2.7.20: Service Pack 2
This topic contains information about the fixes and updates in this service pack.
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For information about issues corrected in this service pack, see Known and corrected issues.
Support for setting default value for the actInitialReadEOF
variable at a global level
If you are configuring BMC PATROL for Log Management from PATROL console, you can set default value for the actInitialReadEOF
configuration variable for all the log management instances created on the specified PATROL Agent.
You can set the /PMG/actInitialReadEOF
configuration variable with any of the following values,
- 0 - log file reads from the last offset
- 1 - log file reads from the end of the file
- 2 - log file reads from the beginning of the file
For more information, see PATROL Agent configuration variables.
Support for displaying full name of the LOGMON display name
A new configuration variable, /PMG/CONFIG/dispFullName
has been added in BMC PATROL for Log Management for displaying full name of the LOGMON display name.
You can display the full name of a LOGMON instance display name by setting the PMG/CONFIG/dispFullName
variable value to 1:
/PMG/CONFIG/dispFullName=1
If you set the dispFullName
variable value to 0, then the LOGMON instance name will be truncated:
/PMG/CONFIG/dispFullName=0
For more information, see PATROL Agent configuration variables.
Support for generating single event instead of two events
A new configuration variable, /PMG/CONFIG/sendSingleEvent
has been added in BMC PATROL for Log Management for generating only one single event instead of two events for exceeding a defined threshold.
You can generate one single event by setting the PMG/CONFIG/sendSingleEvent
variable value to 1:
/PMG/CONFIG/sendSingleEvent=1
If you set the sendSingleEvent
variable value to 0, then two events will be generated for exceeding a defined threshold, out of which, one event will be generated from BMC PATROL for Log Management and the other from the BMC PATROL for Event Management.
/PMG/CONFIG/sendSingleEvent=0
The default value value is 0.
Platform support
BMC PATROL for Log Management now supports the following platforms:
- Windows 2012 R2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0, 7.1
- Solaris 11.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
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