24.3 enhancements and patches


Review the BMC Helix Continuous Optimization 24.3 enhancements and patches for features that will benefit your organization and to understand changes that might impact your users.

Version

SaaS

On premises

Fixed issues

Updates and enhancements

24.3.01

✅️


24.3.00

✅️

✅️

For a list of recent updates and enhancements across multiple versions, see Release-notes-and-notices.

BMC applies upgrades as described in the BMC Helix Upgrade policy. BMC applies upgrades and patches during Maintenance windows..


24.3.01


Display data in views based on the specified timezone

Select a preferred timezone and check data in views in that selected timezone instead of in a timezone that is set globally. 

Setting this preference helps you to view data according to your requirements.

For details, see Setting-user-preferences.

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Detect data abnormalities by analyzing metric behavior against optimizer thresholds

In the analysis, compare the optimizer thresholds with historical data to detect any abnormalities in the metric behavior. 

For details, see Editing-trendline-information-for-an-analysis.






Manage the capacity of NetApp storage systems with out-of-the-box dashboards

Use the NetApp Storage Systems - Overview and NetApp Storage Systems - Cluster Overview dashboards to visualize and manage the capacity of the NetApp storage systems. Analyze the capacity usage of Clusters, Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs), Aggregates, and Volumes to identify capacity-specific risks and issues. For details, see NetApp Storage Systems - Overview dashboard

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Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL

The Storage All-in-One ETL includes the following enhancements:

  • Support to import the BYDISK_READ_RESPONSE_TIME and BYDISK_WRITE_RESPONSE_TIME metrics for the following systems:
    • Ceph Storage
    • Dell EMC PowerMax
    • Dell EMC SC Series
    • Dell EMC VMAX
    • HPE Primera
    • IBM Spectrum Control
    • NetApp E-Series
  • Support for Dell EMC VPLEX (REST)
  • Improved calculation of the Processor Utilization by Controller metric (BYCONT_PROCESSOR_UTIL) for HPE Primera (WBEM).

For details, see Storage-All-in-One-Extractor-Service.




24.3.00


The following video (1:48) provides a high-level summary of the new features and enhancements in version 24.3 of BMC Helix Continuous Optimization.

https://youtu.be/m0SuUqqIC5E?si=wzSjR2nHlj50c9Wh


Support to search for analyses, models, and reports in Workspace for improved usability

Search for specific analyses, models, or reports across Workspace regardless of the domain from where you are performing the search. This capability saves the time required to look for these objects in different Works folders. 

For details, see Search syntax.

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Exclude file systems from VMware vCenter ETLs

While importing VMware vCenter dataspecify the file systems to be excluded for BYFS metrics by using the extract.vmware.skip.filesystem.list property in the following ETLs:

  • VMware vCenter Extractor Service
  • VMware - vCenter and ESX Server History Extractor

For details, see VMware-vCenter-Extractor-Service and VMware-vCenter-and-ESX-Server-History-Extractor

Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL

The Storage All-in-One ETL includes the following enhancements:

  • Support to import capacity data from IBM Spectrum Control (REST) storage systems.
  • Support to import the Cache Hit Ratio metric for HPE Primera (WBEM) Controllers.

For details, see Storage-All-in-One-Extractor-Service.



What else changed in this release

Update

Product behavior in versions before 24.3.00

Product behavior in version 24.3.00

The icon to access self-help has changed.

The following icon provided access to self-help:

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The following icon provides access to self-help:

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