See Viewing the relevant code section of an instance.

Code-level functionality

The following new features are available when you view the code level of a transaction instance.

Viewing modes

You can view the code in:

Table view
Tree view

Switching between viewing modes

You can switch between the tree view of a transaction instance and the table view by double-clicking the code tree node. Double-click the method in table view and it opens the method in tree view. Double-click the method again and it displays in table view.

Filtering

In table view, you can filter the data according to a string in the name or a value of deviation.

Filter according to matching string

You can filter by matching or not matching a string. The following wildcards are supported:

The asterisk, *, represents all single characters or any string.
The question mark, ?, represents exactly one character.

Only the matching results are displayed.

Filter according to deviation

Select from the list (>, <, =), and enter a value.

Search functionality

In tree view, you can search for any string. The search results are displayed as highlighted text in the code level view, and also in the Details pane.

If more than one match is found, you can view each matching result by using the Next and Previous arrows.

Export to HTML

The Export to HTML button enables you to export data to an HTML file. The HTML file contains the structure of the call tree and data on tree methods, including:

Duration
Exception stack trace
Level in tree
Longest duration value

You can save the exported file to any destination folder, and you can open it and view it in a stand-alone browser or any other viewing software.

View session in BMC Real End User Experience Monitoring

If you have integrated BMC Application Diagnostics and BMC Real End User Experience Monitoring, the View session in EUEM link in the top right corner of the Business Transaction details screen enables you to view the session in BMC Real End User Experience Monitoring.

Documentation changes

The following new topics and sections have been added:

Upgrading from version 1.2.00 to version 1.3.00 provides the process to follow to upgrade.
Integrating BMC Application Diagnostics with BMC Real End User Experience Monitoring consolidates previously separated information into one topic and provides the tasks for the integration.
Moving the BMC Application Diagnostics Server components lists the tasks for moving the BMC Application Diagnostics Server components from one computer to another.
Administering the database provides information about essential database administration tasks, including backing up, restoring, partitioning, and optimizing database tables.
Managing the BMC Application Diagnostics Server services provides the commands used to manage BMC Application Diagnostics Server services.

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