This topic contains information about enhancements in version 1.2.00 of the BMC PATROL for Amazon Web Services product and provides instructions for downloading the installation fileBMC PATROL for Amazon Web Services has been enhanced with the following new features:
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For information about issues corrected in this release, see Known and corrected issues.
The BMC PATROL for Amazon Web Services has been enhanced with the following new features:
The following new parameters have been added in this release:
VolumeThroughputPercentage parameter in AWS_EBS
application class
VolumeConsumedReadWriteOpsp parameter in AWS_EBS
application class
DiskQueueDepth parameter in AWS_RDS
application class
SwapUsage parameter in AWS_RDS
application class
For more information, see the online Help on your PATROL Console.
The following menu commands have been added to the AWS_ACCOUNT
application class:
For information about menu commands, see Menu commands.
With version 1.2.00 of BMC PATROL for AWS and version 9.5.00 of PATROL Agent, you can configure accounts provided by Amazon Web Services by using version 9.5.00 of the BMC ProactiveNet Central Monitoring Administration console. This improves administrative efficiency and effectiveness by allowing configuration of web services and accounts provided by Amazon Web Services by using BMC ProactiveNet policies.
For more information, see configuring accounts provided by Amazon Web Services by using the BMC ProactiveNet Central Monitoring Administration console.
This section provides information for downloading PATROL for Amazon Web Services 1.2.00 from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) website.
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If you have previously downloaded other BMC products, you might have an older version of the installation utility on your hard drive. BMC recommends that you use the latest version of Installation Utility. To download the latest version of the installation utility for this service pack, perform the following steps.
Create a directory for the downloaded files.
In the right pane, click BMC PATROL Installation Utility.
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You can use BMC PATROL Installation Utility 9.5.00 or later.
In the Products tab, based on the operating system, select the check box next to the files.
Link title | Actual file name | Platform |
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BMC PATROL Installation Utility Version 9.5.00 - Windows Only | ins_WINDOWS_9500.zip | Microsoft Windows/NT |
BMC PATROL Installation Utility Version 9.5.00 - All UNIX/LINUX | ins_ALL_9500.tar | All Platforms |
In the Product tab, based on the operating system, select the check box next to the files.
Link title | Actual file name | Platform |
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BMC PATROL Version 1.2.00 for Amazon Web Services | PLL_ALL_1200.tar | All Platforms |
BMC PATROL Version 1.2.00 for Amazon Web Services | PLL_ALL_1200.zip | Microsoft Windows/NT |
Expand BMC PATROL Installation Utility 9.5.00 to show the available files.
Note
You can use BMC PATROL Installation Utility 9.5.00 or later.
Select the check box next to the files, based on the appropriate platforms.
Link title | Actual file name | Platform |
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BMC PATROL Installation Utility Version 9.5.00 - Windows Only | ins_WINDOWS_9500.zip | Microsoft Windows/NT |
BMC PATROL Installation Utility Version 9.5.00 - All UNIX/LINUX | ins_ALL_9500.tar | All Platforms |
Select the check box next to the patches, based on the appropriate platform.
Link title | Actual file name | Platform |
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BMC PATROL Version 1.2.00 for Amazon Web Services | PLL_ALL_1200.tar | All Platforms |
BMC PATROL Version 1.2.00 for Amazon Web Services | PLL_ALL_1200.zip | Microsoft Windows/NT |
After you download the installation files, you must install the KM on the different consoles. For more information, see Installing.